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At first, the two events seem apparently unconnected–except for their violent nature. The first is the escape of four vicious convicts from Halifax Prison in North Carolina; simultaneously, in the southern state of Virginia, a vicious mob lynches and burns a man alive. But when the escaped convicts steal a car and cross the state line, it automatically brings in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As the strange interweavings of fate and coincidence result in ever more horrible murders, F.B.I. field agent Lief Sorensen strives desperately to untangle the twisting trail of escalating deaths. And when he and his men corner the villains in an abandoned chemical plant, the result is an…F.B.I. SHOWDOWN! Great shoot-'em-up action adventure from the 1950s!

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As an honest cop, Captain Lanny Just has problems. His Police Chief and several of his men are on the take from local gangster kingpin, “Boss” Myrtle. Myrtle’s daughter Bonnie is in love with Lanny, but the young policeman feels he can't pursue the relationship because of her father’s criminal activities–of which Bonnie is unaware. Lanny’s problems multiply alarmingly as his hometown of Freshwater is threatened by a sudden influx of murderous criminals from New York–a gang of bank raiders and «Pretty Boy,» a psychotic murderer of young women. Then Bonnie goes missing… The only solution seems to be: CALL IN THE FEDS! Another classic action thriller torn from the pulp paperbacks of the 1950s!

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Apes! Sex fiends! Gangsters! Mad scientists! Tentacles! Yes, this MEGAPACK has them all, no less than 25 lurid tales ripped from the pages of pulp fiction magazines. For The Pulp Fiction Megapack, we selected stories with great pulp titles. (Where else are you going to find stories like «Blood for the Vampire Dead,» «Mistress of Snarling Death,» or «When Super-Apes Plot»?) Of course, these stories were all written in a different time, with different standards of what was acceptable. They are decidedly NOT politically correct by modern standards. Please go into them aware of this fact, and if you are offended by racism, stereotypes, bad writing, sadism, or anything else prevalent in cheap literature of the early 20th century…well, this may not be the right ebook for you. But if you can sit back and enjoy these stories for what they are—simple titlations from another era—you may find some surprising treats. <P> Included are: <P> BLOOD FOR THE VAMPIRE DEAD, by Robert Leslie Bellem<BR> MISTRESS OF SNARLING DEATH, by Paul Chadwick<BR> FIANCES FOR THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER, by Russell Gray<BR> THE SHRIEKING POOL, by G. T. Fleming-Roberts<BR> DEATH MATES FOR THE LUST-LOST, by Hugh J. Gallagher<BR> THE DOGS OF PURGATORY, by Hugh Pendexter<BR> WHEN MANHATTAN SANK, by George S. Brooks<BR> BRIDE OF THE APE, by Harold Ward<BR> BLOOD-BAIT FOR HUNGRY MERMAIDS, by John Wallace<BR> SHIP OF THE GOLDEN GHOUL, by Lazar Levi<BR> BLACK POOL FOR HELL MAIDENS, by Hal K. Wells<BR> DEATH FLIGHT, by Robert Wallace<BR> THE SCALPEL OF DOOM, by Ray Cummings<BR> SATAN DRIVES THE BUS, by Wyatt Blassingame<BR> SERVANT OF THE BEAST, by L. Patrick Greene<BR> THE DEAD BOOK, by Howard Hersey<BR> WHEN SUPER-APES PLOT, by Anthony Wilder<BR> THE YELLOW CURSE, by Lars Anderson<BR> THE BRAIN OF MANY BODIES, by E. A. Grosser<BR> TONG TORTURE, by Emile C. Tepperman<BR> THE RAY OF MADNESS, by Captain S. P. Meek<BR> THE TERRIBLE TENTACLES OF L-472, by Sewell Peaslee Wright<BR> THE APE-MEN OF XLOTLI, by David R. Sparks<BR> THE FLOATING ISLAND OF MADNESS, by Jason Kirby<BR> THE CORPSE ON THE GRATING, by Hugh B. Cave <P> And don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the «Megapack» series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, and much, much more!

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The artists' reception at the popular Mosaic Gallery in Tucson, Arizona is a great success, but the next morning, when the body of Armando, the owner's husband, is discovered, things start turning ugly. Every artist becomes a suspect, and each of them has their own reason to want the man out of the picture. But who disliked him enough to want him dead? And who stole the fake Mexican artifacts and the sculpture of the goddess Gaia? Gallery owner Barbara Atwell is devastated at her young husband's death, and turns to her friends, Adrian and Rocco, for support. An unseasonal Arizona heat wave keeps everyone's nerves on edge as Police Detective Maggie Reardon juggles a disastrous personal life while trying to solve the crime. She even finds herself attracted to one of the suspects as she sifts through a long list of colorful, Bohemian characters to determine who had the ultimate motive for murder. But when she's viciously attacked in her own home, she begins wondering whether she'll survive long enough to find the culprit. The first of a great series of detective novels set in the sizzling Southwest!

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The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly the spirit of Victorian crime fiction continued beyond Queen Victoria. This volume contains 25 stories and 2 bonus novels, offering hours of reading pleasure.<P>THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES, by Arthur Morrison<br>THE HOUSE OF CLOCKS, by Anna Katharine Green<br>MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN, by Anna Katharine Green<br>A JURY OF HER PEERS, by Susan Glaspell<br>THE DONNINGTON AFFAIR, by G.K. Chesterton and Max Pemberton<br>INTRODUCING MR. RAFFLES HOLMES, by John Kendrick Bangs<br>THE ADVENTURE OF THE HERALD PERSONAL, by John Kendrick Bangs<br>THE BIG BOW MYSTERY, By Israel Zangwill<br>THE BURGLAR’S STORY, by W.S. Gilbert<br>CHEATING THE GALLOWS, by Israel Zangwill<br>THE RETURN OF IMRAY, by Rudyard Kipling<br>THE GREAT RUBY ROBBERY, by Grant Allen<br>PROBLEM OF THE STOLEN RUBENS, by Jacques Futrelle<br>MURDER BY PROXY, by M. McDonnell Bodkin<br>THE BLACK BAG LEFT ON A DOOR-STEP, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<br>THE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED DIAMONDS, by Robert Barr<br>THE GREAT PEGRAM MYSTERY, by Robert Barr<br>THE CASE OF ROGER CARBOYNE, by H. Greenhough Smith<br>THE LAWYER’S STORY OF A STOLEN LETTER, by Wilkie Collins<br>THE PURLOINED LETTER, by Edgar Allan Poe<br>THE LEOPART MAN’S STORY, by Jack London<br>THREE 'DETECTIVE' ANECDOTES, by Charles Dickens<br>THE CROOKED TELLER, by J.P. Buschlen<br>THE PROBLEM OF DEAD WOOD HALL, by Dick Donovan<br>THE BISHOP’S CRIME, by R.C. Lehmann<br>THE MOONSTONE, by Wilkie Collins<br>THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, by Arthur Conan Doyle<P>And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Megapack» to see other volumes in the series, from science fiction to ghost stories to mysteries…and many more!

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In a Los Angeles that is something like ours–but in which magic has become an integral part of society–P.I. Turner Cronyn and a beautiful woman named Astraea Scales investigate the theft of Big Al (the Triton)'s conch shell horn, which not only plays beautiful music at the Triton Club, but also has magical properties that could inundate greater L.A. And the villain appears to be the last of the surviving race of Sirens (of Circe fame), who still wants revenge on the Greek hero Jason! Great fantasy and mystery adventure–and a sequel to DANGEROUS HARDBOILED MAGICIANS.

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For an illusionist to make a woman vanish from a cage is merely a parlor trick, because the person must go somewhere; but in this instance the woman really DOES disappear, in full view of an audience, and cannot be found afterwards. This seeming impossibility is the commencement of a completely baffling puzzle, which even Scotland Yard finds hard to crack. And then the magician himself is found murdered in his flat, lending credence to the notion that the woman has also been killed. Scotland Yard enlists the aid of the indomitable Dr. Carruthers, a genius who specializes in solving scientific puzzles. But can Carruthers unravel the diabolical plot–or will THE SILVERED CAGE, a solid metal structure allowing neither entry nor exit, continue to contain its mystery? A scientific detective thriller with several exciting plot twists!

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R. Doubting Thomas Perdue, tough Aussie former P.I. and jailbird, is in trouble, and it can only get worse. Tom's *Feng shui* consultancy implodes when some bastard drives a Mack truck through his heritage office. Fatal things keep happening to his phones. And who's been blabbing about his racehorse-doping past? The love of his life has made a ten-year vow of celibacy to the Virgin Mary. Tom's Goth daughter's girlfriend's obese sister has vanished, extremely foul play suspected. Meanwhile, an unusual racing camel named Nile Fever has become an animal of interest to the Australian Federal Police, and Tom is up to his neck in the middle of the mess. I'm Dying Here is a darkly comic crime caper that leaves no taboo, or cell phone, unviolated. «This is a comic, crazy, original crime novel. You won't find another one like it this year, or, more likely, ever.» Bill Crider. «What it reminds me of, powerfully, is a Donald Westlake comic novel about Dormunder. If you did smart, funny caper novels, I suspect you'll like this one as much as I do.» Todd Mason. «Think anything Joseph Wambaugh, and then make it much more funny, and you start to get an idea of how much fun this is to read.» Amazon five-star review.

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Mystery novelist Paisley Sterling is happier than she ever dreamed. As successful writer she is free to return to her mother's farm in Kentucky where she trades in her panty hose and high-heeled shoes for jeans and loafers. Her only problem is the pen name of «Leonard Paisley» that her agent encourages her to assume because «a detective novel will sell better if it's written by a man.» Unfortunately Paisley finds out that every paradise has its snake when her beautiful daughter, Cassie falls, in love with a young epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Ethan McEnery has come to Rowan Springs to investigate a medical mystery. When he is unexpectedly arrested for rape and murder, Ethan turns to Paisley – and «Leonard» for help. What follows is a roller coaster ride of slapstick comedy and nail-biting suspense as Paisley, her daughter, and her mother, Anna, search for clues to the crime and the mysterious deaths that brought the CDC to Rowan Springs in the first place. During their investigations they discover a man who, in his insane desire to become the ultimate judge of who will live and who will die, has unleashed a dangerous and deadly pathogen that may prove impossible for even the most advanced medical science to contain…

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Martin Slade wants to bury his past as a saboteur in wartime Denmark and smuggler in postwar Europe. Returning to Denmark as a respectable journalist, he's approached by Birgitte Holtesen, an old flame now married to an elderly trader. Birgitte wants Martin to smuggle something back to English for her–but he refuses. She enlists instead a young musician, Sean Clifford. When Martin returns to England, he's attacked in his flat, and the place is ransacked. And then he learns that Sean has been murdered–and his body horribly mutilated. It's up to him to find the killer. A suspenseful mystery by a master storyteller.

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