Hostage

Surgeon Accused

The scandal of unprofessional conduct threatened the young doctor…

By “unprofessional” they mean “tied a nurse to a chair in his office”.

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The Case of the Musical Cow

A New Kind Of Mystery About Dope and Murder

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The Dink Patrol and the Love Slaves of Xuyan Than Phu

This spoof cover is from National Lampoon, November 1970.

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The Man Who Murdered Himself

Also includes ‘The Death Cell’s Waiting‘ and ‘Too Many Motives‘

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The Saint Around The World

Six Adventures in International Mayhem

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Gun Work

Make Sure You Choose The Right Weapon For The Job

POINT AND SHOOT. Life isn’t always cheap south of the border—some lives are worth a million dollars. That’s what the Mexican kidnapping cartel was demanding for Carl Ledbetter’s wife. So Carl reached out to the one person he knew with a chance in hell of saving her, a deadly man whose own life he’d saved in the sands of Iraq. It was time to call in some favors. Because some situations call for negotiation, but some…call for gun work.

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Beauty Is Only Sin Deep

WARNING! THIS MAY BE THE MOST SHOCKING BOOK YOU EVER READ! Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer and Angela’s back in Ireland, hooking up with a would-be record-setter…in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again? What do you think?

By the authors of Bust via Hard Case Crime