After his life spirals out of control, a young man navigates a world of juggalos, transients, and petty criminals with Shane, an enigmatic small-time drug dealer with a penchant for body...
Ellery Queen is asked by a lawyer friend to help protect the interests of a pretty young heiress. They meet her, along with an unpleasant physician who is a friend of her family, as she disembarks in New York from an ocean liner arriving from...
Chet Logan, known as the Axe Killer, escapes from custody while being escorted to jail. Disguised as a police officer, he meets up with movie writer Perry Weston and persuades him to drive to Weston’s remote fishing lodge. Once there, and somewhat...
In its brief existence, THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES has established itself as a peerless suspense anthology. Compiled by the best-selling mystery novelist Ed McBain, this year’s edition boasts nineteen outstanding tales by such masters as...
Simon Templar has been called everything from the law’s best friend to the law’s worst enemy. But the Saint is a man’s man, a woman’s dream, and a swashbuckling hero who does everything up big. His greatness, however, is that he can always...
A peaceful lake, a cabin in the country, and each other...
It looked as though it was going to be an idyllic holiday for Phil Colby and his fiancée Anne. But then Anne disappears from her motel room, and Phil finds a red-haired hooker in her...