Classic Mysteries: 140 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...

Oppenheim in a new vein--the story of the love of a novelist of high ideals for an actress.

Amazingly written espionage pulp thriller. Surprisingly exciting tale of assassination, intrigue, and love in the Arabian desert.

A psychic tale of dual personality and the underworld, told in Mr. Vance's typical way, which means that each chapter unfolds more suspense, and that excitement vies with love interest for the rule of the reader's imagination.

A good story full of greed, deceit, jealousy, despair, attempted assassination, true love and perseverance, and finally revenge. A well-told story worthy of a read.

Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes. A very thinly disguised Sherlock Holmes takes on Arsene Lupin in solving a mystery.

"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.

Johnny had a passkey to all the hotel rooms. He wasn't looking for murder, but he found it—and worse!On the streets of a big city people smile and the fights are bright. But there is an altey world of darkness, double-dealing and death; in this world you need muscles and brains to take a step—and...

Detective tale about a murderer on the loose.

Lurid, fast-paced and sexy detective thriller by Clifton Adams.

Taut detective thriller by Adams.

Great detective novel, showing true consequences of failure, luck, fortune and conflict of arousing emotions going in the minds of a real detective almost all the time who faces a challenge to perform a three fold task of securing both the ransom, the kidnapped child and preventing the kidnappers...