The Back Seat Murder, first published in 1931, is a classic, fast-paced 'golden-age' mystery, featuring a cast of characters of questionable motive and intent, sure to keep readers guessing as to the identity of the killer. Herman Landon (1882-1960) authored a number of mystery and detective novels, including the popular 1920s detective series "Gray Phantom".

The Harvest Murder, first published in 1937 (and also published under the title Death in the Hop Fields) is part of the series of mysteries featuring private detective Dr. Priestley. Author John Rhode, a pen name of Cecil Street (1884-1964), was a prolific writer of mostly detective novels, publishing more than 140 books between 1924 and 1961. From the dustjacket: Sergeant Wragge happened to see it there, lying by the side of the road, and decided...

The Accomplice, first published in 1947 as part of the Inner Sanctum Suspense Specials, is a psychological crime thriller in the mode of Ruth Rendell or Patricia Highsmith. The plot centers on Hank Bewley, studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, who meets an attractive young woman, Corrie Waters, and her breathtakingly handsome boyfriend, Lex Abbott. The events that transpire follow a sordid and depraved path to a shocking climax. Matthew Head is a pen-name...

Stranger in Galah, first published in 1958, is a murder mystery set in the drought-stricken outback of northern Australia. The story revolves around John Deane, who, while driving his old truck toward the remote town of Galah, comes across an aborigine hanging from a tree. A short time before he had seen the young man alive and being pursued by a group of men. He brings the body to the authorities in Galah but little action is taken. Deane, considered...

The Meriwether Mystery, first published in 1932 as a Crime Club Book, is a golden-age mystery featuring female sleuth Lynn MacDonald who attempts to solve a puzzling series of murders terrorizing a small resort town. From the dustjacket: "Who stooped and kissed the dead man ... why was there a knife found in the yard if a pistol was thrown from a window ... why bother to smash a xylophone to bits ...? In quiet little Satoria-by-the-Bay, killing was...

Murder at Bayside, first published in 1933, is a fast-paced Crime Fiction by Raymond Robins (1873-1954), a noted expert on weaponry (especially pistols) and ballistics, major themes in solving the book's mystery. From the dust-jacket: "In a large country estate in Maryland several ugly rumors are afloat. One is to the effect that the place is a rendezvous for rum-runners, another deals with the unsavory reputation of the sons of the owner. The latter,...

When a crime wave grips Miami, Mike Shayne comes home to fight In the city room of the Courier, a reporter blocks out the clatter of typewriters to tell Miami the truth. In the past week, three murders have been committed in Miami Beach, and Timothy Rourke is the only person who sees the connection. As the mayor and the chief of police deny rumors of a crime wave, Rourke hollers from page one: Organized crime has taken over Miami, and the bloodshed...

Un crime sanglant dans une résidence paisible, une joyeuse bande de retraités à la gouaille ravageuse, des jeux sexuels dangereux, les prémices d'une épidémie mondiale sur fond de rites satanistes et de délires amnésiques. Et des mouches. Beaucoup de mouches. Partout. Tout le temps. Bienvenue à la Résidence des Ormes d'Oullins, théâtre morbide du meurtre d'Hervé Chaliez. Crime crapuleux ou crime passionnel? Qui pouvait en vouloir au...

Detective Art Topp has a wife...or rather, had a wife. It's hard to tell. On one hand, he talks to her every day, and she talks back. On the other, he's still in shock from the day he walked into his Triple A Detective AAAgency office and found her lifeless body riddled with bullets, the catastrophic blowback from what should have been a simple investigation. Now he's promised his daughter he's going to figure out what happened. The only problem is,...

Screwed up runaway teen lying to cover her tracks? Or victim of an unthinkable crime? When a police officer comes to private investigator Sam Arbichaut asking for help with her teenage cousin, he can hardly refuse to at least listen. Everyone says the girl is a runaway, a liar, and a messed up kid. Except the girl herself, who claims she was kidnapped. And she says she wasn't alone. Caught between multiple families, the police, and a powerful local...