Dead Men Kill: A Murder Mystery of Wealth, Power, and the Living Dead (Mystery & Suspense Short Stories Collection)

As a police detective, he wants to know is who's behind the murders that have been targeting the wealthy of his city. So he starts digging into very dangerous ground. He runs into something out of an apocalyptic horror. Something which cannot be reasoned with, something which cannot be bought, something which has no remorse about ending it's victim's lives. And adds the victims to the ranks of the killers as zombies... The living dead and zombie books were as delusional and unheard of as a sane communist dictator. The Zombie Survival Guide is advice handed out by a drugged out homeless man on 5th street. All Detective Lane knows is that 6 feet under is no longer "for good". At least not anymore. He doesn't have a chance of killing something already dead. Not a chance in hell. As every second ticks by, the undead's ranks grow, and the city is closer to being lost. With his own life the next targeted for murder, can Terry find the out what's bringing the dead back to life and turning them into killers? Or will the city become a very new type of grave yard? In 1934, while living in New York, the heart of the publishing industry, Hubbard struck up a friendship with the city's medical examiner—a relationship that started his education in undetectable crime and provided him with authoritative clinical background for his detective stories. "A rollicking horror yarn [that] taps into the current craze for zombies. . . . heart-pounding." —Publishers Weekly *An International Book Awards Winner

when Several Of The City's Most Respected Citizens Are Inexplicably Killed By What Appear To Be Zombies, All Detective Terry Lane Has To Go On Is A Blue-grey Glove, A Haitian Pharmacy Bill For Some Very Unusual Drugs And A Death Threat From A Mysterious Stranger.

matters Are Soon Complicated When A Beautiful Nightclub Singer Shows Up Who Claims To Have Information That Could Solve The Case, But Whose Motives Are Plainly Suspect. Against His Better Judgement, Terry Investigates Her Lead Only To Find Himself Sealed In A Coffin En Route To The Next Zombie Murder—his Own.

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a Spree Of Inexplicable Murders Baffles Det. Terry Lane—until He Stumbles Upon Proof That The Victims Were Killed By Their Former Servants-turned-zombies Who Have Been Brought Back To Life With The Purpose Of Killing Their Employers. As Lane Gets Closer To The Source, He Too Is Targeted By The Mastermind Behind The Murders And Finds That He Could Be Turned Into One Of The Living Dead. The Unattributed Narrator Has All The Drive, Emphasis, And Attitude Of A Classic Suspense Reader And Provides Listeners With A Tension-filled Atmosphere To Enhance The Story. Coupled With The Full Cast And Sound Effects, The Production Proves First Rate. A Galaxy Hardcover (reviews, Feb. 22). (feb.)

P class="MsoNormal"Detective Terry Lane is a standout homicide cop who thought he'd seen it all ... until now. / p class="MsoNormal"As tough as Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness of The Untouchables'and just as incorruptible'Lane has seen the darkest side of human behavior. But he's never seen a murder spree like this, targeting the wealthy, the powerful and the privileged. For the evidence is clear: the killers have not emerged from the seamy underside of the city ... but from six feet under it. They are the walking dead, spreading terror and showing no mercy./ p class="MsoNormal"Following a trail of drugs, blackmail, and the twisted clues of a seductive nightclub singer, Detective Lane will have to think outside the boxor he could end up inside one, buried alive./ p class="MsoNormal"BIn 1934, while living in New York, the heart of the publishing industry, Hubbard struck up a friendship with the city's medical examiner'a relationship that started his education in undetectable crime and provided him with authoritative clinical background for his detective stories./B/ p class="MsoNormal"IB"A rollicking horror yarn [that] taps into the current craze for zombies ... heart-pounding."/B/I 'Publishers Weekly/ p class="MsoNormal"*An International Book Awards Winner Detective Terry Lane is a standout homicide cop who thought he'd seen it all ... until now. Lane has seen the darkest side of human behavior but he's never seen a murder spree like this, targeting the wealthy, the powerful and the privileged. For the evidence is clear: the killers have not emerged from the seamy underside of the city ... but from six feet under it. They are the walking dead, spreading terror and showing no mercy. Following a trail of drugs, blackmail, and the twisted clues of a seductive nightclub singer, Detective Lane will have to think outside the box ... or he could end up inside one, buried alive. Lock your doors and turn on the lights as Dead Men Kill brings the dead to life. "A rollicking horror yarn [that] taps into the current craze for zombies.... heart-pounding." ?Publishers Weekly * An International Book Awards Winner