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Murder MEGAPACK(R): 22 Classic and Modern Tales of Crime and Murder
Av James B. Hendryx, James Holding m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
18 kr
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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 …
Library Fuzz MEGAPACK (R): The Complete Hal Johnson Series
E-bok, 2015
16 kr
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James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children''s books -- including the Ellery Queen Jr. series -- but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the "Library Fuzz" stories, about detective Hal Johnson who …
James Holding's Murder & Mayhem MEGAPACK (TM): 24 Classic Mystery Stories and a Poem
E-bok, 2015
16 kr
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James Holding enjoys a reputation as one of the more prolific contributors to the mystery magazines of the 1960s and 1970s. (Our bibliography shows nearly 200 stories published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, etc.) He had …
James Holding's Conmen & Cutthroats MEGAPACK (TM): 25 Classic Mystery Stories
E-bok, 2015
16 kr
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We present for your reading pleasure a selection of 25 stories by prolific crime & mystery author James Holding. We have named this collection "Conmen & Cutthroats" because Mr. Holding had a penchant for sharp tales involving smart criminals who use their wits to succeed, as well as those whose …
Mystery of the False Fingertips
E-bok, 2015
39 kr
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Two high school boys are exposed to danger when they set out to solve the theft from a local museum of five ceremonial Egyptian fingertips. This book is one of two original Young Adult novels written by James Holding (the other being The Mystery of Dolphin Inlet). In addition, Holding wrote the …
Padlock For Charlie Draper
E-bok, 2018
18 kr
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Charlie Draper believes there are two ways of doing things: the easy way and the hard way. Anyone who chooses the hard way, he insists, is a fool. So why does he take the hard way when his story is robbed?
Once Upon a Bank Floor...
E-bok, 2018
18 kr
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Two mystery readers meet on a plane. One reads crime stories to pass the time. The other reads them to keep abreast up with the trade…
Third Mystery MEGAPACK(R)
26 Modern and Classic Mysteries
Av Edgar Rice, George Harmon Coxe m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
16 kr
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The Third Mystery MEGAPACK® collects 26 modern and classic mysteries. Here are:THE AFRICAN FISH MYSTERY, by James Holding THE EBONY STICK, by Earl Derr Biggers CHICKENS FOR CHARLIE, by Arlette Lees DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS, by Jack London Berkebile THE DOOMDORF MYSTERY, by Melville Davisson Post CAPTAIN …
Mystery of Dolphin Inlet
E-bok, 2016
18 kr
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Pete Hobbs, a fisherman''s son in the Florida Keys, and Susan Frost, a go-getter from Tallahassee, join forces one summer to investigate strange happenings in Dolphin Inlet. Their quest will ultimately lead them into danger -- with a sunken treasure as the ultimate reward...if they can find it -- …
Black Cat Thrillogy #3: 3 Classic Mysteries by James Holding
E-bok, 2018
18 kr
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Welcome to the third volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community’s THRILLOGY series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. Included this time are three classic tales by James Holding: "Career Man," "The Tahitian Powder Box Mystery," and "A Deal in Rubies."
Photographer: Lisbon Assignment
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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The Photographer is hired to kill a man who is using a model to smuggle heroin into the U.S...but the model double-crosses him with unexpected results.
Photographer and the Butcher
E-bok, 2019
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The Photographer latest assignment: identify and kill The Butcher, a rival killer. Noting that The Butcher''s victims show no signs of struggle, are all ugly, and wore topaz jewelry in bad taste, he deduces that The Butcher is a demented interior decorator. But nothing is ever quite as it seems...
Second Adventure MEGAPACK(R)
23 Classic Tales
Av Talmage Powell, James Holding m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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The Second Adventure MEGAPACK® assembles 23 tales (and a poem) of grand adventure. We’ve plundered a wide variety of sources to bring you an assortment of rip-roaring action tales, exotic locales, and even a little romance—spanning many continents and time periods. So hold onto your hat (if you’re …
Photographer and the Unknown Victim
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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The Photographer is hired to kill a man using a model to smuggle heroin into the U.S. Evesdropping, he learns that the model double-crossed his victim, hired the Big Ones to have the man killed, and wants to sell her heroin to the Big Ones. Double-cross after double-cross follows!
Homemade Dress
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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She thought she knew what her husband was really up to. But if she''s known -- she would have screamed, "Murder!"
Photographer And The B.L.P.
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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The Photographer is hired to kill an executive at a chemical company, but as he prepares for the job, the man is kidnapped by the Brazilian Liberation Party, who seek to hold him for ransom.
In the Presence of Death
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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When the Photographer is hired to kill a printer, he finds layers of deception, counterfeit money, and blackmail. #15 in the classic series from Ellery Queen''s Mystery Magazine.
Photographer and the Arsonist
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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The Photographer wakes in a coffin, and flashes back to a meeting where he is hired to kill a one-armed man -- who has gotten the drop on him. Will he live long enough to complete his mission? #17 in the classic series.
Photographer and the Sailor
E-bok, 2019
44 kr
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When the Photographer refuses to take an assignment -- killing the nephew of General Da Silva, junta member -- the Corporation finds a replacement...one not quite up to the job.
Photographer and the Letter
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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Rodolfo urges the Photographer to assassinate a nightclub singer who is going to publish a book full of incriminating information on everyone involved with the Corporation. Suspicious, the Photographer investigates…
Mishap in Venice
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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It seemed a pity to Paolo that romance in Venice should be at the mercy of racketeers. So he turned their space-work upside down... A chilling suspense novelet!
Photographer and the Final Payment
The Photographer #19
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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In the February 24, 1982 issue of Ellery Queen''s Mystery Magazine, the editor offered the following challenge to the Author: "A plot idea for the next Photographer story: when Manuel looks at the name and address on the slip of paper handed to him by Rodolfo, he reads his own name and address. He …
Cop Killer
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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A policeman tasked with keeping order in a seedy section of town learns he''s to have a partner. They get along famously, and as the months pass they seem like a proper crime-fighting duo. Then one night they encounter the policeman''s old high school rival-turned-criminal in the process of …
Go To Sleep, Darling
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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A mentally ill woman waits outside a school to pick up a child with a passing resemblance to her daughter. After following a likely candidate, she persuades the girl to get in her car -- and that''s where things really go wrong.
Visitor to Mombasa
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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Officer Harper takes a pair of reports of leopard sightings in Mombasa and manages to track the beast to a baobob grove off the coast. Then he hatches a scheme for a promotion, with the help of the beast…
Portrait in Yellow
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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Hitman (and used car dealer) Pete Borelli is promised a Van Gogh for a mercy-killing job on an in-law. But the man he has to kill has good reason to hate him...
Decent Price for a Painting
E-bok, 2019
18 kr
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A pair of art experts attempt to scam a seller of a piece of valuable pop-art by persuading him that it''s only a copy.
