With greedy anticipation, Alan Admont listened to gangster Joe Inbrun plan murder. The Deadly Dove, a ruthless killer, would be hired. The Dove worked quietly and swiftly. The result would be a fatal accident or illness.<P> Alan had just married wealthy and eccentric Christine Belder, who was old enough to be his mother. It was a pleasant setup for Alan – until Joe Inbrun saw in it a way to collect an old debt. Then suddenly Christine cut ...
In this masterpiece of fear and suspense, Rufus King tackles the dangerous subjects of love and atomic energy. The resulting romantic riddle is a brain-teaser guaranteed to stymie detective fans until the very last page.<P> Ramier Bellamy kisses Drusilla Duveen good-bye and prepares to make himself invisible. But something goes wrong with his experiment – and when the machine he invented started to hum, it is Drusilla, not he, who vanishe ...
Rufus King returns to the maritime mystery genre with «Murder on the Yacht.» A lawyer disappears from a taxi cab on the way to join a party aboard the giant luxury yacht «The Crusader.» Where did he go and what happened to him? Lt. Valcour joins the cruise to find out, mixing with a varied bunch of eccentric guests and crewmen, including a psychic. But will she provide clues or a smokescreen for the culprits? Another thrilling Lt. Valcour myster ...
An extortionist's note, demanding $20,000 in cash and threatening the kidnapping of Kate Willett's two mentally unbalanced sons, sent Lieutenant Valcour rushing up to the Willetts' Adirondacks camp.<P> There, death struck with slashing suddenness while Valcour was talking to young Arthur Willett, who was sprawled on a sofa smoking a cigarette. Listening to the crackling roar of flames in the fireplace, Valcour detected the ...
For a thousand years, the immortal Shashavani have hidden from the world in the halls of their mountain fortress, amassing great stores of knowledge in a haven of academic tranquility. And while Doctor Varanus has never found tranquility much to her taste, even she cannot deny that the peace and quiet make for a pleasant diversion following the chaos of her recent adventures in London. Having left the horrors of bloodshed and wellness behind her ...
Ann Lebrick cheerfully accepted an assignment to photograph the ocelots of Miss Estelle Marlow. On arrival at the Marlow estate, Black Tor, where she was to stay for a week, she found herself in a brooding atmosphere of great wealth, guarded isolation from the rest of mankind, and black clouds of suspicion. She became uneasy at Miss Marlow's apparent lack of interest in photographs of her ocelots. She was worried when her fiance telephoned ...
Without realizing it, Carrie Giles has become a stranger in her own home. Four roomers have moved in. Three are cold-eyed men. The fourth is a predatory female whose every word and gesture is a wanton invitation. All four are interested in Carrie's etchings. But she doesn't know why – until a silent killer walks into her room!<P>A classic novel of suspense by the author of the Lt. Valcour mystery series. (Also published as The Ca ...
"In our opinion the best thing that Rufus King has ever written." – The New York Times<P> Miriam Lake found herself in an alarming situation the night she came aboard the luxury yacht <i>Donna Louise<\i> for an interview with a «Mrs. Murchison» who was seeking a governess for a backwards child. First, Mrs. Murchison turned out to be a man – Donald Murchison. Then, Miriam learned that everyone on board believed her to be M ...
Nick Hansley and his young wife and father-in-law soon find that The Cedars, the isolated country house Ena has inherited, has more than just a sinister appearance – it radiates a positively evil aura.<P> Soon after moving in, they are visited by a strange figure of a man – Dr. Lexton, their nearest neighbour, who tries to persuade them to sell the house to him. But who is Dr. Lexton, and what was the nature of the secret experiment that ...
