Katharine Vance had supposedly committed suicide in 1932, but when she surfaces under another name a year later, with no memory of her previous life, private eye Joe Scintilla is hired to investigate. He must travel from his native New York to Los Angeles to Italy, to uncover the nefarious schemes of "The Removal Company." A thrill-a-minute hard-boiled adventure, the first of a series!... [click here for more]
Summer, 1934: the heat is up and the heat is on as the Great Midwestern Crime Wave that began the previous year reaches dramatic new heights. Watching from the sidelines is Billy Foster, a young small-time thief hiding out in the supposedly haunted system of underground tunnels and abandoned speakeasies he calls "Undertown." After growing up in the shadow of the Prohibition-era underworld, Billy considers... [click here for more]
Texas cowboys Billy Birthday (aka Shortcut) and Wallace F. Fidgle (aka Tapes) are touring Florida to see the lighthouses there. In the midst of a storm, they give a ride to a jogger who turns out to be the governor of Florida. And as soon as they drop him off, he's murdered. Stuck in a hotel on remote Gasparilla Island by the vicious tropical squall, the pair are accused of murder by the Lieutenant... [click here for more]