Octavus Roy Cohen (1891-1959) was an American author who became popular as a result of his stories printed in The Saturday Evening Post. He published 56 books, including humorous and detective novels and collections of short stories.

First published in 1923, Jim Hanvey, Detective is a collection of seven stories that originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and features private eye Jim Hanvey in classic whodunit style mysteries. Described as the "backwoods Nero Wolfe," the genial Hanvey befriends "good guys" and criminals alike to get the job done. Bank robberies, jewel heists, and all-purposes cons-none are a match for Octavus Roy Cohen's waddling sleuth.

This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.

An affluent woman boards a taxi-cab on a dreary night in the big city. After a harsh drive through sleet, they arrive at her destination. The cab looks back from the weather to discover the woman gone, leaving behind a suitcase and the dead body of a man. Only David Carroll can puzzle through this mystery. First published in 1921.

Energetic sleuth David Carroll, whose probe into police corruption has made him unpopular at headquarters, is put in charge of an investigation into the shooting murder of civic reformer Edward Hamilton-and the three people trying to confess to the crime

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This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

In this story we meet again the unique and human detective, David Carroll. The inordinately sleepy little town of Karnak has been jarred from its lethargy by a murder at Furness Lodge.