Bloodtide by Robert Kalish

Murder Off The Maine Coast Plunges Skipper Gould Into The Hot Waters Of Atomic Espionage

His Fighting Instincts Kept Him Alive In 'Nam. Now He Needs Them Again For Another Deadly Mission...At Home.

The woman with the despair in her eyes wanted Skipper Gould to find her husband. He had taken his lobster boat out to sea one chill Maine morning and disappeared. No boat. No body. No trace. Skip[per was the editor of a small town newspaper, now. But the woman came to him because of what he had been. A Covert U.S. agent in Southeast Asia. A highly skilled fighter in the deadliest combat unit America had ever trained. Skipper's instincts warned him that his search for the missing fisherman was sweeping him towards a giant maelstrom of evil and violence. An international conspiracy swirling around a nuclear power plant on a quiet Maine cove. A massive anitnuke protest march, and a beautiful organizer whose luscious body could stop traffic. Whose secrets could stop Skipper...dead.

Printing History

Written by Robert Kalish

Avon Books

ISBN 380-89521

February 1985

 

Stand In For Sin by Marc Brody

A Crime Reporter's Inside Story

Trapeze artist, Hilary Carver got a knife in his back and he was found in the queerest set up for he he had ever came across. What was the mystery hoodoo haunting Darbin's circus? Why did several animals die? How did one go about finding a killer who had no name or or no face? Carver's foster daughter lovely Lauren Wallace pleaded to find the killer. Basso the Clown offered his help. But Marc could have done without him or his queer dwarf, Nahume. Drago Francesco, the voluptuous snake charmer, had a way with snakes, but when a deadly fer-de-lance was found in Brody's bed, he did not want her around anymore. As for Oscar Zimmerman, the loin tamer, and Khoklov, the strong man, Marc could live a lifetime without them! But Yorty, the Runyon type ex criminal, took care of him because he was his "brudder". Phyllis  Vincent, the stripper proved one final thing.....

Printing History

Written by W. H. Williams

Horwitz Publications Inc

Unnumbered Series

September 1956

1st Collector's Edition

June 1958

The Saint Sees It Through by Leslie Charteris

Simon Templar Fights An International Dope Ring

The Saint pits himself against a lovely lady, 

and unflappable psychiatrist, 

and a maze of murder.

The Saint, who sometimes travels under the name Simon Templar, collides with the weirdest group of sinister characters he's ever met, including a mysterious European psychiatrist, a monstrous glandular freak, and a peculiar lady poet. Something sinister linked them all together, and Simon has to find out what it was. The key might be the suave shrink. Then again, it might be Avalon Dexter, the sexy singer with the sincere smile. And the gift for getting The Saint tangled up in the murderous riddle.

Printing History

Written by Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin (1907-1993)

The Crime Club (USA)

1946

Hodder and Stoughton  (UK)

1947 

Avon Publications, Inc

T-619

First Printing May 1951

Second Printing November 1954

Curtis Books

07209 

Trivia

This was the final full-length novel featuring Templar to be solely written by Charteris, as the author chose to concentrate on short stories and novella-length Saint stories hereafter.

Midnight Never Comes by Jack Higgins

A swift and deadly tale of intrigue and espionage set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands

Paul Chavasse had everything a good agent needed. Flair, ingenuity, a superb intelligence, common sense, plus a willingness to kill. Now he was part of the walking wounded. So badly hurt on his last mission they figured he was through. But Paul was far from through. A few months of special training and he was ready to take on one of the most dangerous men of the world. Max Donner, a millionaire with his own private army and a plan for stealing Britain's newest secret missile. Chavasse was ready for Max Donner. But he was not ready for Donner's beautiful stepdaughter, Asta. 

Printing History

written by Harry Patterson (1929-)

copyright 

1966 by Martin Fallon

Fawcett Gold Medal Books

M3190

February 1975

The Corpse Came Calling by Brett Halliday

Mike Shayne is accused of homicide after a dying man stumbles into his office

Robert McGinnis Cover

A corpse dropped in for cocktails 

Mike Shayne was more than a little disturbed. The police were not pleased either. How, they asked, could a man with three bullets in his chest drive to Mike's apartment, cross the lobby, take the elevator, and die only after he had reached Mike's door.  A good question and Shayne had to find an answer. Especially since it seemed so obvious that the principal cause of death had to be.... Mike Shayne.

Printing History

Written by Davis Dresser (1904-1977)

Dodd, Mead, and Company

1942

Dell Publishing Company
#168
April 1947

#342
September 1949
 

#842

March 1955

#D401

January 1961

#1496 

March 1964

Bonus Cover