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The Fourth Postman

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 9 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

One postman! Two postmen! Three postmen! All murdered!John J. Malone sticks his nose into the case of the dead postmen and picks up a crack on the head, an Australian beer hound, and six redheaded twins. It all begins when he takes on a new client, Rodney Fairfaxx. Rodney was tabbed for the postmen murders because he hadn’t received a letter from a dead girl for more than thirty years. Malone ... Read more

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One postman! Two postmen! Three postmen! All murdered!John J. Malone sticks his nose into the case of the dead postmen and picks up a crack on the head, an Australian beer hound, and six redheaded twins. It all begins when he takes on a new client, Rodney Fairfaxx. Rodney was tabbed for the postmen murders because he hadn’t received a letter from a dead girl for more than thirty years. Malone
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45 Murderers

A Collection of True Crime Stories

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin, Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

From Hollywood’s Black Dahlia to the Arkansas Bluebeard: an anthology of true-crime profiles by “the grand dame of mystery” (Ed Gorman)Whether venturing into a blood-spattered farm in Texas, down a lonely mountain road in Alabama, or into the deceptively sunny Ohio suburbs, acclaimed mystery writer Craig Rice lends her hard-boiled style and a wicked irony to this gallery of real-life murders. ... Read more

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From Hollywood’s Black Dahlia to the Arkansas Bluebeard: an anthology of true-crime profiles by “the grand dame of mystery” (Ed Gorman)Whether venturing into a blood-spattered farm in Texas, down a lonely mountain road in Alabama, or into the deceptively sunny Ohio suburbs, acclaimed mystery writer Craig Rice lends her hard-boiled style and a wicked irony to this gallery of real-life murders.
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The Sunday Pigeon Murders

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Series
Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

In this novel, two New York City street photographers develop a deadly get-rich-quick scheme.Resourceful Bingo Riggs and his partner, Handsome Kusak, are in the sucker-bait business, snapping candid pics of tourists off Central Park. Their fly-by-night enterprise can be irresistible to souvenir lovers, but with one camera in a pawnshop and their developing room in the bathtub of a two-room dump ... Read more

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In this novel, two New York City street photographers develop a deadly get-rich-quick scheme.Resourceful Bingo Riggs and his partner, Handsome Kusak, are in the sucker-bait business, snapping candid pics of tourists off Central Park. Their fly-by-night enterprise can be irresistible to souvenir lovers, but with one camera in a pawnshop and their developing room in the bathtub of a two-room dump
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Having Wonderful Crime

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

A Chicago attorney scours the Big Apple for a missing bride and a wedding-night murderer in a mystery that’s “Miss Rice at her best” (The New Yorker).On a break from the Windy City, aspiring crime novelist Jake Justus and his wife, Helene, are acquainting themselves with Manhattan’s finest cocktail lounges when they befriend Dennis Morrison, a blind-drunk groom. The handsome former male escort ... Read more

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A Chicago attorney scours the Big Apple for a missing bride and a wedding-night murderer in a mystery that’s “Miss Rice at her best” (The New Yorker).On a break from the Windy City, aspiring crime novelist Jake Justus and his wife, Helene, are acquainting themselves with Manhattan’s finest cocktail lounges when they befriend Dennis Morrison, a blind-drunk groom. The handsome former male escort
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My Kingdom for a Hearse

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 11 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

5 hours 56 min

There has never been a woman as beautiful as top model Delora Deanne. But Delora Deanne doesn’t really exist. Unknown to the panting public, Delora is a composite of many women. Her face is played by Gertrude Bragg. Torso and legs by Eula Stolz. Hands, Eva Lou Strauss. Brains, Hazel Swackhammer.But now, Delora is coming apart. Hazel Swackhammer receives the first in what is to be a series of ... Read more

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There has never been a woman as beautiful as top model Delora Deanne. But Delora Deanne doesn’t really exist. Unknown to the panting public, Delora is a composite of many women. Her face is played by Gertrude Bragg. Torso and legs by Eula Stolz. Hands, Eva Lou Strauss. Brains, Hazel Swackhammer.But now, Delora is coming apart. Hazel Swackhammer receives the first in what is to be a series of
... Read more

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The Name Is Malone

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 12 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

Ten stories featuring the Chicago attorney-turned-sleuth from “the grand dame of mystery mixed with screwball comedy” (Ed Gorman)From suburban cocktail parties to music halls to the precarious ledge of a high-rise, Chicago attorney John J. Malone is willing to take on any case—as long as it’ll pay his bar tab.In this ten-story collection of murder most offbeat a wedding anniversary party turns ... Read more

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Ten stories featuring the Chicago attorney-turned-sleuth from “the grand dame of mystery mixed with screwball comedy” (Ed Gorman)From suburban cocktail parties to music halls to the precarious ledge of a high-rise, Chicago attorney John J. Malone is willing to take on any case—as long as it’ll pay his bar tab.In this ten-story collection of murder most offbeat a wedding anniversary party turns
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The Thursday Turkey Murders

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Series
Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

This Thanksgiving, two birds of a feather are about to get plucked.Former con artist photographers Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak are en route from the grit of New York City to the glitter of Sunset Boulevard when their dreams are waylaid in a tragic roadside accident with an errant turkey. But getting stuck in the off-the-map community of Thursday County, Iowa, has an upside: a blushing farmer’s ... Read more

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This Thanksgiving, two birds of a feather are about to get plucked.Former con artist photographers Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak are en route from the grit of New York City to the glitter of Sunset Boulevard when their dreams are waylaid in a tragic roadside accident with an errant turkey. But getting stuck in the off-the-map community of Thursday County, Iowa, has an upside: a blushing farmer’s
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The Classic Collection of Craig Rice. Five Detective Novels. Illustrated

The Lucky Stiff, The Fourth Postman, The Sunday Pigeon Murders, Crime on My Hands, Innocent Bystander

by Craig Rice ...

Step into the madcap, murder-filled world of Craig Rice, the first woman ever to grace the cover of Time magazine as a mystery writer—and one of the most original voices of America's Golden Age of crime fiction. This illustrated five-novel collection brings together some of Rice’s most memorable works, blending sharp-witted humor, screwball situations, and classic whodunit suspense. Featuring the ... Read more

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Step into the madcap, murder-filled world of Craig Rice, the first woman ever to grace the cover of Time magazine as a mystery writer—and one of the most original voices of America's Golden Age of crime fiction. This illustrated five-novel collection brings together some of Rice’s most memorable works, blending sharp-witted humor, screwball situations, and classic whodunit suspense. Featuring the
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The Right Murder

A John J. Malone Mystery

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

5 hours 37 min

A dozen murders and counting—and any one of them could lead a Chicago attorney to a hotheaded female tycoon.It’s 11:59 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and criminal lawyer John J. Malone is nursing his blues in a Chicago dive bar. He’s been two-timed by his inamorata and abandoned by his favorite gumshoe partners, crime reporter Jake Justus and socialite Helene Brand, for their Bermuda honeymoon. But Malone ... Read more

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A dozen murders and counting—and any one of them could lead a Chicago attorney to a hotheaded female tycoon.It’s 11:59 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and criminal lawyer John J. Malone is nursing his blues in a Chicago dive bar. He’s been two-timed by his inamorata and abandoned by his favorite gumshoe partners, crime reporter Jake Justus and socialite Helene Brand, for their Bermuda honeymoon. But Malone
... Read more
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Knocked for a Loop

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 10 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

Being framed for murder is the least of a Chicago attorney’s problems in this dizzying thriller.Attorney John J. Malone, steadfast, barfly, and proud defender of the guilty, has a lot enemies, but few more formidable than Chicago financier and anti-vice crusader Leonard Estapole. So it doesn’t look good when Estapole’s corpse turns up in Malone’s office, liberated from this life by a bronze Buddha ... Read more

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Being framed for murder is the least of a Chicago attorney’s problems in this dizzying thriller.Attorney John J. Malone, steadfast, barfly, and proud defender of the guilty, has a lot enemies, but few more formidable than Chicago financier and anti-vice crusader Leonard Estapole. So it doesn’t look good when Estapole’s corpse turns up in Malone’s office, liberated from this life by a bronze Buddha
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The Corpse Steps Out

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

Radio star Nelle Brown is known coast-to-coast for her sweet and sultry voice. But her press agent and manager, Jake Justus, is familiar with another side of the darling of the airwaves: her crackpot marriage to a penniless tycoon, disastrous string of lovers, and propensity for flying into spectacular fits of rage. Now, it appears she’s being burned by an ex-flame who’s holding her scandalous ... Read more

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Radio star Nelle Brown is known coast-to-coast for her sweet and sultry voice. But her press agent and manager, Jake Justus, is familiar with another side of the darling of the airwaves: her crackpot marriage to a penniless tycoon, disastrous string of lovers, and propensity for flying into spectacular fits of rage. Now, it appears she’s being burned by an ex-flame who’s holding her scandalous
... Read more

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The Lucky Stiff

by Craig Rice ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Series Audiobook 8 - The John J. Malone Series
Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

Wrongly convicted of murder, a death-row chorus girl lives for revenge, in this novel from “the grand dame of mystery mixed with screwball comedy” (Ed Gorman).Anna Marie St. Clair was a normal Wisconsin-farm-girl-turned-mistress when she was framed for the murder of her racketeer boyfriend, one of Chicago’s sleaziest politicians. Sentenced to death, and only hours from getting fried, a lucky hitch ... Read more

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Wrongly convicted of murder, a death-row chorus girl lives for revenge, in this novel from “the grand dame of mystery mixed with screwball comedy” (Ed Gorman).Anna Marie St. Clair was a normal Wisconsin-farm-girl-turned-mistress when she was framed for the murder of her racketeer boyfriend, one of Chicago’s sleaziest politicians. Sentenced to death, and only hours from getting fried, a lucky hitch
... Read more

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