A sharp, suspenseful first novel about white collar crime in the world of high finance. John March walked away from his family's venerable merchant bank, for the life of rural deputy sheriff - a life that would explode in personal tragedy and...
Right after World War II:
“I want you to spoil the secret of Atomsk.”
“Atomsk?”
Coppersmith spelled it out, adding, “It’s the Russian atomic center. We want them to know that we know all about it. We want them to guess as to...
A circus owner’s murder produces a roster of bizarre suspects
Summer heat is choking New York, and the Great Merlini — conjurer, sleuth, and godson of P. T. Barnum — offers his friend Ross Harte a chance to get out of town. Before they can...
How did beautiful women come to be known as ‘The Terrible Ones’?
Nick Carter, top agent of AXE, sometimes known as Killmaster, had his hands full finding out.
Not that he didn’t have other things on his mind. The Chinese Communists...
Wanda Weatherby had made her final pitch half an hour before when she phoned Mike with an urgent plea for help.
He'd been curious about her — who she was and what she wanted from him, and what she meant to the other people who had...
A call from Scotland Yard couldn’t have come at a worse time for Duncan Kincaid. He has promised the weekend to Kit, the eleven-year-old son of his ex-wife. The son he never knew he fathered – who doesn’t yet know Kincaid’s true identity....
Two weeks after the madman's body is buried, another cannibalistic murder spree begins. Fingerprints, DNA, and modus operandi all link Dahmer to the hideous crimes.
Homicide cop Helen Closs is certain it's all a hoax or a clever...
He was a nice guy. Now he's dead. That's all Hammer knows about the stiff in the hotel room. But that isn't enough because Hammer suspects murder while the cops are calling it a suicide. Without a license or a gun, Hammer is pushing his way...