Leslie Ford cordially invites you to spend the weekend at a murder-haunted mansion...Escape the workaday world and come to this luxurious Newport, Rhode Island, playground. Watch the idle rich at their games. See a delightful young heiress falling in love. Observe high society’s most fascinating cad in action. See three lovely Paris-garbed ladies play hide-and-seek with a huge inheritance. Attend the lavish Saturday night dance of death..."Some of Mrs. Ford's smoothest writ...

The Old Angel is everything an old English inn should be, with ancient beams, gleaming copper bedwarmers, pewter tankards, and platters heaped high with red roast beef. But then, as Mr. Pinkerton quickly discovers, the Old Angel also harbors some less homey items. Such as a frightened young girl, a series of secret passageways -- and a most unpleasant Knight who is suddenly killed in a most unsavory way.The next thing he knows. Mr. Pinkerton is mixed up in a mystery that threatens ...

A beautiful blonde with something to hide...A youthful and puzzled doctor...A pretty—and frightened—teenager...A very rich, very angry young man... Each set out that night, unaware that at least one of them had a bizarre date with death."Once you start, you won't be able to stop reading this irresistible mystery by that consummate artist Leslie Ford." —Philadephia Bulletin"High quality." —Los Angeles News"A fast-moving killer-diller....

WHO IS THE WOMAN IN BLACK?A living ghost, dressed in black, crashes a Washington cocktail party -- and touches off a chain of violence and murder.Who is the Woman in Black? The answer is a matter of life and death for a pretty young matron, a legendary captain of industry, a rich and dazzling hostess -- and for lady sleuth Grace Latham and her friend Col. Primrose."Mrs Latham works wonders with the clues. A major Ford opus." -- New York Herald Tribune

To millions of loyal readers, Myron Kane was a great man, a genius, a truth-teller. But to everyone who knew him personally, Myron Kane was a man with the touch of death, whose razor-edged pen could destroy a reputation, a life, a soul -- and never hesitated to do so. It was no surprise, then, that somebody decided to prove once and for all that a knife, if buried in human flesh, could be far deadlier than a pen...

The second book in the Major Gregory Lewis Mystery series investigates the apparent suicide of the husband of a former flame. Of course, conspiracy and murder are both indicated.

A man convicted of bank robbery receives an early release, with authorities hoping he will lead them to the stolen 60,000 pounds, which they believe he hid. They also suspect he had inside help and that, upon his release, he plans to share the loot with his co-conspirators.The case takes a dark turn when the robber is found dead. Soon, others suspected of involvement are also murdered, adding to the mystery. As the body count rises, it becomes clear that only the most intuitive inv...

Hatred in the night...There was little love in the Winthrop clan, not in the mother who ruthlessly dominated it, nor the son who disgraced it, nor the daughter who sullied its name.Certainly it wasn't Cupid who one dark night sent an arrow rippling through a human throat...And now the Winthrops had to desperately seek the murderer in their midst, before that minister of silent death could strike again...

A beautiful blonde with strange eyes—and stranger schemes... A young redhead in danger of losing the only man she could ever love... A powerful lawyer with something he had to hide, even from himself...Suddenly, all of them were caught up in a series of horrifying murders by a killer who must be living secretly in their midst."A humdinger...full of eerie atmosphere." —New York World Telegram"The best collaboration to date between Colonel Primrose... and Mrs...

The secret ballot for murder... Politics is a rough business -- and Congressman Hamilton ("Call Me Ham") Vair made it rougher. To reach his goal, he would use anything and anyone -- blackmail, bribery, or a beautiful, not-so-dumb blonde. Everyone knew that. But suddenly there was a new and brutal question. Had the Right Honorable Mr. Vair been willing to plunge into murder?"Do not miss WASHINGTON WHISPERS MURDER: It is terrifying and terrific." -- Albuquerque Tribune

"Leslie Ford is one of the cleverest and most original of our mystery novelists." -- New York TimesThe mansion at Strawberry Hill rose like a stately white magnolia from a lush green hilltop in Carolina. It was a haven of beauty and grace, and Jennifer Reid knew it was the only place she would ever love. Then murder entered Strawberry Hill, and a mad killer waited in the shadows for Jennifer and the man she adored...

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #14.Over the next few issues, you will note a number of changes coming to Black Cat Weekly. We have been expanding our staff of editors, and this issue Michael Brachen brings us his first selection, “A Ship Called Pandora,” by Melodie Campbell—which fits neatly in both the science fiction and mystery genres! Barb Goffman has an off week, since we’re using one of her own stories—“Whose Wine Is It Anyway?” which was a nominee for the Agatha, Antho...