Autumn 1948 — the final tense days of the Presidential campaign between incumbent Harry S Truman and Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey. As Truman prepares for a visit to Chicago, Tribune police reporter Steve “Snap” Malek is warned of a...
During World War II, Prince Sergei Romanovsky’s parents were slaughtered and the family jewels stolen by a Red Army sergeant. Romanovsky escaped, changed his identity and became one of the most feared men in the Soviet bloc: Vadim Vinnick,...
In the wake of a huge nor’easter, three bodies are discovered in the rubble of an abandoned factory building in an industrial part of Paradise known as The Swap. One body, a man’s, wrapped in a blue tarp, is only hours old. But within feet of...
Charles Horne, who stuck his neck out to solve the puzzle of the Chinese doll, sticks it out again in Wilson Tucker’s second mystery, TO KEEP OR KILL. In fact, he sticks his whole head out of his office window and becomes one of the victims of a...
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...
What do you do when a criminal — a violent man who seeks revenge — turns up after fourteen years and menaces you and your entire family?
Sam Bowden’s testimony had helped put Max Cady, a rapist, behind bars during World War II. Now Cady...
Against the ominous backdrop of America’s entry into World War II, the navy still reels from the devastation wreaked at Pearl Harbor and the crushing defeat of US ground troops in the Philippines.
On the home front, scientists at the...