A wonderfully dark, pitch-perfect noir prequel to The Maltese Falcon, featuring Dashiell Hammett’s beloved detective, Sam Spade.
It’s 1921 — seven years before Sam Spade will solve the famous case of the Maltese Falcon. He’s just set up...
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Short story collection
"Spanish Blood" "The King in Yellow" "Pearls Are a Nuisance" "Nevada Gas" "Trouble is My...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” September 1, 1934.
A crook calls upon The Shadow to plan crime — and issues a challenge to the master of...
Spenser has signed on to protect the glamorous star, Jill Joyce, from an escalating chain of anonymous harassments. However, he finds himself saddled with a lot more than he bargained for. The mischievous harassments, which are growing steadily more...
I swung the wet, flat money belt, enjoying the slap of it against my leg.
I had gone through a lot to get that belt. I had consorted with midgets and freaks. I had been lied to, framed, been offered the bribery of a beautiful but depraved...
The greatest crime fighter of the forties returns!
In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human.
It was so with Dick Benson. He had been...
Tony and Brianna Lincoln just moved into Paradise, but friendly they aren't. In fact, these urbane thrill killers are knocking off the neighbors one by one, and Jesse Stone is...
Ed Jenkins, dodging a murder rap, finds time to help another crook who is trying to go...
Stranger in...
"Strictly for cash" is the story of how Johnny Farrar made his roll of money. He started out to make five thousand and ended up with a quarter of million. But he didn't get it by legitimate means. And as a result, he found himself in big trouble....