He found her in a quiet bar — a sulky-mouthed, awkward, green-eyed kid trying desperately to pick up a man. He taught her how to dress, to walk, to laugh, turned her into the kind of woman who makes every man reach into his pocket for...
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Betty Case opened her eyes, fear gripping her. She lay very still for a moment, listening. Then she heard the sound again, like someone walking on the roof. Instantly she thought of the cat burglar, who’d been terrorizing his victims with an axe....
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Two gambling kingpins go to war — and Manville Moon is caught in the middle When an upstart gangster named Byron Wade threatens Louis Bagnell’s gambling empire, Bagnell attempts to hire Manville Moon, a detective whose loss of a leg has not...
Wednesday, April 16th — 8:32 A.M.
Frank and I sped over to West Sixth and Bixel. When we got there the shooting was over. One cop was dead, another wounded. No sign of either suspect.
We exchanged grim looks. The gang’s take was now...
Prostitution, dope, gambling, and murder!
As a town, St. Cecilia was anything but saintly — prostitution, dope, gambling, the works.
Matt Rudd of the Vice Squad had the lurid inside story. But he was helpless as long as crooked politicos...
If you don't shudder with every twist and sudden thrust of these 16 terror tales…
if you are able to turn off your bedside lamp after closing this volume and drift off to a deep, dreamless sleep…
if you can drink your morning coffee...
Автор: Макдональд Джон Данн , Деминг Ричард
Серия: Крутой детектив США #18
Язык: русский
Год: 1997
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Герои романов, вошедших в восемнадцатый сборник, действуют по-разному. Один, независимый и работающий на свой страх и риск, полагается...