A collection of stories, both early and late, that show how Mystery Writers of America Grand Master James M. Cain made his name There is a hungry tiger loose in the house, and that is not good news for anyone. A jealous husband let the animal out of his cage hoping he would eat his wife alive, but tigers aren't used to taking orders. This jungle cat will get his meal, and he doesn't care where it comes from. "The Baby in the Icebox" begins with a murdered wildcat and ends with a dead human—and what comes in between is some of the most striking prose James M. Cain ever put to paper. It is one of the first stories this master of crime fiction ever wrote, and it shows all the hallmarks of the novels that would later make him famous—namely Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice. The tales in this collection are short, but Cain never needed more than a few pages to thrill. Views: 50
Silvermeadow is a brand-new mega-shopping mall - 'more like a small city than a department store'. Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla and Detective Chief Inspector David Brock investigate the reappearance of one of the most violent criminals Brock has ever come across.Silvermeadow's calculated, manipulative and dressed up to deceive. If this glossy, huge new shopping mall on the outskirts of London had been a suspect rather than a place, Kathy Kolla would have said its manner was guilty as hell. Dark secrets fester in its depths. A young woman is found dead, gruesomely crushed in the rubbish compactor; the most vicious bank robber known in England has been seen there; and a homeless boy is discovered dead in bizarre circumstances.Too many dead, too many secrets, and for Detective Chief Inspector David Brock and Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla there are too many loose ends in this, their most frustrating and dangerous investigation yet.'Comparable to the psychological crime... Views: 50
These award-winning Julius Katz
mysteries have delighted thousands of mystery fans since first
appearing on the pages of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in 2009.
'Julius Katz' introduced readers to Boston's most brilliant,
eccentric and possibly laziest detective, Julius Katz, as well as
his sidekick, Archie, a tiny marvel of whizbang computer
technology with the heart and soul of a hard-boiled PI. In Julius
and Archie's second adventure, 'Archie's Been Framed', the little
guy is framed for murder and Julius needs to use all his wits to
keep his inimitable assistant out of the slammer.
'Julius Katz' attracted a devoted following from mystery readers
when it first came out, and has since won the Shamus Award for
best story from the Private Eye Writers of America, as well as the
Derringer Award for best novelette from the Short Mystery Fiction
Society. 'Archie's Been Framed' won 1st place in Ellery Queen's
Readers Choice Award, with their readers choosing it as their
favorite story published by the magazine in 2010. If you haven't
had a chance to meet Julius and Archie yet, now's your chance to
get caught up in these charming, delightful and very unusual
mystery stories. Views: 50
Old skeletons, new deaths, crime families, torture and intimidation; David Brock and Kathy Kolla are challenged like never before.. . . Brock and Kolla, a pair of crime fiction's finest.' - The AgeSkeletons are discovered in Cockpit Lane, a poor black area of inner south London, and DCI David Brock and DS Kathy Kolla of Scotland Yard's Serious Crimes Branch are called in to investigate.The discovery that the victims died on the day of the Brixton riots, over twenty years before, lead Brock and Kolla on a dark and dangerous journey into the heart of the West Indian community in London - a journey in which past and present come together in an intricate web of deception and intrigue, as Brock re-discovers the hand of a formidable old antagonist, Spider Roach. In a desperate search to find a crucial piece of missing evidence, Brock and Kathy unwittingly set in train a series of events that end in a shocking, violent conclusion.Written with Maitland's... Views: 50
MILLIONAIRE DAD Wealthy, brooding businessman Michael Friday's one weakness was his daughter, Chloe. So when her teacher called to speak about Chloe's misbehavior, he couldn't believe her concerns. But when Miss Rose came in person, he started listening. Kate stormed into the single father's office - but stopped short at the sight of the tall, powerful executive. This was Chloe's beloved daddy? Domineering men were always trouble, but this one was more dangerous than most. Because Michael had a tender side - and he was showing it to Kate... Views: 50
Mara, Brehon of the Burren, must battle superstitious beliefs and fears as she sets out to solve a brutal murder.When a woman's body is discovered, strangled and bound with rope to the stone torso of Fár Breige, the ancient stone god which stands sentinel above the haunted caves and ancient fortifications of the Atlantic cliffs, the locals believe it was the god who killed her.In life, Clodagh O'Lochlainn had been a disgrace to her clan, tormenting her former priestly lover, jeering at her husband, robbing her relatives: but could she really have been slaughtered by a vengeful god, as the local population believes? Abandoning preparations for the celebration of her fiftieth birthday, Mara, Brehon of the Burren, with the assistance of Fachtnan and her scholars, takes up the task of solving the murder. Ignoring the ancient legends, she concentrates instead on bringing a mortal killer to justice. But it's only when Fachtnan's small daughter is lost in the... Views: 50
