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Everybody’s Watching Me by Mickey Spillane
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 by Norbert Davis
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 by Cornell Woolrich
To Death! Three stories of suspense and murder, fall guys and frames, and good women and bad.
The Screaming Mimi by Fredric Brown
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 by Fredric Brown
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 by Hugh Clevely
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? by Talmage Powell
Cocktails or Corpses? – Five stories of murder, betrayal, attempted murder, blackmail and setups. And a lot of thoroughly bad people.
The Navy Spy Murders by C.K.M. Scanlon
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 by C.K.M. Scanlon
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.
The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett
The Dain Curse – A destructive fate pursues Gabrielle Leggett wherever she goes; it annihilates her home, penetrates into the new thought temple where she takes refuge, brings her wedding-trip to a tragic end, and drives her to the verge of insanity.
The Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett
The Big Knockover – A slick, well-oiled gang hit San Francisco’s financial heart like a flash flood. They stormed the vaults of the city’s biggest banks, cleaned out every penny, then vanished into thin air—like they were never there at all.
Moons in Gold by C.S. Montanye
Moons in Gold – When a rare set of golden opals appear, various jewel thieves go on a chase to steal them that takes them from Paris to London to Egypt to China. Their trails are littered with dead bodies.
