The killers came for his money – of they would have his woman's life! A Wildside Crime Classic by the author of The Star Trap and The Captain Must Die! <p> "Bob Colby was more than just a 'one-hit wonder.' He wrote several other respected novels in the 1950s and '60s, including The Deadly Desire and The Secret of the Second Door (both Gold Medal, 1959) and dozens of short stories for Alfred Hitchcock and Mike Sha ...
Rudy Ferris didn’t have any trouble smashing my door open because he’s a real big guy. He stood facing me, his black automatic pointed straight at my throat. It didn’t take me long to figure out what had happened. Ella had told him – everything.... ...
On the far side of the room was a door and beyond that door were Pole and Dowell, two of the men who had murdered old Sothoron and old Sothoron’s wife. He knew they were there. How he knew it he could not have explained. So far as his trained senses had been able to discover, there had come from the next room during his long wait the sound of neither voice nor motion… ...
Lady Willard, widow of the famous Egyptologist Sir John Willard, consults Poirot. Her late husband excavated the tomb of Pharaoh Men-her-Ra together with an American financier, Mr Bleibner. Both men died within a fortnight of each other… ...
"International smuggling, vicious gangsters, beautiful girls … sparkling, intriguing, outstanding." – Phoenix Republic <P> "Adventure, suspense, and just good fun." – Dallas News <P> "Excitement, plot … once started the ball of adventure becomes a rolling stone … the young professor does enough first-hand research in the underworld to satisfy anybody." – Chicago Tribune <P> "Mr. Wylie meant to entertai ...
Washington—the Potomac—Chesapeake Bay—against the background of a beautiful and gracious city, a sleepy river, a tranquil bay, Captain Hugh North, against the most terrific odds he has ever encountered, fights his greatest battle. Here, in this list of the men and women who crowd these exciting pages, are his allies and his enemies, all participants in the mighty game of life and death. Here are murderers—and friends. Can you tell which they are ...
Detective Sergeant Carmoody has gotten complaints about a peeping tom from a woman named Miss Morgan. Carmoody put her beachfront motel under surveillance, but while he was taking a meal break, someone broke into the motel, and murdered her. ...
Detective-Inspector James Sepping investigates the disappearance of man-about-town Rex Walton. Walton disappeared with a million pounds on the even of his wedding. ...
Prissy Baxter inherited a lot of money when her husband died. She keeps her sister, Liz, on a tight allowance – but Prissy's will says if Liz is married to Prissy's approval when Prissy dies, then Liz will inherits. However, if Liz is single or married to someone Prissy doens't approve of, then all the money goes to charity… Is it recipe for murder – or worse? ...
