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Date With Murder and Other Stories by Harold Q. Masur
Date With Murder – four stories of crime and death by Harold Q. Masur (1909-2005).

Death Has An Escort – Three hard-boiled stories about showgirls, heiresses, love, pleasure, blackmail and murder by Roger Torrey.

Give ‘Em Hell! – A trail of murders and kidnappings of young women lead Dan Fowler, ace man-hunter of the F.B.I. to a ‘good town’, a town entirely controlled by criminals.

The Continental Op -1925-26 – The seven Continental Op stories that Dashiell Hammett wrote during 1925 and 1926 for The Black Mask magazine.

The Deadly Ones – Three stories about murders and the sociopaths that commit it. A corrupt politician accidentally kills his ex-secretary and has to disappear; an accomplice to fraud gets the the tables turned on her when she tries to kill her partner in crime; and all of the murders surrounding a secret new gunsight.

Chet Lacey- Private Investigator – Five stories of the cases of Private Detective Chet Lacey. He finds murder, blackmail, and the seamy side of life even in the “nicest” parts of society.

When Chet Lacey, Private Investigator, deals with the low life grifters that surround high society he finds that guns can be handy things.

Cocktails or Corpses? – Five stories of murder, betrayal, attempted murder, blackmail and setups. And a lot of thoroughly bad people.