(Gold medal books).

They say that a man needs a woman to go to hell with. Cassidy had two. One was Mildred, the wife who kept him chained with ties of fear and jealousy and paralyzing sexual need. The other was Doris, a frail angel with a 100-proof halo and a bottle instead of a harp. With those two, Cassidy found that the ride to hell could be twice as fast.

Goldy, Jackson's crafty twin brother, tries to help Jackson recover his life savings from the con man who cheated him.

A wealthy young woman who has trouble saying "no" to those who want her money meets an attractive man who wants both her money and her love.

Contents: Nice Guy by Richard Deming The Bridge in Briganza by Frank Sisk Thicker Than Water by Henry Slesar The Artificial Liar by William Brittain For Money Received novelette by Fletcher Flora The Compleat Secretary by Theodore Mathieson The Hypothetical Arsonist by Rog Phillips Who Will Miss Arthur? by Ed Lacy Arbiter of Uncertainties by Edward Hoch Slow Motion Murder novelette by Richard Hardwick Never Marry a Witch by C.B. Gilford The Second Thief by David A. Heller The Nice Young Man by Richard O. Lewis A Message for Aunt Lucy by Arthur Porges

"A television star wilting under the limelight. An adman with a stiff upper lip. A rising New York artist. A desperate housewife. All are victims of a cruel puppet master--and one of them is a killer. The head of a global cosmetics empire, Wilma Ferris became a self-made success by taking everything people had to give--and more. Mixing business with pleasure is her standard operating procedure. And she's playing the same game when she invites eight of her closest friends--all of whom owe their livelihoods to Wilma--to a weekend party at her lake house. After a late-night skinny-dipping session turns into a frantic search for the missing host, it becomes apparent that one of the guests had seen enough. Wilma's body is pulled from the cold water, but the cause of death isn't drowning--it's a blow to the head. Was it a crime of passion or premeditated murder? Neither would surprise any of Wilma's guests. Each of them has a motive--or two. In the end, all will be condemned." --Page 4 of cover.

Caught in the middle of a hostile takeover of the local jukebox market, an essential employee must survive his violent boss, the boss' wife, and the Chicago Mob.

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

Death is just around the coroner when you're Shell Scott roaming the streets with a nose for danger and a sharp eye for the dames. On a trail leading from the high-class mortuary to the local cemetery, I realized the mob wanted me exactly where I was-as a permanent resident!

In the forebidden old house, guarded by vicious dogs, Liyed, exotic, mysterious Lela. Lust ruled there, the neighbors said, and deed were done there that were wanton and eerie.