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Shean Connell, a private detective, sets out to clear up a divorce case in Reno, and finds that he has been framed by the man who is boss of the town's criminals. After he views the woman in the...

Arsene Lupin, accused of murder, heads the police investigation to clear himself by finding the true killer! First published in 1919, 813 is one of the very best Lupin novels.Author: Maurice...

Arsene Lupin, accused of murder, heads the police investigation to clear himself by finding the true killer! First published in 1919, 813 is one of the very best Lupin novels.Author: Maurice...

High quality, classic holiday tales at a low price! This collection includes: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - The Christmas Babe by Margaret E. Sangster - A Western Christmas by Mrs. W.H...

Her veneer was big city...but one look and you knew that Toni Rassell's instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled...

Collected here are 14 tales of terror and the supernatural by one of the greatest masters of all time. The Alchemist The Beast in the Cave Memory The Picture in the House Beyond the Wall of Sleep...

From legendary master Fredric Brown! An ex-newspaperman finds crime going on, based on radio scripts he wrote.Author: Fredric BrownPublisher: Black Curtain PressPublication Date: Apr 05, 2013Number...

Jean-Pierre de Caussade was one of the most remarkable spiritual writers of the Society of Jesus in France in the 18th Century. His death took place at Toulouse in 1751. His works have gone through...

A fascinating adventure tale with exciting non-stop action for both young teens and adults alike. Across India is the first volume of the third series of the "All-Over-the-World Library," in which...

Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters. It describes...

A tough taut tale of gun running in the bloody Caribbean-where some men fought for liberty...others for lust!Author: Orrie HittPublisher: Black Curtain PressPublication Date: Apr 08, 2013Number of...

In this elegant drama, Anna Katharine Green, one of the greatest mystery writers of all time, weaves a narrative with her usual consummate skill, and portrays her characters with exceptional sympathy...

Alley Girl is a hard book, cold and cruel, peopled with toughs and alcoholics, a nymphomaniac and an unfaithful wife, a savage cop and a young pervert. It is also a fine novel, written with rare and...

First appearing in 1689 (though dated 1690), An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding concerns the foundation of human knowledge and understanding, in which Locke describes the mind at birth as a...

First appearing in 1689 (though dated 1690), An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding concerns the foundation of human knowledge and understanding, in which Locke describes the mind at birth as a...

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading...

Everything comes back to me. I was seated at my table, dressed in a large black overall, and engaged in writing out the tenses of a Latin verb on a ruled sheet divided into several compartments. All...

A must-read for fans of strange or gothic literature! Every seven years, Archibald Malmaison falls into a trance-like state to emerge with one of two alternate personalities. Within these pages you...

Marty Donovan is a cop who happens to be in love with Lenore, his partner's wife. When the two cops can't crack a tough case, Lenore suggests a stakeout that's not approved by the department. Her...

Matthew Lanfear had stopped off, between Genoa and Nice, at San Remo in the interest of a friend who had come over on the steamer with him, and who wished him to test the air before settling there...

I had been ill for several weeks with what they called brain fever. The events which I am about to relate happened on the fifteenth day of my illness.Author: Elizabeth Stuart PhelpsPublisher: Black...

THE LIFE OF ADAM HERE BEGINNETH THE HISTORY OF NOAH THE RAINBOW HERE FOLLOWETH THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM HERE BEGINNETH THE LIFE OF ISAAC HERE BEGINNETH THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN HERE NEXT...

Jim Work, a twenty-five year old just out of Korea, arrives on the California coast to attend college on the G.I. Bill, but lands himself in a minor traffic accident that leads to major trouble. Of...

She had the face of a madonna and a heart made of dollar bills. She was sitting on the floor, naked, in a skitter of green bills. Beyond her was the custodian, still simpering in death. She was...

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most...

"The place seemed to be filling up with uniformed cops. I felt trapped. I shrugged and headed for the door. Suddenly I wasn't as much angry as plain tired. All I wanted was to get out of this rat...

Boston Blackie isn't afraid of stepping over onto the wrong side of the law. A former jewel thief and safe cracker, a hardened criminal having served time in a California prison, he knows a lot about...

Many brief tales combine into a micro-saga of the Twins, Chelsea and Clarence. A deceptively short book full of thoughtful fun! Julesworks are (in this instance) PQ Ribber and Stephen Jules Rubin,...

Today many of the old pulp crime writers have achieved success to one degree or other. Sadly, like so many artists, they had to die before anyone took their work seriously. Featuring stories by Frank...

Bill Lennox read the telegram, then traded it back to the blonde. A very nice blonde with long willowy legs and purple eyes. "Tell him to go to hell!" "I can't, Bill. I promised-" That's how it...