The Mark III Hyperspace Beacon was the earliest type of beacon ever built -- by Earth, no less. It was located on one of the Proxima Centauri planets, and it wasn't working. This was one of those jobs when being an interstellar trouble-shooter wouldn't have been so bad -- if he could have shot the trouble! A classic science fiction tale from the author of the "Stainless Steel Rat," "Bill the Galactic Hero," and "Eden" series!

<b>The classic genre-defining whodunit, by the mother of the detective novel </b> <br></br><br></br> Introducing the first American series detective, Ebenezer Gryce, <i>The Leavenworth Case</i> was published nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes, and made author Anna Katharine Green an enormously popular and influential writer who changed the mystery genre forever. Showcasing Green's verve and style, <i>The Leavenworth Case</i> opens with the shocking murder of Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy New York merchant, philanthropist, and well-known member of the community. His favorite niece, Mary, is to inherit his fortune, and all of the evidence seems to implicate her or her sister. Yet surprises greet Gryce at every turn-even before the second murder.