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When did the FBI as we know it have its beginning? What are its functions? How does the FBI track down bank robbers, kidnappers, spies, and saboteurs whose names and faces are unknown? What can a young man do to become an agent of the FBI?The answers to these and many other questions are presented in a briskly written account that is based on information obtained from men of the FBI.The story moves quickly as we accompany a young lawyer who is studying to become a G-man. His training period is difficult, with a great number of subjects to be learned. We understand the reasons for this variety as we watch the unraveling of some famous cases. FBI agents track down notorious kidnappers of the '30s. They locate Nazi saboteurs and spies who attempted to operate in the United States during World War II. They bring about the arrest of a traitor, Harry Gold.These and other dramatic cases are shown to be part of the everyday work of John Edgar Hoover and his 6,000 agents. It is a story that touches the life of every reader, for at this moment the FBI is hard at work protecting you, your family, and your country from the criminal acts of lawless men.

Her name was Vera Mae, and she had been around these dusty tank towns too long-working the two-bit rodeos and cozying up to suckers, like this fat tourist in the bar.Oh God, she thought, I can con him and ditch him by nine-thirty, but what then? Sit in a hotel room. Get drunk and pass out. I'll be an old bag before I'm thirty.That was Vera Mae: fed up and ripe for trouble, when a lean ex-bronc rider named Lonnie drifted in from the desert...

When Mark Kingsbury was a baby, his father died of smallpox and his mother a little later, probably from over-work and worry over trying to raise her tiny son in the wilderness. Mark was taken in by Wash Higgins and his kind wife and was raised as their son in a clearing known as the Seneca Basin, a little settlement on the Seneca River somewhere between Utica and Rochester. Mark was about fourteen, full of high spirits and a longing for adventure when talk began about the coming of the Big Ditch, as the proposed Erie Canal was called. The Ditch, it was rumored, would come straight through Seneca Basin, in fact would pass the Higgins's door. Mark's one driving ambition was to establish his true identity, to find his grandfather whom he was sure he would like, provided they could meet. Perhaps this meeting would happen at the water parade for the grand opening of the Erie Canal...

The third in Bramah's Kai Lung series of fantasy novels. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, like the others in the series consists of thinly connected stories related by Kai Lung, concerning the adventures of the storyteller and his lady love Hwa-Mei versus the wicked but ever-smooth Mandarin Shan Tien and his despicable accomplice Ming-Shu. Kai Lung's adventures are related with humor and irony, his shrewdness and wisdom conveyed in euphemisms, paradoxes and parables. Bramah's droll writing style went a long way toward making the Kai Lung series so popular.

KISSES OF DEATH The first night with her led to a file of blackmail photographs worth a fortune. KISSES OF DEATH The second night with her led to danger, violence, and sudden death. KISSES OF DEATH The third night with her led to the one mistake no private eye should ever make... not even Peter Chambers!

Den Milnan, a Tecton Donor, accompanies his cousin, channel Rital Madz, to an experimental Sime Center in the town of Clear Springs, deep in hostile Gen Territory. Rital plans to offer selyn technology to the Gens in trade for selyn, the energy that only Gens can produce. Selyn is the fuel that could power a new revival of civilization, as fossil fuels did for humanity of the 19th and 20th centuries.Den Milnan dreams of turning his horse-and-buggy existence into a world of rapid transportation with his design for heavier than air flight.In Clear Springs, an implacable enemy awaits them, determined to stop selyn collection by fanning old fears of killer Simes. Unless Den can find a way to calm those fears, his dream of powered flight will never be realized.

"The 27th issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales!FEATURES: From Watson's Notebooks, by John H Watson, M D Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha HudsonNON FICTION: Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman Carnivory, Darwin, and Doyle, by O'Neill Curatolo "Someday the Truth Will Come Out", by Chris Chan Dr. Watson and True Facts, by Bruce Harris FICTION The Red-Faced League, by Hal Charles Such Good Friends, by Dianne Neral Ell The Strange Disappearance of the Talking Horse, by Ron Goulart A Death in Baltimore, by Arjay Lewis Jewels in the Sun, by Laird Long The Unexpected, by J.P. Seewald "Lease With Option to Buy", by Ellen Wight The Adventure of Silver Blaze, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"

Paris-based private investigator Pete Sawyer is hired to find out what happened to a girl who was kidnapped ten years before. When Pete starts digging, he finds more than expected -- including a Neo Nazi movement!

It was a dream job. He was supposed to guard seven lovely bodies. The chore got even dreamier when he saw the lineup, which included a red-haired nymphomaniac; a hot-blooded, black-haired beauty with curves that didn't stopl and a tall Swedish Amazon that was anytihng but an iceberg. But the girls weren't dreams, they were real and solid and very feminine.Trouble was, one of the girls was about to be killed, and Christopher Sly didn't know which one. And one of the others was planning on doing the killing, and he didn't know that one, either. Then the dream turned into a nightmare when the killer decided to add another target -- Christopher Sly himself!

It was broad daylight in fashionable Beverly Hills when Jim Foraker came upon the still-warm body of the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had been brutally murdered. The police lost no time in pinning the killing on Jim himself.Here was a spot that made Jim's combat experiences in the Pacific look simple in comparison. He knew if he didn't find the fiendish killer, he would go up for the crime himself!

IT'S HER FAULTDetective Frank Vandegraf isn't sure how serious to regard the claim of an eccentric university professor that his wife is trying to kill him, especially when a relative insists that she's gone into hiding because the husband has actually threatened to kill his wife. When the professor turns up murdered shortly thereafter, with a mysterious note lying on his chest that says 'IT'S HER FAULT', Frank redoubles his efforts to locate the missing wife, his prime suspect. But when he does, the case takes a really bizarre turn…THE OTHER FRANKWhen Frank Vandegraf hears of the unexpected death of his ex-wife, he travels to the tiny rural town of Easton to face the demons of his past. But it's no respite from the challenging urban crimes of his regular job. No sooner has he arrived than two bizarre, violent deaths occur, and he feels irresistibly drawn to help unravel a web of mystery and intrigue. However, he's out of his jurisdiction, obstructed by officials, and amidst folk hiding their own secrets...

A local woman, well-liked and seemingly having no obvious problems, suddenly takes on a new identity and goes on the run to another town.Meanwhile, Cathcart's long-term and respected District Attorney, Turner Redland, is being threatened with blackmail for no discernible reason.Defense Attorney Gail Brevard, along with her husband and law partner, Conrad Osterwitz, are drawn into the net. When a local con artist and possible witness turns up dead of suspicious causes, there are ample suspects for the crime.Will Gail be able to make sense of it all in order to save the innocent and bring the guilty to justice? Only time will tell…and now time is running out…for all of them.

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu theme. Storys abound featuring our squamish elder god! Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:•The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price•A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder•Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward•The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz•Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole•Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson•Ronnie and the River, by Christian Riley•Cellar Dweller, by Franklyn Searight•Yellow Labeled VHS Tape, by R.C. Mulhare•Tuama, by L.F. Falconer•Mercy Holds No Measure, by Kenneth Bykerk•Treacherous Memory, by Glynn Owen Barrass•The Hutchison Boy, by Darrell Schweitzer•Dolmen of The Moon, by Deuce Richardson•Lovecraftian Limerick, by Andrew J. Wilson•A Wizard's Daughter, by Ann K. Schwader•The Shadow of Azathoth is your Galaxy, by DB Spitzer•Ascend , by Mark A. Mihalko•The Solace of the Farther Moon, by Allan Rozinski•The Stars Are Always Right, by Charles Lovecraft•Daemonic Nathicana, by K.A. Opperman•Asenath, by Ashley Dioses•The Book of Eibon/Le Livre D'eibon, trans. by Frederick J. Mayer

The history of early Australian science fiction has been well chronicled by literary historians. In searching for a synthesis of colonial Australian science fiction, they generally identify three genres into which most Australian science fiction of the period can be placed: lost civilisation novels, (including Lemurian and utopian novels); historical fantasies, which re-imagined Australia's colonial past (particularly the history of Australian exploration); and future invasion or future political novels (which dramatized fears of racial invasion or social chaos resulting from political upheaval or natural disasters like plague).In the short form, early Australian science fiction is more heterogeneous. There were more outlets for the short form and more short stories were published, so we would expect a wider range of themes and subject matter, and indeed this is the case. The stories collected here indicate something of the richness and variety of science fiction written by Australian authors up the mid-1930s. We see some of the themes mentioned above, for example the lost civilisation story (Phil Collas's "The Inner Domain") and the future invasion story (Ernest Favenc's "What the Rats Brought"), but they offer something new and original, while other stories are built on the consequences of technological discoveries or advancements, for example Ernest Favenc's "The Land of the Unseen," H.B. Marriott Watson's "The Instrument," and Beatrice Grimshaw's "Lost Wings."

"Quasi-supernaturalism creeps into a few of [Grant's] novels, especially Kalee's Shrine (1886)...about the Thuggee cult and Mesmerism." -- Encyclopedia of Fantasy

She had the hind of beauty no man could resist, even an icy-veined private eye. Trouble was, Juanita Toy gave Peter Hunter more than her warm, exotic flesh. Her gifts included money-and a murder rap!Maybe Pete should have stuck to less dangerous women-like gorgeous Pat Laine, so big and so willing, so blonde all over. That way he would only have had to lick the gangster Moretti, the copper Hogan, the killer old Phineas and his hatchetman, Ramon...But Pete's stoke in the game was far bigger than murder. He was playing for love, for glory-and for keeps!

Do you remember Tommy Bloome, our beloved Leader who led the revolution that kept America out of World War II and established the workers' state?No? Then perhaps you may remember Tommy Bloome, the alienated kid who tried to assassinate our heroic General Norton in 1947? Not him either?Well, never mind. You may recall still another Tommy Bloome who...But maybe you had better read this account that Gordon Eklund has put down of the Americas that might have been, of the ambitions of one idealistic young man who tried to make our country and our world "better" and what happens when he bucks the invisible tides that sweep relentlessly through the courses of human events. It may be Eklund's finest novel-it is certainly science fiction far out of the usual paths.

Julie had lived her life at 912 Linton Street. But the things she was telling me now had nothing to do with Linton Street. She dragged a sled up a snowy hill behind her house...but there was no hill on Linton Street. She scratched patterns with her fingernails on frosty windowpanes that looked out on a brick courtyard that was not on Linton Street. People came and went around her with the rustle of long skirts. Pleasant memories of some childhood that the Julie Wintcomb I knew had never known. But not all memories were pleasant...

Killer hooks and fishy characters will lure you into this fifth anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume nets you twenty-two crafty capers featuring slippery eels, wily sharks, and hard-boiled crabs. From ultra-modern computer crimes to old-fashioned confidence tricks, these tales are sure to satisfy your appetite for great short mystery fiction.The Wannabe, by Lida BushloperNova, Capers, and a Schmear of Cream Cheese, by Debra H. GoldsteinWindfall, by Rita A. PoppWho Stole My Lunch?, by Kate FellowesNine Lives of Husbands and Wives, by Chelle MartinThe Lost Mine of Don Fernando, by Anna CastleScrabble-Rousers, by K.M. RockwoodThe Retirement Plan, by Mary Fern RossRoom and Board, by Vinnie HansenPayout Payback, by Susan BickfordMy Night with the Duke of Edinburgh, by Susan DalyThe A-List, by C.C. GuthrieThe Great Negotiator, by Raegan TellerFor Want of a Grade, by T.Y. EulianoExit Interview, by Beth GreenThe Dark Underground, by Steve ShrottThe Trouble with Trouble, by Lesley MangIt Tastes Like Cardboard, by Joan LeottaThe Hollerith Effect, by Andrew MacRaeThe Fork, the Spoon, and the Knife, by T.G. WolffThe Funeral Home Heist, by MaryAlice MeliPower of Attorney, by James M. Jackson

The Lawrence twins, Steve and Tony, found this summer at Pirate's Point quite different from the usual even dullness. First they had new neighbors -- Professor Hillyard and his daughter, Pat. Then motorboats sped into the Cove mysteriously at night, without running lights. And Steve broke his leg, so Tony had to print his brother's weekly newspaper, though he had little interest in it. The annual calm is broken by a burglary, a theft, a series of perculiar advertisements and an adventure on the high seas, in all of which Pat Hillyard and Tony are tangled.

"From out of the gloom in the dungeon where Chandar, Prince of Orin, awaited a tortured death, Sarkond the Enchanter shimmered into reality. His emerald eyes gleamed with an inhuman lustre as, with a soundless command, and without a touch, he mysteriously released the chains which bound Chandar. The prize Sarkond then offered Chandar was freedom, the price-the timeless struggle between two opposing forces... a man who used the secret powers of the universe for his own schemes... a man who vowed to stop him by his own strength and wits. Five inhabited planets had been shattered to nothingness by the Oligarchs of Brionmar. The sixth was to be Earth...The people of Earth welcomed the smiling and friendly starmen of Brionmar with gracious approval. The starmen asked only one favor- "Let us make a geological survey of your planet's surface.""Who would suspect the true purpose of the survey-Who would stop the countdown to the destruction of Earth which began the moment the starmen landed?"

Still reeling from the loss of his beloved but enigmatic mother, Tommy Kiernan is convinced her death is not an accident. He suspects the roots of this tragedy started twenty years ago-in the village in Brittany where his mother lived during the second World War. Leaving behind his college classes and new-found love, he travels to France to unearth her story and unmask a murderer.With the help of storyteller and sometime fisherman Padrig Le Bras, Tommy digs into the past, conjuring ghosts and releasing spectres created by the horrors of war. He uncovers a tale of heroism, heartbreak, and hatred-and an enemy who wants him dead.

"Children and dogs enliven summer doings in Vermont which begin when Polly Freeman and her parents- an artist and a writer- decide to visit the Lanes, who have a kennel. The mystery comes with the disappearance of the oldest and best pup from a brood of cockers and its solution comes with the discovery of a female German Shepherd, escaped and lonely after being imported to America, who had taken the pup to mother. And in the meanwhile there are the neighborhood doings, local projects, dog shows and so forth which make a friendly story." -Kirkus Reviews

Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:Stories• Tonight I Wear My Crimson Face, by Adrian Cole• The House of the Witches, by Darrell Schweitzer• The Bones, by Erica Ruppert• The Idols of Xan, by Steve Dilks• Conjurings, by Marlane Quade Cook• Matriarch Unbound, by Glynn Owen Barrass• The Mouth at the Edge of the World, by Luke Walker• "An Autumn Settling", by Alistair Rey• I Know How You'll Die, by K.G. Anderson• Fair Shopping, by Jack Lee Taylor• Black Aggie, by Marina Favila• The Chroma of Home, by Arasibo Campeche• The Last Resort, by Dean MacAllister• The Crypt Beneath the Manse, by S. Subramanian• A Winter Reunion, by C.M. Muller• The Stravinsky Code, by Leonard Carpenter• She Talks to Me, by Matthew Masucci• Wings of Twilight, by L.F. Falconer• A Pantheon of Trash, by Thomas C. Mavroudis• Juliet's Moon, by D.C. Lozar• The Gargoyle's Wife, by Jean Graham• The Melting Man, by Justin Boote• Dead Waves, by Sean McCoy• The Proposal, by J.D. Brink• Dark Energy, by Kevin Hayman• Christmas at Castle Dracula, by S. L. Edwards• There Was Fire, by M. Ravenberg• Them, by Sharon Cullars• For Love of Lythea, by C. I. KempPoetry• Beltane, by K.A. Opperman• Twin Hungers, by Scott J. Couturier• The Jackal, by Ashley Dioses• Our Family Ghost, by Joshua Gage• Le Gargoyle, by Russ Parkhurst"

Drexel Calhoud had quit a good job as a top hand with Paul Bowman to sign up as foreman of the Lone Pine Ranch. But when he found the Lone Pine was owned by a woman, he was ready to give up the whole shebang. It was only the challenge of the enemies his new boss was fighting that kept him on; that and a desire to know who had perforated the hombre on the stagecoach who looked so much like himself. The most powerful ranchers in the region, led by Abelard Vick of the Wagon Wheel, were gunning for the Lone Pine. And besides having a woman owner, the Lone Pine was handicapped by a small and untrustworthy crew...