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  • One Endless Hour

    by Dan Marlowe ...
    One of the most unusual hard-boiled novels, this story traces the efforts of the brutally effective bank robber in Dan Marlowe's The Name of the Game is Death to recover from devastating fire damage to his face and resume his career. One Endless Hour begins with a summary of the end of The Name of the Game is Death, but quickly moves on to a tale that is both peculiar and nerve-wracking. The ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Name of the Game is Death

    by Dan Marlowe ...
    A rarely-published hard-boiled classic, The Name of the Game is Death is the story of a bloody-minded bank robber who mercilessly tracks down the killers of his partner and does them in. The end of the book carries such impact that horror writer Stephen King, a fan of hard-boiled fiction, said it stayed in his mind for decades. Dan J. Marlowe (1914-1986), the author of The Name of the Game is ... Read more

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  • Killer With a Key

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Crime
    The Kingdom of Killain--that’s the Duarte, a big-city hotel at the crossroads of the world.The grifters, tough lads, girls on the make-all learn to stay away from Hotel Duarte because Johnny Killain’s in charge there. That’s his turf-a flick of his fist makes broken guys and dolls.So Johnny patrolled the dark corridors in peace-until the night he rounded a bend and looked murder square in the eye ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Four for the Money

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Books
    In the penitentiary back East, there were four of us slated for parole. And we had plenty more on our minds than just freedom.We had a plan.If it worked, it would be the first time a successful heist had ever been pulled in this gambling town—a town where every cop had eyes in the back of his head and a hand on his gun 24 hours a day.There were a couple of snags—like the fact that we hated one ... Read more

    $4.50 CAD

  • Shake a Crooked Town

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Crime
    Murder struck first in Hotel Duarte, where Johnny Killain ruled the roost.Here’s Killain, smooth as a ripsaw and gentle as a jackhammer, the happiest avalanche you’ll ever meet, who spends his quiet moments riding herd on the hoods and hopheads, the hard guys and devilish dolls of New York’s night sight, just a knife’s thrown from Times Square.Trouble’s no stranger to Killain; when an out-of-town ... Read more

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  • The Fatal Frails

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Crime
    The statue was knee-high, but it carried a fortune in gold and gems, plus centuries of fame in the art world. Everyone wanted it, and for some no price was too high—love, money, or murder … Then Killain barged in.The redhead made the first pitch, and she had Killain twanging like a hopped-up fiddle—but not one note about the statue.The Blonde tried to bargain across a wide-screen bed, and she ... Read more

    $4.50 CAD

  • Vengeance Man

    by Dan Marlowe ...
    In this hard-edged thriller, Jim Wilson is a rough-and-tumble road contractor in Moline, South Carolina, a corrupt place where only the most savage survive. Wilson makes no apologies for his ferocity. Raised by an uncle who regularly whipped him, used to taking beatings until he learned to fight back, Wilson lets no-one take advantage of him. After revenging himself on his cheating wife, he takes ... Read more

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  • Operation Flashpoint

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    I had lived so long on the wrong side of the law I felt out of place as a special undercover agent for Uncle Sam. But I had no choice. One of the top brass in U.S. Intelligence had my number. So we made a deal - his silence for my services in tracking down and infiltrating a gang of Mid-Eastern terrorists. Besides, I had a personal interest in this job. They had stole $75,000 from me. So there I ... Read more

    $4.50 CAD

  • Doorway to Death

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Crime
    On the streets of a big city people smile and the lights are bright. But there is an alley world of darkness, double-dealing and death; in this world you need muscles and brains to take a step—and only the lucky ones live long.These two worlds meet in Hotel Duarte. Johnny Killain had a fistful of experience with both worlds—and with Hotel Duarte:The girl in 1109 was a schoolmarm from a small ... Read more

    $4.50 CAD

  • Never Live Twice

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Books
    How can a man’s own wife be mixed up in one tawdry scheme after another, right under her husband’s nose, and keep the secret?Ask me—I’m the husband.It was four years too late when I discovered Louisa was a woman who made her own rules. For everything, including what every discontented little housewife needs—a foolproof method for becoming a wealthy young widow. ... Read more

    $4.50 CAD

  • Strongarm

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Crime
    Meet Pete Karma, the man who broke jail and wound up neck-deep in a gangland bloodbath. Pete had a lot of hate stored up inside. He hadn’t committed the murder he’d been sent up for, and it didn’t take him long to figure out who’d framed him and how. After two and a half years in the slammer, Pete had his plan down perfect. His crooked lawyer, Charlie Risko, would get it first. But as soon as Pete ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Operation Fireball

    by Dan J Marlowe ...
    Series series Prologue Crime
    Five strangers …Two million bucks …One lusty redhead …And no holds barred.Staying out of trouble might be relaxing for some guys. But too much peace and quite make me very nervous.Hazel—the luscious lady who keeps me busy and happy during long winter evenings—was trying to sell me her retirement plan.I was tempted.But then suddenly an old pen pal turned up with a couple of friends and a scheme ... Read more

    $4.50 CAD