Murder — it's one of the staples of mystery fiction. One of the unwritten rules of the mystery novel is to start your murder in the first chapter...and on the first page, if possible! Collected here are 22 tales of murder. Some are fiendish. ("The Doorbell" is especially chilling.) Some are exotic. (Egyptian mummy murder? You bet!) Some take place in far-off locations. (The Canadian woods? At sea? In foreign countries? Why not!) What they all have in common, though, is a criminal mastermind trying (and sometimes succeeding) in getting away with the ultimate crime...MURDER! Included are:

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, by James Holding
ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER, by Stuart Palmer
THE STEPS TO MURDER, by Rufus King
MURDER HUNCH, by John Benton
PROXY, by Talmage Powell
CORPORAL DOWNEY CALLS THE TUNE, by James B. Hendryx
ARMORED CAR RENDEZVOUS, by Lawrence DeFoy
MURDER SET-UP, by Charles Marquis Warren
PAY FOR YOUR PEANUTS, by Tom Thursday
THE AVALANCHE MAKER, by W. Ryerson Johnson
THE DOORBELL, by David H. Keller
CASTLE OF THE DOOMED, by David M. Norman
THE MUMMY'S CURSE, by Anonymous
THE MURDER OF SILAS CORD, by Harold F. Sorensen
THE PERFUMED PERIL, by Emil Petaja
MURDER HUNCH, by John Benton
WINGS FOR AN ANGEL, by C. S. Montanye
CARTE BLANCHE FOR MURDER, by Arthur Humbolt
SLUGS ALONG THE MOHAWK, by Ted Stratton
MURDER ISN'T EVERYTHING, by Kingsley Smith
SURROGATE, by Janet Fox
THE BODY IN THE ROCKPIT, by Rufus King

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