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Tag Archives: 1940s

Ride the Pink Horse – Dorothy B. Hughes

2017-05-07

Pursued by a homicide detective, a Chicago hood heads to a small desert town to extort money from his crooked ex-boss. Amid the town’s festivities, the three form a deadly dance of death.

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Phantom Lady – Cornell Woolrich

2016-09-14

Scott Henderson is on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. The one person whose testimony can clear him? A woman nobody, not even Henderson, remembers.

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The October Country – Ray Bradbury

2015-10-31

“That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay.”

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City – Clifford Simak

2015-07-29

Clifford Simak’s cerebral fixup novel that takes humanity out of its far-future cities, to the stars, and beyond humanity itself.

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The Complete Crime Stories – James M. Cain

2015-06-10

A new work collecting seventeen of James M. Cain’s short stories, including “The Baby in the Icebox,” “Brush Fire,” “Coal Black,” “Career in C Major,” and “The Embezzler.”

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No Good From A Corpse – Leigh Brackett

2015-04-27

When Laurel Dane is murdered, and facing police suspicions of his involvement. P.I. Ed Clive sets out in search of vengeance to find her killer and clear his name.

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The Red Right Hand – Joel Townsley Rogers

2015-04-11

With savage fury, a hitchhiker began a rampage that ended in a young millionaire losing his hand. Investigating why—and finding the hand—may cost Dr. Henry Riddle his sanity.

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Dread Journey – Dorothy B. Hughes

2015-04-07

Starlet Kitten Agnew will land the role of her dreams or die aboard a transcontinental train; the choice comes down to Viv Spender, twisted Hollywood director and her onetime lover.

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Desert Town – Ramona Stewart

2015-02-06

Teenager Paula Haller makes the mistake of falling in love with a dangerous gangster twice her age, when small-town melodrama, noir, and western converge.

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The Four-Sided Triangle – William F. Temple

2015-01-17

Two brilliant scientists, one beautiful woman, who only loves one of the men. What luck they’ve already developed a Reproducer and can make their own four-sided love triangle…

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The Secret of Sinharat – Leigh Brackett

2015-01-01

Deep in the Martian drylands, a band of mercenaries plots revolution. Enter Eric John Stark, outlaw; in wind-swept ruins he will find unlikely romance, and an ancient, undying secret…

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