Murder Without Tears & No Way Out

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. “Murder Without Tears” is our first grisly tale of murder by Leonard Lupton. Jason Broome couldn’t have been happier with his restaurant, the River House, which he had turned into a prestigious dinning establishment. The service was good, the food was tasty, and the customers were happy. Then one day a beautiful young heiress named Anne Cramer waltzed in for lunch and cast a spell of over him. She was the kind of woman any man would want; Jason found there was something almost mesmerizing about her. Hot on her heels, though, came a visit from a surly individual named Major Craddock. Craddock had a pointed message for Jason Broome: give Anne Cramer the cold shoulder—or else. Craddock left the River House and was never seen again—alive that is. They found his corpse in a watery grave in the old clay pits the next morning. And before he knew it, Jason Broome found himself embroiled in a first class murder mystery, with all the fingers of evidence pointed directly at him. This double novel’s second tale is a great tale of mystery & murder, “No Way Out” by Milton K. Ozaki. When the lights dimmed and the weird ritual of séance began, Mac Holmes, now nearly blind in the dark, was wearing a skeptical smile. But the beautiful girl beside him did not share his cynicism, and when the lights came back on, Mac could see why! In the room with him was a corpse with a slit throat, a lovely fiancée with a dangerous secret, and a faking fakir who played rough…and for keeps! It all added up to a night of terror that Mac Holmes would never forget. He found that the fiery redhead he loved also played for keeps…and for a price. She intended to hold on to the strange secrets that the gang of mystics wanted so badly. So Mac found himself caught in the middle of a frantic tussle without always knowing who was on his side, who was throwing the punches at him, or why…