Select Detective #1

Reporter Scoop Jensen arrives at the de Witt mansion expecting a routine society engagement story, but a dead man on the highway nearby turns the assignment into something far more sinister—especially when Jensen discovers the body is Ralph Horton, the fiancé of the de Witts' daughter. As Jensen digs deeper, he uncovers a tangle of secrets involving a broken engagement, a mysterious woman named Elaine, and suspicious dealings around a valuable oil field, each clue pointing toward someone with motive and opportunity.

When a beautiful model named Christine Brown is found stabbed in her apartment, Inspector Greg Ronson of the homicide squad must sift through a web of jealousy and deception to find her killer—and the suspects are plentiful, from her date George Simpson to her own roommate. Inspector Ronson's sharp eye for detail uncovers a crucial clue that reveals which of Christine's admirers committed the murder, and it wasn't who everyone expected.

A drifter named Ricky Keats spots an unclaimed bank account under the name Charles Ivers—the very bum he's just met on a freight train—and sees his chance to escape poverty by assuming the dead man's identity and claiming the eight thousand dollars left to him. But when Keats successfully impersonates Ivers and begins living the high life in Cleveland, the attention he draws puts him in the crosshairs of Pete Mooney's mob, who have their own reasons for wanting the cash.

When a star newsman is silenced by murder, private investigator Don Stancy follows a trail of clues from a perfume smuggling scheme that leads him aboard the S.S. Carmelita—where he discovers the operation runs far deeper, and more dangerously, than anyone suspected. With his quick-witted partner Gin at his side, Stancy must unravel the identities of the true masterminds before the smuggling ring silences him permanently.

A Parisian noblewoman finds herself caught between a seductive marquis and the dangerous secrets of his mansion during the Nazi occupation. When her marriage crumbles and she threatens legal action, the elegant gentleman reveals a far darker nature—one that the gendarmes will eventually uncover through the testimony of the very person closest to his crimes. This 1948 noir thriller traces how wartime chaos and a damning piece of furniture become instruments of justice in postwar Paris.

Hatred taught her well—Carrie Carter's intense disdain for men, instilled by her mother after a childhood tragedy, has turned her into a ruthless killer who lures unsuspecting victims to her home with charm before poisoning them. When a mysterious stranger refuses her fatal drink, Carrie's deadly game faces an unexpected challenge that threatens to unravel her twelve-victim spree.