Even the Wicked – Ed McBain
Zach Blake and his daughter Penny return to Martha’s Vineyard, seeking the truth behind the “accidental” death of their wife/mother Mary.
Tag Archives: investigation
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.
Arson Plus and Other Stories – Dashiell Hammett
Three of Hammett’s early Continental Op stories from October, 1923 issues of the Black Mask pulp: “Arson Plus,” “Crooked Souls,” and “Slippery Fingers.”
Pale in Death – Ed Brock
His past had come calling, dropping by unexpectedly, in the shape of an officially unidentified female body left like garbage …
Polar City Blues – Katherine Kerr
The universe is dominated by two gigantic factions, the Interstellar Confederation and the Coreward Alliance. Humans from Earth have created …
The Z Murders – J. Jefferson Farjeon
Richard Temperley finds his erstwhile travel companion—a disagreeable fellow passenger—dead, with a mysterious woman and a crimson metal “Z” the only clues to the murderer…
Inter Ice Age 4 – Kōbō Abe
When the Japanese scientists who’ve developed a prognostication device set their machine to track an individual, they uncover the greatest scientific conspiracy of their age.
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.
Mister Justice – Doris Piserchia
A time-traveling vigilante named Mister Justice takes evidence from the past to condemn criminals in the future; the government uses a young superboy to take him down.
Murder in Piccadilly – Charles Kingston
The only thing between Bobbie Cheldon and marrying the love of his live is his lack of cold, hard cash—an inheritance he won’t collect until his uncle has passed away…
The Sussex Downs Murder – John Bude
“Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murder, and, what was more, a murder without a corpse!”
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 