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Bodies in Bedlam

Prather, Richard S.
Bodies in Bedlam
Shell Scott. He's a guy with a pistol in his pocket and murder on his mind. The crime world's public enemy number one, this Casanova is a sucker for a damsel in distress. When a pair of lovely legs saunters into his office, he can't help but take the job, even when the case is a killer. Constanza Carmocha is like a cat in heat, she innocently purrs while scratching your eyes out with her razor-sharp claws. She is a dame skilled in the age-old ...

CHF 23.90

The Kubla Khan Caper (a Shell Scott Mystery)

Prather, Richard S.
The Kubla Khan Caper (a Shell Scott Mystery)
It's not exactly Xanadu but the Kubla Khan, Ormand Monaco's new super-luxury hotel in Palm Desert, California is designed and built to transport visitors to what such a palace would be like. He's planned a beauty contest as part of the grand opening but what nobody had planned on are a couple of murders that stir things up and start to spoil the show. Who better than Shell Scott to come in and sort things out? As he unravels the knots--and the...

CHF 21.90

Dig That Crazy Grave

Prather, Richard S.
Dig That Crazy Grave
Death is just around the coroner when you're Shell Scott roaming the streets with a nose for danger and a sharp eye for the dames. On a trail leading from the high-class mortuary to the local cemetery, I realized the mob wanted me exactly where I was-as a permanent resident!

CHF 19.90

Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters

Prather, Richard S.
Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters
No one other than Shell Scott has the ability to dodge a bullet while magnetized to a magical mistress or engage in dangerous games of both love and war simultaneously. This sleuth has the touch that touches every broad -- and with his private eye, he can detect the phonies from the felines in a heartbeat.

CHF 20.90

Dance with the Dead

Prather, Richard S.
Dance with the Dead
This case couldn't have been more up Shell Scott's alley. Twelve naked, luscious beauties, one for each month of the year, were Scott's next assignment. They were called the "Wow" pinup girls and, man, were they wow! Scott's mission: find four freckles. Four freckles located on one of these tomatoes' tushies. That was the only clue Scott had to help him solve this murder. But not to worry, it's the perfect mixture of business and pleasure for ...

CHF 21.90

Too Many Crooks

Prather, Richard S.
Too Many Crooks
Shell Scott. He's a guy with a pistol in his pocket and murder on his mind. The crime world's public enemy number one, this Casanova is a sucker for a damsel in distress. When a pair of lovely legs saunters into his office, he can't help but take the job, even when the case is a killer. Shell knows that every gun in California is pointed at him. He isa hot target for the cops and especially a pretty little lady with a mission and a .32. If eve...

CHF 18.50

The Cockeyed Corpse

Prather, Richard S.
The Cockeyed Corpse
The Wild West is not your regular western movie but it is wild! Any movie that involves four beautiful starlets without any clothes is bound to be wild and to attract the attention of Shell Scott, P.I., especially if one of the girls is thought to have been murdered. It is up to Scott to go on location where the film is being shot and determine whether or not her death was an accident. He must also keep himself out of danger, what with the gir...

CHF 20.90

Over Her Dear Body

Prather, Richard S.
Over Her Dear Body
Dancing the fox trot with a client could be considered unethical-then again, a lot of what my job leads me to do is unethical-but I believe in adding a personal touch to my work. And boy did that ferocious feline of a lady make me crazy about my job.After a while, our rhythmic anatomy lesson turned dirty with an unfriendly gangster pointed his pistol my way.They want me, Shell Scott, to be the headline in the obituaries section, and all I want...

CHF 20.90

Slab Happy

Prather, Richard
Slab Happy
I wasn't too happy to be looking down the barrel of every gunman in California's pistol and when I heard them humming murder music on their lips, the melody was sour and I knew it was being dedicated to only one man--me. That gangdom had it all planned out. They'd even measured me for a grave I was supposed to share with a fiery redhead, Coral. There isn't much I wouldn't share with a spicy beauty, but this time I was willing to pass that up t...

CHF 20.90

Three's a Shroud

Prather, Richard
Three's a Shroud
Three tales of murder and mystery from everyone's favorite dick. With a name like Shell Scott, you can imagine a lot of peculiar things creep up on me--even murder. Especially when there are minor--err, major--distractions that keep me from sleuthing properly--or in some cases help me to sleuth improperly. There was the steamy Martita whose sizzling seduction led me to the barrel of her pointed pistol and sent me sprinting from her singing bul...

CHF 20.90

The Cheim Manuscript

Prather, Richard
The Cheim Manuscript
Wilfred Jefferson Jellicoe is nowhere to be found. And the person missing him most, his ex-wife, hires Shell Scott to find him. Though alimony payments may be her motive to pursue his trail, Hollywood producer, Gideon Cheim, has another reason for calling on Scott to track this man down.For Cheim has entrusted Jellicoe with his autobiography only to be published post- mortem. Is it coincidental that the Cheim manuscript has disappeared with th...

CHF 21.90

Meandering Corpse

Prather, Richard
Meandering Corpse
I could see the beach robe Zazu had been wearing, but couldn't see her. Then the pool's surface rippled and tossed darts of sunlight at my eyes, and I could see Zazu quite well. She was wearing either the latest thing in jazzy bathing suits or nothing at all.She reached the ladder and started to climb up it, nonchalant as a bird - a jaybird."Hi, " I said brightly, "you can see I'm working."She started down the ladder until the water was almost...

CHF 21.90

Take a Murder, Darling

Prather, Richard
Take a Murder, Darling
Of course my line of work has its perks--and it should when I lay my life on the line for dangerously daring women even if they are among the most luscious ladies I've ever met.It's not easy guarding these beautiful bodies?of course it takes a lot more than being a body guard these days, especially when there's so much body to be guarded. And she has plenty of body to keep me busy--uh, working--for quite a while?even if she's stacked for murder!

CHF 20.50

Kill Him Twice

Prather, Richard
Kill Him Twice
It was a bright and shiny Beverly Hills afternoon when Shell Scott opened his door to find intrigue laying at the foot of his apartment ...in the form of a corpse! Just another day in the sun for the private eye with a nose for danger. He's got to dodge bullets and bounce Beverly Hills beauties in his search for the thug that interrupted his afternoon nap before someone puts him to sleep permanently. Now the only way this private dick is going...

CHF 17.90