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Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888—1959) was an American novelist and screenwriter.
In 1932, at age forty-four, Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot," was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep,... [click here for more] |
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Sure, you can root for Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan or Hugh Drummond. But I'll take a good old-fashioned rogue over the lot of 'em any day. Boston Blackie, A.J. Raffles, the Lone Wolf, Thubway Tham, Mr. Clackworthy, Arsene Lupin -- they all hold a curious fascination, dabbling as they do in crime and punishment!
So take a walk on the seamy side of the Victorian era. (And yes, we are cheating with... [click here for more] |
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A classic crime story originally published in the August, 1953 issue of Manhunt.
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A contemporary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin who, in French-speaking countries, has enjoyed a popularity as long-lasting and considerable as Sherlock Holmes in the English-speaking world. This volume collects 11 books:
THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ARSÈNE LUPIN, GENTLEMAN-BURGLAR
ARSÈNE LUPIN... [click here for more] |
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The Dashiell Hammett Megapack collects 20 early and rare stories by the famous mystery writer, plus one poem. Included in this volume are:
AFRAID OF A GUN ARSON PLUS THE NEW RACKET BODIES PILED UP DEATH ON PINE STREET THE MAN WHO KILLED DAN ODAMS MIKE, ALEC, OR RUFUS NIGHT SHOTS NIGHTMARE TOWN ONE HOUR THE ROAD HOME RUFFIAN'S WIFE THE SECOND-STORY ANGEL THE TENTH CLUE WHO KILLED BOB... [click here for more] |
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She was elegant, beautiful, and a cold-blooded killer...or so it appeared. She had the perfect motive. She even admitted to being at the scene of the crime. Scotland Yard was prepared to charge Louise Colton with her husband's brutal murder.
Only shy, retiring Mr. Pinkerton believed her innocent. He wandered into the case by accident, but he stayed to plumb its murky depths, to stir the waters of... [click here for more] |
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A classic crime story originally published in the July, 1949 issue of Black Mask.
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When Earl Derr Biggers created Chinese detective Charlie Chan, he had no idea he had created a media sensation. Novels, movies, TV series, radio programs, comic books—Charlie spawned a whole industry.
Now all 6 novels are collected in one ebook, along with 16 more novels and short stories by Biggers (many of them mysteries). In this volume are:
THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY THE CHINESE PARROT... [click here for more] |
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Most people know Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes. But he was a prolific writer throughout his long career, producing far more than just the Holmes mysteries.
This volume assembles 65 of his non-Sherlockian tales, covering a wide range of subjects: mysteries, adventure, supernatural, medical, nautical, and pugelist stories are just the tip of the iceberg! Here, in more than 1,100 pages,... [click here for more] |
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To anyone interested in the roots of modern science fiction, the name of Ray Cummings should be well known. He wrote science fiction and fantasy before the name "science fiction" had been coined, publishing fantastic yarns in Argosy, Munsey's Magazine, and other mainstream pulp magazines. Of course, as soon as the science fiction pulps debuted, he moved to them, where his work received a... [click here for more] |
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This mammoth compilation of Raffles works presents 26 short stories -- all the tales from the original 3 collections, "The Amateur Cracksman," "The Black Mask," and "A Thief in the Night" -- plus the novel "Mr. Justice Raffles."
Also included are 20 additional, related stories by E.W. Hornung and John Kendrick Bangs (including the adventures of Raffles' grandson),... [click here for more] |
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Emil Petaja (1915 - 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of books and articles on various subjects.
Though he wrote science fiction, fantasy, horror stories, detective fiction, and poetry, Petaja considered his work part of an older tradition of... [click here for more] |
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The Idyllic life in Eden, Devon County, home of Spig and Molly O'Leary, is suddenly menaced by the spectre of a long-forgotten death and the grim reality of imminent murder.
Meanwhile, the march of 'progress' in the form of a new bridge, a super highway, and a real estate boom -- complete with rumors that their neighbors are planning to sell part of their land to a gambling syndicate -- hangs over... [click here for more] |
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Long before Sherlock Holmes entered the public domain as a character, a few dedicated authors "borrowed" Holmes and Watson without permission for their own work.
Here are 5 classic early (and completely unauthorized) tales featuring the world's greatest detective (sometimes under not-so-cunningly disguised pseudonyms):
"WATSON!" by Captain A.E. Dingle
THE ADVENTURE OF THE... [click here for more] |
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This volume collects all three Amelia Butterworth novels by Anna Katharine Green: "That Affair Next Door," "Lost Man's Lane" and "The Circular Study."
If you are not yet familiar with Green's work, you will soon be a fan -- she was a major influence on the development of the modern mystery story and a strong influence on Agatha Christie.
(Miss Marple was modelled... [click here for more] |
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This volume is a follow-up to our Victorian Rogues Megapack and presents no less than 31 additional tales of Victorian-era (or close to it!) villains, rogues, thieves, and criminals.
You don't have to have read the previous volume, of course, since all of these works stand alone. But if you'd rather have an A.J. Raffles or Boston Blackie as the hero or center-point of a story than Sherlock Holmes... [click here for more] |
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This volume collects all five Professor Challenger stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Included are:
The Lost World (1912) The Poison Belt (1913) The Land of Mist 1926) When the World Screamed (1928) The Disintegration Machine (1929)
And if you enjoy this volume, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more entries... [click here for more] |
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The late Reginald Bretnor (1911-1992) was never a prolific writer -- he wrote only a handful of books and about 100 short stories (and more than 120 short-short "Feghoots" under his Grendel Briarton pseudonym) -- over a 45-year writing career.
In addition to wars, weaponry, and science fiction, Bretnor's broad interests included cats. (And puns. Did we mention the horrible puns?) These... [click here for more] |
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They hopped a boxcar and made a run for it.
He was a wanted man -- she was a woman who thought she's found her man.
It was an outlawed passion, and it was doomed from the start...for crime always has a cost, and a life on the run is no life at all -- unless you're willing to risk everything!
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Mary Helena Fortune (circa 1833 - circa 1910) was an Australian mystery, suspense, and horror writer who wrote under the pseudonyms "Waif Wander" and "W.W." She was one of the earliest female detective writers in the world (if not the earliest).
She was also probably the first to write from the viewpoint of the detective.
A prolific storyteller, she wrote at least 500 detective... [click here for more] |
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This volume assembled 15 complete novels by Mildred A. Wirt (writing as Mildred Benson).
A rival to the Nancy Drew series (and created by one of the primary Nancy Drew writers), Penny is a plucky girl reporter whose nose for trouble always leads to a new mystery.
And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in this series, covering classic authors... [click here for more] |
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The Stephen Vincent Benét MEGAPACK™ collects 22 tales (fantasy, horror, mainstream, mystery) by the acclaimed author of "John Brown’s Body" (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929. Benét’s best known short stories include “The Devil and Daniel Webster” (1936) and “By the Waters of Babylon” (1937).
All three of these are... [click here for more] |
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The Golden Age of Mystery & Crime MEGAPACK™ series focuses on unjustly forgotten mystery writers from the 1960s and before. Fletcher Flora is a perfect example. Beginning in the 1950s, Flora wrote a string of 20 great novels -- mysteries, suspense, plus three pseudonymously as "Ellery Queen." He also published more than 160 short stories in the top mystery magazines. In his day,... [click here for more] |
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12 tales of the masked hero, as he smashes his way through spy-rings and other fiendish plots to destroy America!
In the spy vs. spy world of the late 1930s, this masked hero prowled the underworld, dressed in an "amorphous fluttering black robe, bat-like, [with] a gray-masked head through whose twin eye-slits menace glinted." But it was not so much the costume as the "hand, ebony-black... [click here for more] |
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Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912) is widely considered "the American Sherlock Holmes" for his series of stories about Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, who is better known as The Thinking Machine.
Van Dusen, a master of logic, believed he could think himself out of any situation -- and solve any crime -- using his immense intellect. Through dozens of stories, The Thinking Machine solved... [click here for more] |
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The First Mystery Novel MEGAPACKTM presents four classic mysteries by top crime writers.
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The Red Bishop, by Howard Mason ... A wild chase through Europe...a castle on the Rhine...some very fancy corpses...a racing columnist who suddenly finds himself a Peer of the Realm... These are the unlikely ingredients that make this book at once hair-raising and light-hearted!... [click here for more] |
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James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books -- including the Ellery Queen Jr. series -- but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the "Library Fuzz" stories, about detective Hal Johnson who tracks down overdue library books (and often stumbles across bigger crimes) is one of the most unusual...and... [click here for more] |
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Carolyn Wells was an American author of mysteries, verse, humor, and children's books. In 1910 she decided to devote herself to mysteries and became an early master of the genre, creating two memorable sleuths: Pennington Wise and Fleming Stone. Earlier in her career, she penned two humorous stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and a plethora of other great detectives, both of which are included here.... [click here for more] |
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The Johnston McCulley MegapackTM collects 15 tales of mystery, detection, and adventure by the creator of Zorro -- more than 500 pages of great reading. Included are: THE MAN WHO CHANGED ROOMS DIAMONDS, DIRT, AND DUTY A CROOK WITHOUT HONOR PODDIN'S MISTAKE INITIATING NOGGINS ETERNAL ASSETS SLAVE OF MYSTERY THE OBVIOUS CLUE RUN TO GROUND THE ONLY WAY THE GREAT GREEN... [click here for more] |
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Wildside Press continues its 4-novels-in-1 releases with The Classic Mystery Novel MEGAPACK! Here are 4 great classic mysteries from the Golden Age of crime fiction!
THE SIXTH SENSE, by Stephen McKenna A fine Edwardian whodunit, with a touch of Oscar Wilde and a pinch of George Bernard Shaw. It builds from a slow start to a thrilling escape drama in the third act. Don't miss it! DEATH IN THE BACK... [click here for more] |
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The "Sky Detectives" are ace pilots Jack Ralston and his pal "Perk," who help the Secret Service unravel baffling cases. This volume contains the complete 6-book series, originally published between 1930 and 1931:
1. The Sky Detectives 2. Eagles of the Sky 3. Wings Over the Rockies 4. The Sky Pilot’s Great Chase 5. Trackers of the Fog Pack 6. Flying the Coast Skyways
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A dead chemist and the sabotage of a steel mill's products come up against the determination of Ray Locke to clear himself, after a year in prison, of a framed charge.
Who is the man who wrecked a train with a faulty axel?
Successive "accidents" require the assistance of General Ulysses Grant Flint for their solution...and Ray keeps coming back to the steel mill, which seems to hold... [click here for more] |
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The Hardboiled Mystery MEGAPACK presents 4 classic crime novels from the era when hardboiled detectives ruled the American newsstands. Included are:
The Hollow Man, by John Roeburt (1954) Model for Murder, by Stephen Marlowe (1955) Blonde Bait, by Ed Lacy (1959) Beauty Can Kill, by Michael McCretton (1962)
If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack"... [click here for more] |
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Duane W. Rimel (1915-1996) was an American poet and an author. He published not only under his own name, but the pseudonym "Rex Weldon." His friend and mentor H.P. Lovecraft helped him write his first fantastic stories and poems in the 1930s. After Lovecraft's death, Rimel published four noir crime novels, all of which are collected here: THE JURY IS OUT MOTIVE FOR MURDER THE CURSE... [click here for more] |
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The second volume of our Victorian Mystery series presents 38 more classic mysteries, including series by Andrew Lang, August Groner, and Robert Barr. Included are:
IN THE HOUSE OF SUDDHOO, by Rudyard Kipling THE CRIME CLUB, by William Holt-White TRACES OF CRIME, by Mary Fortune THE STAR OF THE "GRASMERE," by E. W. Hornung MR. BOVEY'S UNEXPECTED WILL, by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace... [click here for more] |
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The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack collects 20 mystery tales featuring the forensic sleuth Dr. Thorndyke (and others) plus a bonus essay by the author.
Included in this volume are:
INTRODUCTION: MEET DR. THORNDYKE, by R. Austin Freeman THE CASE OF THE WHITE FOOTPRINTS (1923) THE BLUE SCARAB (1923) THE NEW JERSEY SPHINX (1923) THE TOUCHSTONE (1923) A FISHER OF MEN (1923) THE STOLEN INGOTS (1923)... [click here for more] |
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I first encountered Ruth Chessman's work when browsing back issues of Manhunt magazine--and I was immediately intrigued. Manhunt was a noir/hardboiled digest-sized mystery magazine, and female bylines were uncommon. A quick check showed that she also published stories in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as well as a 1965 middle-grade novel called "Bound for Freedom," which was adapted as a... [click here for more] |
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12 tales featuring boy detectives, from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer, Dective" to entries in the Mercer Boys, Ken Holt, Hal Keene, and Skippy Dare series, and lots more -- over 1,400 pages of great reading! Here are:
THE MERCER BOYS AT WOODCREST, by Capwell Wyckoff
THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX, by Bruce Campbell
THE AIR MYSTERY OF ISLE LA MOTTE, by E. J. Craine
THE LOST MINE OF THE AMAZON,... [click here for more] |
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Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and legal thriller writer, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt. This volume collects 38 novels, books, and short stories. A note for the culturally sensitive: these stories are not all "politically correct" and are a product of their time, with dialect and racial... [click here for more] |
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The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack collects 25 novels and stories.
14 are Craig Kennedy tales, plus there is 1 additional story from the same author and 10 by contemporaries of Arthur B. Reeve. They all share the same spirit of detection.
Included are:
INTRODUCTION: ABOUT ARTHUR B. REEVE AND HIS CRAIG KENNEDY STORIES THE SILENT BULLET, by Arthur B. Reeve THE WAR TERROR, by Arthur... [click here for more] |
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The Suspense Novel MEGAPACK™ is the first in what we hope will become a long-running series collecting (obviously enough) novels of suspense. To kick things off, we have selected 4 books we hope you will find interesting and entertaning:
CAN A MERMAID KILL? by Thomas B. Dewey An exciting new novel of suspense by the master of murder-mystery!
KILL JOY, by Elisabeth Sanxay... [click here for more] |
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Roy Judson Snell was a prolific writer for the young adult market, penning more than 75 adventure and mystery stories aimed at boys and girls. He also wrote under the names of David O'Hara, James Craig, and one book under Joseph Marino.
While most of his works have entered the public domain, a handful (such as "The Hidden Trail" in this volume) remain in copyright. Wildside Press tracked... [click here for more] |
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Here for your reading delectation are 25 outre tales of crime. Since history has proven that there is nothing unusual or unexpected about the human (or inhuman) drive to break the law, it should come as no surprise that the weird, the strange, the supernatural, and the just plain odd often, in fictional form, manifest themselves allayed to the criminal element. Included are:
THE WINDOW OF HORRORS,... [click here for more] |
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A blackmailer with religious mania and a decayed actor are murdered -- one by land and one by sea. Despite the challenges, Lt. Valcour is not daunted by his latest case!
"The thrills and polished dedusing are there in quantity." -- The Saturday Review.
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The strangling of a wealthy woman at an opulent Andirondack estate brings Lt. Valcour to investigate. He knows immediately who committed the crime, but can he prove it?
"Good yarn. Valcour has a hard time getting evidence against a peculiarly successful criminal, though he spots the guilty one at the start." -- Kirkus
"Designedly transparent as mystery, but suspense keeps up to... [click here for more] |
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When a wealthy New Yorker with a young bride is shot in his Manhattan mansion, then a blackmailing valet perishes in Easthampton, only Lt. Valcour can unravel the mystery.
"A clever solution...[the] tale has more than usual amount of chipper chatter." -- The Saturday Review
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"Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini
In his second adventure, Mac is hired to tail a mother and her two kids on the train from Chicago to Los Angeles. All is going well until he is thrown off of the train -- while it's moving at high speed!
"Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He... [click here for more] |
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PORTRAIT OF A PRIVATE COP...
"Call me Mac... I'm just a guy. I go around and get in jams and then try to figure a way out of them. I don't make very much money and most people insult me one way or another... I'm a fairly good shot with small arms, show-thiinking but thorough, and very dirty in a clinch."
Mac gets into a jam this time even when he turns a job down. And all because of a... [click here for more] |
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After their whirlwind marriage and honeymoon, Jane and Dick went to their new home in rural England...a gloomy place rumored to be haunted.
A creepy house, strange neighbors, and newlyweds -- quite a mix!
A classic tale by John Russell Fearn, author of the Black Maria series!
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George Carter and his wife and two teenage daughters are just an ordinary family, living peacefully in the small British town of Uphill. But then they hear a bulletin that a homicidal maniac is in the area, reportedly toting a suitcase with a broken handle containing the chopped-up body parts of a female victim.
And when a new lodger appears at their house, and George discovers a women's leg inside... [click here for more] |
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