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Irresponsible spender (and bank robber) Michael decides to pull an insurance scam on his car. He has certain debts to pay off to a gang boss. It’s easy to organize the scam with the help of a chop shop owner and an insurance man, but it turns out they have plans of their own…

Jimmy Lee dreams of replacing rhino horn with a cheaper ingredient in old Liu Kam Fan's secret formula for Heavenly Heavenly Happiness Salt. It will make millions. But Liu Kam Fan doesn't want to listen to reason. The old ways are good enough…

A thief specializing in jade decides to go for his big score – the fabulous Green Monkey, an incredibly valuable piece of carved jade…

Yancey, a no-good deadbeat, has been borrowing money from his successful friend, a doctor, for years. When Yancey comes in one day and pays back all the money that he's borrowed, how he got it is quite a tale...one that may leave him dead!

James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books -- including the Ellery Queen Jr. series -- but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the "Library Fuzz" stories, about detective Hal Johnson who tracks down overdue library books (and often stumbles across bigger crimes) is one of the most unusual...and fun!

This MEGAPACK collects all the "Library Fuzz" tales, plus several that feature secondary characters in their own stories...plus a (very different) alternate version of one story.

Included are:

LIBRARY FUZZ
MORE THAN A MERE STORYBOOK
THE BOOKMARK
THE ELUSIVE MRS. STOUT
HERO WITH A HEADACHE
STILL A COP
THE MUTILATED SCHOLAR
THE SAVONAROLA SYNDROME
THE HENCHMAN CASE
THE YOUNG RUNNERS
THE HONEYCOMB OF SILENCE
THE JACK O'NEAL AFFAIR
THE REWARD
THE SEARCH FOR TAMERLANE
SIDESWIPE
THE BOOK CLUE
THE VAPOR CLUE
THE MISOPEDIST
CAUSE FOR ALARM
HELL IN A BASKET

If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 220+ other entries in this series, including mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

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

If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 220+ other entries in this series, including mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

We present for your reading pleasure a selection of 25 stories by prolific crime & mystery author James Holding. We have named this collection "Conmen & Cutthroats" because Mr. Holding had a penchant for sharp tales involving smart criminals who use their wits to succeed, as well as those whose schemes involve the need for a somewhat more direct approach. Included are:

YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL
A QUESTION OF ETHICS
THE JAPANESE CARD MYSTERY
CAREER MAN
MONKEY KING
SUICIDE CLAUSE
FLY AWAY HOME
THE MOONLIGHTER
THE BABY BIT
THE CONSULTANT
T’ANG OF THE SUFFERING DRAGON
CONVERSATION PIECE
THE TWELVE
A ROPE THROUGH HIS EAR
BREAK-IN
REDISCOVERY
THE CONTRACT
THE JACK O’NEAL AFFAIR
BY PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN
A DEAL IN RUBIES
A DECENT PRICE FOR A PAINTING
A TEMPORARY BIND
PHASE FOUR
THE FINAL DEADBEAT
BANK JOB

If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 220+ other entries in this series, including mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

Two high school boys are exposed to danger when they set out to solve the theft from a local museum of five ceremonial Egyptian fingertips.

This book is one of two original Young Adult novels written by James Holding (the other being The Mystery of Dolphin Inlet). In addition, Holding wrote the Ellery Queen, Jr. mysteries, as well as nearly a dozen children's picture books, many with mystery themes.

Pete Hobbs, a fisherman's son in the Florida Keys, and Susan Frost, a go-getter from Tallahassee, join forces one summer to investigate strange happenings in Dolphin Inlet. Their quest will ultimately lead them into danger – with a sunken treasure as the ultimate reward…if they can find it – and keep it! This book is one of two original Young Adult novels written by James Holding (the other being The Mystery of the False Fingertips). In addition, Holding wrote the Ellery Queen, Jr. mysteries, as well as nearly a dozen children's picture books, many with mystery themes.

Welcome to the third volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community’s THRILLOGY series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. Included this time are three classic tales by James Holding: «Career Man,» «The Tahitian Powder Box Mystery,» and «A Deal in Rubies.»

Charlie Draper believes there are two ways of doing things: the easy way and the hard way. Anyone who chooses the hard way, he insists, is a fool. So why does he take the hard way when his story is robbed?

Two mystery readers meet on a plane. One reads crime stories to pass the time. The other reads them to keep abreast up with the trade…

The first installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best.

The sixth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.

Criminally underpaid assassin Manuel Andredas is hired to kill a famous jockey – for a particularly paltry sum.

The fifth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.

When the Photographer is hired to kill the police commandant of Lisbon, he concocts an elaborate scheme to frame his fellow plane passenger, a man named Verahos, of the crime…

The fourth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.

The second installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.