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A beautiful society woman is found dead, covered only in gauze, her body staged and lit up in a macabre tableau, in a beachfront summer house as a country club dance is in progress. Two young men stumble upon her, while a curious Tam O'Brien finds herself shortly on the scene. The local coroner, not well-acquainted with murder, welcomes her aid in a professional capacity: Tam o' Shanter, private detective. Motive and opportunity are complicated by clues pointing to a local drug operation, and Tam finds herself in a deadly situation as death strikes once again. Tam O'Brien, as a young female detective, breaks more than a few of the literary cliches of Golden-Age Detective Fiction. She is smart, capable, well-trained, and unsusceptible to the allure of passing romance if it's going to get in the way of her job. Her father, Rance O'Brien, is an ex-Chief of Detectives on the police force, so she grew up surrounded by officers and detectives. Inspector Pete McCoy is an old friend, willing to discuss and debate a case, though not above a little friendly competition. Dips is the young, streetwise lieutenant of her inquiry agency.The Jekyll-Hyde Murder Case was published as a magazine novel in 1930.

Lynn Trevor, president of Cedarcliff's bank, has disappeared, and his father hires Tam O'Brien (professionally known as Tam o' Shanter) to investigate. She goes undercover as a nurse, and soon finds there is more than enough reason for grave concern. Multiple professional and personal motives arise for getting rid of Trevor, and when a body is finally discovered, Tam must use all her skill and resources to uncover the truth. Tam O'Brien, as a young female detective, breaks more than a few of the literary cliches of Golden-Age Detective Fiction. She is smart, capable, well-trained, and unsusceptible to the allure of passing romance if it's going to get in the way of her job. Her father, Rance O'Brien, is an ex-Chief of Detectives on the police force, so she grew up surrounded by officers and detectives. Inspector Pete McCoy is an old friend, willing to discuss and debate a case, though not above a little friendly competition. Dips is the young, streetwise lieutenant of her inquiry agency.The Hollow Tree Mystery was published as a magazine novel in 1930.

Submarine! (first published during World War II, in 1942) is presented in clear, concise information of undersea craft and their crews. Any information desired, from the story of the development of the submarine, to the training of submarine crews, is in it. Kendall Banning very capably and non-technically tells all that can be told about undersea fighters. Building from descriptions of the very earliest submarines, he takes his reader from chapter to chapter, explaining construction, apparatus, selections of submarines, rescue ships and chambers, and innumerable other phases of 'pigboats'. The author was assisted by the U.S. naval department as well as commanders of American submarine training schools. Illustrations by Charles Rosner add to a topnotch book for grownups as well as inquisitive youngsters.

Sometimes geography is no match for metaphysics. Uncanny of Place: Cities, Streets, Shops, and Spaces in Classic Speculative Fiction collects seventeen stories of magical shops, vanishing rooms, sentient streets, and other transitory or perplexing locations. Stories include: The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe); Germelshausen (Friedrich Gerstäcker); Mysterious Disappearances (Charles Bierce); The Hall Bedroom (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman); The Magic Shop (H. G. Wells); Number 13 (M. R. James); A Somewhat Improbable Story (G. K. Chesterton); The Door in the Wall (H. G. Wells); The Madness of Andelsprutz (Lord Dunsany); Space (John Buchan); The Never-Ending Road (Anonymous); The Bureau d'Echange de Maux (Lord Dunsany); The Street (H. P. Lovecraft); The Blue City (Frank Owen); The Theater Upstairs (Manly Wade Wellman); The Street That Wasn't There (Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi); Tunnel Terror (Allison V. Harding)

Gunner and the Dumbo (first published in 1945) by Lieut. Dwight W. Follett, USNR, was written for his children at home. Gunner, a small black Boston terrier, is a flyer's mascot in a bomber in the south Pacific during World War II. While flying on a mission targeting an enemy destroyer, the bomber is hit by an antiaircraft shell and forced into the ocean-the crew must take to a lifeboat. Gunner, wearing his own lifejacket, helps to save the crew by warning them of enemy planes and helping them detect a friendly rescuer.

The Sleeping Cat is a thrilling story in Isabel Ostrander's best manner. Olive Mercer invites her old schoolmate, the beautiful Gloria Warrender, to her home. A murder in the garden in open daylight, and a missing ring with links to a curious wartime past, involves Special Deputy Commissioner Dan Rider of the New York Police in the investigation of several suspects. This is a well-woven mystery by an early author who helped set the foundation for the American side of Golden-Age Detective Fiction. The Sleeping Cat was published posthumously in 1926.

Fatfoot: Encounters with a Dooligahl is a quintessential cryptozoology investigation.Neil Frost has spent decades investigating and interacting with the phenomenon of the Australian Hairy Man, developing an intriguing thesis regarding the mammalian identities behind Yowie encounters. Based on observed behavior and biology (both personal observations and those of his community network, nicknamed The Octopus), the author reasons that there are three distinct species involved, all as-yet-undescribed marsupials. Fatfoot introduces us to the Dooligahl, the aggressive Quinkan, and the monkey-like Junjudee. The author's thesis asserts that 'manlike' or 'apelike' characteristics are due to evolutionary convergence, noting that similar biological parallels are found with many other Australian marsupials and their placental lookalikes. In an eminently readable history of his growing awareness of these mystery animals, the author lays out the evidence he has obtained, discusses the issues with gathering evidence (especially at a time when technology was expensive and difficult to obtain), and builds a foundation for future investigation.As a personal record of the author's coming to terms with an inexplicable animal in his own backyard, and ongoing search for scientific answers, Fatfoot serves to inspire both zoological and indigenous anthropological research.

Attorney Marc Jordan is suspicious of a tragic accident when bride-to-be Dolly dies at a railroad crossing the night before she is due to be married. The police are dismissive of the circumstantial evidence that Jordan presents, but events heat up when someone fires a shot at another member of Dolly's family. Jordan investigates on behalf of the railroad, and finds himself racing to unravel a deadly plot. The Case of the Six Bullets was published in 1949.

Every railroad man knows that trouble comes in threes. Baxter, the engineer on passenger train Number 61, reflected on two near-catastrophes-the brake-man who had stepped in front of a yard engine; and the narrowly avoided collision-and wondered what would happen next. A number of possibilities suggested themselves, but he did not foresee murder.Actually, the bloodstained axe which was the murder weapon was found on the tracks by a signal maintainer before the corpse was discovered. Only a few minutes later, the brutally mutilated body of Mr. Richards, president of the railroad, caused a wave of dismay to sweep over the passengers of train 61.Luckily Marc Jordan, an attorney who knew railroading, was on hand, and was able not only to avert a panic but also to help the police solve the crime.The Railroad Murder Case was published in 1948.

If you had seen a certain tall, impeccably-dressed man in Copenhagen in 1934, you might have taken him for a professor. Plenty of Danes did. He called himself Dr. Erich Ring and said he was a journalist. But his real name was Horst von Pflugk-Hartung, Germany's master spy in northern Europe. After he murdered German communists Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, vengeance on him was sworn by Communist saboteur Ernst Wollweber.Kurt Singer provides the sinister story of cat-and-mouse espionage between German Nazis and Russian-backed Communists on the chessboard of northern Europe. The Scandinavian countries were riddled with spies long before Germany put its war machine into action, and Singer dramatically details such men and women, both heroes and traitors.Duel for the Northland was published in 1943.

It was a blizzard. The wind, lashing across Lake Superior, buried the whole of the Upper Michigan peninsula beneath an avalanche of snow. It choked highways and ditches and streets, blotting out railroads and isolating towns. And three times in two days it wove a shroud for-murder.Andrew Brant, editor and owner of the Red Rock Reporter, went out into the storm to check on a rumor that the local paper mill was going to close. Arriving at the mill, he found its proprietor and his own best friend, grizzled, obstinate John Macfarlane prone upon the floor, while the new assistant manager, mysterious, shifty Ralston Crane seemed suddenly to have vanished. Brant had his own ideas where Crane might have disappeared. It was not into thin air, and the mystery of Crane's whereabouts was to catch up not only Brant and Macfarlane, but also the latter's young wife Ella and pretty Carol Johnson of the Reporter staff in a whirlwind of suspicions, hate, blackmail and violence before it was at length dramatically unraveled.White for a Shroud was published in 1947.

Tropical and sun-drenched climates have their fair share of haunts and high strangeness, whether emanating from ancient landmarks, incongruous cultures, or the ubiquity of human tragedy. Twenty short tales are included here, running the gamut of ghosts and haunted places to curses, strange beasts, and primeval spirits.Stories include: Ballairai Durg, Anonymous (1886); The Recrudescence of Imray, Rudyard Kipling (1888); Some Australian Ghost Stories, T. J. B. (1890); The Mark of the Beast, Rudyard Kipling (1890); Caulfield's Crime, Alice Perrin (1892); Guarded by a Ghost, David Ker (1892); The Haunted Station, Hume Nisbet (1892); The Dâk Bungalow at Dakor, Bithia Mary Croker (1893); "To Let", Bithia Mary Croker (1893); A Malagasy Ghost-Story, C. P. Cory (1893); The North Devonshire Ghost Story, A. Louis Paul (1894); Pollock and the Porroh Man, H. G. Wells (1895); The Square Diamond, Clinton Ross (1896); The Tiger-Charm, Alice Perrin (1901); The Grove of Ashtaroth, John Buchan (1910); The Red Bungalow, Bithia Mary Croker (1919); The Nameless City, H. P. Lovecraft (1921); The Horn, Hilton Brown (1922); The Abu Laheeb, Lord Dunsany (1926); The Tree-Man, Henry S. Whitehead (1931)

No one knew who the girl was; she was just a lovely, tragic, haunted face briefly glimpsed in a newsreel of a gala movie première. But because of the time and the place, Bynum Fels, assistant district attorney, wanted her for murder. Film producer Jacob Tobias, on the other hand, wanted her for his next picture, wanted to make her a star, which meant not only finding her but also hiding her from Fels until she could prove her innocence.To Peter Hack, Tobias' press agent, fell the job of catching up with the girl. At first it was only that-a job-until Pete finally confronted the lady, and the lady held a gun pointed at Pete.Pete witnessed a second murder, was accused of a third and arrested for a fourth before light dawned and he realized that the evidence that was not there was more important than the clues, the witnesses and the suspects who were.The Crime, The Place, and The Girl was published in 1955. The Stapletons specialized in light, humorous mysteries.

Light Spirits collects 22 ghost stories of various shades: horrific tales, humorous jests, criminous masquerades, and emotional romances, all originally published for the entertainment of the late 1800s to early 1900s magazine readership. The stories include: Aunt Ann's Ghost Story, by Laurence Oliphant (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1864); Guy Neville's Ghost, by Percy Greg (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1865); A Ghost in a State-Room, by Samuel Blotter (The Galaxy, 1868); The Ghost of a Face, by Frederick H. Dewey (Ballou's Monthly Magazine, 1878); An Antiquary's Ghost Story, by Augustus Jessopp, D.D. (Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, 1880); The Ghost of Aldrum Hall, by Anonymous (The Argosy, 1880); The Eynesham Ghost, by Captain Arthur Collins (Time, 1880); The Open Door, by Mrs. Oliphant (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1882); No Fiction, by J. G. P. (Macmillan's Magazine, 1882); No. 11 Welham Square, by Herbert Stephen (The Cornhill Magazine, 1885); By One, By Two, and By Three, by Adrian Ross (Temple Bar, 1887); A Shadow of Gold, by Vida D. Scudder (The Overland Monthly, 1887); The Green Lady, by Walter Herries Pollock (Longman's Magazine, 1888); My Uncle's Clock, by Anonymous (Macmillan's Magazine, 1888); A New Ghost Story, by Anonymous (Belgravia, 1890); The Empty Compartment, by Anonymous (Murray's Magazine, 1890); Louise, W. L. Alden (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895); "Number Ninety", by Mrs. B. M. Croker (Chapman's Magazine, 1895); The Story of a Ghost, by Violet Hunt (Chapman's Magazine, 1895); The Long-Distance Telephone, by Robert Barr (Cassell's Magazine, 1900); The Haunting of Shudderham Hall, by Robert Barr (The Idler Magazine, 1906); The Irtonwood Ghost, by Elinor Glyn (Pearson's Magazine, 1911)

This third compilation of Dr. Karl P.N. Shuker's ShukerNature blog articles delves into a delectable variety of curious zoological subjects, from the Nandi bear and jungle walruses to striped mantas and giant monitor lizards. Dr. Shuker discusses the history of the Crystal Palace dinosaur statues, reviews the famous Surgeon's photograph of Loch Ness, and examines the history of a little hybrid elephant. Readers familiar with Dr. Shuker's ShukerNature blog will be delighted to add this collection of updated articles to their library, while new readers will find this an open invitation to explore the fascinating, curious, and surprising mysteries of the natural world.

When Harlan Grant, famed spiritualist medium (and blackmailer) is found dead in a locked room, actress Norah Fallon and her scientist boyfriend, Richard Stoddard, are implicated. Norah turns to author and playwright (and occasional amateur detective) Jimmy Lane to help clear their names. Why was the occultist so spooked in his last days? What was the 'Fear of Fear'? Jimmy and his Watson, attorney Philip Carter, investigate the uneasy household of Russian Hill, set in three adjacent Victorian row homes, where ancient mysteries meet dangerous scientific discoveries.Fear of Fear was first published in 1931.

Novelist Lucia Conroy, who is collaborating with Jimmy Lane on a play, persuades him to visit her ancestral mansion on Sycamore Island in New York, where she must attend a family gathering. Bringing along his pal (and narrator) Philip Carter, Jimmy finds himself in the midst of a classic murder scenario, with the family reunion cut off from the mainland by a storm. Jimmy's detective skills are put to the test as one death after another raises the tension in this atmospheric thriller. Blind Man's Buff was first published in 1933.

Dr. Martin Rywell's (1905-1972) studious research into the history of American firearms, and those who wielded them, led to the publication of numerous titles exploring the subject. Colt Guns includes a biographical sketch of Samuel Colt, some of Colt's own discussions, and essays by other authors contemporaneous with Colt. The Colt collector and American weaponry historian will appreciate this look into the development of an important firearms manufacturer.Colt Guns was published in 1953.

This is an account of the guns which, in the hands of Indians, trappers, and soldiers, helped shape the history of the American West. Much more than a descriptive record of gun types, the volume also relates the guns to the people who made, sold, and used them, and to the momentous events of westward expansion that were often strongly influenced by the gun trade.Guns on the Early Frontiers is concerned particularly with the arms used in the West during the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the guns used in the earlier settlement of the eastern half of the continent were the antecedents of the western arms, these too are discussed, together with the significant European influences which affected both the mechanisms of guns and the politics of the traders of guns.The guns of the fur traders or "mountain men," the Hudson's Bay fuke or "Northwest gun," the rifles and other arms of traders and soldiers-all are treated in detail. Ammunition and small cannon are also covered, and the more important guns and the features of particular significance in identifying guns are illustrated. A thoroughly documented record is given of such intriguing matters as the determination of the Indian to obtain the exact guns of his own choosing and how this choice affected specifications and trademarks. Here also is the story of how different arms competed; why the musket never was displaced by the rifle in the esteem of the early nineteenth-century red man; how the flint persisted on the frontier long after the percussion method of firing was perfected; why the light, short carbine displaced long-barreled arms in the West; how the first users of early repeating arms struggled to win acceptance for the improved guns in the U.S. Ordnance Bureau; and how the breechloader and the formidably effective revolving arms were eventually the means of the white man's domination over the horse-riding Indians of the Plains.This authoritative history of frontier firearms will appeal to the reader interested in American lore, to historians and students of guns, and to private arms collectors everywhere. Carl P. Russell (1894-1967) was formerly Superintendent of Yosemite National Park, and earlier spent many years in Washington, D. C., as Chief Naturalist in charge of Park Service naturalist programs, geology, wildlife, and museums. The National Park Service has important gun collections in a number of its museums. Dr. Russell collected information on guns for twenty-six years, and this volume is notable among gun books for its thoroughness in identifying the guns used on America's moving frontiers and for its careful and objective documentation.Guns on the Early Frontiers was first published in 1957.

The atmosphere didn't crackle with suspense. Nobody felt a shiver of apprehension. Rather, Flo Fenton laughed at the ludicrous sight of a 265-pound woman, in diamonds and a cotton sunsuit, standing precariously on a ladder and reaching for a ripe tomato. . . . A minute later, the ladder had broken and the "Duchess" was dead. . . .By some trick of memory, Flo's mind substituted for the scene before her another picture: herself as a young bride, a blood-smeared wedding dress, and a dead husband. Was there any connection? Was this, too, murder?Haunted by the past, horrified by the present, Flo found herself once more pursued by fear-and violent death.Blood-Red Death was published in 1947.

A blood-curdling mystery yarn, teeming with action and human interest, packed with thrills, and lifting the element of suspense to the nth degree.When a beautiful young woman was found brutally murdered in the advertising department of a great luxury store, a ghoulish Roman holiday began. A campaign was launched whereby the store might capitalize on whatever publicity the crime afforded. But the mills of justice began to grind swiftly, and bright taglines gave way to stark headlines which commanded: Who killed Mary Smith? And who was responsible for the three violent deaths which followed?Too many suspects, too many motives, innumerable clues, set the entire police force on edge. But the answer was found by the matchless Hank Bemis, who declared that when bigger mysteries were uncovered, he'd be the one to solve them.The Case of the Advertised Murder was published in 1939.

Inside an old family mansion the presence of too many self-invited guests creates a dangerous situation-a situation which explodes when an unprecedented blizzard hits Seattle. When Nan and Dyke drop in on her friend, Fleur Wales, they find both Fleur and her home much changed. A queer assortment of women buffeted by the storms of war has sought refuge at Madrona Place, bringing with them not only furniture and wardrobe, but hostility, suspicion, and most of all, fear. The atmosphere inside, as out, is chill and charged with sharp, crackling tension. Fleur herself is coldly reticent, seeming more like a prisoner than hostess. Then death bursts into their midst. Mrs. Devins, plump and birdlike, becomes putty-gray with fright. Beulah's tall, thin frame grows more taut with acrid contempt. The beautiful sophisticate, from South Africa, Eileen, resorts to obscure innuendo and dark-eyed Peggy withdraws to bitter silence. The snow brings it all to a boil, and Nan learns to her grief that murder can follow when fear comes first.Fear Came First was published in 1945.

Dana Madison had always rationalized her own actions. It was for the good of her family that she had married money, not once but three times. Her parents took better care of her children than she could; hence she traveled extensively in a carefree manner. Her husbands preferred beauty and charm to integrity; hence she became an exquisite figurine. But her return to her family home forced her finally to face some bitter, unlovely facts. In dealing with the problems that upset her, Dana discovered that beauty can be a boomerang and cleverness outsmart itself.In this psychological novel of murder Vera Kelsey demonstrates her versatility and capacity to present a small cast of sharply delineated, thoroughly credible characters. The Bride Dined Alone has the quality of a solid novel, but the suspense and intense excitement make it a mystery story of high caliber. The Bride Dined Alone was published in 1943.