To escape poverty, a doctor blackmails a desperate patient In the far reaches of Queens, a doctor struggles to maintain his practice. Milton Krop sees patients in his apartment’s bedroom, which means he dresses in the bathroom and sleeps in ...
The classic novel of suspense is “a headlong story of nerve-wracking tension, psychological validity and emotional drive” (Oakland Tribune). Blanche Lake is not like the other mothers who come to collect their children at the local nursery...
A larger-than-life actor is caught in a web of murderous lies in this twisting thriller by a master of “realistic domestic terror” (The New York Times). Hanno Dietrich awakes in a hospital bed, certain the crisis has passed. His hulking bod...
Living in a dead woman’s shadow, a young bride fights to stay sane After years of rotten luck with men, Marjorie thinks Charles Carter is a miracle. He’s dashing, urbane, and so terribly passionate -- until his heart is snatched away by an...
After an evening with a movie star, a magazine editor is found murdered Shirley Kolp finds the movie star sleeping in the park. Even before he speaks a word, she recognizes Gavin More -- a Hollywood A-lister reduced to spending the night on a ...
Haunted by a vengeful ghost, a woman is forced to find a killer It’s been nine weeks since Myra was murdered, and Elizabeth Tregillis is still seeing her ghost. After six years working as that horrible woman’s secretary, it’s no wonder s...
A deranged failed actor plots revenge against a Hollywood starlet Desmond stands in a grotty flat on the outskirts of London, trying to decide between methods of revenge. He drags the lipstick across his mouth, slips into the pair of stockings...