Messengers of Evil is written by Marcel Allain. The Baroness de Vibray visited them frequently, and her motor-car used to attract attention in that high, remote suburb--the wilds of Montmartre. The old lady liked to dress in rather showy colours.
A rapid novel of a double crime -- thrilling to the last!
I felt, gained an advantage in the last few seconds, for I knew my danger and understood the situation. Now, I thought, is the test of my courage-the enduring test: the fighting test may come later!
"An astonishing story of love and mystery, which equals if not surpasses in interest those other lively stories of Mrs. Rinehart's. The novel is one of the sprightliest of the season and will add to the author's reputation as an inventor of 'queer' plots."
A selection of eight sensational crime stories, featuring the gentleman's rogue Simon Carne.
Ulterior Motives is crime drama that takes place in Chicago. Maurice Ousley is a rising pro basketball star who comes home for Mother's Day weekend to spent time with his family. Soon afterward, his stepfather is kidnapped for a million dollar ransom.
Its interest begins on the first page and ends on the last. The plot is ingenious and well managed, the movement of the story is admirably swift, and the characters are exceedingly vivacious.
The "three of hearts" is the "death sign" woven into the story of a woman possessing a violent and criminal temper. A classic cliff-hanger!
This novel is based in part upon the scenario of the photo-drama of the same name written by Walter MacNamara and produced by the UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, New York City. The incidents and characterisations are founded upon stories of real life. Actual scenes of the underworld haunts are faithfully reproduced.
Set in locales as diverse as Wall Street and the offices of Japan's powerful Trade Ministry, THE SAMURAI STRATEGY describes a scenario of murder, world-wide currency manipulation, a revival of Japan's smoldering nationalism, and is set against a background of a new high-tech computer milieu.
