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Robert L. Fish

    August 21, 1912 – February 23, 1981

    Robert Lloyd Fish was an American author primarily known for his contributions to crime fiction. His narratives are characterized by compelling suspense and insightful explorations into the nature of crime and its perpetrators. Fish expertly wove intricate plotlines, creating characters that drew readers into the shadowy world of criminal intrigue. His notable achievements in the genre underscore his literary skill and lasting impact.

    Pursuit
    Isle of the Snakes
    With Malice Toward All
    • 2021
    • 1979

      Pursuit

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      An SS Colonel plays out a savage masquerade from the death camps of the Third Reich to Israel's desperate fight for survival. 1944: as the German defeat becomes inevitable, SS Colonel Helmut von Schareder, 'The Monster of Maidanek', lays his plans to escape retribution. Through plastic surgery he becomes a Jew, enters Belsen and awaits liberation. But the war has still a year to run and the masquerade turns into a bitter struggle to survive. From the horrors of Belsen to the new state of Israel and, trapped in his own duplicity, Schraeder becomes a soldier for his new homeland and rises to the rank of General. For General Grossman life, with his beautiful Israeli wife, is good until ... the past re-emerges to confront him with its remorseless face as suddenly, for Benjamin Grossman, alias Helmut von Schareder, alias 'The Monster of Maidanek', the PURSUIT begins.

      Pursuit
    • 1970

      An anthology of mystery stories by the Mystery Writers of America.A taste for malice? Then feast on this cornucopia of crime. Twenty-four stories present a spectrum of the sinister ranging from the subtle art of impersonation to blackmail to the purest of all forms of malice—murder. Foreword / Robert L. Fish — The merciful / C. L. Sweeney, Jr. — Long shot / Henry Slesar — The letter of the law / Don Knowlton — Every litter bit hurts / Michael Avallone — Strictly diplomatic / John Dickson Carr — The impersonation murder case / Miriam Allen deFord — Always a motive / Dan Ross — The orderly world of Mr. Appleby / Stanley Ellin — Number One / John Holt — The release / Cornell Woolrich — The house at the end of the lane / Browning Norton — Command performance / Anthony Boucher — End of the day / Jane Speed — The reference room / John D. MacDonald — Sauce for the gander / Morris Hershman — Mr. Wickwire’s widow / Mignon Eberhart — Death by the numbers / Ed Lacy — The accident / Julian Symons — String of pearls / Robert Bloch — E = Murder / Ellery Queen — DARL I LUV U / Joe Gores — The inquisitive butcher of Nice / James Holding — The ring with the velvet ropes / Edward D. Hoch — Angelica is still alive / Walter Snow

      With Malice Toward All