Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  Sterling Noel’s “Empire of Evil” is one of the best mystery-crime thrillers dealing with the Mafia that you’ll ever come across.  It was the bloody path to murder.  This is the story of Daniel Andradi, a young executive in America’s most terrible industry—crime. This is the rise of a Mafioso, don of the Brotherhood of Evil, wielder of power beyond belief...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “Too Hot to Handle” is a finely woven tale of mystery and murder from Frank B. Presnell.  “Her voice was taunting… She whipped her open palm against the side of my face.  It jarred my mouth open.  She slammed me with her other hand, and got ready to repeat with the first.”  That was Ed Barlow’s payoff when he searched luscious Linda Cameron’s apartment for stray playboys...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “The Decoy” is a gritty murder tale written by mystery-crime novelist, Edward Ronns.  He was set up to take the fall.  Someone was pulling the strings of corruption in Sea City, and they had big plans for Ben Sherman, which would leave the now disgraced lawyer left holding the bag on a phony bribery charge...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  Mystery-crime writer Richard Deming paints a tale of wildly escalating corruption and atrocities in “Body for Sale.”  Blackmail, Sex, and Murder… Tom Cavanaugh never quarreled over the means to an end, as the end was worth grabbing for—even if his common sense told him NO!  So when he found out he was going to be fired, he played a blackmail card—a card that delivered...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “Man Bait” is a terrific tale of steamy love, betrayal, crime, and murder; written by mystery-crime novelist, Jack Liston.  She had his hooks in me.  Her name was Marcia. She worked in a bar. She was scrawny but beautiful—and she knew how to control me.  It was through Marcia that I came to know Sam Brennerman, an acknowledged underworld big shot...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “The Crooked Circle” is a gritty tale of suicide and murder; authored by crime/mystery novelist Manning Lee Stokes.  A hundred grand could tempt anyone.  Private investigator Steve Paget had always thought he would do anything for money, but nothing quite as vile and low-down as Jefferson Torrance’s proposition had ever been offered to him before...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe paperback editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  Robert Kelston serves up a murder mystery in a graveyard with “Murder’s End.”   You had a cemetery full of corpses—but one of them was a fresh murder victim!  As the owner of a stately cemetery, Charlie King was a man who made dying a pleasure.  But when Charlie turned up murdered, finding his killer became a convoluted mystery...

Armchair fiction presents large deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels, complete with original illustrations.  He’s back again!  Yes…welcome back to Richard S. Shaver’s weird worlds with “The Shaver Mystery, Book Eight.”  Dive into the catacombs of Richard Shaver’s mind with this batch of Shaver stories.  Here you'll discover some truly wild tales that feature a number of his most wonderful—and weirdest—women...

Armchair fiction presents large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Golden Centipede” by Louise Gerard is the 54^th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Settled aboard a steamer heading to the west coast of Africa, the enthusiastic ornithologist, Major the Hon. Tracy Sinclair, had his mind on hunting...

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels.  The first novel is “The World at Bay” by veteran science fiction writers B. Wallis & Geo. C. Wallis.  They came from inside the earth, an invasion of strange, short, pale creatures. The second novel is Capt. S. P. Meek’s “The Red Peril,” which is a great tale from the golden age of Amazing Stories magazine...

Armchair Fiction presents the original Hardy Boys stories.  In this, Franklin W. Dixon’s “The Shore Road Mystery,” Frank and Joe Hardy are baffled by the theft of automobiles along along the Shore Road, a local coastal roadway that runs through their hometown of Bayport.  Even more mysterious is that the stolen cars all seem to disappear without a trace!...

Armchair Fiction presents the original Hardy Boys stories from the late 1920s.  In this, Franklin W. Dixon’s “Hunting for Hidden Gold,” Frank and Joe Hardy find themselves listening to an old miner’s story about hidden loot during a violent snowstorm.  Before you know it the boys are looking for a hidden stash of gold...

Armchair Fiction presents the original Hardy Boys stories.  In this, Franklin W. Dixon’s “The Missing Chums,” Frank and Joe Hardy give a grand send-off to their two pals, Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, who are departing on an adventurous boat trip along the coast.  Their boat cuts through the waters of Barmet Bay and out into the ocean, even with storm clouds brewing...

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...

Armchair fiction presents large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Mystery Message” by T. C. Bridges is the 57^th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  It was a mad race through a  snake-infested jungle...

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 large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “In the Beginning” by Alan Sullivan is the 55^th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Prehistoric creatures still roamed the earth!...

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...