James Holding’s Murder & Mayhem MEGAPACK™: 24 Classic Mystery Stories and a Poem (ebook)
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Available in ePub, Kindle (.mobi) and .pdf.
James Holding enjoys a reputation as one of the more prolific contributors to the mystery magazines of the 1960s and 1970s. (Our bibliography shows nearly 200 stories published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, etc.) He had series, such as the "Leroy King" stories (which poke gentle fun at "Ellery Queen"). He had standalones. He had mysteries of every sort imaginable -- and this volume includes a selection of 24 choice crimes (plus a poem)…a thematic grouping involving murder and mayhem. Included are:
- BYLINES
- WHERE IS THY STING
- THE INQUISITIVE BUTCHER OF NICE
- AN EXERCISE IN INSURANCE
- THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE UNDERTAKER
- GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
- THE DUTIFUL ROOKIE
- MYSTERY FAN
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- A HOMEMADE DRESS
- A MESSAGE FROM MARSHA
- A VISITOR TO MOMBASA
- SPECIAL DELIVERY
- THE ZAMBOANGA SHUTTLE
- PASSPORT TO PARADISE
- BORDER CROSSING
- THE FUND-RAISERS
- IN THE SOUP
- THE PACKING CASE
- REASON ENOUGH
- THE SWAP SHOP
- ONE FOR THE ROAD
- PAPER CAPER
- WORK OF ART
- EXIT THE DRAGON
