Последние издания книг Ричарда Деминга

Людині, що працює на лінії довіри часто доводиться мати непрості розмови. А якщо - це "Гаряча лінія для самогубців", то й поготів.
Марта Прует знойомиться одного вечора із потенційною "клієнткою" на ймення Джанет, здається під час розмови все йде добре, Джанет навіть погодилася відвідати психіатра, але....
Непоправне все ж стається.
Та розплутати клубок таємничих дзвінків та подій - допоможе звук старовинного годинника із зозулею, що вряди-годи лунав на задньому плані розмови.

Кого тільки не зустрінеш у парку. Молодих чоловіків та реготушок панянок, що перезираються поміж себе, подружжя, котрі гуляють з дітьми, або й просто самотніх одинаків....
Але ось на стежці зїявляється чоловік, років пʼятдесяти, що веде за руку дівчинку дванадцяти років. І рухаються вони в бік де немає жодних атракціонів.
Чим же завершиться ця історія?

Мелвін Голл завжди був невдахою, певний час його підтримував чоловік сестри Арнолд, прикриваючи того під час розтрат у банку. Але коли сестра померла, смуга удачі перервалася.... З роботи довелося звільнятися і декілька років перебиватися тимчасовими заробітками.
Але ось через два роки вони знову зустрілися і тут - у голові в Мелвіна зародилась ідея як поквитатись із колишнім родичем.

He never should have gotten into it in the first place. But when you need money, sometimes you do things you wouldn't ordinarily think of doing. Nothing illegal, nothing like blackmail, something just a shade this side. At least that was the way Barney Calhoun had it figured. It looked like the easiest ten thousand bucks he'd ever make. And she was lovely, though in the end she led him to murder...

An ex-cop turned private eye ought to know all the answers on how to commit the perfect crime. But somewhere along the line, he slipped up, and before he realized it they had him where the hair was short.

A hard-hitting story of a woman trapped by violence and terror.

Matt Rudd is a vice cop in St. Cecilia. He's seen it all – drugs, prostitution, gangs. But the worst were the thrill parties – especially the one that ended in murder!

The violent death of a call girl leads to all-out war on the underworld. A mystery novel classic by Ricahrd Deming.

Tom Cavanaugh never quarreled about the means involved, just so long as the end was worth grabbing for. He was about to get fired when he blackmailed his boss into making him district sales manager. Helen Mathews was no lily-white, either. She was rich, beautiful, and as coldly calculating and cruel as a jungle animal. When she learned her husband might kill her for her money, she wasn't frightened. All she wanted was revenge. She let Cavanaugh sample her lush body and then made him an offer. For killing her husband, Cavanaugh could marry her and share her wealth. Cavanaugh hesitated, but his decision was inevitable. He set out to commit the perfect murder.

A new Joe Friday detective story, taken from the files of the Los Angeles police. In The Case of the Crime King, by Richard Deming, Lieutenant Joe Friday knew who the Crime King was and how he operated – but not where he was. And the victims wouldn't talk!

When General Don Carlos Garcia, a ruthless dictator, learns of a miraculous St. Christopher's medal which has saved its owner from disaster many times, he determines to have it – at any cost.

When Clancy Ross hires a new woman to work in his night club, he gets more than he bargained for. She has a secret that just might get her dead…and Ross, too!

One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the second classic case! "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com

When Lawrence Randall offers detective Manville «Manny» Moon a cool $1,500 for a couple days low-risk work, he should have known there would be a catch. And sure enough, there is – enough that he should have charged double… Moon doesn't put up with nonsense. And once he's on a case, he won't stop until he sees it through to the end. Never mind that he only has one leg (lost in the second World War…it's 1948). He always gets his man. Or his woman. "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com

He had found her in a quiet bar – a sulky-mouthed, awkward, green-eyed kid trying desperately to pick up a man. He taught her how to dress, to walk, to laugh, made her into the kind of woman who makes every man reach into his pocket for hundred-dollar bills. Looking at her now, Sam was proud of himself. He had done a good job on her. He was almost sorry she had to die…

Richard Deming (1915-1983) was an American pulp writer who specialised in mystery and detective fiction. In addition to original novels, he found a lucrative niche writing books based on movies TV series (such as Dragnet) and also ghost-wrote no less than ten «Ellery Queen» novels. In addition to numerous stand-alone books and stories, he created series featuring Manville (Manny) Moon and Matt Rudd. This volume provides a great sampling of his work. Included are: HOMICIDE, INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED
MUGGER MURDER
STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE
THE BLONDE IN THE BAR
HIT AND RUN
THE HAPPY MARRIAGE
SAUCE FOR THE GANDER
A LITTLE SORORICIDE
THE PRICE OF FAME
FALSE ALARM
ERRAND BOY
THE MOST ETHICAL MAN IN THE BUSINESS
HONEYMOON CRUISE
THE MONSTER BRAIN
THE JOLLY JUGGLERS, RETIRED
AN ELEMENT OF RISK
MAGGIE'S GRIP
PREMARITA'L AGREEMENT
GUARDIAN OF THE HEARTH
THE EVILS OF DRINK
MOTHER LOVE
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Richard Deming (1915-1983) wrote prolifically for magazines (more than 200 short stories) as well as for major book publishers (more than two dozen novels, ranging from original crime novels to media tie-ins (Dragnet and The Mod Squad) to even a pseudonymous nautical series involving submarines. He was a meticulous professional who never disappointed readers. Included here are 15 of his best crime tales, including: THE ART OF DEDUCTION
THE CLOCK IS CUCKOO
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
STOLEN GOODS
MR. OLEM'S SECRET
CHEERS
HE'LL KILL YOU
A GIRL MUST BE PRACTICAL
ACTING JOB
BLACK BELT
A PUTTING AWAY OF TOYS
DAN AND THE DEATH-CELL BLUFF
HOUSEBOAT
NICE GUY
A GOOD FRIEND
THIS IS MY NIGHT (Novel Sample)
DRAGNET: THE CASE OF THE COURTEOUS KILLER (Novel Sample)
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After the horror of Pearl Harbor, American forces in the Pacific had a long way to come back. With the nucleus of their battleship and carrier fleet destroyed, they had to rely on the much-scorned submarines of the Silent Service. Jack McCrary, like his comrades in the submarine service, was determined not to let them down. In his battered «pig boat,» the 'Manta,' he led an ocean-wide attack on Japanese freighters and battleships that held the vaunted Imperial Navy to a standstill. Back home, the McCrary clan, an all-Navy family, had its own problems. Helen, the free-loving sister, was sometimes a boost, but more often a menace to wartime morale. And Dad, the Admiral, was slipping fast toward dying. And Jack McCrary, who with his dauntless crew had been the scourge of the Marshalls and the South China Sea, suddenly appeared to be losing his grip, as something unseen attacked his mind and body…

Casey Denver, soldier of fortune, is back from helping Castro win his revolution, and he knows a secret. A Group of Batista bandits are hiding out with four million dollars stolen from the Cuban treasury. Casey wants that four million, and three beautiful women are willing to help him get it. Diane – uninhibited and untamed, who doesn't want money but definitely wants a man…any man. Magdalena – calculating but far from cold, who also wants a man…the one who ends up with the four million dollars. And Marie, lush and lonely, who only wants Casey Denver…with or without the money! A classic crime novel.

The first two bodies were found in Lovers' Lane. The man was dead. His girlfriend, still alive, described the stick-up artist as of medium build, wearing glasses, mild-mannered, and courteous. If was a description that fit half the male population of Los Angeles. It was almost the only clue Joe Friday and Frank Smith had to catch the murderer. Then the courteous killer struck again – and again! The last time Joe Friday was waiting for him with a gun. When the criminal escaped with only a bullet wound, he vowed revenge – and mailed an unsigned, misspelled note that read: YOU THINK YOUR A SMART BADGE. NOBODY BURNS ME AND LIVES, COP. START SWEATING.

Игорь ВИННИЧЕНКО «ПОСЛЕДНИЕ ИЗ НЕВИДИМОК»
Во время «перестройки» правительство решает ликвидировать секретное спецподразделение «невидимок». Но - как выясняется пятнадцать лет спустя - ликвидация не доведена до конца…

Ричард ДЕМИНГ «ЗАТМЕНИЕ»
Центральная отопительная система предпочтительнее, поскольку каминные щипцы в руках у подвыпивших джентльменов - не шутка.