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...
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,...
I’m a private eye in Tampa. My card reads:
Nationwide Detective Agency
Southeastern Division
Agent in Charge: Ed Rivers
It all started during Gasparilla Week, when our city re-enacts the good old days when that lusty pirate, José...
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...
The author of Phantom Lady and Deadline at Dawn, both made into smash motion picture hits, presents here a superb collection of spine-chillers, each a polished example of the art of detection, in which Mr. Irish again proves his unique ability to...
Prostitution, dope, gambling, and murder!
As a town, St. Cecilia was anything but saintly — prostitution, dope, gambling, the works.
Matt Rudd of the Vice Squad had the lurid inside story. But he was helpless as long as crooked politicos...
The toughest detective in 1939 Atlanta is a woman by the name of Violet Cambridge. And she knows her job like she knows herself. All the shadows and alleys, the light and the dark. But when the search for a missing sister and the brutal murder of...
Dolly Rawlins is out. The unforgettable heroine of the most popular and exciting TV drama of the 1980s is free after serving a nine-year sentence for the murder of her husband.
Waiting for Dolly is a group of women who all served time with her....
Wednesday, April 16th — 8:32 A.M.
Frank and I sped over to West Sixth and Bixel. When we got there the shooting was over. One cop was dead, another wounded. No sign of either suspect.
We exchanged grim looks. The gang’s take was now...
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...