Seated upon a thick, burlap-covered bale of freight -- a "piece," in the parlance of the North -- Chloe Elliston idly watched the loading of the scows. The operation was not new to her; a dozen times within the month since the outfit had swung out from Athabasca Landing she had watched from the muddy bank while the half-breeds and Indians unloaded the big scows...

Murder -- it''s one of the staples of mystery fiction. One of the unwritten rules of the mystery novel is to start your murder in the first chapter...and on the first page, if possible! Collected here are 22 tales of murder. Some are fiendish. ("The Doorbell" is especially chilling.) Some are exotic. (Egyptian mummy murder? You bet!) Some take place in far-off locations. (The Canadian woods? At sea? In foreign countries? Why not!) What they all have in common, though, is a criminal mastermind trying (and sometimes succeeding) in getting away with the ultimate crime...MURDER! Included are:

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, by James HoldingONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER, by Stuart PalmerTHE STEPS TO MURDER, by Rufus KingMURDER HUNCH, by John BentonPROXY, by Talmage PowellCORPORAL DOWNEY CALLS THE TUNE, by James B. HendryxARMORED CAR RENDEZVOUS, by Lawrence DeFoyMURDER SET-UP, by Charles Marquis WarrenPAY FOR YOUR PEANUTS, by Tom ThursdayTHE AVALANCHE MAKER, by W. Ryerson JohnsonTHE DOORBELL, by David H. KellerCASTLE OF THE DOOMED, by David M. NormanTHE MUMMY''S CURSE, by AnonymousTHE MURDER OF SILAS CORD, by Harold F. SorensenTHE PERFUMED PERIL, by Emil PetajaMURDER HUNCH, by John BentonWINGS FOR AN ANGEL, by C. S. MontanyeCARTE BLANCHE FOR MURDER, by Arthur HumboltSLUGS ALONG THE MOHAWK, by Ted StrattonMURDER ISN''T EVERYTHING, by Kingsley SmithSURROGATE, by Janet FoxTHE BODY IN THE ROCKPIT, by Rufus King

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, science fiction, modern authors, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

James Hendryx (1880-1963) was a Minnesota-born American author of western fiction. He worked as a journalist in Ohio for the Cincinnati Enquirer before turning to fiction writing. From 1915 onward, he published steadily in both the flourishing pulp magazine market, as well as the book market. He published more than 40 novels books and hundreds of short stories during his 50-year career.

He specialized in the western genre, but had a broad interpretation of what constitutes Western. Ultimately he specialized in the Canadian West. He wrote several series, including Corporal Downey of the North West Mounted Police, Connie Morgan, and the Halfaday Creek series.

Seated upon a thick, burlap-covered bale of freight -- a "piece," in the parlance of the North -- Chloe Elliston idly watched the loading of the scows. The operation was not new to her; a dozen times within the month since the outfit had swung out from Athabasca Landing she had watched from the muddy bank while the half-breeds and Indians unloaded the big scows...

Murder -- it''s one of the staples of mystery fiction. One of the unwritten rules of the mystery novel is to start your murder in the first chapter...and on the first page, if possible! Collected here are 22 tales of murder. Some are fiendish. ("The Doorbell" is especially chilling.) Some are exotic. (Egyptian mummy murder? You bet!) Some take place in far-off locations. (The Canadian woods? At sea? In foreign countries? Why not!) What they all have in common, though, is a criminal mastermind trying (and sometimes succeeding) in getting away with the ultimate crime...MURDER! Included are:

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, by James HoldingONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER, by Stuart PalmerTHE STEPS TO MURDER, by Rufus KingMURDER HUNCH, by John BentonPROXY, by Talmage PowellCORPORAL DOWNEY CALLS THE TUNE, by James B. HendryxARMORED CAR RENDEZVOUS, by Lawrence DeFoyMURDER SET-UP, by Charles Marquis WarrenPAY FOR YOUR PEANUTS, by Tom ThursdayTHE AVALANCHE MAKER, by W. Ryerson JohnsonTHE DOORBELL, by David H. KellerCASTLE OF THE DOOMED, by David M. NormanTHE MUMMY''S CURSE, by AnonymousTHE MURDER OF SILAS CORD, by Harold F. SorensenTHE PERFUMED PERIL, by Emil PetajaMURDER HUNCH, by John BentonWINGS FOR AN ANGEL, by C. S. MontanyeCARTE BLANCHE FOR MURDER, by Arthur HumboltSLUGS ALONG THE MOHAWK, by Ted StrattonMURDER ISN''T EVERYTHING, by Kingsley SmithSURROGATE, by Janet FoxTHE BODY IN THE ROCKPIT, by Rufus King

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, science fiction, modern authors, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

James Hendryx (1880-1963) was a Minnesota-born American author of western fiction. He worked as a journalist in Ohio for the Cincinnati Enquirer before turning to fiction writing. From 1915 onward, he published steadily in both the flourishing pulp magazine market, as well as the book market. He published more than 40 novels books and hundreds of short stories during his 50-year career.

He specialized in the western genre, but had a broad interpretation of what constitutes Western. Ultimately he specialized in the Canadian West. He wrote several series, including Corporal Downey of the North West Mounted Police, Connie Morgan, and the Halfaday Creek series.