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Evil lurks in the hearts and minds of men and many nefarious schemes are hatched by these gangsters, mob bosses and super villains. But thankfully, equally brave, talented detectives (some of them hooded) are there to track them down and thwart their twisted plans. These six stories, along with two "true fact detective shorts" were in the magazine Hooded Detective, January 1942. Are they well written? well, no, but they are fun...
JACOB DIX was a pawnbroker, but not a Jew, notwithstanding his occupation and the Hebraic sound of his baptismal name. He was so old that no one knew his real age; so grotesque in looks that children jeered at him in the streets; so avaricious that throughout the neighborhood he was called "Skinflint." If he possessed any hidden good qualities to counterbalance his known bad ones, no person had ever discovered them, or even had taken the trouble to look for them...
The Haunted Bookshop is a 1919 novel by Christopher Morley, now in the public domain in the United States. It has remained a popular representative of the "bibliomystery," a mystery story set in the world of books.This is a suspenseful novel set in Brooklyn around the time of the end of World War I. It continues the story of Roger Mifflin, the book seller in Parnassus on Wheels...
Why is Biff Brewster's father so eager to leave for Hawaii? Is there more than just a mining engineers' conference afoot? The elder Brewster is strangely silent, and Biff can only guess at the cause of his father's sudden anxiety...
When Juliet's fiancé cannot produce the famous family rope of pearls that she expected as a gift for their wedding, he is able to explain it--but a friend leaves her with a niggle of doubt. Months later, the intrigue of the pearls leaves Juliet doubting everything she knows about her husband...
The Goddess: A Demon is a novel by Richard Marsh. It was originally serialized in Manchester Weekly Times and Salford Weekly News in twelve installments between 12 January 1900 and 30 March 1900. It was one of eight books Marsh published in as many months. The Goddess: a Demon followed Marsh's smash The Beetle.
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The Golden Web is a 1910 mystery novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim, written using the pen name Anthony Partridge. It was first serialised in Ainslee's Magazine before being published in book form the following year in Britain and America respectively.It was made into a 1920 British silent film The Golden Web directed by Geoffrey Malins and starring Milton Rosmer...
The Girl Next Door is a 1989 horrornovel by American writer Jack Ketchum.Two teenage girls are left in the care of their aunt, and they suffer systematic and escalating abuse at the hands of their aunt and her children. It is loosely based on the 1965 murder of Sylvia Likens. In 2007 it was made into the film The Girl Next Door.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599. Although the play is named Julius Caesar, Brutus speaks more than four times as many lines as the title character, and the central psychological drama of the play focuses on Brutus Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iPhone, iPad, or Android. Get any audiobook FREE at Audiobookfest. Free audio books and eBooks...
The Ghost Breaker is a 1909 haunted house farcical play written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard, it was adapted into a 1940 film starring Bob Hope called The Ghost Breakers. It had also been adapted in a 1914 film, The Ghost Breaker and a 1922 film, The Ghost Breaker.
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