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  • THE CRIMSON CLUE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    While taking pictures at a society wedding, Kent Murdock stumbles upon a murder Every society family has skeletons in its closets, but only the Cannings have a fresh corpse. Kent Murdock finds the dead man while taking pictures at the wedding of Patricia Canning and Roger Armington, scions of Boston's most prominent—and camera-shy—families. Patricia and Murdock have been friend...

    $109.00

  • DEADLY IMAGE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    A couple of small favors land Flash Casey in a dangerous mess Flash Casey should know better than to take a roll of film from a desperate man. Stopping for a drink on his way home from work, a fellow news photographer gives him a canister to safeguard. The next morning, Casey wakes up with gunmen in his bedroom, looking for the film that could implicate one of their associates ...

    $75.00

  • THE FRIGHTENED FIANCÉE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
      A jilted lover finds himself implicated in a murder When John Holland proposed to his girlfriend, Tracy, she imposed a 31-day waiting period before they could see each other again. It's day 30, and Holland travels to her Long Island home for their reunion, only to receive the shock of his life when he meets Tracy's fiancé, Roger Drake. Tracy's mother invites Holland to stay t...

    $85.00

  • THE HOLLOW NEEDLE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    One of Kent's pictures holds the secret to a wealthy man's death No one has seen titan of industry John Caldwell for nine years when he hires Kent Murdock to take his picture. Caldwell is preparing a landmark announcement, and wants Boston's finest newspaper photographer there to document it. Murdock chafes at the stuffy environment of the Caldwell home—particularly when Caldwe...

    $85.00

  • THE JADE VENUS
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    Hoodlums steal a worthless painting, and Kent Murdock wants to know why A collection of valuable Italian paintings finds its way to Boston, placed in the care of Professor Andrade. Before passing them to a museum, the professor hires newspaper photographer Kent Murdock to document them. On his way to the assignment, Murdock is stopped by a gunman named Erloff, who steals the re...

    $85.00

  • FASHIONED FOR MURDER
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    Trying to help a model, a fashion photographer exposes a sinister plot The photo in Fashion Parade galls Jerry Nason. It's not the picture itself—an ordinary shot showing off a slim, Spanish-inspired dress and a few pieces of jewelry. It's the model, Linda Courtney, who stood him up for a date a few months earlier. The morning after the magazine's release, the woman who spurned...

    $85.00

  • EYE WITNESS
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    Doing a favor for an old friend gets Kent Murdock involved in a murder Newspaper photographer Kent Murdock goes to Union City for the sake of Helen Farnsley, an old friend whose marriage is in trouble. Long ago he warned her against marrying Lee, and now that their life together has turned sour he wants to help her escape it. But the trouble in Union City starts as soon as he g...

    $85.00

  • THE FIFTH KEY
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
      An old friend of Kent Murdock's is murdered, leaving him to take the fall It's been two years since Kent Murdock saw Sheila, and it only takes a few minutes to remember her flaws. While the Boston newspaper photographer was away fighting in the European war, Sheila's cold ambition took her out of the newsroom and into the studio, to write a radio show that's about to land her...

    $85.00

  • MAN ON A ROPE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    An amateur appraiser gets trapped in a chaotic diamond deal After years trying to make their fortunes in the Guyanese diamond trade, Barry Dawson and Colin Lambert have crossed paths once too often. The last time Lambert hired Barry as an appraiser, Lambert cheated his old friend out of his share. Soured on the diamond business, Barry wants to return to the States and marry his...

    $85.00

  • MURDER FOR TWO
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    Trying to help a wronged inventor, a friend of Casey's ends up murdered The last thing Flash Casey needs is an apprentice. Turned down by the army because of a bum knee, he agrees to teach a twice-weekly photography class for the American Women's Voluntary Services. One of his students, whose father just happens to have a lot of money invested in Casey's paper, asks to tag alon...

    $85.00

  • MOMENT OF VIOLENCE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    A lawyer travels to Barbados to protect an old friend from a swindle David Payne is only twelve hours from vacation when he gets the fateful summons. Professor John Alison, David's mentor and most prominent client, needs him to go to Barbados—and if he doesn't tread carefully, he may not return.   David is charged with checking on a beachfront property owned by the professor—wh...

    $85.00

  • MURDER ON THEIR MINDS
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    A routine assignment gets a PI killed, and Kent Murdock dives into the case A thirty-eight year veteran of the Boston police force, Tom Brady has recently retired, and is beginning a new life as a private investigator. Struggling to make ends meet, he turns to newspaper photographer Kent Murdock, who recommends him to a society woman who is willing to pay big for his services. ...

    $85.00

  • NEVER BET YOUR LIFE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    From Mystery Writers of America Grand Master George Harmon Coxe: His job was to protect a friend from suicide, but he didn't count on murder.   After a car crash takes his daughter's life, John Gannon doesn't want to live anymore. He tries twice to kill himself—first by jumping, next with pills—but doesn't succeed. His doctors recommend a beach vacation with close supervision. ...

    $85.00

  • SILENT ARE THE DEAD
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    Flash Casey snaps a photo that holds the key to a corrupt lawyer's murder Casey shouldn't have had to go back for more pictures of Stanford Endicott. He was at the court with the other newspaper photographers when the wealthy lawyer was arraigned, and got pictures of him smiling as he put on a hat to hide his bald head. But before Casey can get the negatives developed, a pair o...

    $85.00

  • SLACK TIDE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    A marina owner gets caught up in a murder investigation The girl in the water is unfamiliar to Don MacLaren. This is odd since, as the owner of the island's only boat dock, he knows everyone who steps foot on the small spit of land. He hoists the young swimmer out, and is helping her get warm when Oliver Kingsley, the island's wealthiest citizen, comes to collect her, claiming ...

    $85.00

  • WITH INTENT TO KILL
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    A wealthy psychopath threatens the life of an innocent young man The note comes during Barry Sanford's dinner. It's to the point, explaining succinctly that very soon, Barry is going to die. Though the note is unsigned, Barry knows that it comes from the desk of King Hubbard. Two years ago, Hubbard's younger brother staggered drunk out of a bar and into the path of Barry's car....

    $75.00

  • TOP ASSIGNMENT
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    A reporter is drawn into a German refugee's story of conspiracy The photo contest is an ancient circulation gimmick. Each day, the Morning Bulletin publishes a candid photo of one of Boston's citizenry, offering a cash reward if they see themselves in the paper within twenty-four hours of publication. It's not a bad way to sell papers, but it could mean a death sentence for Eth...

    $85.00

  • DANGEROUS LEGACY
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    Hungry for work, an ex–air force pilot takes a deadly assignment in ManilaDespite three years of exemplary service flying for his country in the South Pacific, Spence Rankin can’t find work. He’s losing a bar fight when his old friend Ulio Kane appears. A former companion of Rankin’s, Kane was born in Manila and spent the war organizing guerilla warfare against the Japanese. Th...

    $85.00

  • THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    To steal a Caribbean inheritance, an American impersonates a prodigal sonThough his name is Duncan Ward, he lands in Barbados with a passport reading “Jim MacQuade.” The MacQuade family meets him at the airport with open arms, welcoming home the son who left the Caribbean over a decade earlier. Duncan knows Jim from college, and over the years has accumulated enough details of ...

    $85.00

  • LADY KILLER
    GEORGE HARMON COXE
    Smuggling leads to murder, with Kent Murdock caught in the middle When the Kemnora, a stately liner on her maiden voyage, docks in Boston, Kent Murdock is there to cover the story. He's joined by Harry Felton, a reporter and one-time foreign correspondent in France. As they leave the port, Murdock notices customs officials working over some passengers, but leaves without a seco...

    $119.00