Harvey: 1909 books

Scott Mitchell, Britain’s toughest private eye, finds himself marked for murder in this gritty hardboiled mystery. In a freezing London flat, Scott Mitchell fights to stay warm. His thermos is empty and his hands are numb, but he keeps his vigil for the best reason in the world: He needs...

The final entry in the groundbreaking series of hardboiled British mysteries starring Scott Mitchell, the toughest detective to ever call London home. The ledge isn’t quite wide enough for Scott Mitchell to stand, but he’ll have to make it work. He keeps his balance just long enough to...

Scott Mitchell, the toughest private detective in England, is about to find that kidnapping and murder go hand in hand in this classic hardboiled mystery. Even over the telephone, Scott Mitchell can tell the caller is more beautiful than any woman he’s ever met. Her name is Stephanie Miller,...

Going Down Slow includes seven short stories, two of which feature Charlie Resnick and three feature Jack Kiley.

«Ut pictura poesis», Horace said, but through the two millennia in which «the sister arts» have been compared, little has been said about the nature of sight itself. What we see in «our mind’s eye» as we read has not been explored, though by following the visual prompts in texts, one can anatomize...

A woman is shot as she waits for her train to work. An hour later, a second woman is killed as she rides an elevated train through the Loop. Then, a church becomes the target of a chemical weapons attack. The city of Chicago is under siege, and Michael Kelly, former cop turned private investigator,...

This school camp is full of secrets and surprises! An exciting announcement has been made and Alice-Miranda and her schoolmates are going on camp. There are sleep outs, treasure hunts and so many other activities to look forward to! However, it's not all fun and games. Alice-Miranda and Millie...

A hard-working detective with a great sense of humor follows a would-be kidnapper into a dead end. But is it a dead end for the perpetrator or for the detective? Come along and find out.  

Framed for murder, NYPD detective Ben Tolliver confronts a brilliant serial killer Razek gets into Jan’s apartment by pretending to deliver flowers. Once she opens the door, the game is already over. He pushes his way in, pistol in hand, and tells her that he has not come to rape her; he...

Comic, elegaic, and always formally intricate, using political allegory and painterly landscape, philosophic story and dramatic monologue, these poems describe a moment when something marvelous and unforeseen alters the course of a single day, a year, or an entire life.

This is a silly short story about a pompous ass who believes himself hopelessly lost in the Amazon Rain Forest. He allows his thoughts to run before he meets up with a group of natives. Then things get very interesting.

A killer is moving through the city in darkness. He's raping and murdering women, and leaving nothing in his wake but a tell-tale calling card: a pyramid. For one woman, it's paint cans stacked against a wall. For another, it's a mound of dirt over her face in a shallow grave. For another it's...

The trickle of blood from a scalped corpse in a deathly quiet Stillwater saloon told Hart that the Cheyenne had paid a visit … But there had to be a reason. A crooked rancher called Fredericks … a loud-mouthed cowboy who deserves what’s coming to him … a shady deal with the Cheyenne on the...

THE REGULATOR is Wes Hart — ex-soldier, ex-Texas Ranger, ex-rider with Billy the Kid. He’s tough, ruthless and slick with a .45. He’s for hire now and he isn’t cheap. Wes Hart had just disposed of a killer with some neatly applied lead poisoning out west in California, when he got the wire...