Noir

Three Novels of Suspense

Richard Matheson

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Noir contains three long-lost thrillers by Richard Matheson, the grand master of suspense. Originally published in the 1950s, at the very beginning of Matheson’s distinguished career, these page-turning classics have been largely out-of-print for decades. Now readers everywhere can savor three unforgettable tales of crime, corruption, and cold-blooded murder. . . .

Someone Is Bleeding--Dave Newton has fallen hard for Peggy, a leggy blonde with a lurid past and a heartbreaking smile. But as bloody corpses begin to litter his path, Dave is forced to confront the terrifying possibility that the woman he loves is a deranged killer!

Fury on Sunday--In the wee hours of one fateful Sunday morning, a homicidal maniac embarks on a rampage of terror and violence that threatens everyone who crosses his path, culminating in a deadly confrontation in a Manhattan apartment building.

Ride the Nightmare--Chris and Helen had the perfect suburban life--until Helen discovers her husband’s guilty secret. Overnight, their peaceful existence descends into a vortex of fear and brutality that may cost them the life of their only child!

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"Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions . . . ."--The New York Times

"Crime fiction at its toughest: booze, guns, knives, chases, aberrant psychology, blackmail, icepick murders, femmes fatales, sinister psychos, brutish thugs, drunks, nymphos, homicide dicks, and a generous helping of sweat."--Matthew R. Bradley from the Introduction to Noir


“The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.”--Stephen King
“Matheson is the master of paranoia--pitting a single man against unknown horrors and examining his every slow twist in the wind.”--San Jose Mercury News

“His stories not only entertain, but touch the mind and heart.”--Dean Koontz


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Joey  rated it  
Aug 11, 2011
I've only read one and a half of the three novels included in this collection, but the one I've completed warrants this review all on its own. Ride the Nightmare was Richard Matheson's first published novel in 1954, and it reads like a bullet. Nothing deep, nothing philosophical. Just an ordinary ta ...more
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Frances  rated it  
Jan 10, 2011
The other two a bit stiff, but "Fury on Sunday" was a lot of fun (possibly due to echoing something I'm working on ATM with a friend, but regardless). ...more
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Andy  rated it  
Mar 19, 2008
Three vintage pulps from Matheson's early writing career. My favorite is "Someone Is Bleeding", the old saw about the shy, pretty girl who hides a manic personality until she traps some boy in her web. I never get tired of those sexy murder tales. The other two pulps are ho-hum. ...more
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Richard Matheson is The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Other Kingdoms, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, Now You See It…, and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels, Matheson wrote screenplays, and he wrote for several Twilight Zone episodes, including “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” based on his short story. He was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, and fought in the infantry in World War II. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. He lives in Calabasas, California.

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Noir
Three Novels of Suspense
Richard Matheson

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Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
October 2005
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ISBN: 9780765311405
ISBN10: 0765311402
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 384 pages
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Tom Doherty Associates
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October 2005
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ISBN: 9780765311399
ISBN10: 0765311399
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