They were racketeering vultures who’d flown the coop to Mexico — and I had to cage them as stool pigeons.

Reminiscing over the past sometimes changes a fellow’s plans for the future — especially when a girl like Alice is involved.

Well, he was losing weight and always hungry, Michael Rigsby told his wife. But Annabelle wasn’t alarmed. She was disgustingly cheerful...

Nobody ever knew why grandfather did the things he did — but somehow they always helped us grow up...

A collection of suspense stories, puzzle stories, whodunits and tricky whydunits involving police detectives, private eyes, talented and sometimes lucky amateurs, armchair detectives, and ethnic detectives.