But now Ken is dead -- murdered by a thief, the police say -- and Gevan's presence is desperately needed to keep their company, Dean Products, from falling apart.Gevan soon sees there's more going on at Dean Products than a classic power struggle between old guard and new blood. But everywhere he turns, he finds only questions and confusion. He must struggle to keep his hands off the grieving widow, the beautiful seductress Niki, who is all too eager to pick up where they left off. He must grapple with the motives of Stanley Mottling, the new production chief. He must come to terms with the presence of a Colonel from the Pentagon, who supervises the company's new defense contracts.But Gevan Dean doesn't suspect the truth behind Ken's murder or what is really going on at Dean Products -- until the stakes get too high to ignore and the truth explodes violently in his face . . . .

    Working door-to-door one day, trying to eke money out of folk with even less of it than he has, Dolly crosses paths with a beautiful young woman named Mona Farrell. Mona's being forced by her aunt to do things she doesn't like, with men she doesn't know -- she wants out, any way she can get it. And to a man who wants nothing of what he has, Mona sure looks like something he actually does. Soon Dolly and Mona find themselves involved in a scheme of robbery, murder and mayhem that makes Dolly's blood run cold. As Dolly's plans begin to unravel, his mind soon follows. In A Hell of a Woman, Jim Thompson offers another arresting portrait of a deviant mind, in an ambitious crime novel that ranks among his best work.

    Contents:· Born of Man and Woman · vi F&SF Sum ’50 · Third from the Sun · ss Galaxy Oct ’50 · Lover, When You’re Near Me · nv Galaxy May ’52 · SRL Ad · ss F&SF Apr ’52 · Mad House · nv Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53 · F--- [“The Foodlegger”] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’52 · Dear Diary · ss Born of Man and Woman, Chamberlain, 1954 · To Fit the Crime · ss Fantastic Nov/Dec ’52 · Dress of White Silk · ss F&SF Oct ’51 · Disappearing Act · ss F&SF Mar ’53 · The Wedding · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul ’53 · Shipshape Home · ss Galaxy Jul ’52 · The Traveller · ss Born of Man and Woman, Chamberlain, 1954

    The people of Dellville blamed him for what had happened to Ricky Madison. Virgil Kern, Dellville's new cop, had nothing but contempt for Link, and had no problem roughing him up. Link knew how to get back at Kern, a plan that included Kern's sixteen-year-old daughter, Darlene. VanZuuk watched with an amused expression on his broad, shiny face as the yellow convertible rolled down the street well within the speed limit. A block away, the driver spotted the police cap as Arnie knew he would. A moment later the mellow tone of the mufflers was swallowed up by an angry, earsplitting roar as the yellow car shot ahead with tires screeching, leaving black marks on the pavement. As the car tore past the police car, the driver turned his head and gave the two policemen a bold, defiant stare. Felsen captured the mood, the feel, and the tempo of American adolescence during the fifties better than any other writer. His novels may seem naïve to us now, but those were naïve times. Felsen was the fifties. For that reason alone, his books are worth remembering.

    He had the morals of a tomcat and the instincts of a rattlesnake. But Ferron was sitting pretty. In New York City he had Lydia —a gorgeous redhead who loved him to distraction. Upstate he had Amy—lovely, virginal and wealthy; she could hardly wait till they were married. In the trunk of his battered car he had one hundred thousand dollars.—And he had literally gotten away with murder! Ferron was very lucky. Then his world started to come apart at the seams with shattering suddenness ...

    and hungry and cheap and demanding. But it didn't matter. She was all those things, and I knew it, but she was much more, too. She was fire and ice and fury, and when she came up to me—that first time—her mouth making little squirming noises, I knew she was all I ever wanted. I was a cop. An honest one. Tough, but honest. And she was the wife of another man. Maybe she was a killer. Maybe she was a--a kind of person even tough cops don't talk about except in dirty whispers. But I didn't care. I had to have her.

    

    I've knocked around a lot but it froze me to watch what she was doing up there on the screen. It was incredible. It was a film made for stag parties; I've seen a lot of them, but never like this.And now she was one of Hollywood's biggest stars.It was up to me to get back those films. To buy them, to steal them - maybe even kill - to get them back.

    publication of the novelization - an enhanced version of the original novel - of the 1954 classic film, Creature From the Black Lagoon. Written by Vargo Statten (aka John Russell Fearn).Previously and originally published in 1954 and only in the UK.This book contains:1. The original novel 2. The addition of stills from the film 3. A new introduction by David J. Schow4. A new cover by Bob Eggleton5. A new afterword by Philip HarbottleSynopsis:A small expedition travelling up a remote Amazon river captures a strange prehistoric beast, "a living amphibious missing link," who lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists drug the lonely creature, who becomes enamored with the head scientist's fiancée and assistant, Kay Lawrence. It then breaks free to wreak havoc on the team, kidnaps the bathing beauty, and escapes into the Amazon. David Reed, Chief scientist, launches a crusade to rescue Kay and cast the ominous creature back to the depths from where it came. The jungle turns from exotic to treacherous when the creature blocks their passage and strands them in the wilds.

    “My name’s Ralph Angers. What’s yours?”That’s how I met him, this grave-looking, clean-cut, totally mad young man, who walked through my town with a gun, leaving a wake of tears and agony and murder behind him.

    When Conrad is murdered on the eve of announcing his theory, journalist Henry Sanford and the Institute's brainy Liza Drew investigate. Soon the pair discover their own lives are in jeopardy, for the people of the future are determined that no one of our era will ever reveal their existence or the role they play in human history. As critic Groff Conklin wrote in Galaxy, Killer to Come has "a sharpness and authority in the writing, plotting and characterization that makes it soar high. Entertains in an expert and colorful fashion. A fast-moving tale with a wry and uncomfortable payoff."

    Evil--was everywhere in the ancient castle--in its cracked walls and blackened stones, in its weed-infested gardens and shattered statuary, in the stench of decay and death that pervaded its deserted rooms...And above all, in the presence of the vicious old crone who hid among the ruins with her dying sister...

    We also believe this is one of the most morally enlightening books you will ever read."