He lived only for the day he would be free—free to track down and destroy the man who had put him behind bars.Murder was merciful compared to what Cady had in mind—and what Cady had in mind was Bowden's innocent and lovely teenaged daughter...."A powerful and frightening story." —The New York Times

    Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing.Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.

     Roving bands of Indians are terrorizing the west, destroying everything and anything in their path. During one of these ruthless attacks, young Colin Bowman's home is set ablaze and his parents viciously murdered. Orphaned and alone, the Civil War beckons, providing Colin with a welcome distraction and a newfound purpose. Fighting on the side of the victorious Union army, he finds adventure in learning the art of war. But the war has changed him, and in the crucible of combat his resolve has been strengthened. He decides that settling down is not for him. He no longer has any roots and has no desire to grow any. He yearns for personal freedom, the clean sweep of open spaces, the fresh wind in his face and the open sky above him. His adventures continue when he takes on the task of guiding Sam Curtway and his team through Indian country, heading out West in search of a better life. But when the Indians mercilessly attack, everyone’s life hangs in the balance. Can he settle the score and forge a new life for himself? Or will Colin’s desire for revenge ultimately prove to be his downfall? Praise for E C Tubb 'A thrilling read.' - Robert Foster, acclaimed author of The Lunar Code. Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of western novels, science fiction and fantasy. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stores and novellas, Tubb used 58 different pen names over five decades. He passed away in 2010, but his legacy lives on. Pioneering Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK’s leading independent digital publisher. We publish new and classic westerns by authors from the US and the UK. Sign up to our newsletter: http://bit.ly/1qCIi74 Follow us on Twitter: @PioneeringPress Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/PioneeringPress

    The detective in each of the novels is Dr. Gideon Fell.

    CONTENTS: JEWEL ROBBERY CASE; DIAMOND SWINDLE CASE; FIREBUG CASE; MONOGRAMMED WATCH CASE; CRYBABY CASE; HIT-AND-RUN CASE.

    Cayce Clary returns home to Florida to confront his uncle about neglected orange groves only to confront the possibility of being charged with murder after his uncle is shot to death following their quarrel, his only recourse is to find the killer himself

    Soon the proprietor of the newspaper, Herbert Litmore, gets two anonymous threatening letters, which he takes to the Chief Constable. Then Litmore's ten-year-old son, Ben, is kidnapped on his way home from the city Youth Club.Another letter to Litmore follows, demanding a £10,000 ransom . . .A search is begun to locate Litmore's mysterious enemy, and the police investigation starts to unravel a web of greed, jealousy, adultery and blackmail that has formed beneath Harborough's quiet surface.

    Solihull, lying on her bedroom rug with her mouth open. For propriety's sake Blow calls in his seventy-nine-year-old friend, Professor Gideon Manciple, who astutely observes that she has a knife in her back. This unlikely pair shuffle off into an investigation that leaves a sinister collection of rogues and a Scotland Yard detective thoroughly baffled.