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  • The Great Merlini: The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective

    The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    A dozen compact puzzles from a master of the locked-room mysteryThe Great Merlini waits impatiently at the door of the Hotel Astor. Inspector Church is late for his meeting with the famed magician, with whom he consults when homicide cases venture outside the realm of the possible. A ventriloquist has attempted suicide in the wake of his wife’s mysterious strangulation. Among the suspects are a ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • The Golden Age Mystery Collection: Classic Detective Stories (25 Books). Illustrated

    The Wife of the Kenite by Agatha Christie, Room to Let by Margery Allingham, The Locked Room by Dorothy L. Sayers, Linckes’ Great Case by Georgette Heyer, and Many Others

    by Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Dorothy L. Sayers, Edmund Crispin, Georgette Heyer, John Rhode, E. C. R. Lorac, Anthony Berkeley, S. S. Van Dine, H.C. Bailey, A.A. Milne, Arthur Upfield, Freeman Wills Crofts, Jonathan Latimer, J. J. Connington, Leo Bruce, Nicholas Blake, Cyril Hare, Vincent Cornier, Ernest Bramah, Roy Vickers, Peter Antony, Helen Simpson, Q. Patrick, Clayton Rawson, C. A. Alington ...
    The Golden Age Mystery Collection: Classic Detective Stories (25 Books) is a rich and captivating anthology that brings together some of the finest works from the Golden Age of detective fiction — a period celebrated for its intricate puzzles, fair-play clues, and brilliantly crafted mysteries. This illustrated volume features twenty-five classic stories by many of the genre’s most distinguished ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Death from a Top Hat

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    Series Book 1 - The Great Merlini Mysteries
    A clever magician tries to solve the case of a locked-room murder that only a talented escape artist could have committed.Freelance scribe Ross Harte is working on an essay about the sad state of the modern mystery novel when a scream comes from the hallway: "There is death in that room!" Harte finds a trio of conjurers trying to get into the apartment of his neighbor, the mysterious Dr. Cesare ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • The Mental Broadcast

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    The Mental Broadcast by Clayton Rawson is a captivating Golden Age mystery that combines ingenuity, suspense, and Rawson’s trademark fascination with illusion and “impossible” crimes. Known for his magician-detective stories, Rawson delivers a tale in which the boundaries between mind, trickery, and reality blur, challenging both characters and readers to distinguish fact from deception. The story ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Death out of Thin Air

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    Series Book 1 - The Don Diavolo Mysteries
    Two tall tales of mystery, the occult, and death-defying escapesThe women of London have taken to wearing thin black bands around their necks. Is it a fashion accessory—or a stylish way of hiding bite marks? A string of strange deaths has struck the town, and witnesses claim to have seen a vampire bat fleeing the scene. The London police can rest easy, for the vampire has left for New York. He ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • The Footprints on the Ceiling

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    Series Book 2 - The Great Merlini Mysteries
    Edgar Award–Winning Author: A sleuthing magician investigates an allegedly haunted house on an island off Manhattan—and uncovers a murder." Wanted To Rent : Haunted House, preferably in rundown condition. Must be adequately supplied with interesting ghost."Ross Harte knows that only the Great Merlini could be behind such a strange classified ad. A magician, salesman, and occasional sleuth, Merlini ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • The Headless Lady

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    Series Book 3 - The Great Merlini Mysteries
    A circus owner's murder produces a roster of bizarre suspectsSummer heat is choking New York, and the Great Merlini—conjurer, sleuth, and godson of P. T. Barnum—offers his friend Ross Harte a chance to get out of town. Before they can depart for the annual convention of the Society of American Magicians, a nervous woman enters Merlini's shop, begging to purchase his most popular illusion: the ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Death from Nowhere

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    Series Book 2 - The Don Diavolo Mysteries
    Trapped in a dead man's office, Don Diavolo plans his greatest escapeThis collection brings together two adventures with Don Diavolo, the Scarlet Wizard.The first opens in his machinist's workshop, where Diavolo perfects his newest feat: the Escape from the Double Crystal Water Casket. The men lurking outside have no interest in the magician's secrets—they are detectives, tailing him on behalf of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • No Coffin for the Corpse

    by Clayton Rawson ...
    Series Book 4 - The Great Merlini Mysteries
    A murdered blackmailer haunts a captain of industryWhen Ross Harte gets into a screaming match with his fiancée's father, millionaire Dudley Wolff, the old man cuts Harte's beloved out of his will. As far as Wolff is concerned, this is an empty threat, because he plans to live forever. He has a team of scientists working to extend his life as long as possible, and should they fail, a renowned ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • Heads You Lose

    by Christianna Brand ...
    Series Book 1 - The Inspector Cockrill Mysteries
    In the English countryside, one of the well-mannered guests at Pigeonsford Estate may be a murderer in this series debut by an Edgar Award–nominated author.As war rages in Europe, the citizens of London flee to the country. At Pigeonsford, a group of guests plays cards, drinks tea, and acts polite—but Grace Morland knows the strong emotions that lurk beneath the placid social surface. She's ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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  • Killing the Goose

    by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge ...
    Series Book 7 - The Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries
    Mrs. North comes to the aid of a young boy accused of murdering his belovedCleo Harper is nineteen, and pretty enough to catch any boy's eye. But when the police find her, there's a gash in her throat and blood on her clothes. Cleo's been dead for just a few minutes. She'd been eating lunch in a coffee shop when she was stabbed in the neck, and all the evidence paints Franklin Martinelli as the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Untidy Murder

    by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge ...
    Series Book 11 - The Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries
    When a magazine editor falls from his window, the case lands in the laps of Mr. and Mrs. NorthThe body hits the pavement at 12:25 p.m., but Dorian Hunt doesn't know a thing about it. She has come to the offices of Esprit magazine to deliver some sketches, and she has a meeting with the art director, Paul Wilming. When his secretary opens the door, Wilming isn't in his office. He's not anywhere on ... Read more

    $8.69 USD