Crime & Mystery

Crime and Mysteries. Gangsters, Spies, Killers and Mobsters. Sleuths and Detectives.

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The Maltese Falcon – Treachery, deceit and one murder after another dogs private detective Sam Spade on the trail of a jewel encrusted golden statuette.

Mystery Mile – An attempted murder on a liner making a transatlantic crossing, a suicide, blackmail, a kidnapping, and the only clue – a chess piece – a red knight left to Albert Campion in the dead man’s suicide letter.

The Crime at Black Dudley – A house party is under way at the Black Dudley, a remote, ancient and sprawling manor house with a long and complex history. A variety of guests are present including some odd foreign guests and a Mr. Albert Campion, who no one seems to know.

Everybody’s Watching Me – Vetter sent a kid to deliver a note to Renzo saying that Vetter is going to kill Renzo because he had Cooley killed. Vetter is known for knocking off a lot of mobsters but no one knows who Vetter is. Renzo better find Vetter first or prepare to die.

Murder on the Mississippi – When a river bum finds Nazi Reichsmarks he becomes the first corpse on a trail of murders. A failing lawyer finds himself walking on that trail along the banks of the Mighty Mississippi, looking for the killer before the killer finds him.

To Death! Three stories of suspense and murder, fall guys and frames, and good women and bad.

The Screaming Mimi – Bill Sweeney is a down-and-out lush. He is also a top-notch reporter. Aroused by the naked beauty of the Ripper’s fourth victim — or near-victim — Sweeney pulls himself together and goes after the killer.

The Fabulous Clipjoint is a coming-of-age story that begins when Ed’s father is murdered in a back alley in Chicago. Ed and his Uncle Ambrose investigate and Ed learns a great deal about life and death.

Red Terror – The folly of taking a shortcut in an area he doesn’t know leads a man into a fight for his life between factions of the Russian Revolution.

Cocktails or Corpses? – Five stories of murder, betrayal, attempted murder, blackmail and setups. And a lot of thoroughly bad people.

The Navy Spy Murders – A Japanese spymaster has left a trail of bodies in his quest to uncover the Navy’s secrets and Dan Fowler of the F.B.I. has been called in to stop the deaths as well as the flood of stolen secrets.

Tropic Terror – When revolutionaries start to murder people in Puerto Rico, Special Agent Dan Fowler of the F.B.I. is sent down there to clean up the problem.