Pretty Sinister Books

THE STORY: Loathsome portrait painter James Garrow is shot in his locked, bolted and barred studio. There are only two entrances and Garro...

THE STORY: Sound the bugle! Mount your horses! The fox hunt has begun. But this fox hunt ends with a decidedly different killing. Rich...

The first novel Will Oursler wrote was also his first detective novel.  The Trial of Vincent Doon (1941) is presented as if it were an actua...

The Juliot Research Institute in Poison Unknown (1939) is a small facility entirely funded by a philanthropic grant.  The grant allows for...

"How very losable your identity was, Caroline thought, lulled and drowsy. Stripped of your social security card, your charge plates, ...

Barbara Baron, a student in fashion design at the International School of Design, is found in Shinbone Alley a forgotten byway in lower Manh...