THE UNFINISHED CRIME

Andrew Branscombe has been courting Hilda Patrell in his old-fashioned, priggish way. He doesn't realize that, though separated from her husband, she is still married. So when Charles Patrell returns and begins to interfere with his plans, Andrew accidentally kills him in a fit of rage and fear. At first panicked, his terror turns to exhilaration as he realizes that he can get away with the deed. All he has to do is keep everyone from the truth.

First there is his sister Eva, who is trusting enough to believe everything he tells her. And...

THE SLAYER OF SOULS

It is the year 1920. A dedicated group of Mongol Yezidees are plotting to overthrow the governments of the world. Led by the evil sorcerer Prince Sanang, the Slayer of Souls, their ultimate aim is the triumph of evil. The only person who stands between their dark design and world chaos is a young woman named Tressa Norne. An American orphaned in Mongolia, Tressa was trained in the magical arts as a temple girl in fabled Yian. She escapes the Yezidee and comes to New York where she is enlisted by Secret Service agent Victor Cleves. Soon she is...

NIGHT OF THE HORNS

Lawyer Robert Race has always been a straight-arrow guy, taking on underdog cases against all odds. He believes in his client's innocence. But one night his confidence is shattered when racketeer Kresnik forces him to collect a suitcase at the docks, and Race stumbles into a world he didn't know existed. He runs into his old flame, Ginny, who for some reason now despises him. He is confronted by his neighbor Paul Taylor's wife, Laura, who confesses that her husband has been having an affair with Race's wife, Eve, right under his nose. His protEgE, Tony...

LADY--HERE'S YOUR WREATH

As Vessi is heading toward the gas chamber, a mysterious phone voice offers newspaperman Nick Mason $10,000 to find the real killer. Vessi's dying words are "Lu Spencer pulled it," but Spencer's organization is not a group you want to tangle with--shareholders include most of the men who run the city. When Mason decides to check it out anyway, he meets Mardi, Spencer's secretary, a sweet dish with the largest brown eyes. But Mason's also got a gunman on his tail. And the cold-hearted Blondie, who has a knack for turning up when she's least expected....