Gene Hawkins, investigator (of a special sort) by trade, was expert at arranging events so that they appeared accidental to all involved. Therefore when he himself became a witness to an “accident” his curiosity flared up bright, and he insisted...
The Los Angeles police department has often suspected that private detective Otis Beagle is not above making “business” to bring in a profitable client. And they are quite right.
But not even Otis and his hired hand, Joe Peel, would have...
A taut collection of razor-sharp stories of men at society’s edge.Although best known as an author of westerns and espionage fiction, Brian Garfield is at heart an observer of human behavior. While traveling, he sometimes writes short fiction,...
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Rainy is looking forward to everything the holiday has to offer: good food, great desserts, and the company of family.
But living in Latney has a way of complicating even the best-laid plans,...
“Murder on the Turnpike” takes place over a single night when a serial killer (before there was a term for that) is stalking, abducting, and killing motorists along a 100-mile length of interstate highway stretching south from New York. The...