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    The Second Detective MEGAPACK®
    The Second Detective MEGAPACK®
    The Second Detective MEGAPACK®
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    The Second Detective MEGAPACK®

    By Rufus King, Fletcher Flora, Bryce Walton and

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    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 Thursday

    ALIBI--WITH SOUND, by Robert Wallace

    HOW? WHEN? WHO?, by Fletcher Flora

    HELL'S SIPHON, by George Harmon Coxe

    CONFLICT OF INTEREST, by James Holding

    THE CAMPAIGN GRIFTER, by Arthur B. Reeve

    THE PILLS OF LETHE, by Rufus King

    CREPE FOR SUZETTE, by C. S. Montanye

    THE BIG JOB, by Thomas B. Dewey

    A BURNING CLUE, by E. Hoffmann Price

    A LESSON IN RECIPROCITY, by Fletcher Flora

    GUN-BLAST MEMORY, by Charles Marquis Warren

    A LITTLE CLOUD...LIKE A MAN’S HAND, by Rufus King

    THE SHANGHAI JESTER, by Robert Leslie Bellem

    THE CONTAGIOUS KILLER, by Bryce Walton

    CRIME'S CLIENT, by Guy Fleming

    HIDE AWAY, by H.A. DeRosso

    HELL IN A BASKET, by James Holding

    DEATH FLIGHT, by Robert Wallace

    THE PHANTOM AVENGER, by David M. Norman

    THE KISS AND KILL MURDERS, by Stewart Sterling

    THE NAMELESS MAN, by by Rodrigues Ottolengui

    SANTA THUMBS A RIDE, by Johnston McCulley

    GOOD NIGHT, DREAM BANDIT, by Emil Petaja

    THE EBONY CAT, by Rex Whitechurch


    If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 270+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateJan 23, 2016
    ISBN9781479408153
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