Classic Writers

Ring Twice For Laura by Vera Caspary is the 1942 serialized novel that would become famous as the 1944 Otto Preminger movie ‘Laura.’

Brand of the Metal Maiden (SAX,22) – Who is the Emperor Zero? And why would he send his henchmen to unleash the hideous poison gas at the rooftop café and murder the patrons?

Legion of the Living Dead (SAX,18) – From nowhere hurtled that black death car. And from nowhere came its grisly occupants. They were not of the earth, for their human flesh was immune to bullets. They were not of the grave, for they manned the wheel and a blasting machine gun. Only the Secret Agent dared to penetrate their mystery in a desperate maneuver to block their invasion of the land of the living.

The Ambassador of Doom (SAX,4) – Secret weapons plans are stolen and behind the scenes, Washington D.C. is in a panic. Secret Agent “X” flies to Washington to hunt down the spies involved in this treason and bring them to justice.

The Spectral Strangler (SAX,2) – Silent, horrible as the crushing coils of a serpent were those unseen fingers that blotted out men’s lives. A criminal of satanic proportions had risen —the “Black Master,” whose victims fell with livid, hideous faces and protruding tongues that seemed a ghastly mockery of the fate they had suffered. Along this terrible murder trail Secret Agent “X” gambled with the Dice of Death.

The Torture Trust (SAX,1) – In this, the debut of Secret Agent “X”, the Agent must match wits with a coterie of criminals that uses torture and murder to extract ransoms from prominent figures.

Murder Calls The Tune – Four novelettes about life on the home front during World War II including sabotage, refugees, fraud, espionage, treason and murder.

Just One More Case – four stories of jewel thefts, frame-ups, intimidation, and murder by one of the most popular writers of the pulp era.

I’m a Dead Man – Four novelettes of murders committed to cover up fraud and to exact revenge. But as smart as the murderers think they are, they always make a mistake.