Crime & Mystery

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An American woman searches for her step-father in the countryside of England while a band of revolutionaries threaten to use breakthroughs in alchemy to destroy the value of gold. These two threads of a story come together at The House of Death.

Every evening, five old skippers smelling of the sea would gather At Captain Michel’s Table at the old Ship-and-Anchor Cafe in Toulon to enjoy their aperative and to tell each other macabre stories of blood and horror.

Four stories about the insurance investigations of Bill ‘Baron Munchausen’ Tolliver. What’s more incredible, the investigations Tolliver finds himself in, or the tall tales he makes up that earned him the nickname ‘Baron Munchausen’?

Dr. Fu-Manchu, the master of fiendish deaths, and now a member of the Sacred Order of the White Peacock, has returned. Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie must somehow thwart his evil plans to take over the world.

Dr. Fu-Manchu was an evil genius and a connoisseur of exotic murder. He disdained the use of guns and knives, favoring exotic poisons, insects, fungi and the use of dacoits, thuggees, and other members of secret societies to effect his will.

Murder Trap – three stories about the attempted abduction of a witness, a parolee’s revenge on the man who framed him, and the kill-lust of a man who wants to control a company.

The Black Ace – that mysterious shadowy figure whose sinister passing left a trail of death, swift and devastating. From a late night raid on a London nightclub, to deception in an opium den, to gang warfare on a deserted London wharf, the hunt for The Black Ace is grim and determined.

Don’t Tell Anyone – Four Stories by J. Lane Linklater about frame ups, jewel heists, gambling, horse races and murder.
Souvenir From Saipan (1947)
One Small Clue (1945)
Mr. Brown’s Bare Feet (1950)
Don’t Tell Anyone (1948)

The Temple of Terror – From Canada to London, England, beautiful young women have disappeared and a mysterious cult is feared to be responsible. A number of deaths are marked by the evil sign of the upside down unicorn, and because George Lacy rescued a woman from a building on fire, he finds himself in the middle of it all.

Power – A Coast Guard cutter is called out to interdict drug smugglers but there are other forces at play. When the drug interdiction turns into the assassination of a foreign dignitary, it brings the nation to the brink of war. Ace FBI Special Agent Dan Fowler must figure out the score before the bullets start to fly.

Black Shadows and Other Stories – Three novelettes of suicides and murder mysteries by J.C. Kofoed.

M Is For Murder by Roger Torrey – three stories of crime, corruption and murder by a master of hard-boiled crime fiction: Justice Borrows Bullets (1937), Gun Trap for a Money-Killer (1938), and M Stands For Murder (1944)