Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) was born into poverty as an illegitimate London child and left school at age 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London, and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, ...
They planned to kidnap a little boy, hold him for ransom, and collect a big payoff. Nothing would happen to the kid – Garvin promised. What could possible go wrong with their big score? A classic crime novella ripped from the pages of the Sept. 1960 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine! ...
SIZZLING BEACHES!<P> Jason Summer has dropped out of college for a reasonhe's just too hot to swot. As he works his way 'round Florida, hitching rides and selling favors, it seems that everyone Jason meets comes away satisfied.<P> But Jason's not the only beach bum on the make. On the West Coast, three eighteen-year-olds are amusing themselves in Baja during their last year in high school. Talbot has his eyes on a se ...
Detective Jefferson Hastings investigates the murder of Mildred Brace at the home of wealthy eccentric Arthur Sloane. When Sloane’s daughter asks Hastings to help solve the crime, the detective gets little help from anyone at the estate. How can he solve a crime with no clue?<P> A classic mystery from 1920! ...
He was in the wrong place and the wrong time – and became the witness to a murder. And the murderer knew who he was and where to find him. <P> So what can a poor guy who's usually on the wrong side of the law do? ...
Dorothy Cameron Disney (1903-1992) was an American writer born in the Indian Territory that became the state of Oklahoma. Educated at Barnard College, New York., she worked as a stenographer, copy writer, journalist and night club hostess before becoming a full time writer. She is one of Mary Roberts Rinehart most gifted followers. ...
