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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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The Cosmic Rape – Theodore Sturgeon

2017-03-16

An alien spore infects a homeless alcoholic, first steps towards infecting and dominating the world… but it expected to face a hive-mind, not a species of individuals.

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Detour – Helen Nielsen

2016-01-31

Kid hitchhiker Danny was making his big break for Mexico when the kindly old man giving him a lift is murdered. Danny sets out on the lam, trapped by circumstantial evidence.

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Ubik – Philip K. Dick

2016-01-23

Glen Runciter is dead. Or is it that his team of anti-psychics led are all dead? Dick’s surreal masterpiece questions the nature of reality, an existential nightmare trapped in half-life.

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Bunny Lake is Missing – Evelyn Piper

2015-08-16

Blanche Lake’s daughter Bunny has gone missing from her daycare—and nobody, not even the police, believe that Bunny ever existed in the first place.

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Dividend on Death – Brett Halliday

2015-07-11

When Phyllis Brighton begs Mike Shayne to keep her from killing her mother, Shayne takes the job—only for the mother to end up dead, with Phyllis as prime suspect.

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Obit Delayed – Helen Nielsen

2015-05-29

When a young woman is killed in a small desert town, the only person not yet ready to condemn her ex-wife is the plucky journalist Mitch Gorman.

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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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Shell Game – Richard Powell

2014-07-24

Vacationing ad-man just wants to roam the beach and collect seashells… until he’s dragged into a murder investigation by a beautiful woman.

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Man on a Rope – George Harmon Coxe

2013-10-20

British Guiana is known for its exotic locales and hot weather—but Barry Dawson would know it for hot diamonds, hot money, dangerous beauties, and murder…

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Killer’s Wedge – Ed McBain

2013-08-02

The 87th Precinct squadroom is held hostage by a dead con’s suicidal wife, armed with a .38 and a bottle of nitro. Her target—Steve Carella!

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