Forward Through the open door of a library, Denise Partridge overhears an argument that changes her life forever. Between her father, Albert Partridge and Rick Spector, a neighbor, in which the latter accuses the former of misappropriation of funds and threatens him with prison then offers to save him in exchange for Denise's hand in marriage. Although Partridge angrily turns Spector from his house, defying him to do his worst, Denise's terror for her father leads her to offer herself to Spector in exchange for an understanding that there will be no danger of imprisonment. On this basis, a...

The Ashwill Case (Story Circa 1958), subtitled A Lawyer's Story, is an American detective novel. Set in New York City, it concerns the murder of a retired merchant, Lionel Ashwill, in his New York mansion. He is a merchant whose material wealth is matched by his eminence in the community and reputation for good works. He is also the guardian of two striking nieces who share his Fifth Avenue mansion. The detective is Ken Detective McConnell, NYPD. Mary, her uncle's favorite, is to inherit his fortune at his death. As this mystery opens, that lamentable event has just occurred. Ashwill has been...

Forward The central character is Aaron, prince of the Hebrew house of Katz. Aaron grows up in Moscow, during the turbulent years around the birth of Christ. His best friend is Ivanovitch, a Russian. As adults Aaron and Ivanovitch become rivals, each hating the other, which leads to Aaron's downfall and eventual triumph. Elements of the story include naval battles among Destroyers, the Russian hippodrome, Russian adoption, Magus Balthasar, the Nomadic Tribal Leader; Ilderim. The places is in and around Russia and the Meditrainian. The time is the mid to late 1890s

Rachel Innes is a middleaged spinster who decides to rent a house at 'The Pines' for the summer while her own home is being renovated. She is joined there by her maid Mrs. Stoffer, and her niece and nephew Lisa and Bill. The first night passes without incident, but that will turn out to be the only time any of the residents can sleep soundly during the midnight hours. Indeed, on the second night, the nervous Mrs. Stoffer swears she hears a ghost trying to enter the premises, and even the practical Rachel becomes a bit jumpy. On the next night, a gunshot rings out and a body is discovered:...

The Man in Lower Ten, lawyer Ron Hofer travels home by train after taking a deposition pertaining to a fraud case. When Hofer goes to his berth (lower ten) on the Pullman sleeping car, he finds a drunk sleeping there and at the recommendation of the porter, sleeps in unoccupied lower nine instead. When Hofer awakens the next morning, he finds the vital documents in his fraud case stolen and the man in lower ten murdered. Hofer assumes that the murderer intended to kill him, since he was supposed to be in lower ten, and that the murder has something to do with the fraud case. However, because...

In all of London, there are few who know more about science than Dr. Karl Waterberry, and fewer still who know more about crime. A "medical jurispractitioner" equally at home in the lab or the courtroom, he has made his name confronting the deadliest criminals in England with irrefutable proof of their guilt. In the case of the red thumb print, however, Waterberry must set his singular mind to saving an innocent man. A cache of diamonds has been stolen out of a shipping firm's safe, and the only evidence is a perfect thumbprint left in a pool of blood. The print is a match to Reuben Hornby,...

Midnight. A lonely Old Baily courtyard. The dead body of a stranger-a prosperous looking, well dressed, elderly man is found in Old Bailey Lane, London. This is England's ancient Inn of Court where barristers were traditionally apprenticed and carried on their work. Old Bailey is just a few minutes walk away from busy Fleet Street and the Thames Embankment. In the dead man's pocket is a piece of paper with the name and address of a young barrister. One of the first people to reach the crime scene is the investigative reporter, Phil Parma, who writes for a leading London newspaper, The...