Trouble is a redheadLydia had a problem, and she dumped it right in Johnny Liddell's lap, along with her own million dollar body. She was very luscious - but somebody had something on her that was very...

The pretty-boy movie star.The fat producer.The buxom blackmailer.The grubby undertaker.These four people never would have associated with one another runder ordinary circumstances. But they were drawn...

The woman’s body undulated. Her motions became frantic. Wildly, she tore off her clothes … The others followed. Nude, danced to the frenzied drum …This was New Orleans.Johnny Liddell was no tourist.He...

When Private Eye Johnny Liddell moves his base of operations to Hollywood, he uncovers more dirt than a gossip columnist on a party line.First there’s a movie mogul’s adopted son, with plenty of money,...

It wasn't his case . . . his girl . . . or his problem . . . but Johnny Liddell had a personal interest in this little caper.He didn’t ask to be the Feds' ''receiver'' on a pass of inside info on the...

A case of corpses.They piled up so fast that private eye Johnny Liddell figured he was ahead if he found them while they were still warm.It started when he was hired as a baby-sitter to a wildcat. She...

She called herself Denny Lyons ... and she was everything men dreamed of on long, lonely nights ...She had it all, from the white-gold hair that framed her expensive face to the graceful, slender ankles—and...

A gorgeous gal with an insatiable appetite for love . . .A gossip columnist who scooped the world with his own obituary . . .An innocent young girl forced into a degrading racket . . .Plus other assorted...

She was as pretty a mantrap as Liddell had ever set up. Five-feet-six. Black hair. One hundred and twenty-eight lusciously distributed pounds. Very, very nice . . .Liddell looked at his watch. The rackets...

ONE-The redheaded secretary lay crumpled on the office floor, her blouse ripped to the waist. Blood trickled from her mouth.TWO-The redheaded divorcee sprawled across the bed, the black silk sheet baring...

Johnny Liddell, private investigator, is not accustomed to a quiet life. But life was never less quiet for him than after he was called in by Celeste Pierce, a redhead who is giving several famous bosomy...

She was a gorgeous - and mysterious - girl from New York, who had taken a low-paying job in a small-town night club.When they fished her out of the local river she had nothing on. It didn’t matter. She...

He stood in the doorway to the kitchen, his arms above his head, his long, bony fingers curled like claws. His teeth were bared in a horrible fixed grin, his eyes stared unblinkingly. Two thin wires suspended...

"Kiely of the Dispatch, Liddell. A reporter of mine, Larry Jansen, had been murdered. I want you to find the killer.""Okay," Liddell sighed into the phone, replacing the receiver. He stared into the slanted...

Johnny Liddell was looking forward to his 2:30 a.m. date with Eve Wylie. Eve had thick red hair that fell down over her shoulders like a molten copper cascade, and Eve had a sullen soft-looking mouth...

STAIRWAY TO HELL - ANOTHER JOHNNY LIDDELL MYSTERY CRIME NOVELIt wasn't just the set-up that bothered Liddell - two murders, a blackmail and a messy scandal.  It was the girl; a girl he could really go...

DEADLY RANSOM - A JOHNNY LIDDELL MYSTERY CRIME NOVELSet in mid-century U.S., Private Investigator Johnny Liddell is tasked with sorting out the nefarious connections between the show business industry...

The First Three Mystery Crime Novels in the Series.Set in mid-20th century USA, Private Investigator Johnny Liddell is faced with solving some of the most complex and perplexing crimes.  The hard-boiled...

Shakedown - Another Johnny Liddell Mystery Crime ThrillerFollow private investigator, Johnny Liddell, as he picks up the pieces of deceit, extortion and murder in mid-20th century New York City.  See...

DEADLY CURE - ANOTHER JOHNNY LIDDELL MYSTERY CRIME NOVELWalk alongside Johnny Liddell as he investigates another major murder mystery involving a high-stakes conspiracy, and enjoys some hot romance along...

Johnny Liddell lehnte sich zurück und fuhr sich mit den Fingern durchs Haar.»Sobald die Mordkommission alle Beweise hat, wird Hal unter Mordanklage vor Gericht gestellt, Libby.«»Können sie das denn?«»Sie...

Wie New York und Chicago hat auch San Francisco seine Tag- und seine Nachtmenschen.Die Tagmenschen finden ihr Vergnügen daran, auf den Trittbrettern der Kabelwagen zu fahren, die die fast senkrechten...

Der berühmte Privatdetektiv Johnny Liddell in acht Crime-Storys um eine heiße Rothaarige und kalte Leichen...Lydia Johnson: Ihre Kurven waren jedem Amerikaner so bekannt wie der Name des Präsidenten....

Das Spiel war für Nelson zu Ende. Nie wieder würde sich für ihn der Vorhang heben.Warum? Eine Kugel drang in seinen Kopf.Weshalb? Das Wissen, dass er Nelson ist, war Grund genug.Wer? Jeder, der Nelson...

Es hatte alles so harmlos angefangen...Die Millionärstochter Jean Merritt hatte den New Yorker Privatdetektiv Johnny Liddell gebeten, die Hintergründe des Todes ihres Vaters aufzuklären. Sie glaubte nicht...

Das Mädchen Liz ist jung, schön und kennt keine Hemmungen.Ihr Haar ist schwarz und wild. Ihre Augen glühen. Und ihre Gedanken gehen die verrücktesten Wege.Sie fragt nicht nach Moral, nach Gesetz. Worte...

Spannende und packende Erzählungen mit verblüffenden Pointen...Ungewöhnliche Kriminal-Erzählungen für den verwöhnten Kenner...Kriminalgeschichten weltbekannter Autoren!Der Band Das offene Grab, herausgegeben...