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We are delighted to present our second collection of Talmage Powell mystery short stories! Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines). He claimed to have written more than 500 short stories, and we have no reason to doubt him – we are working on a bibliography of his work and have documented 373 magazine stories so far…and who knows how many are out there under pseudonyms or buried in obscure magazines? He wrote his first novel, The Smasher, in 1959. He went on to pen 11 more novels under his own name, 4 as «Ellery Queen,» and 2 novelizations of the hit TV series Mission: Impossible. Clearly, though, short stories were his first love. Included here are 20 more of his best crime tales, including: THE VITAL ELEMENT
PSYCHO-SYMPTOMS
STRANGER'S GIFT
THE WAY OUT
IN THE HOUSE OF RATS
TO SPARE A LIFE
THE INSPIRATION
EASY MARK
GATOR BAIT
THE COMMUNE
THE DELICATE VICTIM
TRIAL RUN
THE TIP-OFF
THE ULTIMATE PREY
NEW NEIGHBOR
TILL DEATH DO NOT US PART
HOPE CHEST
THE HOLDUP
A WAY WITH A WILL
THE BEACON If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 240+ other entries in the series, covering mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

We are delighted to present our second collection of Talmage Powell mystery short stories! Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines…

Talmage Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines). He claimed to have written more than 500 short stories, and we have no reason to doubt him – we are working on a bibliography of his work and have documented 373 magazine stories so far…and who knows how many are out there under pseudonyms or buried in obscure magazines? He wrote his first novel, The Smasher, in 1959. He went on to pen 11 more novels under his own name, 4 as «Ellery Queen,» and 2 novelizations of the hit TV series Mission: Impossible. Clearly, though short stories were his first love. Included here are 20 of his best crime tales, including: CRIME GETS A HEAD
YOUR CRIME IS MY CRIME
KILLER BE GOOD
DEAR MR. LONELYHEART
RIVALS
SALESMANSHIP
JURY OF ONE
LIFE SENTENCE
MONEY, MURDER, OR LOVE
OLD MAN EMMONS
PRECIOUS PIGEON
FALSE START
A HEAD OFF HER SHOULDERS
HEIST IN PIANISSIMO
REWARD FOR GENIUS
MIND THE POSIES
THE FIVE YEAR CAPER
LONE WITNESS
PROXY
THE CONFIDENT KILLER And watch for The Second Talmage Powell Crime MEGAPACK™, coming soon! If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Talmage Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines). He claimed to have written more than 500…

Collected here are 20 tales of darkest crime and criminals, by some of the foremost mystery writers of the pulp era. Included are: THE ART OF MURDER, by Norman A. Daniels
SEX MURDER IN CAMERON, by Michael Fessier
HOT-MOTOR HOMICIDE, by Norman Ober
“GIVE ME A BREAK,” by Norman Struber
EAR-WITNESS, by Maurice Beam
THE GENTLEST OF THE BROTHERS, by David Alexander
AUTHOR’S ADVENTURE, by Upton Sinclair
ONE WAY BRIDGE, by Phil Hiner
ONE DRINK CAN KILL YOU, by David Alexander
CHIVALRY IS NOT DEAD IN LAS VEGAS, by Mann Rubin
CUT BAIT, by Gil Brewer
CRASH OR CREDIT, by Paul W. Fairman
DRY RUN, by Norman Struber
MAC WITHOUT A KNIFE, by Talmage Powell
MOVIE NIGHT, by Robert Turner
BROTHERS, by Sherwood Anderson
ELIZABETH IS ME, by Marjorie Lee Nevin
FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY, by Millard H. Cannon
DON’T DO THAT, by Gil Brewer
THE SPIDER STRAIN, by If you enjoy this ebook, check out the 350+ other volumes in the MEGAPACK series—covering, mystery, science fiction, horror, romance, adventure, and many more subjects—available at your favorite ebook store.

Collected here are 20 tales of darkest crime and criminals, by some of the foremost mystery writers of the pulp era. Included are: THE ART OF MURDER, by Norman A. Daniels
SEX…

The founder of a loan company for a small town confronts the conman who stole their $100,000.

She wasn't an ordinary woman – and what he did to her wasn't ordinary, either. A noir classic ripped from the pages of Manhunt (Septempter 1957 issue).

There was a house across the river. It meant nothing at first. Too many other things were real, thirty one-thousand dollar bills in each of the money belts Trantham and I wore day and night—and Ingram.

There was a house across the river. It meant nothing at first. Too many other things were real, thirty one-thousand dollar bills in each of the money belts Trantham and I wore day…

Eddie was too smart for his own good. He cooked up a scheme to collect 25 Grand from a boy's father by rigging a jury and finding the kid innocent. But it's a dog eat dog world out there…

Eddie was too smart for his own good. He cooked up a scheme to collect 25 Grand from a boy's father by rigging a jury and finding the kid innocent. But it's a dog eat…

A young woman, the last passenger on a late night bus, gets to talking with a kindly bus driver about two murders that recently occurred.

"You don’t know me," a thin, taut, male voice said, «and my name’s not important. What I’ve got to say concerns your husband – and a girl.»

An invalid old man overhears his family plotting to murder him, and begins to envision them as rats. What he really needs is a cat to protect him!

She was young, beautiful – and dead. And now they had to find her killer.

It is 1835, and with the birth of the Industrial Revolution, railway fever sweeps the country. Pyke is uneasy with the luxury his aristocratic marriage has brought him, and when he is unofficially asked to investigate a decapitation, he can not resist the chance to resuscitate the old skills he learned on the streets.

But with the industrial world comes a new and faceless enemy: men who have money and power, and who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of both. For Pyke, with his young wife and child and an elevated place in society to protect, the stakes have suddenly become alarmingly high.

From the sweat shops of the east end to the palace of the Queen-in-waiting; from the elegant drawing rooms of the newly rich, to the blood-spattered backrooms of London's taverns, Pyke's investigation stirs up a hornets' nest of trouble. As the death toll rises, an alluring woman from his past returns, and Pyke must draw on all of his resources if he is to protect his family, and survive.

It is 1835, and with the birth of the Industrial Revolution, railway fever sweeps the country. Pyke is uneasy with the luxury his aristocratic marriage has brought him, and when…

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’ and recognised as one of the ‘big four’ Golden Age crime authors.When the body of Sir William Ponson is found in the Cranshaw River near his home of Luce Manor, it is assumed to be an accident – until the evidence points to murder. Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard discovers that those who would benefit most from Sir William’s death seem to have unbreakable alibis, and a mysterious fifth man whose footprints were found at the crime scene is nowhere to be found . . .This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by Dolores Gordon-Smith, author of the Jack Haldean Golden Age mysteries.

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’ and recognised as one of the ‘big four’…

The story is told through a series of classified ads, which begin with an advertisement of a rich bereaved widow looking for a renter for her estate. Further ads show evidence of a possible conspiracy and the marriage of the widow, Mrs. Thelma McCarson and the tenant, Mr. Larry Summers…

The story is told through a series of classified ads, which begin with an advertisement of a rich bereaved widow looking for a renter for her estate. Further ads show evidence of…

At first it was just a lark–bribing the stewards to steal food, bribing the conductors to steal blankets, raiding the club car, becoming a trainful of drunks. But then–then they began stealing morphine, and after that they began swapping mates, and after that… Finally the lights went out. And a modern-day miracle of streamlined engineering was turned into a cage of evil, human beings become beasts, and for three days the meaning of civilization was forgotten, and carnality ruled!

At first it was just a lark–bribing the stewards to steal food, bribing the conductors to steal blankets, raiding the club car, becoming a trainful of drunks. But then–then they…

Bob could see Pam’s thoughts mirrored in her eyes: Please. Bob. Steve’s a regular guy. He hated to do what he did to you. But he was a cop. He had to.

I was bone-tired when I locked the last gas pump, turned off the lights and closed the garage door. It had been a long day. One of an endless number of days. I crossed the concrete apron, got in my jalopy and started the motor. I gave the filling station a last look. It was tired and grubby in the early night. I'd really tried to make a go of it here, but one man can only do so much. All I wanted was to get a hot bath, food, and some sleep. I lived half a mile down the road from the station. The cottage, nestled among some pines, had looked good, like the station, when I’d first brought Helen here. Now, as the headlights swept over it, the cottage looked like the station. A pitiful lot of nothing for a man to break his back over. I parked the crate beside the cottage. When I entered the small, dark house, I got the living hell knocked out of me.

I was bone-tired when I locked the last gas pump, turned off the lights and closed the garage door. It had been a long day. One of an endless number of days. I crossed the…

Welcome to the second volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community’s «Thrillogy» series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. This time we focus on the work of Talmage Powell (1920-2000). Included are: EASY MARK
LIFE SENTENCE
REWARD FOR GENIUS At the beginning of his career, Powell published, under his name and many pseudonyms, more than 200 stories in top crime and mystery pulp magaziness like Dime Mystery and Black Mask Mystery Magazine. After the collapse of the pulps, he continued penning new tales for their digest-sized replacement, writing more than 300+ tales for magazines such as Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Manhunt, and many more. He wrote his first novel, The Smasher, in 1959. Other notable works include the novel The Killer is Mine, a number of Ellery Queen novels he ghost-wrote, novelizations of the TV series Mission: Impossible and scenarios for the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Welcome to the second volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community’s «Thrillogy» series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. This time we focus on the work of Talmage Powell…

The first body comes as a shock
The second brings horror
The third signals the beginning of a nightmare
When fifteen-year-old Isla Bell finds three bodies propped against Hadrian’s Wall, her whole world falls apart. In such a close-knit community, everyone knows the victims, and the man who did it.
Twenty years on and Isla has dedicated her life to forensic psychology; studying the brains of serial killers, and even coming face to face with

The first body comes as a shock
The second brings horror
The third signals the beginning of a nightmare
When fifteen-year-old Isla Bell finds three bodies propped against…

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy - a classic crime novel by bestselling, prize-winning author Barbara Vine
'Gripping, almost impossible to put down' Guardian
'One of the most frightening novels I have ever read ... Gerald Candless, the monster at the heart of the maze, is a marvellous creation' Amanda Craig, Express on Sunday
When successful author Gerald Candless dies of a sudden heart attack, his eldest, adoring daughter Sarah embarks on a memoir of him and

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy - a classic crime novel by bestselling, prize-winning author Barbara Vine
'Gripping, almost impossible to put down' Guardian
'One of the most…

Bolt the doors, turn on the lights and pray for mercy — you'll be up all night with this disturbingly addictive novel — perfect for fans of Karen Rose.
It's the ultimate game. To win, you have to kill. To lose, you have to die. If he's chosen you to play, then it's Game Over…
A brutal serial killer is on the loose. Each victim is a former beauty queen, a single rose placed

Bolt the doors, turn on the lights and pray for mercy — you'll be up all night with this disturbingly addictive novel — perfect for fans of Karen Rose.
It's the ultimate game. To…

The Laws of our Fathers

Bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another spellbinding international thriller—one that finds the legendary Gabriel Allon grappling with an ISIS mastermind.
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin described as the most compelling fictional creation "since Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond" (Rocky Mountain News), is poised to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence ser

Bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another spellbinding international thriller—one that finds the legendary Gabriel Allon grappling with an ISIS mastermind.
Gabriel Allon,…

1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family—never realizing her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death

1973: When Val Doyle hears her father’s end-of-life confession, “I didn’t want to kill her,” she’s stunned. So, she begins a search for the truth—about his words and her past. The clues she discovers are baffling—a jewel-encrusted box that won’t open and a camera with its film intact. What she finds out pulls Val into one of the world’s greatest mysteries—what truly happened to the Grand Duchess Maria?

1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from…

It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; the streets are full of abandoned vehicles; the social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still willing to live in the city.
When Tapani's journalist wife Johanna goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna's disappearance seems to be connected to a story she wa

It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; the streets are full of abandoned vehicles; the social order is…