Four different writers explore the darker aspects of crime fiction in THE NOIR NOVEL MEGAPACK™:HUNTER AT LARGE, by Thomas B. Dewey ... Mickey requested a year's leave of absence from his job on the police force. What else could he do? He'd just spent five months in the hospital because he'd been the only witness to a brutal murder...and the victim was his own wife!NEVER BET YOUR LIFE, by George Harmon Coxe ... It was a tidy Florida motel with all the important conveniences:...

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" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering mysteries, s...

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 OUTMOTIVE FOR MURDERTHE CURSE OF CAINTHE RIVER IS COLDIf you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook ...

Welcome to our second volume of Detective stories! This is a grab-bag volume with contributions by many top mystery authors from the mid 20th Century pulp and digest magazines. There’s something to appeal to every taste, from noir to crime to even holiday capers and a Christmas tale by Johnson McCulley (creator of Zorro). Included are:DEAD MEN DON'T MOVE, by Thomas ThursdayALIBI--WITH SOUND, by Robert WallaceHOW? WHEN? WHO?, by Fletcher FloraHELL'S SIPHON, by G...

Talmage Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines). He claimed to have written more than 500 short stories, and we have no reason to doubt him -- we are working on a bibliography of his work and have documented 373 magazine stories so far...and who knows how many are out there under pseudonyms or buried in obscure magazines? He wrote his first novel, The Smasher, in 1959. He went on to pen 11 more novels u...

Thomas B. Dewey wrote four novels featuring Singer Batts, bibliophile and hotel owner. Singer prefers the company of his books and an occasional foray into the Lonely Hearts Club world. But he keeps getting embroiled in murders!The Boston Herald called the first book "well paced and lively," and The Saturday Review called it, "lively, lurid, and outspoken." Author Dorothy Hughes said: "It's murder and mayhem and hold onto your hats. Amusing and amazing."And they’re a lot of...

Richard Deming (1915-1983) wrote prolifically for magazines (more than 200 short stories) as well as for major book publishers (more than two dozen novels, ranging from original crime novels to media tie-ins (Dragnet and The Mod Squad) to even a pseudonymous nautical series involving submarines. He was a meticulous professional who never disappointed readers.Included here are 15 of his best crime tales, including:THE ART OF DEDUCTIONTHE CLOCK IS CUCKOOSAY IT W...

The Third Mystery MEGAPACK® collects 26 modern and classic mysteries. Here are: THE AFRICAN FISH MYSTERY, by James HoldingTHE EBONY STICK, by Earl Derr BiggersCHICKENS FOR CHARLIE, by Arlette LeesDOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS, by Jack London BerkebileTHE DOOMDORF MYSTERY, by Melville Davisson PostCAPTAIN ROGERS, by W.W. JacobsA BORDERLINE CASE, by Rufus KingJUDGE BARCLAY'S WIFE, by William Hope HodgsonTHE ARCHDUKE'S TEA, by H.C. BaileyTH...

This volume of Wildside Press's best-selling MEGAPACK® series focuses on tales first published in the "Spice" line of pulp magazines. Here are 25 mystery tales considered quite titillating in their day, but mild by modern standards.

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 or Charlie Chan, this is definitely the ebook for you!Included are no less t...

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 fun!This MEGAPACK™ collects all the "Library Fuzz" tales, plus several that feature ...

The Noir Mystery MEGAPACK™ presents 25 modern and classic noir (and noir-inspired) and hardboiled tales by writers new and old. Included are:KIDNAPPED EVIDENCE, by Joseph J. MillardA RAT MUST CHEW, by Gary LovisiA RIDE FOR MR. TWO-BY-FOUR, by Bruno FischerBEDHEAD FRED’S, REDHEAD’S DEAD, by Jack HallidayGENERALISSIMO FLATFOOT, by Walt SheldonDOOM BOOM, by Glenn LowDEAD WRONG, by Lucille CaliGRIM REAPER'S HANDICAP, by Fergus Truslow