A collection of short stories by the twentieth century American author.

An anthology culled from "Black Mask" magazine is a tribute to its mastery of the pulp noir genre that includes such stories as "Murder Is Bad Luck" and "Diamonds Mean Death" as well as two full-length novels including Paul Cain's "Fast One."

The historic hotel in Boonsboro has endured war and peace, the changing of hands, and even rumored hauntings. Now it?s getting a major face-lift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett has little time for a social life. But there?s another project he?s got his eye on: the girl he?s been waiting to kiss since he was sixteen. After losing her husband and returning to her hometown, Clare Brewster...

Married FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich are investigating a rather unusual case: Senator David Hoffman is experiencing a ghostly apparition with possible malicious intent. They're no closer to cracking the case when a call comes in from Connecticut: A top foreign Schiffer Hartwin employee has been found murdered behind the drug company's U.S. headquarters.

A collection of American Indian fiction from 1974 to 1994. It contains an introduction by the editor, pointing out the increased use of themes of identity in such literature, the stories probing what it means to be American Indian.

"For film buffs and literature lovers alike, this is an essential guide to 52 great reads, and the cinema classics they inspired"-- You loved the movie-- but have you read the book? Lopez looks at beloved screen adaptations, and the great reads that inspired them. Some diverge wildly from the original source materials, while others shift the point of view to create an entirely different experience within the same story. In exploring what makes these...

From the pages of the world's two most acclaimed mystery magazines, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, here are fifteen stories of women sleuths -- stories that have helped transform the conventions of the genre. Numerous best-selling and award-winning writers comprise this entertaining collection, many of who appear here for the first time in this book. From cops to private eyes in extraordinary situations, these...