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Ann Karr has found a historical precedent to create a female Sheriff of Nottingham for this retelling of the Robin Hood legend … A remarkable work which recasts the traditional roles and sheds new light on the relationship between the famous characters.

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The swamp had no name and no landmarks: just cypress, Spanish moss, and alligators – and a wrecked plane with eighty thousand dollars inside it. The man who found the Money Plane could have any woman he wanted – even the deliriously carnal Dorry Mears – as long as he kept the source of his fortune a secret. But in the swamp no secret was ever safe. And neither was anyone who had Dorry for a mistress.

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The worst flood in decades has isolated an island in the middle of Big River and there’s no telling when the dam upriver is going to give. On the island are four men and three lifejackets. The sheriff’s got the rifle and knows one of the other three men is a brutal and ruthless killer. Each man has his own story and if you don’t think this is a situation ripe for the webwork machinations of Harry Stephen Keeler, you haven’t been reading one of the most original mystery writers of the 20th century. Told in outrageous dialect, this book will have you guessing from the first page to the last.

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Two seasoned bank robbers get more than they bargained for when they pick Carmody as hostage for their getaway. Carmody doesn't care if he lives or died – and promptly demands a cut of the loot!

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Sam Brokaw was a crook and a heel. He had a big job planned as soon as he got out of jail. But he didn't count on his jilted girlfriend, who wanted him put away for life – or Mac.<P>This short story is counted as #18 in the Mac detective series. <P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle <P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini <P> "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." –thrillingdetective.com

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#17 in the Mac detective series. <P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle <P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini <P> "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." –thrillingdetective.com

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A classic entry in the Shell Scott series!<P> This was a warm Sunday afternoon; Sheldon Scott, Investigations—my downtown L.A. office—was closed, and I was invited to a party. A Hawaiian party at that: luau, roast pig, the works. From behind the house somewhere I heard a happy squeal. A happy feminine squeal. Sounded like a good wild party. There was a lot of hellish yelling and whooping. At the top of six cement steps I found a buzzer on the right of the massive door, poked it as chimes went off to the tune of How Dry I Am.

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IMAGINE…<P> It is not hard to imagine that you are a thirteen-year-old (almost fourteen) and you don’t quite feel like you belong in your own family, with a somewhat goofy father who does magic tricks and disappears for long periods of time and might be a secret agent, not to mention a mother who might be a white witch, and a sister is actually normal but doesn't look the slightest bit like you. Then it gets worse when your family suddenly moves into a massive pile of a house deep in the woods in the middle of nowhere, and that house seems to be alive. It is more than a house. It is also a centuries-old, sleeping dragon that settled into the shape of a house as it slept. But now it is waking up, and you find you have a strange affinity to it. <P> You, and no one else, can slide through the walls, swim in the bloodstream of the Dragon and share its consciousness. You acquire a mysterious teacher and a robotic companion from the planet Zarconax, and if life isn’t getting strange enough already, something goes wrong and Ghastly Horrors and other malevolent monstrosities attack, well before you, or your parents, or even the house itself is prepared to do anything about it. Imagine that an all-encompassing darkness threatens everyone you ever cared about. <P> Darrell Schweitzer’s fourth novel might be considered a book for younger readers, or for readers who remember what it was like to be young. It is perhaps most comparable to the spooky narratives of John Bellairs. It is the sort of story, filled with striking imagery and bizarre incidents, a mixture of whimsy and genuine fright. <P> The author’s other novels include The White Isle, The Shattered Goddess, and The Mask of the Sorcerer. He has published hundreds of short stories. His fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award three times and once for the Shirley Jackson Award. He is an expert on H.P. Lovecraft and a former editor of the legendary Weird Tales magazine.
“This is the house I should have grown up in! Schweitzer’s fantasy is cleanly written, original, and great fun to read.” – Michael Swanwick, author of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter. “Schweitzer is a story-teller, by whose smoky fire one may sit spell-bound.” – Tanith Lee, author of The Birthgrave, Tales from the Flat Earth, the Blood Opera sequence, etc.

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She went looking for excitement – and found violence and danger instead! A Wildside Crime Classic by the author of The Star Trap and The Captain Must Die! <p> "Bob Colby was more than just a 'one-hit wonder.' He wrote several other respected novels in the 1950s and '60s, including The Deadly Desire and The Secret of the Second Door (both Gold Medal, 1959) and dozens of short stories for Alfred Hitchcock and Mike Shayne… Do me a favor: hunt down one of his novels and give it a try." – Peter Enfantino <p> "He had a journalist's eye for his times. This was especially true in the novels he set in Hollywood. [The Captain Must Die] is his masterpiece. You will not be disappointed." – Ed Gorman

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"The Chronicles of Narnia" is a series of seven fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Included in this volume are:<P> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)<BR> Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (1951)<BR> The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)<BR> The Silver Chair (1953)<BR> The Horse and His Boy (1954)<BR> The Magician's Nephew (1955)<BR> The Last Battle (1956)<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!

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