Another in the original courtroom novels that inaugurated the legal thriller genre finds Mason tracing the origins of two mysterious checks sent to him by a woman he has never heard of, who has run away with her daughter's...
This is the most valuable summary in print of the RAF's challenge to Germany's invasion plans for the British Isles. Beginning by describing how «history is swamped by patriotic myths about the summer of 1940», Deighton invalidates any theories...
Meet the Amazing Alphabet Hicks… Disbarred lawyer, uncommon cabby, and investigator extrordinary. Who confronts cynical cops and conniving corporations as he pieces together a complex series of confusing clues to trap a cold-blooded...
This is, in the considered opinion of his publishers, the finest detective story ever written by Rex Stout and therefore one of the very best ever written by anyone. As a new peak for the old master, it provides an occasion to celebrate an...