George Martin: 10 books

Vicki meets Tiny, Big Shorty and their girlfriends. Merchandise, money and jewels are disappearing from Hellman's Department Store, where Vicki works. Shoplifters may be involved. Vicki and her friends explore a hidden tunnel to investigate. They also go to the race track, where crooks sabotage the...

Montana Slim plays Seven Card Stud in Las Vegas. A player fills a longshot draw to an inside straight and is accused of hand mucking. He responds with uncanny stories which put the other players on tilt, as well as the casino management. A proposition bet and a series of escalating arguments cause an official inquiry involving truth serum, hypnosis and expert interrogation techniques.

Vicki is first repelled and then intrigued when an unusual clerk is hired in Hellman's Department Store. He tells interesting stories about college hijinks, Las Vegas Blackjack, card counting, poker, Tai Chi and the Chinese internal system. He discusses the counterculture, The Manhattan Project and...

The second Tiny and Big Shorty novel. They camp on The Outer Banks of North Carolina. When a "Riptide" traps two people, they meet some of the locals and two female twins. A map from Salty's Emporium shows the location of Blackbeard's Treasure, but the barrier islands have shifted position...

Joe Lucas meets some memorable characters, including Delta Slim, Freight Train Lizzie, Irish Mick and Cincinnati Bill, when he hops a Southern Pacific freight train known as The Midnight Ghost. They feel threatened by an unidentified serial killer, whose attacks are apparently random. A violent renegade...

The third Tiny and Big Shorty novel. They rent a beach cottage on the Outer Banks. While they are hang gliding, The Hawk returns for revenge. His partner, The Ace, boils nitro to demolish Salty's Emporium. Three Coast Guardsmen search for the treasure, while Detectives Murdock and Fenwick must solve...

A group of high school seniors competes to see who can make it down a dangerous mountain road in the fastest time. They disrupt their school with a series of pranks and run the Vice Principal off the road into a fountain. Their antics end when a Judge sentences them to jail or The Marines. They choose...

Sin and redemption. Two football players visit The Block in Baltimore. They meet a fortune teller, con men and exotic dancers from The Club. When a dancer overdoses on drugs, they hunt the drug dealer. Later, they handicap horses at the track.The Hawk, manager of The Club, may have rigged a race,...

A counter culture type named Vesuvius purchases a run down "fixer upper" of a farm near Murdock, North Carolina. Police detectives suspect him of criminal motives and launch an investigation. They place the farm under surveillance. Meanwhile, a nefarious villain known as The Hawk returns...

The Block is a novella. Billy Parker is a nightclub bouncer on The Block in Baltimore, Maryland. Friction develops between his wife Sue and his girlfriend Sparkle. His wife has additional troubles when she is targeted by a stalker. When Billy finds himself short of funds, he becomes involved in a dubious...