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The Death Wish by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, the author whom Raymond Chandler named "the top suspense writer of them all."Everyone thought Bob and Rosalind Whitestone were happily married. But to Bob, a struggling artist, life with Rosalind was torment, for she had artfully destroyed his faith in himself. Then Elsa appeared, with her beauty and he impassioned eagerness, and suddenly Bob knew he needed to be free. With her arrival, life also takes a new turn for Shawe Delancey, Bob's friend, who hates his own rich, shrewish wife, Josephine.When Rosalind drowns and murder is hinted, the resulting undertow of conflict and suspicion drags them all down a dark trail of terror. Delancey follows this trail further than most, as he twice dreams Josephine dead—dreams that prove to be a death wish!"Swift action and crepitating conversation. Dangerous."—Saturday Review of Literature

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 terrific books we hope you will find interesting and entertaining:

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 Holding — "Another beautiful study in the subtle and miasmic horror of emotions such as only Mrs. Holding can bring off." —San Francisco Chronicle

LET ME KILL YOU, SWEETHEART! by Fletcher Flora — She had three lovers—but which one killed her?

WHO''S AFRAID? by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding — "A prime job of hair-raising." —New York Herald-Tribune

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The First Mystery Novel MEGAPACK™ presents four classic mysteries by top crime writers. Here are:

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!Reclining Figure, by Marco Page ... Lucas Edgerton, arbitary and capricious eccentric, brings in Ellis Blaise, a young New York art dealer, to sell some of his art collection for tax purposes. Thefts from the collection, the sensational forgery of a priceless Renoir, and the puzzling murder of Lucas''s son force Blaise into a perilous investigation!The Case of the 16 Beans, by Harry Stephen Keeler ... Why did old Balhatchet Barkstone, on dying, leave his nephew 16 beans? And why did Boyce Barkstone, his heir, hold on to the beans? Why did Hu Fong, a Chinese detective, come to the conclusion that a poverty-stricken hermit was murdered for an article of great value, and what might that article be? These are only a few of the seemingly insoluble riddles which Keeler answers in his own inimitable manner!The Girl Who Had to Die, by By Elisabeth Sanxay Holding ... 19-year-old Jocelyn is convinced she''s going to be murdered, and accuses John Killian, a young man she met on a cruise ship, of throwing her overboard. But there are a lot of people who seem to hate Jocelyn...and Killian starts to wonder if he''ll be the next victim instead!

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The Second Mystery Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more classic mysteries (published between 1941 and 1959) by top mystery writers of the era...more than 650 pages of classic whodunits. Dig in and enjoy! Included are:

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, by Elisabeth Sanxay HoldingTHE MERCHANT OF MURDER, by Spencer DeanTHE FIFTH KEY, by George Harmon CoxeBONES DON''T LIE, by Curtiss T. Gardner

If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, 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!

"Expert, ingenious suspense story of a cat and mouse chase -- and of murder. How Susan, traveling for Gateways, a Charm School racket, is picked up and trailed by three men. How the husband of her first contact is murdered, of mounting confusion and terror as she is finally stalked. All set in an innocent New England village. Clever trick narration -- and breathless build-up. Non-pareil and quite novelty." -- Kirkus Reviews

En route to Havana, Cuba by ship, Karen Peterson allows herself to be persuaded to dirvert to a smaller Caribbean island, Riquezas, to take the job of hostess at a new hotel. She isn''t there long before murder strikes...and the previous hostess confesses to the crime. But Miss Peterson is convinced she''s innocent. And then the murderer strikes again...

Andrew Bascombe has been courting Hilda Patrell in his old-fashioned, priggish way. He doesn''t realize that Hilda is still married to her husband, separated but not divorced. So when Charles Patrell returns and begins to interfere with his plans, Andrew accidentally kills him in a fit of rage and fear. Panicked at first, his terror soon turns to exhilaration as he realizes he can get away with the deed. All he has to do is keep everyone from the truth...