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.
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The Cosmic Rape – Theodore Sturgeon
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.
Detour – Helen Nielsen
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.
Ubik – Philip K. Dick
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.
Bunny Lake is Missing – Evelyn Piper
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.
Dividend on Death – Brett Halliday
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.
Obit Delayed – Helen Nielsen
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.
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.
Shell Game – Richard Powell
Vacationing ad-man just wants to roam the beach and collect seashells… until he’s dragged into a murder investigation by a beautiful woman.
Man on a Rope – George Harmon Coxe
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…
Killer’s Wedge – Ed McBain
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!
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 