Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:29661838
The Blonde Cried Murder
Brett Halliday
The Blonde Cried Murder
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The Blonde Cried Murder
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504014595
The Blonde Cried Murder by Brett Halliday Pdf
Mike Shayne has 2 hours to solve a murder—or else watch his lover die It’s 2 hours before midnight when the woman in room 360 calls the front desk to report a murder. The house detective sprints upstairs, but finds room 360 totally empty: no killer, no victim, and no woman begging for help. Across town, Mike Shayne is driving back to his office after a romantic evening with Lucy Hamilton. Despite the quiet and the moonlight, in his bones he knows that this is not a night for romance. There’s death in the air. Later, a woman appears at Shayne’s office, claiming her brother was murdered at the Hibiscus Hotel. A man follows in her wake, insisting that he’s her brother, and the woman is insane. Then a killer corners Lucy in her apartment, giving Shayne until midnight to solve the mystery and save his lover’s life. The Blonde Cried Murder is the 27th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Blonde Cried Murder
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : LCCN:gb57003157
The Blonde Cried Murder by Brett Halliday Pdf
Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504012799
Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask by Brett Halliday Pdf
A private investigator’s Colorado vacation is cut short by gold miner’s murder in this classic Mike Shayne novel. Private inspector Mike Shayne and his young bride, Phyllis, have escaped Miami for a badly needed vacation, taking in a theatre festival in the picturesque mountains of Colorado. Once a year, this cozy little town is overrun by actors, playwrights, directors, and aficionados, all of whom are as interested in cocktail parties as they are in what happens onstage. After a tiring day, Mike and Phyllis are having drinks in the hotel bar when they hear a woman scream. Her name is Nora Carson, and she is visibly shaken. After ten long years, Nora believes she has just seen her father, an eccentric old prospector, standing right outside the hotel window. She chases after him, but by the time she reaches him, it is too late. Hours after making his big strike, Nora’s father is dead—and it’s up to Mike Shayne to discover who snuffed him out. Murder Wears a Mummer’s Mask is the 7th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Mum's the Word for Murder
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504019361
Mum's the Word for Murder by Brett Halliday Pdf
In this classic crime novel from the creator of Mike Shayne, a writer and an El Paso cop chase a serial killer who taunts them with ads in the local paper. Action Western novelist Asa Baker is in bad need of a good story when he gets a call from his old friend, Jerry Burke. One of El Paso’s top cops, Burke is about to drag Baker into a plot more dangerous—and outrageous—than anything the Old West has to offer. A troubling personal ad has appeared in the local paper. Addressed to Burke, it warns that someone will die tonight at 11:41 p.m. And as promised, the body appears at 11:41 sharp—setting Burke and Baker on the hunt for an ingenious serial killer who advertises murder, always delivers on time, and never leaves a trail. Praise for Brett Halliday’s Mike Shayne Mysteries “[Mike Shayne is] one of the best of the tough sleuths.” —The New York Times “Unlike anything else in the genre.” —L. J. Washburn, author of For Whom the Funeral Bell Tolls “Raw, ingenious storytelling . . . Pure pleasure.” —Shane Black, creator of Lethal Weapon and writer/director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, on Murder Is My Business
Murder and the Married Virgin
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504012829
Murder and the Married Virgin by Brett Halliday Pdf
Mike Shayne investigates an impossible murder in the Big Easy It’s not often that Mike Shayne runs with an honorable crowd, but there is a lieutenant in his office mourning the fiancée who killed herself the day before. Honest and heartbroken, he begs this hardened private investigator for help answering one simple, impossible question: Why? It’s a question Shayne has been asking ever since his wife was murdered in Miami and he moved to New Orleans to escape her memory. For the sake of a soldier, he will put his own mourning aside and try to explain a suicide that looks an awful lot like murder. Katrin Moe was working as a maid in the home of a wealthy New Orleans family when she was found locked in her room, the gas pumping full blast. Coincidentally, a priceless emerald necklace went missing from the house a few days before and the insurance company hired Shayne to find it. On the hunt for a killer, Shayne will find that the necklace and the crook are more closely related than meets the eye. Murder and the Married Virgin is the 10th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Murder in Haste
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504014700
Murder in Haste by Brett Halliday Pdf
Mike Shayne has 24 hours to find out the truth and save a man from death row 3 years ago, Miami Chief of Detectives Peter Painter made the greatest arrest of his career—one that led to Sam Harris being put on death row for killing Rose Heminway’s husband. So when Harris’s wife discovers evidence that she believes could save her husband’s life, Painter does what any corrupt cop would: He sits on the evidence, waiting for the electric chair to do its work. Finally, Mrs. Harris has no choice. She contacts Heminway, who was never fully convinced of Sam’s guilt, though she testified against him, and they take the final course of action of desperate women across Miami: They hire Mike Shayne. The most daring detective in the United States, Shayne has just 24 hours to clear Harris’s name, or an innocent man will fry. Saving Harris will mean the wrath of the entire Miami police department, but Shayne isn’t worried. He’s tougher than any electric chair. Murder in Haste is the 39th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Marked for Murder
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504014328
Marked for Murder by Brett Halliday Pdf
When a crime wave grips Miami, Mike Shayne comes home to fight In the city room of the Courier, a reporter blocks out the clatter of typewriters to tell Miami the truth. In the past week, three murders have been committed in Miami Beach, and Timothy Rourke is the only person who sees the connection. As the mayor and the chief of police deny rumors of a crime wave, Rourke hollers from page one: Organized crime has taken over Miami, and the bloodshed has only just begun. Rourke is beaten to a pulp for exposing the mob’s dirty dealings, and then he discovers a hot-eyed blonde in his apartment packing a .32. The situation is spinning out of control, and only one man can save the city from itself: Mike Shayne. He left Miami for New Orleans after the death of his beloved—and he will return with all the fury of an avenging angel. Marked for Murder is the 12th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Murder Takes No Holiday
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504014670
Murder Takes No Holiday by Brett Halliday Pdf
Mike Shayne tackles a smuggling ring while on a Caribbean vacation A car speeds toward the embankment with one of the most ruthless heroin dealers in the country behind the wheel. Beside him is the legendary detective Mike Shayne, who will take control of the car or die trying. They fight—and the car goes sailing off the cliff. The drug pusher dies, but Shayne escapes, battered but unharmed. His doctor releases him from the hospital on condition that he take a vacation, and so Miami’s toughest sleuth reluctantly books a 3-week island getaway. But before the jet takes off, trouble finds him once again. A customs agent holds the plane to ask Shayne a favor. The island the detective is headed for is a notorious smuggler’s haven, and there have been rumors that a big shipment is on its way. He should know better, but Shayne can’t help but agree to smash the ring, even if it means coming home with more than a few broken ribs. Murder Takes No Holiday is the 35th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Weep for a Blonde
Brett Halliday
Author : Brett Halliday
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504014601
Weep for a Blonde by Brett Halliday Pdf
A blonde with a rotten husband sends Mike Shayne into the past Mike Shayne isn’t scared of anyone, but that doesn’t mean he feels comfortable in a tuxedo. He squeezes into the monkey suit for the sake of Lucy Hamilton, his beloved secretary, and grins and bears his way through a meal at the ultra-posh Martinique. The detective is just settling into the evening when he sees a woman who stops his blood cold: Lydia Kane, a friend of his late wife. She’s polite, but her eyes show mortal terror. The reunion is soon broken up by Lydia’s husband, a squat thug who explodes at Shayne for talking to his wife. The men exchange harsh words, then swift punches, which causes Shayne and Lucy to be kicked out of Martinique. When Lydia is murdered soon after, Shayne suspects her husband is the killer. But how can the detective prove it when the police are hot on his own trail? Weep for a Blonde is the 28th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery
B. Murphy
Author : B. Murphy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230107359
The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery by B. Murphy Pdf
Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.
Cumulative Paperback Index, 1939-1959
R. Reginald
Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780893700225
Cumulative Paperback Index, 1939-1959 by R. Reginald Pdf
This was the first bibliography and guide to the American mass market paperback book, and it remains one of the most definitive. The major index is by author, and lists: author, title, publisher, book number, year of publication, and cover price. The title index lists titles and authors only. The publisher index provides a history of that imprint, with addresses, number ranges, and general physical description of the books issued. This is the place that all study of the American paperback must begin.
Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers
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Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1585 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349813667
Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers by NA NA Pdf
Double Trouble
Sheldon Jaffery
Author : Sheldon Jaffery
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781557421180
Double Trouble by Sheldon Jaffery Pdf
It was the 1950s in postwar America, and paperback books were the hot new product in the publishing industry. Of course, to stand out from the crowd and sell, one needed a gimmick. Into this newly exuberant market came a publishing house named Ace Books, with the seductive promise of two books for the price of one. It also had the eye-catching premise of two separate covers, joined at the spine like Siamese twins. Finished with one book? Flip the paperback over and begin again with a new novel, complete with its own package. It was something completely different -- and it sold! "Double Trouble" tours the short yet popular era of the Ace Mystery Doubles, and includes both author-title and title indexes for easy reference.
The Great Detectives
Otto Penzler
Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781453266403
The Great Detectives by Otto Penzler Pdf
The origins of literature’s finest crime fighters, told by their creators themselves Their names ring out like gunshots in the dark of a back alley, crime fighters of a lost era whose heroic deeds will never be forgotten. They are men like Lew Archer, Pierre Chambrun, Flash Casey, and the Shadow. They are women like Mrs. North and the immortal Nancy Drew. These are detectives, and they are some of the only true heroes the twentieth century ever knew. In this classic volume, Otto Penzler presents essays written by the authors who created these famous characters. We learn how Ed McBain killed—and resurrected—the hero of the 87th Precinct, how international agent Quiller wrote his will, and how Dick Tracy first announced that “crime does not pay.” Some of these heroes may be more famous than others, but there is not one whom you wouldn’t like on your side in a courtroom, a shootout, or an old-fashioned barroom brawl.
