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THE GIRL ON THE BEST SELLER LIST Gloria Whealdon resents them all, the whole town full of snooty hypocrites and self-righteous bores. She resents her husband Milo the most, the way he is always excusing her unsophistications to everyone. And then there's her contemptible neighbors, Fern and Freddy Fulton, and their ugly daughter, Virginia. And Jay Mannerheim, so smug in his pretense of being a doctor when everyone knows he's only a psychologist. And Min Stewart, always looking down on her as if she owned the town. Gloria hates them until she can't keep it in any longer. So she writes a novel, and exposes all their weaknesses, all their secrets. Population 12,360 is her revenge, and it becomes a best seller. Now the feeling is mutual-Gloria becomes a sensation, the town pariah. Is it any surprise that someone might want to get even?

THE OLD BATTLE-AXIt all starts with a lie. Mrs. Herriott's sister Madge has come back from Europe for a visit, but is found dead on the sidewalk outside the gate the next morning. Mrs. Herriott is only trying to protect her sister's reputation when she tells the police that she has no idea who the dead woman is. But one lie leads to another. Silas, her chauffeur, aids her in the lie. Her niece Carla even dresses up like her sister to continue the deception. But why is everyone trying to keep Madge's death such a secret? Before long Mrs. Herriott is caught up in a web of deception that seems to have no end. In this world of lies, is there anyone who can be trusted? And more importantly, is there anyone who should be trusted?DARK POWER"The Châlet was a house easy to get into, but not so easy to leave. . ." Diana Leonard comes to the Châlet at the invitation of her long-lost uncle, but soon finds that her visions of a family reunion are shattered by feelings of dread and suspicion. HerAunt Emma is a stern, domineering woman, a professor of psychology who conducts experiments on two cretin children who live with her. Uncle Peter himself is either a fool or a sadist, and Di can't figure out which. Their son, her cousin Miles, is a guilt-ridden alcoholic, his confidence long ago destroyed by his manipulating mother. And then there's her grandfather Rufus, a rich eccentric who comes to stay but who spends every moment in fear for his life from the rest of the family. It will take every ounce of Diana's courage to survive her stay in the Châlet-and an even greater act of will to survive her family.

In this superb coming of age story from the author of One for Hell, we meet 15-year-old Jeff Carr as he learns to cope with the harsh realities of life while growing up in Texas in the 1930's. Filled with attempted murder, hidden secrets and family scandals, Midnight Road is published here for the first time.

LITTLE MEN, BIG WORLD Ben Reisman, veteran columnist for the Journal, is bored. So when he stumbles across a reference to a character known as “De Ark,” an underworld person who seems to operate without anyone knowing about him, he is intrigued. “De Ark” is in fact, Mr. Orral Wanty, Arky to his friends, the right hand man of the Mover, the man who really runs the city. Arky’s control is so tight, even Commissioner Stark, the zealous law-and-order crusader, has never heard of him. But Arky’s hand is everywhere. He’s the man Leon Sollas, front for the syndicate, makes his weekly payment to—and he’s the man who Sollas goes to when he wants out. But Arky’s got problems of his own. The Big City Boys want to move in. His woman, Anna, wants a baby. And somewhere, hot on his trail, is a newspaper man in search of a story…  VANITY ROW    Police Captain Roy Hargis is the Administration’s fair-haired boy, only answering to Chad Bayliss, the city’s political boss. Most of the officers are in awe of him. Hargis can do no wrong. He knows how to cut to the heart of a case and bring the facts home to the D.A.’s office. So when rich lawyer Frank Hobart is shot down in cold blood, it looks open and shut. Hobart had been fooling around with a babe named Ilona Vance, things got out of hand, and she kills him. But Hargis doesn’t figure it that way—not after he meets Miss Vance. Because Ilona Vance is a force to be reckoned with, not merely beautiful, but so desirable it almost hurts. Hargis will go to any lengths to get her off, but he’s up against it this time. The syndicate wants to see her burn, Bayliss wants a quick conviction, and Hargis is finding his tough shell has been thoroughly cracked.