The Spectacles of Mr. Cagliostro
The Spectacles of Mr. Cagliostro

Author: Harry Stephen Keeler

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1440543224

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This is one of Mr. Keeler's finest mystery novels, developing his 'Webwork plot' constructionùan intricate edifice built up on one of the most startling and ingenious ideas in mystery literature. Through the diabolical scheme to separate a man from his inheritance, Mr. Keeler throws a fascinating sidelight upon a criminal use of modern psychology. Realùthrilling mysteryùtold by a master of mystery stories.

The Amazing Web
The Amazing Web

Author: Harry Stephen Keeler

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1440543232

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How the Trigger-Finger of a Man Long Dead Sent Another Man To His Death In this gigantic mystery story, Mr. Keeler has employed atavism in his plot, a thing that has probably never before been attempted in mystery fiction. Starting in pirate days with the bitter enmity between Captain Kidd and Captain Quarlbush whom Kidd marooned on a desert island for mutiny and thus deprived of a share in the spoils, Mr. Keeler conjures up in modern times a descendant of each of them and shows how in a mysterious way Quarlbush was finally avenged. Standing one day before a strange beautiful Chinese cabinet, in which he was seeking some priceless papers, Kidd's descendant falls dead. With many dramatic suspenses, Mr. Keeler tells the story of how Captain Quarlbush, bent upon revenge, secretly built the beautiful Chinese cabinet, which he plotted to fall into Kidd's hands. This is the basis of the primary plot to which are interlaced many other plots in this incomparable book.

Sing Sing Nights
Sing Sing Nights

Author: Harry Stephen Keeler

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1440543240

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Three men in Sing Sing - all writers - awaiting execution for the same crime. The body of the victim held only two bullets - one of the men is innocent. How can they find out before morning which one of them is to sign the pardon blank? Sing Sing Nights is a startling example of Mr. Keeler's uncanny power to unravel the most involved plots and during the unraveling deepen the mystery until the very end of the story.

A Shot Rang Out
A Shot Rang Out

Author: Jon L. Breen

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-09-08

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1605431680

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A collection of mystery criticism and essays from the reviewer of books for Ellery Queen Magazine. Jon Breen is the worthy successor of Anthony Boucher and his hundreds of reviews of books and authors is a must-have for all serious mystery fans. A Ramble House book

Ultra-Boiled
Ultra-Boiled

Author: Gary Lovisi

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 160543437X

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Ultra-Boiled is a collection of 23 stories about the evil men do, and they're often told in the voice of the evil-doer. Gary Lovisi has a knack for the tough edge of literature, spending his life immersed in the paperback world of Brooklyn, and in these stories, hand-picked for their disturbance factor, he shows you what ULTRA-BOILED really means. Gary talks about his life in crime in an introduction.

The Whistling Ancestors
The Whistling Ancestors

Author: Richard E. Goddard

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1605433306

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A poor sidewalk artist struggles to defeat a fiendish mastermind who is not only intent on world domination, but determined to kill all white people and for reasons that are never made entirely clear, wants to create nymphs, satyrs, and other Greek and Roman demigods through the miracle of vivisection! These characteristics alone would qualify Caspar Pettifranc to take his rightful place alongside John Sunlight, Wu Fang, Doctor Death and the other great villains of the American pulps, but Goddard doesn't stop here. The author also makes Pettifranc a master of voodoo who thus can ring in zombies and the pantheon of loas. For reasons that the author allows to remain obscure, the loas are given to making odd whistling noises, hence the title of the book. Introduction by John Pelan.

The Wizard of Berner's Abbey
The Wizard of Berner's Abbey

Author: Mark Hansom

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1605434043

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The third novel published by Ramble House by Mark Hansom. It was written in 1935 and has all the hallmarks of Hansom's style, including the premature death of the villain.