Author

Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown
  • An original and terrifying mystery by noir writer Fredric Brown

    Once upon a time, a girl named Jenny Ames was murdered in a lonely house. No one knew where she had come from, or why she had died, or who killed her. Years later, a man moved into the same house—and discovered that nothing is more seductive than an unsolved murder.

    The Far Cry is another top Fredric Brown job—a most adroit, inventive, and utterly horrifying mystery. 

  • A classic noir featuring Ed Hunter and Uncle Am, two of mystery fiction's most beloved private eyes

    In most murder cases, the setting stays put, if nothing else. But when murder comes to visit the J. C. Hobart traveling carnival, the entire operation has left town before Captain Weiss can gather any tangible leads. For young Ed Hunter, the case throws him together with a gorgeous redhead from the show, but as another murder occurs, and then a third, he and his uncle Am find their hands full with more than just their ball game concession. In a strange atmosphere of freak shows, show girls, and an escaped chimpanzee, Ed and Uncle Am take it upon themselves to find the killer on the loose—a killer who chooses his victims according to their size.

  • Imagine …

    Ghosts, gods, and devils—heavens and hells—cities in the sky and cities beneath the sea.

    Time machines, spaceships—certainly you can imagine Martians, but what about interplanetary vampires? Or a mouse that isn't a mouse?

    Honeymoon in Hell proves that Fredric Brown has a special vision, a sight beyond our wildest nightmares, a perception of things we couldn't even begin to imagine.

    Stories include:

    "Honeymoon in Hell"

    "Too Far"

    "Man of Distinction"

    "Millennium"

    "The Dome"

    "Blood"

    "Hall of Mirrors"

    "Experiment"

    "The Last Martian"

    "Sentry"

    "Mouse"

    "Naturally"

    "Voodoo"

    "Arena"

    "Keep Out"

    "First Time Machine"

    "And the Gods Laughed"

    "The Weapon"

    "A Word from Our Sponsors"

    "Rustle of Wings"

    "Imagine"

  • This beloved, larger-than-life thriller from Edgar Award–winning author Fredric Brown stars Bill Sweeney, an ace reporter with an otherworldly drinking problem who gets mixed up with a naked woman as the latter is trying to avoid becoming the fourth victim of a local serial killer—"the Ripper." Rousing himself from his drunken stupor in order to aid the woman, Bill sets out on the killer's trail. As he puts questions and answers together, he finds himself face-to-face with madness and death.

    In this wild ride from a renowned author, you'll visit an insane asylum, meet a bum named "God," and discover the little statue that ties everything together.