Murder -- it's one of the staples of mystery fiction. One of the unwritten rules of the mystery novel is to start your murder in the first chapter...and on the first page, if possible! Collected here are 22 tales of murder. Some are fiendish. ("The Doorbell" is especially chilling.) Some are exotic. (Egyptian mummy murder? You bet!) Some take place in far-off locations. (The Canadian woods? At sea? In foreign countries? Why not!) What they all have in common, though, is a criminal mastermind trying (and sometimes succeeding) in getting away with the ultimate crime...MURDER! Included are:

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, by James Holding

ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER, by Stuart Palmer

THE STEPS TO MURDER, by Rufus King

MURDER HUNCH, by John Benton

PROXY, by Talmage Powell

CORPORAL DOWNEY CALLS THE TUNE, by James B. Hendryx

ARMORED CAR RENDEZVOUS, by Lawrence DeFoy

MURDER SET-UP, by Charles Marquis Warren

PAY FOR YOUR PEANUTS, by Tom Thursday

THE AVALANCHE MAKER, by W. Ryerson Johnson

THE DOORBELL, by David H. Keller

CASTLE OF THE DOOMED, by David M. Norman

THE MUMMY'S CURSE, by Anonymous

THE MURDER OF SILAS CORD, by Harold F. Sorensen

THE PERFUMED PERIL, by Emil Petaja

MURDER HUNCH, by John Benton

WINGS FOR AN ANGEL, by C. S. Montanye

CARTE BLANCHE FOR MURDER, by Arthur Humbolt

SLUGS ALONG THE MOHAWK, by Ted Stratton

MURDER ISN'T EVERYTHING, by Kingsley Smith

SURROGATE, by Janet Fox

THE BODY IN THE ROCKPIT, by Rufus King

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