A collection of short stories by the "Queen of Suspense" features her first published short story, "Stowaway."

"Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their dysfunctional relationship. However, she soon finds herself drawn into another investigation when Serena Barrington asks her to look into the disappearance of valuable jewelry snatched at a...

"When archaeologist Bruce Almond is tragically killed on a dig in Greece, his son Crispin returns to Somerset and to a mother he barely knows. Crispin has a good reason to believe his father's death was no accident, and in his grief and confusion, even his mother is not free from suspicion -- particularly when she seems over-friendly with two of Almond's ex-colleagues: men who had opportunity, if not motive, for foul play. The truth lies buried along...

It was never a sure thing that James Ensor, the great Belgian painter of macabre and ghoulish scenes, would become a nationally revered figure. He was unusual in many ways. Apart from his training in Brussels, he spent his entire long life in Ostend, seemingly the opposite of cosmopolitan. Later on he was expelled by the group Les XX for a particularly controversial canvas: The Entry of Christ into Brussels, which he had painted in 1889. An expressionist...

Classic pulp fiction at its finest, drawn from the pages of the iconic magazine, Black Mask 4 features stories by Katherine Brocklebank, Thomas Walsh, Raoul Whitfield, and others.