Stephen Wasylyk (1922-1996) was a prolific author for both Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, penning more than 175 mysteries. He only published short stories during a career than spanned four decades.<P> FAVOR<BR> PARENTAL DISCRETION<BR> FOOD FOR THE TIGER ...
A thief has a great gig going: stealing jewelry from rich women so they can collect the insurance money, while giving them the jewelry back for a fee. But when he decides to blackmail his current client, things don't quite work out as planned! ...
Stephen Wasylyk (1922-1996) was a prolific author for both Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, penning more than 175 mysteries. He only published short stories during a career than spanned four decades.<P> CONSOLATION PRIZE<br> LESSON FOR A PRO<br> TEN DOLLAR$ A WEEK<br> THE MAN WHO DESERVED TO DIE<br> JIGSAW PUZZLE<br> GAME PLAN<br> MUSICIANS DON’T KILL EACH O ...
Welcome to the second volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community’s «Thrillogy» series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. This time we focus on the work of Talmage Powell (1920-2000). Included are:<P> EASY MARK<BR> LIFE SENTENCE<BR> REWARD FOR GENIUS<P> At the beginning of his career, Powell published, under his name and many pseudonyms, more than 200 stories in top crime and mystery pulp magaziness like Dime M ...
"Tim Ludlow's English bride, Sybil, brings trouble in her trousseau. Housing shortages end in housing problems with a gambler's murder, the history of Sybil's father, and the curiosity of their New Jersey coast neighbors, a one-man reception committee, and a last minute mellerdrammer touch. Spoof and sparkle, equals some spontaneous combustion." – Kirkus ...
FRAMED!<P> Marcia Carr was dead. Rack Ramsey had loved her–but not enough to be framed for her murder!<P> What part had Marcia played in Bowen's filthy narcotics racket? Why was Sara Colvin so frightened of the suave Blake Bowen? How did Marcia's ten million dollars figure in the strange partnership of gambler Phil Stark and widower Jeff Carr? Puzzling pieces in a fantastic pattern for murder…<P> But over all was R ...
This volume collects 21 stories featuring Detective O'Malley from the pages of Collier's. They date from 1930 through the early 1940s. William MacHarg's title character is a lot of fun and sure to appeal to fans of classic puzzle mysteries.<P> Of the series (which numbers about 80 stories), Mike Grost wrote: «The brief tales are heavily plot oriented. Some of them have mystery puzzle plots, in others the killer's ident ...
Morgan Wayne knew that the peddlers of vice and dope were untouchable.<P> He knew that the Mafia's arm was long and its hand held a killer's knife.<P> He knew the willing women they would send to tempt and betray him.<P> He knew his own nerve and strength and skill.<P> He knew the white hate within him for the crime lords and their gunmen.<P> So he walked alone into the very heart of gangland to deal ...
