Sebastian “Neddy” Blayne is a flamboyant, wealthy, pampered bon vivant… famous playwright, author and a brilliant detective. Blayne is equal parts Nero Wolfe, Simon Templar and Hercule Poirot… and he is aided in his adventures by his bald, Italian valet Beppo, his red-headed secretary Maggie, and his French poodle Misty…and the ever-diligent NYPD homicide detective Simon Fennelley.
The blockbuster, million copy bestseller of 1951, a beloved Gold Medal classic, is finally back-in-print to enthrall a new generation with its raw, powerful description of a passionate love affair that had no limits.
He looked at the woman, slim and beautiful, the woman he’d been hired to ruin. Then he saw her haunted eyes and fell in love. After that, it was the two of them together in a merry-go-round of hate and fear… and murder.
Four complete novels of raw, hard-boiled, pulp noir greatness by four masters of the genre, back in print for the first time in sixty years.
Mark Mitchell is a playboy atomic rocket scientist who marries the wrong woman…and is betrayed in the worst possible way. He is quickly arrested, convicted of treason, and sentenced to life in prison. But that’s only the beginning of his nightmare in this lightning-fast, insanely unpredictable, brutal Cold War noir thriller.
Four complete novels of raw, hard-boiled, pulp noir greatness by four masters of the genre, back in print for the first time in sixty years.