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Overview: Rufus King (1893-1966) was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories: the most famous being Lieutenant Valcour. Modern critics are rediscovering Rufus King’s work. Mike Grost, on Golden Age Detective, features a long writeup of King, stating: "King had a vivid writing style, with colorful characters, events, and images. He was clearly a born writer."
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
The Fatal Kiss Mystery (1928)
In this masterpiece of fear and suspense, Rufus King tackles the dangerous subjects of love and atomic energy. The resulting romantic riddle is a brain-teaser guaranteed to stymie detective fans until the very last page.
Ramier Bellamy kisses Drusilla Duveen good-bye and prepares to make himself invisible. But something goes wrong with his experiment—and when the machine he invented started to hum, it is Drusilla, not he, who vanishes!
That’s just the first in a series of mysterious events that will keep you guessing—and wondering!
Holiday Homicide (1941)
Cotton Moon has his hands full in the case of the Holiday Homicide. He gets mixed up in a murder investigation on New Year’s Morning because of (1) a rare tropical nut and (2) a large fee he is sure to collect. At his side is Bert Stanley, an assistant who was hired because he was once a bartender who could take dictation and type—and swing the stiffs out of a waterfront bar at closing time. With a line-up of suspects and a fast-moving plot sure to please every reader, here is one investigation no mystery fan can afford to miss!
A Variety of Weapons (1943)
Ann Lebrick cheerfully accepted an assignment to photograph the ocelots of Miss Estelle Marlow. On arrival at the Marlow estate, Black Tor, where she was to stay for a week, she found herself in a brooding atmosphere of great wealth, guarded isolation from the rest of mankind, and black clouds of suspicion. She became uneasy at Miss Marlow’s apparent lack of interest in photographs of her ocelots. She was worried when her fiancé telephoned her, imploring her to leave at once. She was literally scared when Justin Marlow, old and heartbroken, revealed to her a secret that had been kept for twenty years. Then a sensitive photographic film was developed, proving murder…
Never Walk Alone (1944)
Without realizing it, Carrie Giles has become a stranger in her own home. Four roomers have moved in. Three are cold-eyed men. The fourth is a predatory female whose every word and gesture is a wanton invitation. All four are interested in Carrie’s etchings. But she doesn’t know why—until a silent killer walks into her room!
The Deadly Dove (1945)
With greedy anticipation, Alan Admont listened to gangster Joe Inbrun plan murder. The Deadly Dove, a ruthless killer, would be hired. The Dove worked quietly and swiftly. The result would be a fatal accident or illness.
Alan had just married wealthy and eccentric Christine Belder, who was old enough to be his mother. It was a pleasant setup for Alan—until Joe Inbrun saw in it a way to collect an old debt. Then suddenly Christine cut Alan out of her will and Alan now had to try desperately to keep her alive.
But the Dove was at work. Not even Joe could stop him. Alan waited in terror for the deadly blow that would leave him penniless when, without warning, murder struck in the Belder mansion.
But the victim was not Christine…
Duenna to a Murder (1951)
Melissa Tyler, who had just inherited incredible wealth, came to the Harden Detective Agency claiming she needed protection from crank letters and any possible trouble involving her family. This was a vast understatement of the situation as Margot, the poised young woman from Harden’s, learned when she returned with Melissa to a languorous South Carolina town.
In a town dominated by conservative old families, Mrs. Tyler’s husband was unique. A former carnival knife thrower covered with tattoos, he presented a fantastic social problem. To make things more desperate, his daughter—on the verge of a concert debut —jilted one of the town’s favorite sons…and showed marked interest in a handsome, somewhat sinister, newcomer.
The situation became literally deadly when the body of a murdered man was found in the driveway of the Tyler home—and what had been scandal grew into horror!
Miami Papers Please Copy (1956) Story
Mr. and Mrs. Benson were enjoying their cruise around the world, oblivious to the criminal types around them. After all, as Americans, they had nothing to worry about. Not even in Los Angeles, last stop before the Orient. Or did they?
Rendezvous With Death (1958) Story
A young woman becomes sole heir to a huge fortune when her family dies in a yachting accident. When she discover she has a heart condition and only months to live, she has little to live for. Until someone decides to speed up her impending demise…
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