To millions of loyal readers, Myron Kane was a great man, a genius, a truth-teller. But to everyone who knew him personally, Myron Kane was a man with the touch of death, whose razor-edged pen could destroy a reputation, a life, a soul — and never hesitated to do so. It was no surprise, then, that somebody decided to prove once and for all that a knife, if buried in human flesh, could be far deadlier than a pen...

WHO IS THE WOMAN IN BLACK?A living ghost, dressed in black, crashes a Washington cocktail party — and touches off a chain of violence and murder.Who is the Woman in Black? The answer is a matter of life and death for a pretty young matron, a legendary captain of industry, a rich and dazzling hostess — and for lady sleuth Grace Latham and her friend Col. Primrose."Mrs Latham works wonders with the clues. A major Ford opus." — New York Herald Tribune

The town was dark and heavy with doom. Hate, generations old, flowed through it like a malevolent river. Julie knew the force of that hate... and the violence which had issued from it in the past. It could erupt again; she lived in terror.Ben, the stranger, saw Julie and fell in love. A secret voice warned him to stay away, but he did not. They clung together in the darkness; meanwhile, through the midnight shadows of the town a killer moved to wreak his vengeance on them both.

She was elegant, beautiful, and a cold-blooded killer...or so it appeared. She had the perfect motive. She even admitted to being at the scene of the crime. Scotland Yard was prepared to charge Louise Colton with her husband's brutal murder.Only shy, retiring Mr. Pinkerton believed her innocent. He wandered into the case by accident, but he stayed to plumb its murky depths, to stir the waters of scandal and revenge...until the killer moved to strike again!

Leslie Ford cordially invites you to spend the weekend at a murder-haunted mansion...Escape the workaday world and come to this luxurious Newport, Rhode Island, playground. Watch the idle rich at their games. See a delightful young heiress falling in love. Observe high society's most fascinating cad in action. See three lovely Paris-garbed ladies play hide-and-seek with a huge inheritance. Attend the lavish Saturday night dance of death..."Some of Mrs. Ford's smoothest writing." —Anthony Boucher, New York Times"A charming young heiress — a glittering social affair where death came uninvited... Ford...one of the best mystery writers" —Louisville Courier-Journal"Leslie Ford is an expert at getting a heroine neck-deep in trouble and dragging the reader along." — New York Times

The second book in the Major Gregory Lewis Mystery series investigates the apparent suicide of the husband of a former flame. Of course, conspiracy and murder are both indicated.

MONEY — D. J. Durbin had the price of a lavish mansion and a beautiful wife. But he couldn't buy back his health... or save his life.MYSTERY — Cass Crane came back from the Orient, knowing a little too much about some things... and not nearly enough about others.ROMANCE — Beautiful Courtney Durbin was exciting, dangerous—and a glamorous threat to pretty Molly Crane's love for Cass.THEN MURDER CAME... to suggest an unholy bond between Courtney and Cass... and Colonel Primrose stepped in to solve a double murder, while Grace Latham kept an eye on Molly — lonely, helpless, and afraid.

It's been twelve years since we've heard of Mr. Evan Pinkerton, the little, timid man who seems to attract trouble, and continually harasses Inspector Bull of Scotland Yard. They're back now in Homicide House.The story is laid in postwar London, and Mr. Pinkerton is living at No. 4 Godolphin Square. Despite the fact that he owns the apartment house, he shares meagre quarters on the top floor with the chef. Years of living with the penny-pinching Mrs. Pinkerton (now fortunately deceased) have accustomed him to discomfort, and Mr. Pinkerton is quite happy living where he is.One day a young American comes swinging along the Square. He attracts Mr. Pinkerton's attention when he stops in front of No. 22, directly across from No. 4, and now a shell of a house with only a stairway leading nowhere. The American is so obviously distressed at the sight of the bombed-out house, that Mr. Pinkerton breaks a habit of longstanding and speaks to him. When the stranger tells him he is...

"A beautiful blonde with something to hide... A youthful and puzzled doctor... A pretty — and frightened — teenager... A very rich, very angry young man... Each set out that night, unaware that at least one of them had a bizarre date with death. Once you start, you won't be able to stop reading this irresistible mystery by ""that consummate artist LESLIE FORD."" (Philadephia Bulletin). ""High quality."" — Los Angeles News ""A fast-moving killer-diller."" — New Orleans Times-Picayune ""An exciting combination of mystery and romance."" — Syracuse Herald-American"

IN THE MANSION OF MURDER...A self-made millionaire, whose true story was not fit to print...His beautiful "friend"...His wife, and her friend, a very suspect psychiatrist...And a man from the haunted past, with his father's blood on his hands, and every reason in the world to kill and kill again..."You'll find screams at midnight, multiple slaughter, knockout drops, love and money in generous quantities...much brilliancy." — New York Herald Tribune"Absorbing." — New York Times"The best mystery I've read this year. It's got something." — Norman Klein, New York Post

The Idyllic life in Eden, Devon County, home of Spig and Molly O'Leary, is suddenly menaced by the spectre of a long-forgotten death and the grim reality of imminent murder. Meanwhile, the march of 'progress' in the form of a new bridge, a super highway, and a real estate boom — complete with rumors that their neighbors are planning to sell part of their land to a gambling syndicate — hangs over everything...

She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold-blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim...She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold- blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim . . ."A prime mystery . . . told with Leslie Ford's usual skill." —The New York Times"Exciting." — The New Statesman"Excellent Leslie Ford at top form. — New York Herald Tribune