The Three Investigators solve a case involving an international gang of art forgers.

Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Shrinking House (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Series, 18)

Arden, William

Lynds, Dennis

Arthur,Robert

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Random House Childrens Books

Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the secret of Phantom Lake

Three junior detectives investigate a mystery involving an Oriental chest, a sunken ship, and a baffling dual identity.

Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Secret of Phantom Lake

Children's Books

Kowalski's in Love by James Rollins In Kowalski’s in Love, James Rollins brings forward a minor character, one of his personal favorites, from his earlier stand-alone thriller Ice Hunt. Joe Kowalski, a naval seaman, is best described as someone with the heart of a hero but lacking the brainpower to go with it. So how does Seaman Joe Kowalski end up being recruited by such an illustrious team as Sigma Force? As they say, dumb luck is better than no luck at all. Other Stories Man Catch by Christopher Rice Rice's consistent focus over the course of his novels has been on the complex relationships that develop between straight and gay characters drawn together by a shared trauma. The Snow Garden focused on the murderous deceits that threaten a close friendship between a straight, woman and a gay man. Light Before Day centered on the parental relationship that developed between a bestselling mystery novelist and his gay assistant. This same theme can be found here in Man Catch, where a young woman's sudden discovery of a loved one's closeted homosexuality brings a rain of violence down onto a tightly knit family unit. Sacrificial Lion by Grant Blackwood In Sacrificial Lion, Blackwood introduces Henry Caulder, a British spymaster who slips into cold war East Berlin on an impossible mission. The fate of Europe, and perhaps the world, hangs in the balance. But Sacrificial Lion is not just a tale of espionage, it's also a legacy of sorts, for Henry Caulder is the grandfather of Blackwood's newest hero, Sam Caulder. Operation Northwoods by James Grippando Grippando prides himself on his research, and threw himself into all things Cuban when researching the thriller, Hear No Evil. At the time it was impossible to speak to anyone about the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay without the problem of the detainees dominating the conversation. It was then that Grippando came across a forty-year-old plan—Operation Northwoods— which, in the hands of someone with an extremely devious mind, could cause a mountain of trouble. In Operation Northwoods, Jack and his colorful sidekick, Theo Knight, find themselves in the heat of a controversy after an explosion at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—an explosion that rocks the world. Success of a Mission by Dennis Lynds Both a literary and suspense novelist, Dennis Lynds is credited with bringing the detective novel into the modern age then, twenty years later—in the 1980s—introducing literary techniques that propelled the genre into its current dynamic form. Iconoclastic, witty and generous, sadly Lynds died August 19, 2005, at the age of eighty-one. Success of a Mission was first published in 1968. The story is still relevant today in both its triumph and its tragedy.

Kowalski's in Love and Other Stories: Kowalski's in Love, Man Catch, Sacrificial Lion, Operation Northwoods, and Success of a Mission (International Thriller Writers Presents: Thriller, Vol. 1)

Literature & Fiction

Grippando, James

ROLLINS, JAMES

Blackwood, Grant

Rice, Christopher

United States

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From the rural villages of Central America to the Mojave Desert to theexpensive homes of Santa Barbara, these stories by a superb writerexplore the explosive relations between rich and poor, workers andbosses, Anglo and Chicano, men and women, nature and culture. The urbannovella "Talking to the World" is about a discontented veterinarian, abedridden philosopher, a by-the-rules apartment manager, Gustav Mahler;and a dying koala.

TALKING TO THE WORLD

Arts & Photography

Daniel & Daniel Publishers

Back in the day, the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City wasn’t hip, chic, expensive, and yuppified, with a Starbucks on every block. In fact, it was such a lousy place to live, you could hardly give the real estate away. Populated by gangsters, muggers, grandmothers with baseball bats, and parents working long hours on the wrong side of the law to pay for tenement apartments with no view, the place was also colorful, with memorable characters straight out of a Damon Runyon novel. It was in this live-by-your-wits atmosphere that Dan Fortune grew up. One of his best boyhood friends was Andy Pappas. They broke into the holds of ships together, stealing cargo, watching one another’s back. But things happen. Dan lost his arm in a failed robbery attempt, and decided it was time to figure out another way to make a living. With the people and geography of Chelsea his only areas of expertise, he put out his shingle: Dan Fortune, Private Detective. But Andy liked his life of crime, and power was addictive. Andy stayed the course, killing his way up until he took over the docks. He was boss of bosses, a vicious racketeer. Still, he’d let Dan be familiar, call him by his first name, even give him crap – until now. Now Dan is trying to track down a teenager named Jo-Jo Olsen. It looks like a routine missing-persons case, until Jo-Jo’s friends start dying violently, one by one, just before Dan can question them. Then Andy Pappas warns Dan that unless he cools it on Jo-Jo, he’ll end up on the rapidly growing pile of corpses. It doesn’t make sense. Why does Andy Pappas care about Jo-Jo, and what does Dan need to do to stay alive long enough to find out and save the kid? Act of Fear is the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel “Collins has the ability to set in motion a sequence of events that moves with the inevitability of a huge boulder rolling down a mountainside.” – New York Times “A master of crime fiction.” – Ellery Queen “Act of Fear is the most interesting private detective novel I have read in a long time. It is a highly original piece of work in a field not noted for much originality. Mr. Collins is a writer to watch and, above all, to read.” – Ross Macdonald

Act of Fear: #1 in the Edgar Award-winning Dan Fortune mystery series

Mystery

Canning Park Press

Con artists and call girls, hoods and hippies, and New York City’s untouchably wealthy populate this smashing tale of a small-time crook wanted for a murder he swears he didn’t commit. The problem lands with an ominous thud in the office of Dan Fortune, Private Investigator, when the crook, Sammy Weiss, comes begging Fortune for an alibi. But the alibi Sammy needs is for a beating, not for the murder for which he’ll soon be charged. Fortune says no. The Brass Rainbow is the second novel featuring Dan Fortune, following the Edgar Award–winning Act of Fear. In this one, Fortune goes on the hunt when an uptown blueblood ends up dead and Sammy vanishes. Sammy had always been a loser, and a petty liar, and a magnet for hard luck. Still, Fortune doesn’t think he killed the guy. What else can a one-armed detective do, if not help his friends? And Sammy is a friend. Soon Fortune finds himself targeted, and the disappearance of Sammy becomes more puzzling. Is Sammy the killer – or the victim of a frame-up? Written in the crisp style he helped popularize, the legendary Lynds opens the floodgates to the bygone colorful era of ‘60s Chelsea – no pricey real estate then, just a teeming Petri dish of hustlers and pigeons and those trying to make a living any way they can. Lynds captures the richness and exposes the underbelly in a tale The New York Daily News called, “engrossing.” “The man who won the Mystery Writers of America award ... has given readers another exceptional story.” – Parade of Books “Skillfully plotted with finely honed suspense.” – New York Times “[Lynds] is a writer to watch and above all to read.” – Ross Macdonald “A master of crime fiction.” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

The Brass Rainbow: #2 in the Edgar Award-winning Dan Fortune mystery series

The one time Dan Fortune met Anne Terry, she made a memorable impression on him. She was not only gorgeous, but she radiated a bold spirit, the kind that signaled bravery and honesty, and he admired that. Reading about her disappearance in the morning newspaper, he remembers with disgust how Ricardo Vega, the Broadway impresario, had verbally humiliated her when she tried to reignite their affair. Vega is “Rey” Vega to anyone who claims to know him well – El Rey, the King. He’s handsome, rich, and powerful, and he always gets his way. Sitting there, holding the newspaper, Fortune feels a tide of hot jealousy sweep through him. Rey has set his sights on another beautiful actress, Martine Adair, the woman Fortune loves, and his lover. Until now, she’s resisted, and Fortune wants to protect her from the power plays that Rey is known for. Fortune has something going for him, too. He’s a private detective, seasoned, and angry. If Rey had something to do with Anne Terry’s disappearance, Fortune will find out, and he’ll use what he knows to stop the bastard from hurting Marty. Unfaltering suspense and vivid characterizations make this tale of the 1970s theater world in New York riveting. Here is an understanding of human weaknesses, a feeling for life in a great city, and an illuminating examination of the values we all live by that give this novel its unusual power. “Tough, believable.” San Francisco Examiner “Really moving ... emotional soundness without sentimentality.” San Francisco Chronicle “[Lynds] handles an excellent and complex plot with ease.” The Washington Star “In the American private-eye tradition of Chandler, Hammett, and Macdonald.” The New York Times Book Review

Night of the Toads: #3 in the Edgar Award-winning Dan Fortune mystery series

It's the 1970s, and the edgy metropolis of New York attracts waves of newly liberated young women. Like most of them, Francesca Crawford finds an apartment and a job, and she begins dating. She's making a life. She's just twenty years old. When she's stabbed to death, a man twenty-five years older than she appears in the office of private investigator Dan Fortune and offers $2,000 - much more than Fortune charges even on his best day; he'll tell you that himself - to find out who murdered her. The man, a salesman, insists that no one can know he's the guy who hired Fortune. As curious about the salesman as about the victim, Fortune soon discovers the young woman ran away from home three months earlier. Her father is the prominent mayor of an upstate city, from an old, aristocratic Dutch family. Still, in New York City she had been working for tips as a cocktail waitress under an assumed name for the two months before her death. Why had she been using a made-up name, and where had she been in that first month after she left home? Fortune hits the streets to find out. Violence follows him as he heads north. Then, oddly, the trail takes an abrupt turn southwest, to a desolate Arizona Indian reservation. When Fortune uncovers what happened during the missing month, he reveals the terrible secret of why Francesca slammed the door on her past. Swift and passion-filled, the much-lauded Walk a Black Wind is a tale of half truths and lies that erupt in murder. "In the American private-eye tradition of Chandler, Hammett, and Macdonald." - The New York Times Book Review "A master of crime fiction." - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine "[Lynds] writes tales distinguished by a strong personal flavor and originality ... enriched because of Dan Fortune, the compassionate and philosophical private investigator." - Crime and Mystery "This is an admirable specimen of the hard-boiled but literate detective novel whose intricately conceived puzzle is matched by its well-paced narrative style." - The Armchair Detective

Walk a Black Wind: #4 in the Edgar Award-winning Dan Fortune mystery series

New York Times: “One of the year’s Best Mysteries.” It’s summer in New York, 1972, and the city is steaming. Actress Martine Adair can’t stand it any longer. She sends her lover off to pawn the diamond ring he gave her, so they can spend the next month cooling off at the beach. Her lover is private detective Dan Fortune, who works the worn high rises and dangerous alleys of the edgy Chelsea district. At the neighborhood pawnshop, Fortune not only picks up cash, he meets Claude Marais and his wife, Li Marais. Claude is a retired soldier who fought on the losing side during France’s humiliating defeats at Dien Bien Phu and Algiers. Convinced someone is trying to kill him, Li asks Fortune to stand guard outside their hotel room that night. Fortune agrees – the money will be enough to redeem Marty’s ring and still take her to the beach. In the morning Claude is fine, but his brother – Fortune’s friend, the gentle pawnbroker – is dead, his skull bashed in. The police think it’s a robbery gone bad, but Fortune disagrees – why would a robber leave $300 untouched in the cash drawer, and besides, how could the thief have gotten into the highly secure shop, unless the pawnbroker himself let him in? It had to be an inside job, yet the pawnbroker apparently had no enemies, no dark secrets. Foreign adventurers, vicious gang members, an exotic beauty from Thailand, and an alcoholic Chinese populate this riveting tale, leading Fortune to a hair-raising ending and revelations of a tortured past no one wanted to remember but just wouldn’t die.

Shadow of a Tiger: #5 in the Edgar Award-winning Dan Fortune mystery series

The Silent Scream: #6 in the Edgar Award-winning Dan Fortune mystery series

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