Once upon a time, Richard Blakemore led a double life. Hardworking pulp writer by day and the masked vigilante only known as the Silencer by night. But those days are over, for Richard Blakemore, in the guise of the Silencer, was found guilty of murdering mafia boss Antonio Tortelli and sentenced to death. But now, with Richard Blakemore on death row in Sing Sing and the date of the execution drawing... [click here for more]
This volume collects two stories featuring Dan Turner, hardboiled Hollywood detective.
In "Death Ends the Scene," a washed-up movie-director is going to knock himself off in order to give his no-good bride a double-indemnity payoff—and Dan Turner, trying to do a couple of good deeds, finds himself facing a murder rap with some very hard gunsels making it tough!
In "Phony... [click here for more]
Courier duty is not really one of spy extraordinaire Carrie Ragnarok's top ten assignments. Ferrying an object from point A to point B - that's stressful, but not very exciting. Not even if the object in question is Shape No. 8, a hideously ugly and extremely expensive sculpture by obscure Bulgarian artist Vassily Bagdanorowsky worth 2.8 millions dollars. But an unexpected mugging can spice up even... [click here for more]
"I found myself entranced" "...engaging characters moving about in a world that is surprisingly vivid for a short story"
Marsden cannot remember his real name, nor how he came to be a valet for the schoolboy son of a powerful magician. Phantom wisps of incense and narrow glimpses of memory are all he has, until he chances upon a family secret which only compounds intrigue.... [click here for more]
Retirement should be easy for Pittsburgh Police Detective, Tommy “Two Shoes” Minerd. But somehow, mystery always finds him. Armed with his fastidious, clue-dropping, long-deceased uncle and ghostly muse, Aidan LeClerc, Tommy solves crimes that just so happen to entangle his family and friends. ... [click here for more]