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The 1920s: the age of high-hats, flappers, frivolity, whiskey highballs, ostentation and social and political intrigue. The reigning queen of sleuths and Granny Gosling's arch rival, Vida Vulpino, arrives at the Erskine manor to solve the same crime. Like two cats in an alley that have their eye on the same half-eaten fish, each stiffens at the sight of the other, causing sparks to fly. Flamboyant, vain and theatrical though she is, Miss Vulpino's record as an amateur crime solver is unsurpassed. These are all reasons for Granny Gosling to hate her rival, but not so much that she should ...

Granny Gosling, a dodgy, unscrupulous amateur detective, is strictly in it for the money and fame. Accompanied by her neurotic grandson Doughy (pronounced Doe-ee), she is invited by her friend, Lady Dunholm, to investigate the suspected poisoning of her husband. When a fresh attempt is made on Lord Dunholm's life that results in his death, Granny Gosling is ecstatic. For it is now a murder case. Her very first. Armed with her leather valise containing the written exploits of the leading fictional crime solvers of the day as well as the most advanced technological detecting equipment "that ...

In the town of Name Pending, Wyoming, Elijah Potbury does brisk business as the territory's only practicing necromancer. For a reasonable fee, he'll raise any friend or family member. Stories contained in this fourth volume: "The Ravenous Man-Eater": Mr. Seven, owner of the airship Azincourt, assigns Professor Hemplewick the task of creating a many-tentacled, armor-plated monstrosity in the form of a giant slug to work in the engine room of the Azincourt. A reanimated human brain from a freshly deceased corpse is needed to power the creature, for which Seven turns to Potbury. Aware of ...

When Johnny Hornet's father dies in mysterious circumstances and his sister is kidnapped, he decides to take matters into his own hands. In his way is Tull Clancy, a powerful and ruthless ranch owner who has a small army of gunmen at his beck and call. Even the local peace officers, in the pocket of Clancy, are used to hunt Hornet down. While on the run from his enemies, Hornet makes a startling discovery related to a missing hoard of gold that might either make him wealthy beyond his wildest dreams or result in his death.

From far and near and without warning, the bullets of hired assassins scream through the air in search of their target: Johnny Hornet. His days seem numbered, but help is at hand. Just as fire is best fought with fire, an assassin is best fought with another assassin, one who knows the trade and can anticipate his adversary's every move and hunt down the hunter. While Hornet locks horns with his ruthless enemies, Hattie Hornet, sister to Johnny Hornet, tries to put her ignominious past behind her as a soiled dove of a bordello. In partnership with a close friend, she opens a shop not far ...

A season-ending party is to be held at Highfart Hall. To his surprise, Dr Platupous, a quietly suffering, quietly balding, always anxious private practitioner of medicine, receives an invitation. Once inside the hall, his bravery, perseverance and gelatinous backbone will be put to the test as never before. There, within its walls, he is subjected to the mad whims, snobbery and open hostility of the Highfarts and their guests amidst the backdrop of inexplicable disruptions to the space-time continuum. In a place where madness reigns and his senses are left reeling, Dr Platupous comes to an ...

In the town of Name Pending, Wyoming, Elijah Potbury does brisk business as the territory's only practicing necromancer. For a reasonable fee, he'll raise any friend or family member. Stories contained in this volume: "The Automatons Who Ate Lead": After convincing Potbury to resurrect two disembodied brains that are to be transplanted into automatons, the diabolical Mr. Seven uses them to kidnap Miss Henrietta. Potbury, with the help of his faithful gun hand, the late Nat McGrue, does everything in his power to thwart the scheming airship owner. "The Hatching of the Wolf Spider": The Wolf ...

In the town of Name Pending, Wyoming, Elijah Potbury does brisk business as the territory's only practicing necromancer. For a reasonable fee, he'll raise any friend or family member. Stories contained in this third volume: "A Long Way From Name Pending": A traveler from the future is shot and killed in the town of Name Pending, leaving behind a small triangular prism containing a composite of all the collected known knowledge of the twenty-second century. Mr. Seven and most of the townspeople will seemingly stop at nothing to possess it. "Subterranean Sojourn": Mr. Seven journeys deep ...

After a bout of illness, Elijah Potbury, a practicing necromancer in the town of Name Pending in the territory of Wyoming, is again open for business. His first customer one morning is Miss Abigail, who commissions Potbury to resurrect her sister so she can locate a missing strong-box, the location of which is known only to her deceased sister. The sister is successfully raised but proves uncooperative in the search for the strong-box. Potbury, at no extra charge, devises a plan to jog the sister's memory by having her former love interest, the late Nat McGrue, pay court to her in the ...

United States Marshal A.A. Flint, retired, finds himself in a slow-moving wagon rumbling across the Wyoming territory in the company of a hot-tempered shrew and her prudish offspring. Along the way, they stop off at the lawless and highly dangerous Town of No Return. The good news is the trio expects to find a hidden fortune in gemstones awaiting them at their final destination. The bad news is a death-dealing gunfighter known as the Man in Black is trailing them.

Stories contained in this volume: "The Enterprising Necromancer":In the town of Name Pending, Wyoming, Elijah Potbury does brisk business as the territory's only practicing necromancer. For a reasonable fee, he'll raise any friend or family member. When a local rancher complains of his newly resurrected ranch hand being defective and demands a full refund, Potbury refuses to comply. The incident is reported to the town marshal, who investigates. "Low Noon": Potbury the necromancer sends out an invitation to out-of-town gunfighters to challenge his own shootist, the late Nat McGrue. McGrue ...

Behind the barricade in the entrance hall of Hornet's ranch, the remaining defenders — now numbering just nine — shake hands and say their last goodbyes. As they look into each other's faces, they see tired, haggard features but no signs of regret. Hornet implores his fiancée to retreat to one of the upper rooms and hide there, but Simona, smiling, only looks back with silent adoration. Whether in life or death, by his side is where she wishes to be. Outside, the wolfish, triumphant howls of the invaders, led by their fanatical leader, signal that they are about to charge. With the ...

United States Marshal Flint, retired, is hired by the Whitcomb family to protect the Whitcombs from attacks by a rival family, the Morgans. For thirty-five long years the Whitcombs and Morgans have been sworn enemies. Dozens of family members in that time have been cut down in the prime of life. But the worst may be yet to come as the killings begin to escalate. When Flint kills the eldest Morgan son during a raid by the Morgans, he is inexorably drawn into a conflict he wanted no part of. Now he too is fair game. Thaddeus Morgan, the ruthless, fanatical patriarch of the Morgans, vows that ...

A murder mystery set in the Old West. One by one, the aging members of a disbanded cattle-rustling outfit are slain by an unknown murderer out for revenge. The local peace officer, being a gangly teenager new to the job, is not trusted to handle the case. Former U.S. Marshal A.A. Flint, a private investigator and gun for hire, is called in to assist him. The brash, immature and petulant young lawman is resentful of Flint's interference and seeks to hinder him at every opportunity. It becomes a race against time as Flint works to unmask the ruthless perpetrator before all the victims are ...