William P McGivern
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William P. McGivern, a popular and prolific fantasy and science fiction writer in the 1940s and 1950s (under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Gerald Vance and P.F. Costello), later achieved fame as a noir and hardboiled mystery author of such classics as "The Big Heat." The William P. McGivern Fantasy Megapack collects 25 of his early fantasy stories, including:
AL ADDIN AND THE INFRA-RED LAMP
REWBARB'S REMARKABLE RADIO
HOWIE LEMP MEETS AN...
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William P. McGivern, a popular and prolific science fiction writer in the 1940s and 1950s (under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Gerald Vance and P.F. Costello), later achieved fame as a noir and hardboiled mystery author of such classics as "The Big Heat." The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction Megapack collects 25 of his early science fiction stories, including:
JOHN BROWN'S BODY
THE VISIBLE INVISIBLE MAN
THE DYNAMOUSE
KILLER'S...
6) The Big Heat
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It all started when a cop committed suicide. Worry over ill health, said his wife. When detective Dave Bannion starts digging deeper, he uncovers a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia's underworld sky high. The big heat was on.
7) Rogue Cop
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Mike Carmody was the best cop money could buy. When the Syndicate said jump, he knew just how high. Not so with Carmody's kid brother Eddie, so the Mob snuffed him out like a cheap cigar. Now Carmody's coming after them, savage and bloodthirsty.
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As the clock ticks toward October 15, the NYPD scrambles to find the serial killer who every year on that date kidnaps and murders a young girl. When the killer mistakenly kidnaps the daughter of tough ex-cop Luther Boyd, the search intensifies into a fast-paced manhunt through the gritty streets of New York City.
9) Night Extra
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Crooked politics and twisted passions explode into murder and a terrifying frame-up! A scream of terror shatters the quiet of the big city's swank residential section. When the police arrive at Richard Caldwell's house, they find him drunk and dazed, staring at the beautiful girl who lies dead at his feet. It looks like an out-and-out murder case-but is it? Reporter Sam Terrell thinks it is a frame-up and sets out to get the truth.
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Her corpse would be the hottest news in town. May Laval was as brilliant as a ten-carat diamond and just as cold. As the calculating ruler of a social set, she influenced generals, politicians, and big businessmen. Slowly and shrewdly, she learned the intimate details of everyone's lives and recorded the seamy facts in a diary so as not to forget a single sordid detail. One day, May Laval threatened to publish her diary. Now it's up to PR man Jake...