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George Harmon Coxe

    23. duben 1901 – 30. leden 1984

    George Harmon Coxe byl americký autor detektivní fikce, jehož styl byl silně ovlivněn érou pulpových časopisů. Ponořil se do žánru, který miloval, a vytvořil řadu nezapomenutelných postav, často detektivů a fotografů, kteří se pohybovali ve spletitých zločinech. Jeho práce se vyznačuje napínavým tempem a schopností vtáhnout čtenáře do světa plného tajemství a intrik. Coxe nejenže mistrně ovládal řemeslo napínavé fikce, ale jeho oblíbené postavy pronikly i do jiných médií, což dokazuje jejich trvalý dopad.

    Weekend auf Barbados
    Wir heiraten, wenn
    Obiettivo sul delitto
    Fotografia rivelatrice
    Never Bet Your Life
    The Last Commandment
    • The Last Commandment

      • 200 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení

      Courtney Alsop's women: HIS DAUGHTER---had a boyfriend Alsop was out to disgrace......HIS SISTER---had a long-standing hatred...or was it guilt?......HIS FIANCEE---still had an inconvenient husband..........Explosive situation---and the explosion left Alsop dead and ace photog Kent Murdock in hot water---trailing a murderer who was ready to kill again!Courtney Alsop's women: HIS DAUGHTER---had a boyfriend Alsop was out to disgrace......HIS SISTER---had a long-standing hatred...or was it guilt?......HIS FIANCEE---still had an inconvenient husband..........Explosive situation---and the explosion left Alsop dead and ace photog Kent Murdock in hot water---trailing a murderer who was ready to kill again!

      The Last Commandment
    • Never Bet Your Life

      • 200 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení

      His job was to protect a friend from suicide, but he didn't count on murderAfter a car crash takes his daughter's life, John Gannon doesn't want to live anymore. He tries twice to kill himself--first by jumping, next with pills--but doesn't succeed. His doctors recommend a beach vacation with close supervision. For a week Dave Barnum watches his despondent friend drink, fish, and gamble, and gradually grows sick of his ill temper. Finally, convinced that John Gannon has gotten past his suicidal tendencies, Barnum lets his guard down. The mistake proves fatal. That night, at Club 80, someone drugs Barnum's brandy. By the time he makes it home, Gannon is dead. As he inspects his friend's body, the killer wallops him on the skull and escapes unseen. Barnum's job was to protect John Gannon. He failed, and now it's time for some payback.

      Never Bet Your Life