She was elegant, beautiful, and a cold-blooded killer...or so it appeared. She had the perfect motive. She even admitted to being at the scene of the crime. Scotland Yard was prepared to charge Louise Colton with her husband’s brutal murder. Only shy, retiring Mr. Pinkerton believed her innocent.

Carlotta Rathbone was awfully elegant, dreadfully chic and terribly dead -- as Mr. Pinkerton discovers when he stumbles over her body in a dimly lighted London street.Her friends were bought; her enemies were legion, and paramount among them was Archibald Biddle, a social-climbing novelist who had used Carlotta and then tried to drop her. Biddle is Scotland Yard's prime suspect -- until he panics and begins to tell too much about London's international set. Then the killer strikes again... "By far the best of David Frome’s stories about Mr. Pinkerton...and that’s saying a great deal"—New York Times "Unsurpassed." —Saturday Review "This is by far the best of David Frome's stories about Mr. Pinkerton, and that is saying a great deal, for all of them have been worthy of high rank”—THE NEW YORK TIMES "No fan would think of missing Mr. Pinkerton Grows a Beard." -- Books

The secret ballot for murder... Politics is a rough business -- and Congressman Hamilton ("Call Me Ham") Vair made it rougher. To reach his goal, he would use anything and anyone -- blackmail, bribery, or a beautiful, not-so-dumb blonde. Everyone knew that. But suddenly there was a new and brutal question. Had the Right Honorable Mr. Vair been willing to plunge into murder? "Do not miss WASHINGTON WHISPERS MURDER: It is terrifying and terrific." -- Albuquerque Tribune

WHO IS THE WOMAN IN BLACK? A living ghost, dressed in black, crashes a Washington cocktail party -- and touches off a chain of violence and murder. Who is the Woman in Black? The answer is a matter of life and death for a pretty young matron, a legendary captain of industry, a rich and dazzling hostess -- and for lady sleuth Grace Latham and her friend Col. Primrose. "Mrs Latham works wonders with the clues. A major Ford opus." -- New York Herald Tribune

Leslie Ford cordially invites you to spend the weekend at a murder-haunted mansion... Escape the workaday world and come to this luxurious Newport, Rhode Island, playground. Watch the idle rich at their games. See a delightful young heiress falling in love. Observe high society’s most fascinating cad in action. See three lovely Paris-garbed ladies play hide-and-seek with a huge inheritance. Attend the lavish Saturday night dance of death... "Some of Mrs. Ford's smoothest writing." --Anthony Boucher, New York Times "A charming young heiress -- a glittering social affair where death came uninvited... Ford...one of the best mystery writers" --Louisville Courier-Journal "Leslie Ford is an expert at getting a heroine neck-deep in trouble and dragging the reader along." -- New York Times

"Leslie Ford is one of the cleverest and most original of our mystery novelists." -- New York Times The mansion at Strawberry Hill rose like a stately white magnolia from a lush green hilltop in Carolina. It was a haven of beauty and grace, and Jennifer Reid knew it was the only place she would ever love. Then murder entered Strawberry Hill, and a mad killer waited in the shadows for Jennifer and the man she adored...

She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold-blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim... She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold- blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim . . . “A prime mystery . . . told with Leslie Ford’s usual skill.” —The New York Times "Exciting." -- The New Statesman "Excellent Leslie Ford at top form. -- New York Herald Tribune

The Old Angel is everything an old English inn should be, with ancient beams, gleaming copper bedwarmers, pewter tankards, and platters heaped high with red roast beef. But then, as Mr. Pinkerton quickly discovers, the Old Angel also harbors some less homey items. Such as a frightened young girl, a series of secret passageways -- and a most unpleasant Knight who is suddenly killed in a most unsavory way. The next thing he knows. Mr. Pinkerton is mixed up in a mystery that threatens not only his honor -- but his life! "Delightful."--Saturday Review "There is no need to tell you about Mr. Pinkerton. Either you have read other stories about him, in which case you will be eager for more, or you have never met him, in which case there is no time like the present. No library of mystery fiction is complete without him." --NEW YORK TIMES "His liveliest adventure to date . . . Excitement, suspense, atmosphere . . . When in doubt, read a Mr. Pinkerton story” —BOOKS

A beautiful blonde with something to hide... A youthful and puzzled doctor... A pretty—and frightened—teenager... A very rich, very angry young man... Each set out that night, unaware that at least one of them had a bizarre date with death. "Once you start, you won't be able to stop reading this irresistible mystery by that consummate artist Leslie Ford." —Philadephia Bulletin "High quality." —Los Angeles News "A fast-moving killer-diller." —New Orleans Times-Picayune "An exciting combination of mystery and romance." —Syracuse Herald-American