Bøker av Morris Hershman

For more than five years, the planet Rillut had been trying to bring Earth's economy to a grinding halt; it was the only certain way of ensuring the overthrow of the government of Unified Earth. Extremists from both planets planned acts of mass violence to disrupt the body politic, and it was Matt Brisbane's mission to stop them--secretly and alone! Also published under the title, Shareworld.

In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip the volume over to read the second title), here's the fifteenth Wildside Mystery Double: STOP AT NOTHING: CLASSIC CRIME STORIES, by Lionel Webb. George Squire and wife Gertrude are visiting New Orleans, where his spouse insists on staying at a "haunted" mansion that's been renovated into a hotel. When Gertrude's jewels are stolen, the proprietor, Monsieur Favreau, insists that one of the many ghosts associated with the structure's past has been at work. But George doesn't believe in the supernatural, and sets out to prove that a more mundane force is involved. Only THE MYSTERIOUS MIRROR can provide an answer! Here are a dozen scintillating tales of murder, mayhem, and urban insanity, ripped from the steamy pages of the 1950s and '60s pulp magazines! VICIOUS CIRCLES: CLASSIC CRIME STORIES, by Lionel Webb. Gabe Manton's been acquitted of the horrific crime of raping a fourteen-year-old girl. But although the law has washed its hands of him, others in town are convinced that he's guilty--and Gabe begins receiving harassing phone calls at all hours of the day and night. Gabe reports the threats to the authorities, but they can do nothing except suggest that he GET OUT OF TOWN. But when a sniper shoots him in the back, Gabe decides to take action himself. So he makes the girl's family an offer they can't refuse! Eight rough-and-ready tales of urban life and crime, yanked screaming from the pages of the pulp magazines of the 1950s!

In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip the volume over to read the second book), here's the fourteenth Wildside Mystery Double: A KNIFE FOR MY LOVE AND FURTHER MAYHEM, by Lionel Webb. Steve Page has a problem: his beautiful wife Archie wants a better life than he can offer her. Steve's boss, Lou, the next rung up the earnings ladder, wants to marry her. But Steve loves his wife, if he can find a way to keep her. The obvious solution: A KNIFE FOR MY LOVE. Here are ten gripping tales wrenched from the 1950s and '60s pulp magazines--hardboiled stories of the bad men and bad girls haunting the urban byways! SILENT TREATMENT AND OTHER STORIES, by Lionel Webb. Tom and Ed are looking to get laid, but have no luck until they meet Harry. Harry says that if they play along with him, they can pick up--and abuse--a pretty girl, and she won't be able to do anything about it legally. They agree, and find Marsha waiting at a bus stop. They take her to a secluded park, and let her blab on while giving her the SILENT TREATMENT. Then she'll do anything to get away. Seven thrilling stories torn from the pages of the pulps!