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13 Quick Tricks: And a Few Long Cons
Bill Adams, the author of Tilt and co-author of The Unwound Way and The End of Fame, shows his skill as a mystery writer in these 26 clever short stories, many of which appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and elsewhere.
Alfred Karns, Accessory: An overheard conversation presents a dilemma.
Professional Suicide: An agent comes to regret sleeping with his client's wife.
The Iceman Cooleth: The state lottery presents some dangerous choices to a numbers runner.
Requiem for Three Sharks: They hanged him at noon by the railroad clock.
A Garden Full of Snow: An aggressive process server gets a surprise.
Paper Tiger: Getting rid of somebody is easy if you can do the paperwork.
Mug Shot: Some easy money is too easy.
A Very Short Week: Are you going to have that breakdown today?
How I Became a Criminal: I needed the money, of course.
Feedback: Can he escape the beating of his own heart?
Message in a Bottle: It was a cliche, but J.D. was intrigued.
Three Quick Tricks: Sleight of hand, or sleight of mind?
Blue Note: His plan didn't work out as he had hoped.
Asp: Can he thwart the Emperor's would-be assassins? Should he?
How To Assemble the MachoMax Exercise Bench and Leg Exerciser, Model 3 or 4: A complete guide.
Severed Connection: The perfect murder is one that cannot be traced back to you.
Nobody Gets Me: Eddie is less than enthusiastic about Paul's murder appeal.
Ken Finds Himself in California: A charming sponger discovers that he has a future as a detective.
Accidental Life: There is another world, but where is the path to it?
Unexpected Order: Life is amazing, under the right circumstances.
The Doubter and the Doubt: A medieval fable about men and foxes.
P. S. -- Semper Fidelis: Barry remembers how he lost his fear of dogs.
Jack Rabbit Country: Sleep deprivation reveals a colorful world.
Alfred Karns, Accessory: An overheard conversation presents a dilemma.
Professional Suicide: An agent comes to regret sleeping with his client's wife.
The Iceman Cooleth: The state lottery presents some dangerous choices to a numbers runner.
Requiem for Three Sharks: They hanged him at noon by the railroad clock.
A Garden Full of Snow: An aggressive process server gets a surprise.
Paper Tiger: Getting rid of somebody is easy if you can do the paperwork.
Mug Shot: Some easy money is too easy.
A Very Short Week: Are you going to have that breakdown today?
How I Became a Criminal: I needed the money, of course.
Feedback: Can he escape the beating of his own heart?
Message in a Bottle: It was a cliche, but J.D. was intrigued.
Three Quick Tricks: Sleight of hand, or sleight of mind?
Blue Note: His plan didn't work out as he had hoped.
Asp: Can he thwart the Emperor's would-be assassins? Should he?
How To Assemble the MachoMax Exercise Bench and Leg Exerciser, Model 3 or 4: A complete guide.
Severed Connection: The perfect murder is one that cannot be traced back to you.
Nobody Gets Me: Eddie is less than enthusiastic about Paul's murder appeal.
Ken Finds Himself in California: A charming sponger discovers that he has a future as a detective.
Accidental Life: There is another world, but where is the path to it?
Unexpected Order: Life is amazing, under the right circumstances.
The Doubter and the Doubt: A medieval fable about men and foxes.
P. S. -- Semper Fidelis: Barry remembers how he lost his fear of dogs.
Jack Rabbit Country: Sleep deprivation reveals a colorful world.
228 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 23, 2020
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Bill Adams
8 books5 followersAuthor of The Unwound Way, The End of Fame, Tilt, and Dead Sirius. Short stories originally published in the Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines have now been collected on Kindle.
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