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When the daughter of San Francisco industrialist Harvey Gatewood is kidnapped, the Continental Op and local police are brought in to try to get her back.

The action begins with bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet. The cast of characters head to England, and from there

A collection of crime fiction short stories featuring Madame Rosika Storey and her resourceful assistant Bella Brickley. Mme. Storey unravels complex cases with thorough investigation and an understanding of human nature.

A beautiful coed is raped and murdered. Only one clue is found, so small that it is invisible to the naked eye. Can such a tiny lead bring a murderer to justice?

"Madame Rosika Storey is a beautiful detecative who solves four cases for you in a manner most effecative, arriving at conclusions by processes subliminal, since intuition is her guide in locating the criminal. And since her intuition is so perfectly reli

Pepe, the young Mexican goatherd, has many battles to fight—against the ominous superstitions of Uncle Ruiz; in defense of his American friend, Sam; and hardest of all, against the killer tigre or jaguar which took the life of Pepe's father and threatened

Paul Wellman knows his Kansas and gives the reader the feel of the plains, of the sky “the bowl of brass”, of the loneliness outside the tiny communities, and the bitter core within the communities themselves. This has the quality of catching the feel of

Cowboy John Curry had sworn to protect Mary Newton from her shiftless, drunken husband. And when he learned that Wilbur Newton was involved in treacherous activities that would doom the desert Indians, his determination hardened to steel.

The second of the Parade's End novels, set behind the front lines in France in 1915. Christopher Tietjens is now a Captain in charge of some major logistics operations. These operations include moving a group of railway workers, volunteers from Canada! Ca

Drawing her title from George Sterling's poem "Into a crystal cup the dusky wine I pour" Atherton begins her exploration of Freudian theories, disecting contemporary morals and inhibitions.

The liner on which Lee Mappin was travelling on what was to be one of his most dangerous and exciting missions slid unescorted from New York, her sides brilliantly flood-lit to display the neutral flag of Portugal. Among the passengers who crowded every c

Miss Tisdale, Jean and Louise Dana's favorite teacher, disappears mysteriously one afternoon. The Danas search for clues and discover her car abandoned on a nearby road. The key is still in the ignition, and there are signs of a struggle. Miss Tisdale has

This was Burnett's last trip. Three more shelves to fill with space-slain warriors—and he would be among the living again. Ray Bradbury's classic science fiction story was first published in Planet Stories, a famous pulp fiction magazine, in the Summer 19

"The pursuit by a super-woman detective, Madame Rosika Storey, of a strongly organized band of criminals whose speciality is jewel robbery on a gigantic scale. Rosika, in disguise, first has herself sent to prison, then is helped to escape by the organiza

Jean and Louise Dana are given a valuable study lamp by their Uncle Ned. The girls plan to place it in their study room at Starhurst when they return for their sophomore year. But before the girls leave, the lamp is stolen! After the sisters return to Sta

Terence Oliver Paul Rivers was named after the three black sheep of his aristocratic Southern family. Perhaps it was perverse, but he grew up the wildest, craziest bucko of them all. Charleston couldn't hold him. A well-placed bullet between the eyes of a

When New York's most powerful criminal gang plans to get control of the largest city bank, Dave Westover, a clerk, found himself inextricably involved in the maelstrom of events. First, lovely Paula Wrenn's appeal for help sent him riding around New York

Jules Gartrey, a prominent banker, is killed in his apartment and the police have Al Yohe in their sights. Crime writer and occasional detective Amos Lee Mappin finds himself corralled into investigating by his staff and Yohe’s young bride. Mappin soon fi