Download or read book Crime of Violence A Lt Valcour Mystery written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a wealthy New Yorker with a young bride is shot in his Manhattan mansion, then a blackmailing valet perishes in Easthampton, only Lt. Valcour can unravel the mystery. "A clever solution...[the] tale has more than usual amount of chipper chatter." -- The Saturday Review

Download or read book Somewhere in This House A Lt Valcour Mystery written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sturm House has an atmosphere of the unpleasant. The shooting of Alice Tribeau only adds to the that impression for Lt. Valcour, as he arrives in the midst of a storm to begin his investigation. Wealthy socialite Mrs. Sturm claims the gun was fired by someone outside the house -- but Valcour had other ideas... The second volume in the classic Lt. Valcour mystery series!

Download or read book Valcour Meets Murder A Lt Valcour Mystery written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terror lay heavy on that strange household on the Canadian border -- but not until Lt. Valcour of the New York Police arrived did the hand of murder strike. Soundlessly, inexplicably -- and then Valcour's strangest, most perilous case began! Valcour Meets Murder is is the 6th Lt. Valcour novel. It includes a preview of #7, The Lesser Antilles Case.

Download or read book Profile of a Murder A Lt Valcour Mystery written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strangling of a wealthy woman at an opulent Andirondack estate brings Lt. Valcour to investigate. He knows immediately who committed the crime, but can he prove it? "Good yarn. Valcour has a hard time getting evidence against a peculiarly successful criminal, though he spots the guilty one at the start." -- Kirkus "Designedly transparent as mystery, but suspense keeps up to concert pitch all the way." -- The Saturday Review

Download or read book The Lesser Antilles Case A Lt Valcour Mystery 7 written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster at sea! When the yacht "Helsinor" strikes a reef in the Lesser Antilles, the passengers take to a lifeboat. Upon their return to the United States, accusations fly. Did one of the survivors drug the others and pitch the millionaire owner of the yacht, Lawrence Thacker, into shark-infested waters? Lt. Valcour begins an informal investigation. When one of the heirs to the Thacker millions is poisoned, Valcour's investigation becomes official. Of course, the logical thing to do is to gather the survivors aboard the "Helsinor II" and return to the scene of the original wreck... The Lesser Antilles Case is is the 7th Lt. Valcour novel.

Download or read book The Case of the Constant God A Lt Valcour Mystery written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A blackmailer with religious mania and a decayed actor are murdered -- one by land and one by sea. Despite the challenges, Lt. Valcour is not daunted by his latest case! "The thrills and polished deducing are there in quantity." -- The Saturday Review.

Download or read book Murder in the Willett Family written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extortionist's note, demanding $20,000 in cash and threatening the kidnapping of Kate Willett's two mentally unbalanced sons, sent Lieutenant Valcour rushing up to the Willetts' Adirondacks camp. There, death struck with slashing suddenness while Valcour was talking to young Arthur Willett, who was sprawled on a sofa smoking a cigarette. Listening to the crackling roar of flames in the fireplace, Valcour detected the odor of burning cloth. He glanced at Arthur to find the cigarette lying in Arthur's lap and Arthur's chin slumped on his chest. Valcour rushed to his side and in stunned amazement stared at the dark mark where a bullet had entered Arthur's skull! A fast-moving drama of multiple murder, featuring Lieutenant Valcour at top form!

Download or read book Murder by Latitude written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the radio operator on a luxury cruise ship is murdered, Lt. Valcour takes charge. While investigating the crew and the passengers, especially a lovely but lethal man-eater, the killer strikes again -- and it's up to Valcour to solve the crimes before anyone else falls victim! Rufus King (1893-1966) was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories: the most famous being Lieutenant Valcour. Modern critics are rediscovering Rufus King's work. Mike Grost, on Golden Age Detective, features a long writeup of King, stating: "King had a vivid writing style, with colorful characters, events, and images. He was clearly a born writer."

Download or read book Murder on the Yacht written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rufus King returns to the maritime mystery genre with "Murder on the Yacht." A lawyer disappears from a taxi cab on the way to join a party aboard the giant luxury yacht "The Crusader." Where did he go and what happened to him? Lt. Valcour joins the cruise to find out, mixing with a varied bunch of eccentric guests and crewmen, including a psychic. But will she provide clues or a smokescreen for the culprits? Another thrilling Lt. Valcour mystery!

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Download or read book Twentieth century Crime and Mystery Writers written by Lesley Henderson and published by Chicago : St. James Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **** Cited in Sheehy and BCL3. The foremost reference in the field, completely revised and updated, and now covering about 600 authors, mainly English-language writers whose work appeared during or since the time of Conan Doyle. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a bibliography, and a signed critical essay. Living authors were invited to add a comment on their work; many of them accepted, and their remarks are both entertaining and enlightening. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Download or read book The Deadly Dove written by Rufus King and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With greedy anticipation, Alan Admont listened to gangster Joe Inbrun plan murder. The Deadly Dove, a ruthless killer, would be hired. The Dove worked quietly and swiftly. The result would be a fatal accident or illness. Alan had just married wealthy and eccentric Christine Belder, who was old enough to be his mother. It was a pleasant setup for Alan -- until Joe Inbrun saw in it a way to collect an old debt. Then suddenly Christine cut Alan out of her will and Alan now had to try desperately to keep her alive. But the Dove was at work. Not even Joe could stop him. Alan waited in terror for the deadly blow that would leave him penniless when, without warning, murder struck in the Belder mansion. But the victim was not Christine...

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