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Two O'Clock Courage TPB
Trade Paperback. This 1934 thriller is the third book under Richard A. Lupoff's Surinam Turtle imprint. A man wakes up in a park and can't remember who he is. But thanks to the help of a couple of intriguing women, he manages to remain free from arrest for a murder he MAY have committed. But he simply must figure out his identity before the cops -- or the murderer -- catch up with him. The story was made into a film called TWO IN THE DARK and the plot has been used in later films and books (notably Evan Hunter's BUDDWING and a British film called HYSTERIA) but no one has done it with the skill and style of Gelett Burgess.

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Ruled by Radio TPB
Trade paperback. Originally published in 1925, this science-fiction story set in 1930 is a zany and dazzling excursion into a world in which the world’s technology revolves around radio waves, reminiscent of the concepts of Nikola Tesla. This 'Utopia' is upset by a new invention which can interrupt radio waves, wielded by a megalomaniac who has ambitions of world domination.

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Eternity Here I Come TPB
Trade paperback. Twenty men at Scotland Yard had spent nearly a year trying to discover the identity of the master criminal who called himself Jonathan Wilde. There were many odd features about the man’s method of business. Those who worked for him mostly ended their criminal careers by pacing a cell floor, staring through a barred window, scowling at sundry warders, and regretting everything they could remember. Mick Cardby knew of these peculiarities when the firm of Cardby and Son received an unusual client. The man had one ambition in life — to see that Jonathan Wilde took an early breakfast, a short walk, and a long drop. He offered the firm real money to work as hounds in the gallows hunt.

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The Sheep and the Wolves TPB
Trade paperback. Ramble House presents another Jeffery Blackburn mystery from the pen of ace radio writer, Max Afford. In this 1940s suspense novel the private investigator is hitting the bottle a little too hard and consequently having trouble keeping his wife, Elizabeth, content. But when a major case of murder snares him it adds just the right amount of danger to save his marriage. All he has to do is find out who strangled the Greek, Cassamatis, with a silken cord and determine whose bullet is found lodged in the back of a sultry dame. All in a day's work for the PI and his friend, Chief Inspector William Read.

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The White Cat TPB
Trade paperback. This is the second title in the Surinam Turtle imprint by Richard A. Lupoff. This remarkable novel, featuring architect Chester Castle and the beautiful but deeply troubled Joy Fielding, was first published in 1907. In its examination of the dissociative identity or “multiple personality” theme it was far ahead of its time. Readers familiar with the literature will recognize the case of Sally Beauchamp, as recorded by psychiatrist Morton Prince, as the model for Gelett Burgess’s courageous heroine. There is an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff and illustrations by Will Grefé.

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Make Way for the Mourners TPB
Trade paperback. Young Mick Cardby has survived a lot of close calls in his career as the action man of the Cardby Detective Agency but he's never had a case like this one. Something is haunting Hampton Manor, and he's been hired to run the ghosts out. Or die trying. Mick Cardby is a wise-cracking hard-boiled detective of the Spade/Marlowe mold but he has more charm than both of them combined. No matter what the circumstance, he has a quick, stinging retort. In a way, he was the Shell Scott of the 30s - British-style. Ramble House hopes to publish more in the Mick Cardby series soon.

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The Night Remembers TPB
Trade paperback. Ed Gorman wrote this 1991 gem as a tribute to Bill Pronzini's Nameless series. Now Pronzini provides a foreword to this much-deserved reprint of a classic modern noir about past crimes and their punishment.

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Dago Red TPB
Trade paperback. A brilliant collection of 22 excursions into the darkest heart of noir. From the perils of familial love in “Dago Red” to the deadly TV sports of “Olaf And the Merchandisers”, Pronzini runs you through a wringer of chills and thrills, with a couple of Nameless Detective stories to keep you grounded.

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Inclination to Murder TPB
Trade paperback. Inspector Shade of the Wellington police was mildly disturbed when a young bohemian artist who also had the last name of Shade told him about a dead man she had seen on the local train. Surely she was making it all up. No one else reported such a thing. But as the pieces of this ingenious puzzle all started to fall into place, Inspector Shade found himself caught up in murder, mayhem, and more than a little intrigue as he tried to help the young woman stay alive. The trouble was — she might be the killer! Ramble House brings back this classic Kiwi mystery written by Harriet Hunter and hopes to also reprint her only other mystery, CASE FOR PUNISHMENT. Stay tuned.

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Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon TPB
Trade paperback. In OGILVIE, TALLANT & MOON best-selling author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro introduces San Francisco attorney Charlie Moon, who happens to be an Ojibwa shaman. He's got his lawbooks and a special gift for detection to make his cases for him but when things go wrong, it's the way of his ancestors that shows him the path. All four of the Charlie Moon series novels are available from Ramble House.

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Mysterious Martin, the Master of Murder TPB
Trade paperback. In 1912 Tod Robbins wrote a strange little novel called MYSTERIOUS MARTIN, about a man who creates art that can be deadly. A decade later, he wrote the story “Spurs”, from which his friend Tod Browning adapted his cult film, FREAKS. A decade after that Tod Robbins rewrote MYSTERIOUS MARTIN, calling it THE MASTER OF MURDER. In this one volume are both versions of Tod Robbins’ enigmatic novel, the 1912 and the 1933 versions. Ramble House is proud to bring back both of these macabre masterpieces for modern readers to enjoy and compare.

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The Master of Mysteries TPB
Trade paperback. This is the very first title in the Surinam Turtle imprint by Richard A. Lupoff. It was published in 1912 without an author cited but the introduction reveals that there are three ciphers hidden in the book, one of which names the author. One of them, as far as RH knows, has never been found. There is an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff and two dozen beautiful full page illustrations by Karl Anderson and George Brehm.

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The Organ Reader A4
Trade paperback coffee-table sized book. This huge thing is a compilation of the very best from the 1971 underground newspaper from San Francisco, THE ORGAN. Over 300 pages of subversive text and pictures that personify the Berkeley of 1971.

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The Case of the Withered Hand TPB
Trade paperback. Detective-Inspector McCarthy of Scotland Yard C.I.D. has his work cut out for him when a Special Branch man on Narcotic Squad duty is murdered outside the home of respected Egyptologist Professor Farman. As though this weren’t troubling enough, shortly afterwards a shrivelled, dismembered hand is discovered outside the Professor’s house. McCarthy must call on all his expertise and the forces of Scotland Yard to solve this remarkable case.

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Sinners in Paradise TPB
Trade paperback. Robert Morte, writer of radio thrillers and detective novels, decided to take a sea voyage through the Barrier Reef islands to get away from fictional clues and crime. Alas for his hopes! Morte and his wife Jane encountered a cargo of mystery far stranger than any he could possibly conceive from his own fertile mind. Max Afford, well known for his radio plays and serials, has written a fast-moving, gripping and highly ingenious story set against the colorful background of North Queensland.

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Suzy
The complete collection of SUZY comic strips.

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Corpses Never Argue TPB
Trade paperback. This Mick Cardby novel revolves round a certain Mr. Ernest Walton of Streatham, who was known among his singular circle of acquaintances as “The Weeping Cavalier.” The first time Mick Cardby met him he wondered how the glycerine specialists of the screen ever attained fame. The way tears coursed down his wizened cheeks was nothing short of an act. But it seemed odd to Mick that while Mr. Walton’s eyes would well with tears when he saw an unattended old lady, the sight of a butchered corpse left him unmoved! As to Mr. Walton, he seemed attracted to Mick, but deprecated his lack of emotion, and offered to instil some sentiment into him. Mick thought it worth a few floods of grief to satisfy his curiosity about Ernest, and soon found himself plunged in thrills.

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Blood in a Snap
Trade paperback. From the first line, with its overtones of violence and vernal mourning, to the last confusing paragraph with its intimation that a castle full of vampire sheep may have been involved, Blood In A Snap by Jim Weiler keeps you continuously guessing. Sometimes you are almost sure you know what the author is saying, but mostly you must draw your own conclusions, as the author takes you on a dizzying trip through blood (of course), printing mistakes, drinking, front lawns, making soup, bird migration, learning from the sea, house cleaning, a tendency to long stories cut short, grocery lists, carpentry tools, childrens’ toys, and finally, overweening pride. The author’s bizarre twists of grammar may confuse at first, but by and by you come to accept his linguistic rigmarole — or you eventually give up on Blood In A Snap. WARNING! Before you even think about buying this book, you MUST read the first chapter!

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Killing Time and Other Stories TPB
Trade Paperback. This is the second collection of stories by Joel Townsley Rogers published by Ramble House. With an introduction and afterword by Alfred Jan, it includes the pulp version of the classic THE RED RIGHT HAND.

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The Lucky Policeman TPB
Trade paperback. The Lucky Policeman, written in 1938, involves an English private country asylum from which a patient has disappeared, a series of bloody murders in the forest, and an odd array of evidence which suggests a madman is committing the crimes. But is all as it seems on the surface....?

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