Pretty Sinister Books

THE STORY: Mary Ann Manners receives a surprise visit from her no good nephew Tom Griggs. He threatens her with exposure of a secret if she...

Don't Open the Door (1945) is Anthony Gilbert's seventeenth novel featuring lawyer-detective Arthur Crook with an opening that ...

THE STORY: Viola Ross is awaiting the verdict from the jury who are deliberating on her fate in the trial of her husband's murder. No...

THE STORY: A shout of "Fire!" in Everard Hope's home The Brakes. Panic ensues as the occupants rush out of their rooms arme...

I seem to be on a roll in choosing my kind of detective novel.  My first taste of the prolific --and sorely overlooked by me -- "Anth...

My Name Is Julia Ross , a neat suspense movie, has been a favorite among the film festival circuit and revival movie houses for years no...