A Suspension of Mercy – Patricia Highsmith
Sydney, an American writer of murder-mysteries, falls under suspicion of murder when his English wife Alicia left for London and never returned…
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A Night For Screaming – Harry Whittington
On the run for a crime he didn’t commit, Mitch Walker decides to lay low at a prison work-farm. But he finds himself caught between the jealous owner and his flirty wife…
The Captain Must Die – Robert Colby
For twelve long years they remembered. For twelve long years they plotted. And now Captain Driscoll was going to pay for what he had done to them during the war.
Steve Bentley’s Calypso Caper – E. Howard Hunt
Steve Bentley’s vacation in the Bahamas turns into a murder investigation, as his host is the chief suspect in the grisly murder of a beautiful singer.
Someone is Bleeding – Richard Matheson
Young author is caught in a love triangle with a beautiful, frightened woman-child and his old college rival, a shady lawyer with mob connections. One of those two is a killer. But which one?
A Touch of Death – Charles Williams
Broke and broken ex-football star is enticed by a plot to find $120,000; all he has to do is sneak into a dead man’s mansion and find the hidden cash. Easier said than done.
Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here – Ed McBain
Follow the detectives of the 87th Precinct over twenty-four hours of a given day; a multitude of crimes are committed, and solved, by the expansive cast of characters.
Bimini Run – E. Howard Hunt
Unlucky drifter agrees to tag along on a rich couple’s fishing excursion. A surplus of booze, too many guns, a rich drunkard and his unhappy wife make for an incendiary mix.
Stop This Man! – Peter Rabe
Three-time loser has finally struck gold—thirty-six pounds of it. But when it turns out to be radioactive, killing all who touch it, he takes desperate measures to strike it rich.
Stolen Woman – Wade Miller
Mexicali saloon piano player is caught up in multi-layered intrigues and a dangerous drug ring, all because he slept with his boss’s wife and then accidentally killed the guy.
The Killer – Wade Miller
Big-game hunter is hired by vengeful banker to track down and kill son’s killer; the hunt will criss-cross America, and overlap with the killer’s wife on numerous occasions.
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 