The Photographer is hired to kill an executive at a chemical company, but as he prepares for the job, the man is kidnapped by the Brazilian Liberation Party, who seek to hold him for ransom. ...
The crime of Oku was a serious one. He had stolen a pearl of great value, according to Vaiki. A historical tale set on a pearling ship at Thursday Island in the early 20th century. ...
One man stood in the way of the happiness of Kirk Douglas and lovely Dana Warren. That man was Ricardo Sanchez, her husband and dancing partner, who refused to give her a divorce. Otherwise life was pleasant for Kirk – until someone banked $100,000 in his name and a strange girl was killed in his apartment.<P> Lieutenant Max Gold of Homicide tried to crack the case fast with Kirk as his chief suspect, but ran into trouble after Candy Livi ...
Vengeance! His name is Gil Ballard. At 31 he is six feet two inches tall and weighs 203 pounds, much of it muscle, but he is easygoing and has not been mad enough to bruise anyone for years. <P> Until now. <P> Because a few weeks ago a handful the mobsters put him in the hospital. Over nothing! A stupid dispute in a bar over a song on the juke box, and they beat Gil to within an inch of his life. <P> And now Gil is out of ...
E. Hoffmann Price (1898 – 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He collaborated with H. P. Lovecraft on «Through the Gates of the Silver Key» – and penned hundreds of other stories, primarily in the horror and mystery fields. «Spirit Murder» originally appeared in the pulp magazine Spicy Detective Stories, December 1935. ...
Alan Rake, freelance investigator, flew down to Mexicali on a mystery mission. But before Rake could line up his job, his client went out by the bullet route. And Rake’s only clue was a black silk bandanna… The trail leads from suspect to suspect. To the beautiful gold-digger, Edna. To the young and impetuous Steve Ongar, who's under Edna's influence. To the Chinese crime boss, Hop Ling. <P>Can Rake unravel the puzzler before the ...
