Murder Plus True Crime Stories From the Masters of Detective Fiction

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Murder Plus True Crime Stories From the Masters of Detective Fiction

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A collection of twenty-five true crime stories culled from the pages of old pulp magazines features works by such masters of detective fiction as Jim Thompson, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Bloch, Ellery Queen, Harlan Ellison, and others. Simultaneous."The Shambles of Ed Gein" by Robert Bloch"A Killer with Women" by Charles Burgess"Madame Murder" by D. L. Champion"Mystery Man Lucks and His Missing Bucks" by Harlan Ellison"The Dancing Beauty and the Fatal Trap" by Robert Faherty"The Footprint in the Snow" by Bruno Fischer"The Scar-faced Fugitive and the Murdered Maid" by Leslie Ford"The Case of the Movie Murder" by Erle Stanley Gardner"Murder with Music" by Brett Halliday"Who Killed Bob Teal" by Dashiell Hammett"A Scream in the Dark" by Nunnally Johnson"Strangled" by Day Keene"Shield of the Innocent" by Eleazar Lipsky"Once Aboard the Lugger" by Stuart Palmer"The Last of Mrs Maybrick" by Patrick Quentin"Murder in Chicago" by Craig Rice"Case of the Catalogue Clue" by Jim Thompson"The Body in Sector R" by Lawrence Treat"Germany's Mistress of Crime" by S.S. Van Dine"Clue of the Poison Pen" by Lionel White"Invaders from the Sky" by Harry Whittington

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Pages 326
Language Eng
Published April 8, 1992
ISBN 13137277
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Gerald Marc writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Gerald Marc lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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