George Harmon Coxe
21) Mission Fear
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Mission of Fear, first published in 1962, is a novel by master crime fiction author George Harmon Coxe. From the dust-jacket: Sam Adler appeared one afternoon at Marion Hayden's door trying for the big pay-off-Blackmail. The next day he was dead-paid-off with a knife in the back-and for the Haydens the nightmare had just begun. Adler's story had been stunning enough before-now, with State Police Lieutenant Garvey pushing hard it could mean a murder...
22) Top Assignment
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A reporter is drawn into a German refugee's story of conspiracy The photo contest is an ancient circulation gimmick. Each day, the Morning Bulletin publishes a candid photo of one of Boston's citizenry, offering a cash reward if they see themselves in the paper within twenty-four hours of publication. It's not a bad way to sell papers, but it could mean a death sentence for Ethel Kovalik. When she comes to collect her prize money she begs Larry...
23) The crimson clue
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While taking pictures at a society wedding, Kent Murdock stumbles upon a murder Every society family has skeletons in its closets, but only the Cannings have a fresh corpse. Kent Murdock finds the dead man while taking pictures at the wedding of Patricia Canning and Roger Armington, scions of Boston's most prominent-and camera-shy-families. Patricia and Murdock have been friends for years, and she invited him to photograph the wedding against her...
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[2011]
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Flash Casey snaps a photo that holds the key to a corrupt lawyer's murder Casey shouldn't have had to go back for more pictures of Stanford Endicott. He was at the court with the other newspaper photographers when the wealthy lawyer was arraigned, and got pictures of him smiling as he put on a hat to hide his bald head. But before Casey can get the negatives developed, a pair of urchins steal his camera case and expose the plates to the sun. At his...
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Four different writers explore the darker aspects of crime fiction in THE NOIR NOVEL MEGAPACK™:
HUNTER AT LARGE, by Thomas B. Dewey ... Mickey requested a year's leave of absence from his job on the police force. What else could he do? He'd just spent five months in the hospital because he'd been the only witness to a brutal murder...and the victim was his own wife!
NEVER BET YOUR LIFE, by George Harmon Coxe ... It was a tidy Florida motel with...
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The Second Mystery Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more classic mysteries (published between 1941 and 1959) by top mystery writers of the era...more than 650 pages of classic whodunits. Dig in and enjoy! Included are:
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
THE MERCHANT OF MURDER, by Spencer Dean
THE FIFTH KEY, by George Harmon Coxe
BONES DON'T LIE, by Curtiss T. Gardner
If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search...
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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 ROGERS, by W.W. Jacobs
A BORDERLINE CASE, by Rufus King
JUDGE BARCLAY'S WIFE, by William Hope Hodgson
THE ARCHDUKE'S TEA, by H.C. Bailey
THE...