Private Detectives

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The Wailing Rock Murders

$4.99

“Spider” Meech, an elderly detective, finds himself facing the most challenging mystery of his career. Visiting his young ward and...

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Now I Lay Me Down to Die

$4.99

High above Hollywood's Sunset Strip was the exclusive gown shop of Mira Hira, born plain Moira O'Hara in Chicago thirty-four...

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Brokers' End

$4.99

It was a clever set up. The Treasurer of the great bond concern of F. W. Strong lay across his...

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The Black and the Red

$2.99

Trust Homer Evans, that epicurean among detectives, to chose Las Vegas, Nevada, as the newest field for his unorthodox investigations...

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Waylaid in Boston

$2.99

Homer Evans and Finke Maguire, private detectives, are in Boston enjoying an evening with friends, when conversation turns to the...

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The Black Gardenia

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The Black Gardenia is quite a book. Elliot Paul undoubtedly had a wonderful time writing it, and in addition to...

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