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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 of cryptic, awful events that had transpired behind those rambling, weather-beaten walls—tales of mystery, horror, and murder. As fate would have it, newlyweds Alan and Carol Lane were forced to seek shelter in that pit of hell. Mother Nature had pointed her long icy fingers at them, smothering their roadway with a seemingly impassable covering of snow. Not that Alan Lane wasn’t a brave enough soul to soldier on through the piling drifts of white stuff and the beating winds that howled through their car windows, but when his engine stalled it had left them no choice but to seek shelter—and the nearest house was Fulsom’s Folly. Unfortunately for the Lanes, they would soon wish they had perished in the snow! 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. This was why he didn’t hesitate to involve himself in the affairs of one Barbara Erickson, ex-student and accused murderess. As far as Elliot was concerned, it simply wasn’t possible for one so young—and so lovely—to be capable of such a horrendous crime. And what if he was the only one who believed in her innocence? A couple of months playing private eye would be just the change of pace he needed. But after he started poking around a little, Ross Elliott began to wonder if he really was a very good judge of character. And when someone started taking pot shots at him, he knew he still might be bored that summer—right through the heart with a .38 bullet!
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