Ed Lacy: 24 books

I sat there, waiting in this dull Bronx back yard, the gun in my right pocket, safety off. It was simple... wait till he was on top of me, one shot in the heart... then run across the lot to the car. Sid had an ordinary looking heap; nobody would notice it, or the license number. The license number—that...

"She had to buy protection --- and her payment was her body!" so says the cover.  A lurid, racy pulp novel mystery.

Principal Characters GEORGE JACKSON Since splitting up with his wife, he had seen her occasionally but then he met Lee—and no other woman would do! HENRY CONLEY He came to George with $7,000. When he died George didn't know what to do with the money—or Henry's wife either! LEE CONLEY Tall, voluptuous....

Twelve people: eleven dead men,and one live woman.

Two books in one! Murder in Paradise and The Coin of Adventure ''What is the meaning of 'whore?''' Ruita asked in Tahitian, anger rising in her voice. I didn't hear an answer because just then a hell of a fracas broke out at the poolside. Ruita and Kitty Merry were rolling on the white...

He pulled her to him in a fierce, sweaty embrace, and breathed into her parted lips. Set it up for me to see them, honey. Do it for me and I'll... take care of you... The set-up was cash - enough cash to kill for. But something went terribly wrong. And afterwards, blood had to pay for blood.

A rough, hard-hitting mystery of a hot headed cop --- and a cold-blooded killer.

A hard boiled detective mystery about a detective who thought he was the best, and the woman who fell in love with him.

A Double Murder–without a single motive. They lay dead outside the bar–a tough cop and a real nothing guy who had just won a thousand bucks in a slogan contest. “It was a crazy killing. My job was to whistle up the murderer. The dead cop’s wife was footing the bill. “A knife-packing...

Lurid, hard-boiled pulp detective tale of men and women in the throes of passion and anger.