Perry Mason is presented with a strange bag of tricks in THE CASE OF THE MISCHIEVOUS DOLL.
Dorrie Ambler was a beauty. She also proved to be one of the most startling clients in Mason’s career — she insisted that he carefully inspect her...
In depths of despair, the beautiful, lonely Madeline contemplates suicide. She gently strokes an ugly revolver, the sole legacy of an alcoholic father. Holding the barrel to her temple, she pulls the trigger. There is only the click of the hammer on...
Ed Topliss has a problem.
Two and a half years ago, he was approached by a publishing executive of dubious credentials, who said, “If you can write a grammatical letter, you can write a sex novel.” Since then, Topliss (who also writes under...
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of his first book, Ellery Queen takes a long step forward. He has written a novel expressed only incidentally in terms of mystery, a novel whose theme is uppermost in the minds of all thoughtful...
In Double, the “Nameless Detective” and Sharon McCone — reunited at a private eye convention in sunny San Diego — team up to tangle with kinky lifestyles, double dealing and multiple murder. When Elaine Picard, head of security at the posh...
The gang was restless, just looking for some idle fun, when they roughed up a man they thought was a homosexual. The game got out of hand; their victim was blinded.
It was Paula Halstead’s bad luck to witness the attack and to catch a glimpse...
Ray Aldridge ("The Cold Cage," February 1990) returns with a compelling new story about the world Dilvermoon, whose citizens seek escape by adopting beast-like...
A crumpled five-dollar bill, a ticket to San Francisco, a legal document terminating a marriage lost long ago in angry words— These were all she had. But between today and tomorrow a strange thing happened. She had a chance to build a whole new...