Posts Categorized: Richard Himmel

THE CHINESE KEYHOLE By

THE CHINESE KEYHOLE Johnny Maguire hadn’t visited Chinatown in a long time, and now he wasn’t there for the tourist attractions. Not that the Chinese Keyhole didn’t have plenty to offer—if you liked that sort of thing. Behind its pseudo-Oriental facade, the strip club provided unusual entertainment for its off-beat clientele… and the performers were weirder than those who paid to watch them. There was the statuesque blonde dancer for instance. She left nothing to the imagination of her audience, and she was beautiful: but she just wasn’t Johnny’s type. And he wasn’t crazy about her partner, either—the muscular but mincing ballet dancer who carried a vicious-looking whip and didn’t hesitate to use it.

I HAVE GLORIA KIRBY By

I HAVE GLORIA KIRBY The wife of the biggest mob boss in town walks into Johnny’s office with a suitcase full of stolen cash and asks for his help. She’s also Johnny’s first love, the woman who ripped out his heart ten years ago. He knows he should say no… but he can’t stop himself.

THE RICH AND THE DAMNED By

THE RICH AND THE DAMNED Two-fisted lawyer Johnny Maguire is caught in the middle when a wealthy industrialist dies and leaves him in charge of executing the inheritance… which his dead client’s four children are desperate to grab. The children include the industrialist’s two daughters, one of whom has shared Johnny’s bed and another who would like to. Meanwhile, a mobster is eager to take over the dead man’s business… even if it means killing.

THE SHARP EDGE By

THE SHARP EDGE They were lost when they tried the dangerous bypaths of love.

From the bright lights of fame, they fled into the a darkness with their burden of guilt. They loved, but the disease of hate ate into their love, twisting and torturing it. They fled into the bypaths of love, and found they could run from everything but themselves.

THE SHAME By

THE SHAME Kit Greer was a war widow. Lovely, young and very lonely… the startling story of a woman who could not forget the past and a man who dared not remember.