Ride the Pink Horse – Dorothy B. Hughes
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.
Tag Archives: 1940s
Phantom Lady – Cornell Woolrich
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.
The October Country – Ray Bradbury
“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.”
City – Clifford Simak
Clifford Simak’s cerebral fixup novel that takes humanity out of its far-future cities, to the stars, and beyond humanity itself.
The Complete Crime Stories – James M. Cain
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.”
No Good From A Corpse – Leigh Brackett
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.
The Red Right Hand – Joel Townsley Rogers
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.
Dread Journey – Dorothy B. Hughes
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.
Desert Town – Ramona Stewart
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.
The Four-Sided Triangle – William F. Temple
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…
The Secret of Sinharat – Leigh Brackett
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…
