Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker.
Archie Goodwin’s aunt Edna is about to lure him away from his work at Nero Wolfe’s New York brownstone. After an ominous phone call, he heads off to...
He was a middle-aged, medium-sized, unobtrusive sort of man, with the stamp of upper-class conservatism on his clothing and features and he lay sprawled on his back on a sidewalk in Miami Beach, Florida with a bullet-hole between his eyes.
There...
Mr. L. A. G. Strong’s new story of murder and sudden death has many striking and unusual qualities. It is in essence a novel of high distinction. Mr. Strong concentrates on what is psychologically the most interesting part of every murder...
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING BADLY ENOUGH, YOU’LL GET IT...
Bernie Rhodenbarr may be New York’s most charming bookseller (by day) and its most skillful burglar (by night), but the modern world isn’t kind to either of his vocations. How is a...
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...
Erle Stanley Gardner dons his other cap and comes up with superior fare for A. A. Fair fans.
Bertha Cool was purring like a kitten. A client had just hired the agency to investigate a suspected insurance swindle, and in Bertha’s glittering...
The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark...
In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeen’s police are struggling: half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someone’s firebombed a hotel full of...
Set against the brooding landscape of the Hebrides, Peter May returns to the territory of his bestselling Lewis Trilogy, and his much-loved detective, Fin Macleod.
When the lifeless body of eighteen-year-old Caitlin is discovered on a desolate...
For ex-cop Tony Valentine, life in balmy Florida provides little R&R. In fact, he’s in demand now more than ever. Armed with a special grift sense, Valentine can spot card cheats and even bigger game whose sole purpose on earth is to relieve a...