Best Selling Books by Marc Behm

"One of the most remarkable combinations of a private-eye novel and psychological suspense story, with an entirely new slant, that has ever been published." — The New York Times Book Review At the center of this genre-bending tale of sex, death, and parental love is a private investigator known as The Eye, who has been seeking his missing daughter for many years. In the course of his search, he encounters a mysterious femme fatale who routinely attracts, robs, and murders wealthy men. The Eye knows perfectly well that this woman is not his long-lost daughter, yet he''s compelled to follow her, destroying the evidence of her murders, covering her tracks, and taking an active — though silent — role in her crimes. This offbeat mystery''s portrait of a pair of despondent loners presents a haunting tale of obsession. "A pivotal work in the history of mystery fiction." — The Guardian

"Insanely evocative and extremely satisfying." — The Times (UK) Joe Egan has spent his life on the run. When he was a child, he thought he saw the angel of death. Now every time someone close to him dies, a mysterious blonde woman appears and he''s forced to retreat, abandoning jobs and relationships in a never-ending flight across a hallucinatory version of the United States. Is the woman real, a figment of his imagination, or a supernatural apparition — perhaps even the devil incarnate? The Guardian praised Marc Behm as "a terrific novelist," adding that "Afraid to Death is a fascinating mirror image to The Eye of the Beholder." Behn''s previous novel, also available from Dover Publications, spins a gripping tale of obsession and suspense in which a private investigator trails an enigmatic young woman. But this time the protagonist, a dissolute gambler, is being chased by a female character whose reoccurrences excite both fear and attraction.

"International [Israeli?] agent Mike Merrick is sent under cover to Cairo for a rendezvous with German scientist Professor Schlieben. After striking up a romance with Schlieben''s daughter, Helga, Mike learns that the professor is nearing completion of a nuclear-powered moon rocket which could be used as a weapon. Though the professor''s operational center is closely guarded by the Egyptian army, Mike gains entry into Schlieben''s private quarters and destroys the plans and blueprints for the rocket. Later he encounters the Holy Islam Freedom Fighters, who want to destroy the rocket but trust no one. Eluding a trap, Mike kidnaps Helga as a means of forcing the professor to leave Egypt. After they have escaped to Rome by submarine, however, Mike and Helga are captured by the Egyptians. Mike is placed in a trunk and rushed to an airport for shipment back to Cairo, but his Italian counterparts give chase and capture the Egyptians. When they open the trunk, however, they find one of Mike''s guards. Mike has boarded the plane in which Helga is being held prisoner, and once in flight he overpowers the Egyptian pilot and returns Helga to her grateful father"--AFI catalog, 1961-1970.

Il la suivit, la regarda agir pendant des années. Elle était belle et elle tuait pour vivre. Il aurait dû l''en empêcher, car après tout il était une espèce de flic. Mais il se contentait de la suivre et, peu à peu, de la protéger, par tendresse, par une espèce d''amour. Un peu comme un père essaie de protéger sa fille contre les horreurs de la vie et les dangers de la mort.