Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. This double novel kicks off with a terrific Milton Ozaki tale, “The Deadly Lover.” She was just too beautiful to die! But die she did—the victim of a ruthless killer who struck by night. A killer smart enough to lure the lovely young girl to a lonely park, smart enough to strangle the life from her shapely body, smart enough to leave no traces... The second tale in this double novel is a great thriller by Robert Moore Williams, “Murder is so Final.” In the early hours of the morning, as the traffic began to pile up and humidity increased, the male citizens of St. Louis performed their usual routines. They dressed, showered and shaved, made breakfast and coffee, read the paper, and if they were lucky, kissed the Missus’ goodbye...

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. “The House of Murders” by longtime mystery pulp magazine veteran D. L. Champion is the first story in this double novel. The Thorpe family was one of the most respectable and wealthy families in all of New York. But behind a seven-foot fence (and the pack of killer hounds that encircled it) lay the ancient house... This double novel’s second tale is a fast-moving thriller by Lawrence G. Blochmann. His novel, “Pursuit,” is about Timothy Shawn, the head of the great Shawn Detective Agency, who dangled the biggest piece of change before the sleepy eyes of Edward T. Mitchell that the former All American halfback had ever seen...

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. “Blood on the Moon” by pulp magazine veteran Dwight V. Swain starts of this thrilling double novel. From the outside the Hideaway Club was exactly like one would expect: a sleazy joint full of crooks, criminals, and con artists. The neon lights and cheap décor tried to hide its seedy underbelly... Dwight V. Swain is back again for the second novel, “Murder for Madame.” When a married man still makes passes at the ladies, any trouble that develops should be both expected and deserved...

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. Day Keene starts off this mystery combo with a whodunit gem, “Wake Up to Murder.” Jim Charters was generally a well-liked home-loving type. As a sixty-two-dollar-and-fifty-cents-a-week paralegal, he had earned a reputation of being a straight shooter. That was until he was unceremoniously pink-slipped... This double novel’s second tale is a lively thriller, “Dying Room Only” by Stewart Sterling. Broadway’s smash musical revue had a special added attraction the night Ben Pedley took it in...

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. “Unholy Night,” a terror-filled thriller by veteran storyteller Hugh B. Cave, starts off this mystery combo. They called the looming structure on the sea cliff “Fulsom’s Folly,” and accounts pertaining to it (whispered only with dread by the local citizens) were shocking tales...This double novel’s second tale is Robert Colby’s thriller,“Kill Me a Fortune.” For Ross Elliot the summer held no promise. With his teaching duties over until fall, and a nasty breakup behind him, he found himself facing boredom, with three months of lonely time on his hands...

Armchair fiction presents large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Treasure Vault of Atlantis” by Olof W. Anderson is the 58^th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Would she be trapped in a vault forever?  To modern civilization, the lost world of Atlantis is a continent of myth and legend that...

(1949) Regina Linnanheimo, William Markus, Åke Lindman, Annie Mörk, Rauha Rentola, Heikki Savolainen.  This is a terrific Finnish action-drama film about two brothers: the eldest serious and dull, the youngest wild and full of life.  Their family is ruled with an iron hand by their aging, petulant mother.  Both men fall for the same girl.  When the youngest is framed for murder...

(1934) Tom Walls, Yvonne Arnaud, Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Hugh Wakefield. Walls is a wealthy Englishman who flies to a foreign country to recoup some stolen loot from a young troublemaker.  He lands smack dab in the middle of a revolution...

(1929) Ramon Novarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page, Bud Geary, Roscoe Carnes. For an early sound/silent film, this is really a pretty good movie; in fact it’s a lot of fun.  Six pals go through the Naval Academy to earn their pilot's wings. One by one, the group is whittled down to just two...

(1934) Leslie Banks, Carol Goodner, Frank Vosper, Alfred Drayton.  Banks has a grand time as the top designer in a British shipyard.  Unfortunately, the yard has run into a slew of downturns and is in big financial trouble.  But Banks has a new ship in mind...

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