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Uncle George is roused early one morning by his nephew Joey who has just witnessed the death of a local schoolteacher. An autopsy reveals that death occurred from a ruptured pouch of heroin concealed in the stomach. And from there comes the stunning inference that the dead man was a drug courier.

Uncle George Crowder, once the county attorney, comes out of retirement to investigate two arsons, and defend a young man accused of murder in one of the fires.

Max Adrian was the rare stamp broker everyone in the know avoided. It never mattered to the shifty broker, until someone demanded a refund at gunpoint.Soon afterward, a dishy dame convinces Larry Storm, Adrian''s rival, to play amateur detective for a hidden cache of priceless stamps. Storm is one step ahead of the tenacious Inspector Luke Bradley, who''s one step behind a cold-blooded killer - and Storm had better start running....Cancelled in Red appeared in Argosy magazine, touted as the $10,000 prize winner of the 1939 Dodd Mead Mystery Contest. The novel also grabbed the $1,000 Red Badge Prize Mystery title, and launched the career of "Hugh Pentecost," the pen name to the prolific Judson P. Philips, author of mysteries.

Luke Bradley is no stranger to murder, but the stakes have never been higher-the defense of American lives from Japanese forces. The action begins when screenwriter Chris Wells travels from the west coast to a naval repair base on a barren island. Amid angry rumors and suspicion, Bradley and Wells race to unmask a saboteur before the civilian laborers turn upon each other. "An unusually well-plotted and well-written story with the suspects limited to the members of a small group. Action, suspense and plenty of thrills from start right down to finish...." - New York Times "A sharp, fast, exciting yarn, vivid with a refreshingly realistic patriotism...." - San Francisco Chronicle "A realistic and exciting murder mystery story...." - Chicago Tribune

Mystery: Revenge and death close a Broadway play.

Twenty-one best stories selected from the fourteen previous annual anthologies of the M.W.A. With a foreword by Hugh Pentecost.

Hugh Pentecost, the pseudonym of Judson Philips (1903-1989), created one of the most memorable of fictional sleuths in the red-bearded artist, John Jericho. The stories combine interesting settings, skillful puzzles, social concerns, and earnest melodrama. Jericho''s paintings reflect his anger against social injustice and violence, and his search for Truth; and when the downtrodden, the unfairly accused, and (frequently) a damsel in distress seek his help, he is willing to enter the fray. Jericho''s skills as a detective are his skills as an artist. His painter''s eye picks up details that others miss. And the energy he puts on his canvasses is reflected in the physical energy with which he fights for Truth. The 15 stories in The Battles of Jericho, written between 1964 and 1976, are filled with the social unrest of that turbulent era, tempered with Jericho''s (and Pentecost''s) belief in individual responsibility. The Battles of Jericho is the 26th in Crippen & Landru''s "Lost Class