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Kept women can't quit; The man in the cage; Dead on arrival

Kept women can't quit; The man in the cage; Dead on arrival

MysteryThriller
Published
1961
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection features three classic tales of suspense and intrigue. In "Kept Women Can't Quit," a woman's past catches up to her with deadly consequences. "The Man in the Cage" plunges a detective into a perplexing case of a missing person and a mysterious locked room. Finally, "Dead on Arrival" presents a race against time to solve a murder before the killer strikes again.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

Tense

Genres

Mystery Thriller

Authors

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Erle Stanley Gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was a prolific American author. A former lawyer, he is best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico. The best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death, Gardner also published under numerous pseudonyms, including A. A...

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Jack Vance

John Holbrook "Jack" Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.

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Lee Thayer

American author Emma Redington Lee Thayer published 60 novels during her long career, all but one featuring detective Peter Clancy.