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The Idyllic life in Eden, Devon County, home of Spig and Molly O'Leary, is suddenly menaced by the spectre of a long-forgotten death and the grim reality of imminent murder. Meanwhile, the march of 'progress' in the form of a new bridge, a super highway, and a real estate boom – complete with rumors that their neighbors are planning to sell part of their land to a gambling syndicate – hangs over everything…

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Who is a Sherlockian? And how does one join the ranks of Sherlockians? <P> In «About Being a Sherlockian,» sixty essays explore what it is to be a Sherlockian and celebrate the enduring friendships created. From collecting to chronology, from cosplay to cons, from quasi-historical interpretations to pastiches and fan-fiction, the umbrella of Being a Sherlockian covers a myriad of interests and enthusiasms. <P> Editor Christopher Redmond says: «Perhaps most of the readers will be those who are already Sherlockians, but if the book should fall into the hands of someone who is not, I think it will give a very appealing picture of the endless riches to be found in What It Is We Do.» <P> "Dip a toe, or even a whole foot into the world of Sherlockian fervor with this extraordinary book which illuminates the life-changing benefits of deep involvement with Holmes, Watson and their world. Les Klinger made me 'come out' as a Sherlockian and my world is richer for it, as it is for the candid writers of this wonderful and surprising collection of essays." —Bonnie MacBird, author of «Art in the Blood» and «Unquiet Spirits»

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Gale Gallagher's father was a New York cop. The police station with its green lights was the place her dad worked, and the Policemen's Ball was the magic Cinderella dance she dreamed about as a little girl. Instead of the Bobbsey Twins, she read the police news and the latest murders as reported in the tabloids. Today Gale Gallagher has her own business – the Acme Investigating Agency – which specializes in collections and skip tracing. Her work is to collect from the bad debtor and to track down the vanishing husband, wife, or child, to find those people who run away from life, from bad debts, and bad decisions. But every now and then Gale Gallagher's business gets her involved in matters somewhat more serious and dangerous – sometimes even in murder. A charming chic young woman, Gale Gallagher insists she is too much of a sentimentalist – even a romanticist – to be a first class detective. Besides, says she, she is too femininely impatient to wait for matters to develop, as all good detectives should; she always has to do something about it. However, her files of cases marked S &amp; C (solved and closed) indicate otherwise. In all events, we asked Gale Gallagher to put down on paper some of her extraordinary experiences in crime. And she agreed. She has chosen for her first book the famous Alexander case – the story of a frightened woman who put two thousand dollars on Gale Gallagher&rsquo;s desk and said: &quot;Prove that Bette Alexander is not my child.&quot; It is a tale of intrigue and terror and cruel scheming, an odd brew of romance, deceit, and murder among the smart – and not so smart – Manhattaners.

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This new “Col. Primrose Mystery Novel” might have well been called «The New Mrs. Latham Mystery Novel,» because Mrs. Latham plays almost as important a part in it as the Colonel. The scene is Hawaii, and practically all of the action takes place in and around a house high up on the mountainside above Honolulu. It is the story of a black-sheep American, whose family had lived in Hawaii for generations, but who went to Japan and, sometime after Pearl Harbor, decided to come back and play traitor to his country. <P> Mrs. Latham is present when he makes his first appearance in his family’s house, she is present when his murdered body is discovered – and disposed of – and she is deeply involved in the circumstances that lead up to the second murder, that of a beautiful Hawaiian- American girl who is engaged to marry an American aviator. In fact, Mrs. Latham this time is so much involved that Colonel Primrose accuses her of completely spoiling an air-tight case for him and calls her a nitwit. Shortly after that, for the first time in these stories, he proposes to Mrs. Latham. For the answer, reader, you may write your own ticket! <P> "HONOLULU STORY will be enthusiastically revived by mystery fans who have learned to expect good entertainment from Leslie Ford's novels. In this book the usual excellent performance is turned in by that fictional threesome, Colonel Primrose, special agent in military intelligence, his aide, the intrepid Sgt. Phineas Buck, and likable Grace Latham, socially prominent Washington widow." – The Nebraska State Journal <P> "Miss Ford at her best." – The Hartford Courant

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Shad Holly and Nat Towne are brought together when they are involved with a British patrol in the streets of Boston. Shad, an experienced frontier fighter, and Nat, a young actor, eventually are engaged in dangerous missions during the siege of Boston. Both are among the defenders of Breed's Hill, a name not so well known as nearby Bunker's Hill, thanks to the confusion of British army cartographers.

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DANCE TO THE TUNE OF THE GUN!<P> The cops told Joe Moran he was through as a private eye. They’d revoked his license, taken away his gun permit, and given him orders to get out of the state. They’d had enough of his two-fisted methods and the trickery by which he’d short-circuited the law to gain his clients’ brand of justice. But neither Joe nor the police realized that at that very moment his detective future was filled to overflowing with:<P> A dancing girl playing postoffice with crime . . .<P> An ex-carnie sadist with a bullwhip mania . . .<P> A lip-reading night club snooper . . .<P> A hot-and-cold running murder tub . . .<P> And Joe and the cops found themselves dancing opposites in a fever-paced MAMBO TO MURDER!

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The call-girl ring had it easy. The girls worked their customers in the city, but their headquarters were in the next county – out of reach of the city police. They paid the sheriff for protection, in cash…and in trade.<P> It was a sweet set-up – until Mike Macauley, Assistant D. A., set out to break up the racket. There were two ways the ring could discourage him—frame-up or murder. They tried both…<P> A noir classic by Will Oursler (writing as Nick Marino)!

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It’s been twelve years since we’ve heard of Mr. Evan Pinkerton, the little, timid man who seems to attract trouble, and continually harasses Inspector Bull of Scotland Yard. They’re back now in Homicide House.<P> The story is laid in postwar London, and Mr. Pinkerton is living at No. 4 Godolphin Square. Despite the fact that he owns the apartment house, he shares meagre quarters on the top floor with the chef. Years of living with the penny-pinching Mrs. Pinkerton (now fortunately deceased) have accustomed him to discomfort, and Mr. Pinkerton is quite happy living where he is.<P> One day a young American comes swinging along the Square. He attracts Mr. Pinkerton’s attention when he stops in front of No. 22, directly across from No. 4, and now a shell of a house with only a stairway leading nowhere. The American is so obviously distressed at the sight of the bombed-out house, that Mr. Pinkerton breaks a habit of longstanding and speaks to him. When the stranger tells him he is looking for a girl whom he met six years before in an air-raid shelter, and that he knows only that she lived at No. 22 Godolphin Square, Mr. Pinkerton comforts him by revealing that she is living quite safely at the very house in which he himself has rooms.<P> It takes only one more innocent question to start in motion a train of singularly unpleasant events, and the stranger and Mr. Pinkerton find themselves in the midst of violence and murder.

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Like the hot seat fits a killer, that's how the frame fitted the kid. Then they found him hanged and knew it for murder. Which made a desperate assignment for Detective Sergeant Randall – who had to find out if he himself were the murderer! He backtracked down his own trail with vengeful Stella – with lovely Karis of the hot eyes – with Roxy, the hood, who lived by lust. But what waited Randall at the murder's end? An honest cop, or – the corpse next door?

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The Malice Domestic cozy anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition – 30 original tales with historical settings! Included are: <P> The Blackness Before Me, by Mindy Quigley<BR> Honest John Finds a Way, by Michael Dell<BR> Spirited Death, by Carole Nelson Douglas<BR> Home Front Homicide, by Liz Milliron<BR> The Unseen Opponent, by P. A. De Voe<BR> The Black Hand, by Peter W. J. Hayes<BR> The Trial of Madame Pelletier, by Susanna Calkins<BR> Eating Crow, by Carla Coupe<BR> Mr. Nakamura's Garden, by Valerie O. Patterson<BR> A Butler is Born, by Catriona McPherson<BR> Night and Fog, by Marcia Talley<BR> The Seven, by Elaine Viets<BR> The Lady's Maid Vanishes, by Susan Daly<BR> You Always Hurt the One You Love, by Shawn Reilly Simmons<BR> The Hand of an Angry God, by K. B. Inglee<BR> The Cottage, by Charles Todd<BR> The Measured Chest, by Mark Thielman<BR> He Done Her Wrong, by Kathryn O'Sullivan<BR> The Corpse Candle, by Martin Edwards<BR> Death on the Dueling Grounds, by Verena Rose<BR> The Barter, by Su Kopil<BR> Mistress Threadneedle's Quest, by Kathy Lynn Emerson<BR> A One-Pipe Problem, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> The Killing Game, by Victoria Thompson<BR> The Tredegar Murders, by Vivian Lawry<BR> Summons for a Dead Girl, by K. B. Owen<BR> The Velvet Slippers, by Keenan Powell<BR> The Tragic Death of Mrs. Edna Fogg, by Edith Maxwell<BR> Crim Con, by Nancy Herriman<BR> Strong Enough, by Georgia Ruth

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