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Private investigator Bacci Pagano can't resist taking the bait when his new client dangles a check with too many zeros. He should have known that where there's bait, there's always a hook.

When the clerk arrived to unlock the bookstore, the last thing he expected to find inside was a dead Senator. . . Now Inspector De Vincenzi has been assigned the case and the only clue is a missing copy of a rare book, taken from the room where the Senator lies dead. As the bodies begin to pile up, supernatural forces seem to be at work.

From the founder of the modern Norwegian crime novel, a story that will keep you thrilled and mystified. It is an evening in early May when the quiet of Montrose Abbey is shattered by the sounds of shouting and broken glass. When the police arrive, they find the abbey library ransacked and bloodstained. Broken furniture and a burning carpet bear witness to a violent struggle. And the abbot himself, the scholarly Abbot Montrose, is missing. Only a torn fragment of his cassock remains, caught in the wrought-iron fence surrounding the abbey. The police, the press, and citizens of this northern city fear the worst. What could have befallen the missing abbot? Has he been murdered? Abducted? As world-renowned Detective Asbjørn Krag and his partner, Detective Sirius Keller, begin to unravel the tangled knot of clues left behind, they find themselves in the city's infamous Krydder District, "where the dark doorways are as close together as rat holes in an old warehouse." The more answers they find, the more questions seem to pop up.This well-constructed, evocative and witty mystery by Sven Elvestead, also known as Stein Riverton (for whom the Norwegian Riverton Prize was named), will keep you guessing until the very last page.Sven Elvestad, aka Stein Riverton, was born in Fredrikshald, Norway, in 1884. Author of over 90 books, he is acclaimed as the father of Norwegian crime fiction. Even today, the Riverton Prize is awarded annually to the best Norwegian crime story.

In these stories, Serao writes of love and romance as if she were Barbara Cartland's older, crankier -- and often much funnier -- sister. She turns standard romantic cliches upside down with sometimes tragic, sometimes comic, but always unexpected, results.

WARNING: MAY CAUSE NIGHTMARES. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.Before there was The Twilight Zone there was Mind Games. This collection of 14 stories takes you on a roller coaster thrill ride through the unknown land where fantasy meets fact. What's real? What's not? You be the judge . . . If you can.Sometimes hilarious, often unsettling, you'll be thinking about Mind Games and its stories of ordinary people in incredible situations long after you've turned the final page. Mind Games, originally published in Italy as Delitto Ideale, is considered a classic and has been keeping people awake in Europe since 1902. This edition marks the first time it's been available in English. Get your copy today. And remember . . . We warned you.

Dagobert Trostler is the Sherlock Holmes of Vienna . . . with a twist. Unlike Holmes, he's a party animal. While he loves a good mystery, he also loves good food, good company and a good time.