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An invalid old man overhears his family plotting to murder him, and begins to envision them as rats. What he really needs is a cat to protect him!

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A young woman, the last passenger on a late night bus, gets to talking with a kindly bus driver about two murders that recently occurred.

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She was young, beautiful – and dead. And now they had to find her killer.

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Fred started the motor but didn’t put the car in gear right away. “It won’t happen here, Marcia. I believe in Leacock. And Leacock understands. He knows I can’t take on the job and do it halfway.” <P>A crime novella originally published in the May, 1960 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.

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"You don’t know me," a thin, taut, male voice said, «and my name’s not important. What I’ve got to say concerns your husband – and a girl.»

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When enough money is involved, there is more than one way to bend a will to one's desires....

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Barlow drove too fast, didn't stay in his own lane, abused other drivers on the road, and even drank too much for safe driving. A story of menace, danger – and horror!

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Veteran detective Odus Martin believes there’s always somebody who cares about a death, that no one is truly alone. When he and a rookie investigate the death of a shy orphan with no friends, they discover her landlady, her boss, and the head of the orphanage are indifferent to her. Who will care this time? <P> A definite change of pace for Talmage Powell!

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As constable of Grande Isle Parish, Louisiana (Jerem Jenks is the name), I’ll naturally stick to bald facts when I write the official report. I’ve pieced together details of the killing out at the Deveau place without much trouble. It was a simple, direct act of violence. Once it was started, it had to end in blood…

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They planned to kidnap a little boy, hold him for ransom, and collect a big payoff. Nothing would happen to the kid – Garvin promised. What could possible go wrong with their big score? A classic crime novella ripped from the pages of the Sept. 1960 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine!