Fredric Brown
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Vice and murder prowl the back alleys of North Side Chicago…Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he isn't happy. He doesn't want to end up like his father, a linotype operator and a drunk, married to a harridan, with a harridan-in-training stepdaughter. Ed wants out, he wants to live, he wants to see the world before it's too late. Then his father doesn't come home one night, and Ed finds out how good he had it. The bulk of the book has Ed teaming up with...
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As a band of carnies moves through the Midwest putting on shows for the rubes, it seems a killer is traveling along with them. The first victim is one of the pint-size performers, and two more tragedies soon follow.
Fortunately, Ed Hunter and his uncle Ambrose are there-and they have some sleuthing experience in their recent past. So, even though Ed's a little distracted by a fetching female, they intend to track down this midway murderer...
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A groundbreaking science fiction novelette from the early days of Galaxy magazine-plus a new foreword by Paul Di Filippo.
Appearing in the second issue of Galaxy dated November 1950, Honeymoon in Hell showcased the magazine's distinctive identity as opposed to other publications of its time-darker, more socially aware, sometimes sexually frank in ways that were shocking for the era. Dealing with copulation and its desired consequences, Honeymoon...
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The Bloody Moonlight, first published in 1948, is a fascinating detective/murder mystery featuring the Chicago-based team of Ed Hunter and his Uncle Am. The pair are working for the Ben Starlock Agency in this, the third book in their series. The case involves an inventor who has created an interstellar radio receiver, a potential female investor who wants to know if the inventor's claims that he has communicated with Mars are true, and a string of...
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Robinson Crusoe ... Gulliver ... Paul Bunyan; the story of their adventures is nothing compared to the Saga of Mitkey.
Fredric Brown was a science fiction and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and mastery of the short story form. His stories contained ingenious plotting devices, surprise endings, humor, and a somewhat postmodern outlook.
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A detective scours Chicago for his missing uncle in this classic mystery by "a real pro-a natural storyteller" (The New York Times Book Review).
Young Ed Hunter and his uncle Ambrose, an ex-carnie, have been making their mark as private detectives in post-WWII Chicago, and one day their agency gets a call from someone seeking help. Apparently, the problem involves carnivals, so Ambrose steps in to put his expertise to work-and then disappears.
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From a local sheriff's casual narration of brutal crimes to a sideshow performer's evil exploits to the tension and terror created by a madman's escape, Frederic Brown's collection of mystery and thriller stories provides a showcase of short fiction ranging from the grim and grisly to the darkly humorous.
Discover the golden age of noir and crime fiction with these eighteen stories, many drawn from top magazines of the era such as Thrilling Detective...
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A dead man and a pile of missing money have two Chicago detectives investigating the deceased's daughter in this entry in the Edgar Award–winning series.
Tens of thousands of dollars have disappeared from the city of Chicago's coffers, and the late Jason Rogers is the likely embezzler. So Rogers's daughter seems to be the one to interview to determine where the funds are stashed.
But the nephew-and-uncle team of Ed and Ambrose Hunter is...
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Amazing Stories Volume 87 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: One story by Frederic Brown, "And the Gods Laughed", three stories by Robert Sheckley, "Ask a Foolish Question", "Watchbird", and "Final Examination", and two stories by Gordon R. Dickson, "No Shield from the Dead", and "The Stranger".
10) One for the Road
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A small-town reporter must investigate a murder in a motel-before he becomes the story…
Bob Spitzer is a young newspaperman in Arizona, and the owner of the local motel has just called. A woman named Amy Waggoner has been found naked and stabbed to death on the premises. As the reporter and the police chief survey the lurid scene, Spitzer reflects on the fact that he once showed a romantic interest in the victim- a fact that could put the spotlight...
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Fredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the "short-short" form (these days called flash fiction) - stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels.) This volume contains 27 of his stories, including the classics "The Waveries," "Honeymoon in Hell," "Cartoonist," and many more!
Included are:
THE WAVERIES
OBEDIENCE
ALL...
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Twenty-five grand if he wants his wife back alive. That's the demand on the ransom note Lloyd Johnson found sitting in his typewriter. It has to be in unmarked bills- and it has to be delivered in five days.
To make it worse, the kidnapper dropped the names of his previous victims- one who'd made it back home to her husband, and one who hadn't. Armed with this information, Johnson hopes further investigation of those cases will improve his- and his...
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Fredric Brown (1906-1972), one of science fiction's greatest masters from the Golden Age, is famous for his many classic short stories - quite a few of which are presented here, including "Arena," "Knock," "Earthmen Bearing Gifts," "The Star Mouse," and many more. The 32 tales of science fiction and fantasy assembled in this massive volume include:
ARENA
EXPERIMENT
KEEP OUT
HAPPY ENDING
HALL OF MIRRORS
EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS
IMAGINE
IT DIDN'T...
15) The Murderers
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Lust plus greed equals murder in this classic Hollywood noir novel by "a real pro" (The New York Times Book Review).
A struggling actor, Willy Griff keeps himself entertained with the wife of a business mogul, but he wants more: He also wants the business mogul's money. The mistress, Doris, likes the idea even more than Willy does, and figures if she helps plan the murder, she can ditch the husband and keep the cash.
It's a dangerous scheme for...
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Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the "short short" form-stories of 1 to 3 pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings.
According to his wife, Fredric Brown hated to write. So he did everything he could to avoid it. He'd play his flute, challenge a friend to a game of chess, or tease Ming Tah, his Siamese cat. If Brown had trouble...
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With innovative style far ahead of its time, this novel follows Joe Bailey, perched precariously on the fence between two lives. He's seeing a good-hearted girl, who holds the promise of a comfortably content, if uneventful, future. But, he's also passionately drawn to a femme fatale- and the world she inhabits, run by a tough Milwaukee racketeer.
Haunted by a childhood rhyme and accompanying trauma, Bailey wrestles with his demons, in this psychologically...
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A woman's wild story about killers from space leads two Chicago detectives into a bizarre case in this mystery.
Ed and Ambrose Hunter, nephew and uncle, have partnered up to open their own detective agency in early 1950s Chicago. With their experience solving the case of Ed's father's murder, among others, they have the skills to take criminals down. And, as carnies, they've encountered all sorts of unusual characters.
But, it's still a surprise...
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Relentlessly twisting and blackly funny, this noir novel by Fredric Brown is a portrait of a seemingly upstanding print shop owner in mid-twentieth-century Los Angeles, who has successfully murdered his wife- and is now feeling quite confident about his criminal skills.
As victims start falling like dominoes, this fast-paced tale works its way to a memorable end, marking a masterwork by this celebrated author of mysteries and crime thrillers.