Bill Pronzini has been praised as “a master of suspense” by the Los Angeles Times, and his novels called “realistic and explosive” by the likes of Robert Ludlum. These same qualities distinguish his short fiction.
Graveyard Plots brings...
NICK CARTER is the top agent of “Axe,” America’s super-secret intelligence force. He is suave... and he is ruthless. Among fellow-agents, he is know as... KILLMASTER
Casablanca! Crossroads of international espionage... a glittering,...
When the daughter of a steel magnate disappears, Nero Wolfe and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation.
Archie Goodwin’s very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her time — and considerable financial resources — helping women...
It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault.
But it was just the beginning.
As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, Detective Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of...
When a fellow officer is kidnapped, Lieutenant Jim Reardon, of the San Francisco Police Department, finds himself facing the toughest case of his career...
The victim has no enemies, no money, and no rich relatives. He’s just a good, decent...
Where there’s a will there’s a way — at least that was old A. B. Carr’s reasoning until Doug Selby appeared and mapped out another course...
Obviously the young lawyer, Inez Stapleton, had bitten off more than she could chew. It isn’t...
Once again James Hadley Chase achieves an epic of tough writing that easily exceeds anything that he has previously written. Here are all the ingredients that you have come to expect from him — pace, punch and ferocious realism.
This is a...
Special Agent Constant Marlowe is in pursuit of “Mr. X,” a key player in organized crime. Her mission is to collar him and flip him into a cooperating witness. The only problem? Marlowe doesn’t know who he is or even what he looks like. It...