Helen Chalmers had the kind of looks and body, which could make a man do almost everything she wanted. So when she asked pressman Ed Dawson to spend a month alone with her, in a scheduled Italian villa, he found himself accepting—even though it...
On a dark, lonely quai of Paris’s 4th arrondissement, a woman is found suffering from amnesia, with the initials of the top Chinese atomic scientist tattooed on her buttock. This is the opening gambit of the second Mark Girland espionage...
THEY LIVED ALL THE WAY
Clint Sewell was a rising young career man on the loose in a strange town when he slammed into trouble in the shape of a restless secretary, his boss’ blonde wife, and the town’s easy-loving belle.
Clint couldn’t...
The only clue that could lead to the arrest of a homicidal killer was a golf ball button, torn from the jacket the killer was wearing, and found by the horrifyingly mutillated body of a young hooker. There were four owners of jackets with golf ball...
The audacious new novel from bestselling author Megan Abbott, "one of the best living mystery writers" (Grantland).Katie and Eric Knox have dedicated their lives to their fifteen-year-old daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful. But...
Clark’s is the finest military institution on the West Coast, but pay them enough and they’ll take anybody. That’s how Martin Thorpe ended up there, a fourteen-year-old boy with a habit of getting thrown out of boarding schools. Too smart for...
In the Crowded, smoky Neptune Tavern Al Barney tells of four ill-assorted people — Don Elliot, ex movie star; Joey Luck and his daughter, Cindy, small time ‘dips’ and Vin Pinna, a vicious gunman — in search of 8 Russian stamps worth a...
When Jake’s ex-wife moves to Minnesota, Daisy does her best to make Stella Gardner feel welcome. She puts on a smile as she helps Stella move into her new home, and she even invites her to Thanksgiving dinner, hoping for a smooth transition as...
Reckless Harry Griffin was an ex-pilot on the skids. But he had an ingenious scheme for hijacking a plane and heisting 3 million dollars worth of diamonds. Another hardfisted mystery by the author of NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS...