Marvin Kaye

Hilary takes on a pair of mysteries - one fictional, and one all too real. In college, Hilary Quayle dreamed of the stage, and playing all the great leading ladies that Shakespeare had to offer. But her interest was due less to the Bard than to another man: director, actor, and theatrical personality Michael Godwin. And though she got her wish, she found that acting onstage and romancing backstage did not add up to happiness. A decade past college,...

While on vacation in DC, Marty must outwit kidnappers at a magicians' convention. Marty Gold deserves a vacation. For years he has toiled behind the pharmacy counter at Spector's, a Manhattan institution whose classic soda fountain makes it a magnet for every overstuffed rear end on the West Side. Among his most devoted customers is Mase O'Dwyer, a chunky young magician who treats Marty as a captive audience for hour upon hour of poorly executed magic...

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with its January/February 2014 issue, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns by Lenny Picker and Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories: A Scandal in BO Media, by Hal Charles Challenger's Titanic Challenge, by Gary Lovisi We Hate the Taste of Jellyfish, by Jay Carey The Disappearance of the Vatican Emissary, by Jack Grochot Last Man Standing,...

This long-awaited volume finally brings to light several cases of the world's most famous consulting detective that were originally suppressed to avoid scandal and embarrassment to the Crown, public figures, or to Holmes himself. Now, the truth is finally revealed regarding Holmes's exploits involving the Titanic, his rematch with Irene Adler, the childhoods of both Holmes and Watson, and such figures as Ida Tarbell, P.G. Wodehouse, and James McNeil...

The worst comic in New York is dead, and Hilary wants to know who gave him the hook. The Sons of the Desert are serious about comedy, fond of cocktails, and utterly devoted to the films of Laurel and Hardy. Their meetings are always merry, boozy romps, but the laughter dies whenever Wayne Poe takes the stage. A comic with bad timing, bad material, and a mean streak, he's known for stealing jokes and getting nasty when they bomb - which is just about...

In a famous Nashville family, a deadly feud is as much a tradition as country music Hilary Quayle has never done public relations for a country-western client, but Amanda Boulder's songwriting is beautiful, her voice is pure, and her career is in bad need of a good publicist. But there's one thing standing in the way of a great solo career: the rest of the Boulder family.   The Boulders have been touring for eight decades, ever since old Pappy Boulder...

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #24 features the best in contemporary and classic mystery fiction, with a great linup of crimes and columns. Here are: Features: From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D. Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson Non Fiction: SCREEN OF THE CRIME, by Kim Newman COP ROCK, by Eugene D. Goodwin THE LOVELY CASTOR BEAN, by O'Neill Curatolo CONAN DOYLE, HOLMES, WATSON, AND MEDICINE, by Bruce Kilstein, D.O., F.A.C.O.S FICTION THE...

Fifty-eight bizarre tales, old and new, of terror

Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout's legendary private detective by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Goldsborough, and more. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them in 1934. The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe collects two dozen literary tributes to one of crime fiction?s best-loved private detectives...