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Marblehead: A Novel of H.P. Lovecraft TPB
Trade Paperback. A major new mainstream novel by the author of LOVECRAFT'S BOOK, this chronicles a year (1927) in the life of the greatest horror writer of the 20th century. This huge book was written in 1976 and has been lost until now.
Print: $25.00
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Rough Cut & New, Improved Murder TPB
Trade paperback. Here are Ed Gorman's first two novels, set in the decadent world of advertising, in one volume. NEW IMPROVED MURDER is the first Jack Dwyer novel. They were written in 1985.
Print: $18.00
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The Triune Man TPB
Trade paperback. Originally published in 1976, Richard A. Lupoff’s The Triune Man was decades ahead of its time. The Triune Man was the first attempt to treat the superhero as an iconic figure, important to the modern psyche.
Praised by critics and fans alike when it first appeared, The Triune Man was also published in England, France, and Germany. Out of print for three decades, this important novel has become a sought-after collectible. Surinam Turtle Press is proud to make it available once more.
Print: $20.00
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Two Locked Room Mysteries and a Ripping Yarn
Trade paperback. This collection presents three short stories by Max Afford. Two tales feature sleuth Jeffery Blackburn, his wife Elizabeth, and Inspector William Read: ‘Poison Can Be Puzzling’ and ‘The Vanishing Trick’ were originally published in Australian periodicals in the 1940s, and appear to be the only published short crime fiction tales by Afford. ‘The Gland Men Of The Island’ appears to be Afford’s sole foray into science-fiction; the story first appeared in WONDER STORIES in 1931.
Print: $12.99
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Finger-Prints Never Lie! TPB
Trade paperback. Detective-Inspector McCarthy of Scotland Yard C.I.D. is assigned to the case of Lord Arthur Warnecke, who has been murdered in his mansion, and his safe cracked and rifled of its sensitive contents. McCarthy finds from the start that this is no easily-solved case.
Print: $18.00
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Old Times' Sake TPB
Trade paperback. James Reasoner, author of more than 200 novels, presents 17 short stories, most of which were published in the MIKE SHAYNE MYSTERY Magazine in the 70s and 80s. Now collected for the first time, they show you why he’s the master story-teller he is. With an introduction by Ed Gorman.
Print: $17.99
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Totah Six-Pack TPB
Trade paperback. Six tales of Farmington, New Mexico, as it should have been: 'Angelus of Doom', 'The Glowing Green Gambit', 'Jicarilla Mud', 'The Naked Trocar', 'Siege on Main Street' and 'The Best Revenge'. These stories have been praised by Jon Breen, Ed Gorman and Bill Crider.
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Cemetery First Stop! TPB
Trade paperback. When Lefty Vincent shot up the Conway Bank at San Francisco and scuttled across five States to his hide-out, he didn’t know that a life and death struggle had started between himself and Mick Cardby. Nor did Mick, sitting in his office six thousand miles away. Curiously enough Clare Furness, playing tennis in Boston when the lid blew off in San Francisco had never heard of either of them. But it wasn’t long before the three lives were intermixed in a blaze of feverish action. From the first word to the grandstand finish there is no pause, no release of tension as thrill crashes upon thrill. Another great Mick Cardby case from the pen of David Hume.
Print: $17.00
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Two O'Clock Courage TPB
Trade Paperback. This 1934 thriller is the third book under Richard A. Lupoff's Surinam Turtle imprint. A man wakes up in a park and can't remember who he is. But thanks to the help of a couple of intriguing women, he manages to remain free from arrest for a murder he MAY have committed. But he simply must figure out his identity before the cops -- or the murderer -- catch up with him.
The story was made into a film called TWO IN THE DARK and the plot has been used in later films and books (notably Evan Hunter's BUDDWING and a British film called HYSTERIA) but no one has done it with the skill and style of Gelett Burgess.
Print: $18.00
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Ruled by Radio TPB
Trade paperback. Originally published in 1925, this science-fiction story set in 1930 is a zany and dazzling excursion into a world in which the world’s technology revolves around radio waves, reminiscent of the concepts of Nikola Tesla. This 'Utopia' is upset by a new invention which can interrupt radio waves, wielded by a megalomaniac who has ambitions of world domination.
Print: $16.00
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Eternity Here I Come TPB
Trade paperback. Twenty men at Scotland Yard had spent nearly a year trying to discover the identity of the master criminal who called himself Jonathan Wilde. There were many odd features about the man’s method of business. Those who worked for him mostly ended their criminal careers by pacing a cell floor, staring through a barred window, scowling at sundry warders, and regretting everything they could remember.
Mick Cardby knew of these peculiarities when the firm of Cardby and Son received an unusual client. The man had one ambition in life — to see that Jonathan Wilde took an early breakfast, a short walk, and a long drop. He offered the firm real money to work as hounds in the gallows hunt.
Print: $17.00
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The Sheep and the Wolves TPB
Trade paperback. Ramble House presents another Jeffery Blackburn mystery from the pen of ace radio writer, Max Afford. In this 1940s suspense novel the private investigator is hitting the bottle a little too hard and consequently having trouble keeping his wife, Elizabeth, content. But when a major case of murder snares him it adds just the right amount of danger to save his marriage. All he has to do is find out who strangled the Greek, Cassamatis, with a silken cord and determine whose bullet is found lodged in the back of a sultry dame. All in a day's work for the PI and his friend, Chief Inspector William Read.
Print: $18.00
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The White Cat TPB
Trade paperback. This is the second title in the Surinam Turtle imprint by Richard A. Lupoff. This remarkable novel, featuring architect Chester Castle and the beautiful but deeply troubled Joy Fielding, was first published in 1907. In its examination of the dissociative identity or “multiple personality” theme it was far ahead of its time. Readers familiar with the literature will recognize the case of Sally Beauchamp, as recorded by psychiatrist Morton Prince, as the model for Gelett Burgess’s courageous heroine. There is an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff and illustrations by Will Grefé.
Print: $20.00
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Make Way for the Mourners TPB
Trade paperback. Young Mick Cardby has survived a lot of close calls in his career as the action man of the Cardby Detective Agency but he's never had a case like this one. Something is haunting Hampton Manor, and he's been hired to run the ghosts out. Or die trying.
Mick Cardby is a wise-cracking hard-boiled detective of the Spade/Marlowe mold but he has more charm than both of them combined. No matter what the circumstance, he has a quick, stinging retort. In a way, he was the Shell Scott of the 30s - British-style. Ramble House hopes to publish more in the Mick Cardby series soon.
Print: $18.00
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The Night Remembers TPB
Trade paperback. Ed Gorman wrote this 1991 gem as a tribute to Bill Pronzini's Nameless series. Now Pronzini provides a foreword to this much-deserved reprint of a classic modern noir about past crimes and their punishment.
Print: $17.99
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Dago Red TPB
Trade paperback. A brilliant collection of 22 excursions into the darkest heart of noir. From the perils of familial love in “Dago Red” to the deadly TV sports of “Olaf And the Merchandisers”, Pronzini runs you through a wringer of chills and thrills, with a couple of Nameless Detective stories to keep you grounded.
Print: $18.00
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Inclination to Murder TPB
Trade paperback. Inspector Shade of the Wellington police was mildly disturbed when a young bohemian artist who also had the last name of Shade told him about a dead man she had seen on the local train. Surely she was making it all up. No one else reported such a thing. But as the pieces of this ingenious puzzle all started to fall into place, Inspector Shade found himself caught up in murder, mayhem, and more than a little intrigue as he tried to help the young woman stay alive. The trouble was — she might be the killer!
Ramble House brings back this classic Kiwi mystery written by Harriet Hunter and hopes to also reprint her only other mystery, CASE FOR PUNISHMENT. Stay tuned.
Print: $16.00
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Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon TPB
Trade paperback. In OGILVIE, TALLANT & MOON best-selling author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro introduces San Francisco attorney Charlie Moon, who happens to be an Ojibwa shaman. He's got his lawbooks and a special gift for detection to make his cases for him but when things go wrong, it's the way of his ancestors that shows him the path. All four of the Charlie Moon series novels are available from Ramble House.
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Mysterious Martin, the Master of Murder TPB
Trade paperback. In 1912 Tod Robbins wrote a strange little novel called MYSTERIOUS MARTIN, about a man who creates art that can be deadly. A decade later, he wrote the story “Spurs”, from which his friend Tod Browning adapted his cult film, FREAKS. A decade after that Tod Robbins rewrote MYSTERIOUS MARTIN, calling it THE MASTER OF MURDER. In this one volume are both versions of Tod Robbins’ enigmatic novel, the 1912 and the 1933 versions. Ramble House is proud to bring back both of these macabre masterpieces for modern readers to enjoy and compare.
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The Master of Mysteries TPB
Trade paperback. This is the very first title in the Surinam Turtle imprint by Richard A. Lupoff. It was published in 1912 without an author cited but the introduction reveals that there are three ciphers hidden in the book, one of which names the author. One of them, as far as RH knows, has never been found. There is an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff and two dozen beautiful full page illustrations by Karl Anderson and George Brehm.
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The Organ Reader A4
Trade paperback coffee-table sized book. This huge thing is a compilation of the very best from the 1971 underground newspaper from San Francisco, THE ORGAN. Over 300 pages of subversive text and pictures that personify the Berkeley of 1971.
Print: $22.02
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The Case of the Withered Hand TPB
Trade paperback. Detective-Inspector McCarthy of Scotland Yard C.I.D. has his work cut out for him when a Special Branch man on Narcotic Squad duty is murdered outside the home of respected Egyptologist Professor Farman. As though this weren’t troubling enough, shortly afterwards a shrivelled, dismembered hand is discovered outside the Professor’s house. McCarthy must call on all his expertise and the forces of Scotland Yard to solve this remarkable case.
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Sinners in Paradise TPB
Trade paperback. Robert Morte, writer of radio thrillers and detective novels, decided to take a sea voyage through the Barrier Reef islands to get away from fictional clues and crime. Alas for his hopes! Morte and his wife Jane encountered a cargo of mystery far stranger than any he could possibly conceive from his own fertile mind.
Max Afford, well known for his radio plays and serials, has written a fast-moving, gripping and highly ingenious story set against the colorful background of North Queensland.
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Tales of the Macabre and Ordinary TPB
Trade Paperback. Nine disturbing stories by one of Australia's rising author/editors that will lull you into a sense of comfort and then rattle you to your core. Just like real life - in Mikul world.
Print: $18.00
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Suzy
The complete collection of SUZY comic strips.
Print: $15.95
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