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Totschlag' ist eines der raren Werke des Hardboiled-Poeten Paul Cain, der Ende der zwanziger einen kurzen kometenhaften Aufstieg als Pulp-Autor erlebte, bevor er in den Regalen der Antiquariate verschwand. Seine Stories und Romane erschienen in dem legendären Pulp-Magazin Black Mask, in dem auch Dashiell Hammett und Raymond Chandler ihre Karrieren begannen. Cains Figuren sind Betrüger, heruntergekommene Privatdetektive, Bodyguards, versoffene ...

Während der Großen Depression lässt die Prohibition auch in Los Angeles nur die Starken und Skrupellosen profitieren. Aufgeteilt und im festen Griff rivalisierender Gangster, aber auch von Polizisten und Politikern, erweist sich die Stadt als das perfekte Terrain für Gerry Kells, einen hoch dekorierten Scharfschützen aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, der plötzlich auftaucht, überall mitmischt, um dann alle gegeneinander auszuspielen. Als er von einem ...

Murder multiplied by SEVEN! Supercharged action and breath-taking suspense in this carnival of crime from the blood-dripped pen of Paul Cain, a connoisseur of crime who writes in the best homicidal tradition of Hammett and Chandler. This is one collection of spine-tingling murder yarns that you won't read with your back to the door.

First published by Doubleday in 1932 in the depth of the Great Depression, an era whose seamy side it depicts, and only recently rediscovered, Fast One by Paul Cain explodes into real life with the story of one of the toughest characters ever to emerge in American fiction.

The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History affords access to the latest research on the crucial events, themes, and legacies of America's economic history ¿ from colonial America, to the Civil War, up to present day.

It's the last days of Prohibition and the first days of the Depression and East Coast crime bosses are vying for control of Los Angeles. Caught in the middle of the intrigues is Gerry Kells, a former New York enforcer now living a life of ease on the West Coast. As the fiercely independent Kells rejects the appeals of various crime bosses who want to make use of his talents, powerful forces align against him. Being framed for a murder turns ou...

Fifteen classic hard-boiled stories by an undisputed master Following gangsters, blackmailers, and gunmen through the underbelly of 1930s America on their journeys to do dark deeds, Paul Cain's stories are classics of his genre. The protagonists of ambiguous morality who populate Cain's work are portrayed with a cinematic flair for the grim hardness of their world. This collection presents Cain's classic crime stories to a contemporary audience.

Murder multiplied by SEVEN! Supercharged action and breath-taking suspense in this carnival of crime from the blood-dripped pen of Paul Cain, a connoisseur of crime who writes in the best homicidal tradition of Hammett and Chandler. This is one collection of spine-tingling murder yarns that you won't read with your back to the door.

First published by Doubleday in 1932 in the depth of the Great Depression, an era whose seamy side it depicts, and only recently rediscovered, Fast One by Paul Cain explodes into real life with the story of one of the toughest characters ever to emerge in American fiction.

Our salvation is not dependent on how we feel, but certainly our relationships with one another very often are. Fostering and nurturing good relationships, removing stumbling blocks of perception and communication, and sweating the details, both inside and to the outside of the congregation, are key to having a caring congregation. This volume will equip you to:Establish a pattern of caring that flows out of the Means of Grace Value taking car...

Leading the Parade traces the evolution of the gay and lesbian liberation through the personal profiles and stories of nearly 40 individuals whose daring efforts changed gay and straight America and their attitudes toward homosexuality during the twentieth century.

Fast One was originally a collection of stories featuring the gambler/gunman kells. the tales ran in Black Mask Magazine from 1931-1932. This work has been occasionally republished, most recently as a graphic novel by No Exit Press.

Little is known about the life of writer George Carrol Sims, who used the pseudonyms Paul Cain for his pulp career, and Peter Ruric for his tasks as a screenwriter. Sims was that rarest of creatures--a successful novelist and Hollywood scribe. He also dated the actress Gertrude Michael, and the character of Granquist in Fast One was based on her. This collection, holding some of Cain's finest work ever to appear in Black Mask, was first publis...

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