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This omnibus includes three mystery novels by Helen Joan Hultman.Ready for Death: Anonymous warnings are sent to several people in Bly's Landing, but who is taking them seriously? When murder strikes, town marshal Joe Ralston examines the notes in a new light. Aided by newspaperman Ed Verriker, Joe delves into small town secrets to uncover the motive in a twisted murder scheme.This Murderous Shaft: Schoolteacher Peg Lenox travels to visit her friend, Felicity, who recently married a wealthy man, Jordan Howard. The Howard family was unhappy about the marriage, and their antagonism grows when Jordan dies. Did Felicity kill her husband? Peg arrives on the scene only to find death has arrived once more at the Howard family home. Peg finds herself aiding local investigator Tom Nixon in an attempt to clear Felicity's name . . .Murder Rings Twice: Sara Fergus is managing a roadside diner for a friend in post-op recovery. Things are running smoothly until a scared young woman arrives one evening, seeking assistance. Sara finds herself caught up in a murder case, and the local investigator thinks she might be in on it. After all, the dead man in the nearby tourist cabin has Sara's kitchen knife in his back. . . .More classic detective fiction can be found at CoachwhipBooks.com.

Cotton Kendall, son of a wealthy mill-owning family in Sudwich, Connecticut, had been the youthful protégé and friend of Frederick Thorne, distinguished artist. He-unless it was his hometown schoolmate and gunner-returned from the War in the Pacific, disfigured beyond recognition, unwilling to be seen until plastic surgery had restored his face. Thorne is half convinced, half puzzled. So is the plastic surgeon with criminology as a hobby. And so is Lieutenant Dickerson of the Boston homicide bureau, when the town's most eligible playboy bachelor is found shot to death in his car, and Dickerson is called upon to reconstruct the appearance and personality of the murderer. The artist's model's relations with the mill manager, the missing gunner and the local Fish King, the flyer's young wife, who greets his ostensible return with mixed feelings, and the attempts to pull a fast business coup to do the Old Man out of his mills, add plenty of entanglements to challenge the reader, let alone the Boston homicide cop. Scarecrow was published in 1945.

When Deacon Grimm was found dead in a neighbor's barn, half the population of the New England village of Highbrook was suspect. The Deacon had not been a lovable character! Archer Brett, of the State Police, was no streamlined super-sleuth; he was only human, like the people and problems he had to contend with. Everyone, he found, had something to hide; seemingly innocent actions were twisted and darkened by suspicion until they emerged as perfect motives for murder, or positive signs of guilt. Archer did his best, but a second violent death complicated matters further before the murderer was caught and the puzzle of the Deacon's demise satisfactorily solved.Grimm Death was first published in 1946. This was artist Dorothy Foster Brown's only published mystery.Additional classic mystery titles available at CoachwhipBooks.com.

Death at Windward Hill: An elderly wealthy woman dies in her bed, but it is soon discovered to be murder. Her family kept up the barest of friendly overtures to stay in the will, but would any of them have killed for the fortune? A second murder complicates the plot, and then there's the matter of the missing nurse . . . The police have a puzzling mystery to unravel.Murder in the French Room: A woman is murdered in the fitting room of a large department store, leaving the police (particularly Detective Inspector Dan Bratton) with too many possible suspects. It's not long before there are plenty of motives, also. Helen Joan Hultman was a Dayton, Ohio, native, teaching high school English there for 35 years. She wrote six mystery novels, most inspired by local Ohio settings.

Lanky young criminologist Abelard Voss is enticed to investigate two separate mysteries in this volume.Murder's Coming: A small mill town brews with the threat of violence as union organizers come to town. The discovery of a body in the river just when Abelard Voss arrives in town, responding to a strange letter, is just the beginning of a strange investigation in this atmospheric mystery.Grave Without Grass: An anonymous letter suggests that Abelard Voss should investigate a cold case in a small town; suggesting too, that he might just save another life. A young woman's murder soon creates a troubling complication, and it becomes apparent that the killer has further plans.

The ubiquitous Mr. Tinney proves himself as adept at solving a murder as in giving advice to his millions of radio listeners. So strong is his nose for following a murder trail that he entirely forgets his radio listeners and Wakely's Soapchips, his sponsor-much to the discomfiture of his assistant, Shelley, who sees his chances of a small fortune fade into the distance while Mr. Tinney goes his merry way. For the clues in the murder of private detective Noel Landry-the perfumed notes and the compromising picture of Carol Wills-set Mr. Tinney's nostrils to quivering like a bird dog's on a hot scent. And the strange odor on the notes-the odor of love that has turned to hate-leads him into a mystery as bizarre and thrilling as any he has ever followed.The counterfeit perfume racket, the rise to power of Amerandra Sikkim, fabulous figure in the perfume world, and the love of Ben Sikkim for Carol Wills appeal to Mr. Tinney's romantic nature as well as to his sleuthing propensities. For Amerandra Sikkim is a tyrant who plays people as pawns in his game of power. And Carol Wills, with whom his only son has been so witless as to fall in love, must be eliminated . . . at whatever cost.Fascination and terror, skilfully blended, provide a mystery that will hold your attention to the last line-as well it might, for the final solution will doubtless be as satisfying to the reader as it was to Mr. Tinney!Crime is of the Essence was published in 1947. For additional vintage crime and detection classics, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

The Randels of Glen Athol were a strange clan, a group of people torn by inner stress and hatred. The focal point of their trouble was the ruthless, predatory Muriel Randel, a woman with a distorted and warped nature. Within her were those traits which must inevitably lead to an outbreak of violence in the family-an outbreak of sudden death which comes to an end only when Holt penetrates behind the veil of false clues consciously planted to deceive him. After that grotesque dinner party when the two murdered bodies were discovered, it was obvious to Holt that it was an inside job, but he found a family united against him-a family which hindered rather than helped his investigation. In the end he overcame even their opposition and was able to determine why a beautiful wanton had been murdered because a man had carelessly hung his coat on an accessible nail, and to explain what the selection of a Boston debutante's gown had to do with the solution of the murder of a man and woman in western Pennsylvania.Plot, character, and suspense are all beautifully handled, and the story rises in a sharp crescendo to a unique and powerful conclusion.Murder at Glen Athol was first published in 1935. For additional classic mysteries, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

Behind the headlines and official dispatches there was another World War II. This was the violent, deadly struggle waged between the great intelligence services of the warring powers. It was a war fought in secrecy, under cover of elaborate deceptions and ruthless lies. But it was a war whose victories and defeats were sometimes as important as any decisions reached on a field of battle.Burn After Reading was the first comprehensive account of this subterranean contest. In its dramatic, fully documented pages are told the absorbing stories of the great wartime intelligence organizations-the Abwehr, M.I.5, the Deuxieme Bureau, O.S.S. The activities of modern spymasters such as Admiral Canaris and Allen Dulles are described in vivid detail and all the major espionage and intelligence operations of the war are faithfully reconstructed.Ladislas Farago was Chief of Research and Planning in the U.S. Navy's Special Warfare Branch.For more classic reprints of psychological warfare and espionage, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

Refreshingly different, this unusual tale of murder and intrigue takes place at a private school built on a desolate mountain ridge of the California sea coast. With the sudden disappearance of Alrik Lind, attractive young headmaster, Drake's Anchorage is thrown into a state of turmoil.What was the mystery behind the murder of Miss Breckenridge, Lind's eccentric secretary? Why was the school's reputation in dire jeopardy? Who was the ex-GI that was found lurking on the school grounds? What was at the base of the vicious whispering campaign against Lind? And why was the beautiful and wealthy widow, Mrs. Maxwell, II, so anxious to find out the real truth?Murder at Drake's Anchorage introduces an author of unusual talent. Fine character drawing, vivid background, and steadily mounting suspense demonstrate her ability to produce a well-knit mystery novel that will keep you spellbound to the last page.Murder at Drake's Anchorage was first published in 1949. For additional crime and detective fiction classics, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

Andy Parker's swing band was getting in the groove with Andy's featured vocal solo number, Headlined in my Heart, when a shot rang out and Andy fell to the platform-dead. With both the orchestra and the guests of the Log House marooned by a blizzard, the task of solving the bandleader's murder fell to Jack Coler, the bass, fiddle player and a newcomer to the band.Death Beats the Band was first published in 1943. For more classics in crime and detective fiction, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

It was shortly after he started working as radio master of ceremonies for Martha and her curious coterie of Washington socialites that Alec Pike learned of the drowning suicide in Italy of Harvey Benson, a news analyst and boyhood friend. Alec refused to believe Benson's death was suicide. Oddly enough, the people connected with the death in Italy began to appear on Martha's broadcasting schedule. It couldn't be coincidence. Too many people were bought off, too many stories were killed when Alec came close to real information.Alec's suspicions of Martha grew stronger after an attack on his life, and he cleverly set the stage to find out just how guilty she was. From that point on, fast-moving events gave the answer to a brutal question.Brutal Question was first published in 1947. For more classic mystery and crime fiction, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

In the four years that I-Doc Connor-have played water boy to Lieutenant Marsh's homicide team, I've met some notably undesirable characters. But nothing quite compares to the Angel clan-five brothers and a sister, Anita Angel Ferrier-whose Cuban sugar grew tall and sweet by cabled command from New York. Anita Ferrier, who had heard that my detecting was strictly polite, hired me because she was having trouble, a lot of trouble. One of her brothers was blackmailing her husband about something that had happened in Cuba twenty years ago, something called the Bolado affair. Anita wanted to know which brother it was, and she wanted any documents destroyed . . . unread.Then beautiful Anita was found beaten to death with a twitch-a leather instrument used to quiet unruly horses-at the Angel estate. One of those five brothers who had teased, pampered, and adored her had killed her in a fit of incredible fury . . . of almost psychopathic rage. It was dirty and degenerate and vicious, and even if I had to risk my life in Cuba, had to dare five hostile Angel brothers, I was determined to unmask the one who had such an uncontained streak of brutality, who had committed two murders and who wanted only to add mine to his list.Dead Angel was first published in 1953. For more classic mysteries, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

The pleasant atmosphere at a dude ranch darkens with the unwelcome appearance of an ex-Hollywood western star who enjoys causing trouble. Money issues, secrets from the past, and a star-struck young woman provide plenty of motives for the Sheriff when a murder occurs. "The dude ranch was well-run-the scenery was magnificent-but suggestions of tragedy were in the clear mountain air. The appearance of Spike Noland, "Lothario of the Lariat" and ex-Hollywood actor, brought to light secrets hidden for many years. An old murder charge in which the ranch owner had been involved draws guests and friends into the circle of events, as Noland lives up to his reputation as a 'bad' performer. A smoothly written mystery, its plot is completely developed and its characters are neither bizarre nor trite." (F.A.P., Rochester, NY, Democrat and Chronicle, 1955)Murder in Jackson Hole was first published in 1955. For additional classic crime fiction, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

There were two unusual things about Doc Connor's call. First, the patient was already dead, and second, the patient was a three-year-old filly. Tom, a well-known trainer, knew the horse had not died of heart failure, and Doc was sure it had been poisoned.The mare's owner ran a night club, and it was obvious that personal spite against him had been responsible for the sudden death. How far that spite would go was the $64 question answered soon by another murder, this time with a human victim. An ex-jockey, Snuffy, spoke from the grave. It was what he said, or implied he could have said before he departed this life, that started Doc Connor in the right direction.Lively Broadway characters, plus some fast action, make this a superior Whodunit.Murder Makes the Mare Go was first published in 1950. For more mystery classics, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

Dehydration-death in a sweatbox for jockey Johnny Mallo, accidental death the doctor said. But Johnny's friend, Doc Connor, didn't believe it; he knew that Johnny could have turned off the box-by the mere flick of a switch.So Doc started to turn up things. Among them were: Lorry Mallo, Johnny's gorgeous wife, who stood to collect the insurance; and Johnny's brother, Mickey, who had practiced brotherly love a few days earlier by sticking Johnny with a knife. Huck Trask, a shady race-track character; and Eve, Huck's luscious blond wife, over whom Huck and Johnny had once fought.There was also the strange appearance of five grand, the strange disappearance of a cat called Sauki-no-no, and another attempted killing before Doc proved his point and the police called it murder too.A fast and tough story, moving from start to finish at an accelerated speed, told in the clipped staccato prose of the race track and Broadway world.Hot Tip was first published in 1951. For more classic mysteries, visit CoachwhipBooks.com.

Doc Connor (a strictly legal operator whose patients, however, range from Broadway's shadiest characters to racehorses) goes corpse-stalking-and winds up operating on a boy with a slug in his belly. The Doc, incidentally, has a gun in his back. And the gun is in the hands of a killer, a basher-in-of-heads-a guy he likes better every day.Then he hears via the radio and Katie (beautiful Katie!) that he's slated for the next bashing. But any man who's got a girl like Katie on the airwaves has already lost his head . . .Odds-On Murder was first published in 1948.

They couldn't find him. They traced him as far as Pennsylvania Station where he seemed to vanish into thin air.His name was Panty Burke, a "percentage operator." Lt. Marsh of Homicide said that he'd been forging pari-mutuel tickets and had taken a powder.Grace Larkin, Panty's gorgeous and loyal fiancée, said that wasn't true-that Burke was a good guy and something awful must have happened.And Doc Connor, who had a weakness for a lovely lady, believed her-and found himself trying to outwit both Eddie Marsh and a ruthless killer.Murder is Mutuel was first published in 1948.

The first two mysteries by Kentucky author David Alexander (from 1951) team up eccentric, hefty millionaire Tommy Twotoes with newly-minted private eye Soldier as they investigate strange murders.

Two golden-age mystery novels with southern (Alabama) backdrops. 'Murder Rents a Room' offers a plantation house mystery when a rich and sultry cousin is killed while visiting the family home. 'The Crimson Feather' follows the investigation into the suspicious death of a wealthy man while hunting with his fractious family.

Two golden-age mystery novels by a southern author. In 'The House that Hate Built, ' a woman who has married into wealth, and spent most of her life spiting her relatives, is found murdered. In 'The Whip', a young psychiatrist is asked by the police to interview a confessed murderess, but finds her troubling story doesn't add up

This second collection of classic mysteries featuring Detective Sgt. Cass Harty includes 'Grasp at Straws' (sent undercover to a party without explanation, Harty scrambles to catch a killer when a guest is killed) and 'The Christmas Tree Murders' (Harty finds himself investigating his own relatives when a murder occurs during holiday festivitie

Detective Sergeant Cass Harty investigates in two collected mysteries. 'Murder Cum Laude' (1935) involves a desperate killer on a university campus. In 'The Cabana Murders' (1937), Harty is on a routine prisoner pickup in a quiet community when he is thrown into a gruesome society murder case.

The 101st Airborne had orders to hold Bastogne, Belgium, as German forces moved in on the offensive during what became known as the Battle of the Bulge. Brigadier General McAuliffe's answer to German envoys requesting surrender was succinct: "Nuts!" This is the story of a vital position held under difficult conditions and against tremendous odds.

On the lonely Keppoch moor a dense fog was settling while four young sportsmen doggedly continued their "shoot." There was a sudden report and a few minutes later one of the party was discovered seriously wounded. Several days after, when the victim of that unfortunate "accident" was well on the road to recovery in his host's house, he was found shot through the temple.The local police investigated with unusual thoroughness and ingenuity, and had it not been for one minor fact, the first shooting would have passed as accident, the second as suicide. But that single detail was enough to arouse the suspicions of Francis MacNab whose detective genius is well known to readers of other Ferguson mysteries. The criminal had made none of the mistakes so helpful to the detective, and MacNab was unaided by any of those intuitions which are convenient in fiction but seldom occur in real life.The result is a study in detection that will meet the approval of the most exacting reader, while a sinister premonition and tense excitement throughout will hold him to the last page. As for attempting to outguess MacNab-Mr. Ferguson's old readers will warn you that it's useless.(The Grouse Moor Murder was first published in 1934.)

Crime in Corn-Weather, by Mary M. Atwater, is the story of a perfect murder with no corpus delicti and no real clue. The reason for the murder and how the crime was concealed is gradually and skillfully unfolded. It is a realistic portrayal of the effect of a murder on the lives of a community. ('New Books in Brief Review, ' 1935

During WW2, soldiers and sailors enjoyed playing dice, but were often fleeced by con men and cheaters. Magician John Scarne came to their rescue, offering advice for playing as well as for spotting tricks and cheats in his columns in Yank Magazine. This book was first published in 1945. See CoachwhipBooks.com for guides: dominoes, backgammon, more.

A French chef receives a mysterious job offer, and asks Homer Evans for help. Homer and gang end up in Las Vegas, as they try to stop a murderous rampage. This last Homer Evans mystery ends with one last frolic and a bang . . .

Originally published in 1960 in "The World Around Us" series, The Illustrated Story of Magic delves into the history of stage magic and early performers, as well as the folkloric roots of the magical arts. Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin and Harry Houdini are profiled, and several well-known illusions are explained.

Another humorous Homer Evans mystery: Leverett Bengay, popular man about town, is bet he can't tail a stranger for 24 hours, but the casual bet turns into an adventure with disappearances, exotic criminals, and murder. Evans must untangle a puzzle that careens through the streets of Boston.

This volume includes both issues of Tippie and Cap Stubbs from the Dell Four Color comic books. This slice of life comic follows the adventures of a young boy and his faithful canine pal.