After twenty-three years, the daughter of a mistress seeks revenge from the murderous lover who killed her mother and deserted her at age three months. Ivy, the daughter, follows the cold case clues from London, England to Annapolis, Maryland where she discovers that her father and killer belong to one of four families. But which one? Ivy seeks employment as a clerk at The Olde Victorian Bookstore where she finds friendship, advice, love, and caution from Dan and Rivka Sherman, the booksellers. The Shermans use their old connections at Scotland Yard to obtain Ivy's mother's diary, but it is...

You're searching for hardboiled private eyes? Go see Sam Shade, Flip Marlowe, or Mike Slammer. Should you desire a completely anal policeman, there's Adrian Schmonk. But if you're in need of a truly soft-boiled Private Investigator, you turn to me, Slim O. Wittz. I'm rarely in charge, frequently behind the eight ball, and seldom paid. In spite of all that, my case record is remarkably shaky. I'm one of them old-fashioned private eyes. Yeah, I'm a dinosaur, a shamusaurus, a tossback to the gumshoes of the nineteen thirties and forties. Dames? I prefer mine over easy-both my eggs and my women....

COMPULSION Murder, Fantasy, and Weird Tales explores the strange obsessions and compulsions gnawing away inside most of us. Whether to commit murder, dream wildly, or just wander out of the box, we're all tempted, but who acts on these wild urges and why? Perhaps you have already dipped one toe in to test the waters. Do you dare to go any farther? Meet the Novice Killers, Hits and Misses, Fantasizers and Dreamers, and the Art Lovers. Join them as they venture into these forbidden realms. Mystery coauthors Rosemary and Larry Mild bring you a collection of their original stories--delightfully...