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The San Rameo Cross was an artifact of enormous religious significance ... and a not-so-small fortune in cold, hard cash. ...When he decided to investigate the murder of a fellow private eye, Larry Kent found himself caught up in a web of intrigue as greedy men and women vied to own the near-priceless relic.First to come forward was Emanuel Constatine, a fussy little man who hated violence and yet was prepared to kill to get what he wanted. Then there was Alice Gordon, a seductive woman for certain, but also one of many secrets. The same could be said for the scheming, sable-haired Marina Koch. But most deadly of them all was the skeletal Hendrick Fluger, a man described as the devil himself, and whose name was only ever spoken in terrified whispers!

It began when Larry Kent's old boss at the CIA asked him to come back for one more assignment - to a kill a double-agent who also happened to be one of his closest friends. Larry couldn't go through with it ... and it was just as well that he didn't, because nothing was as it appeared to be. An enemy of the United States had perfected a terrifying mind-manipulation drug - and after that, it became Larry's job to find out just who that enemy was. The trail took him first to Mexico City, then on to Australia, where he met up with an old love ... and an even older enemy, who wanted him dead! (Book 703)

It was a game of cat and mouse right from the start. Mallory Queen, a former State Department man who'd gone freelance, had a plan.He wanted to trade Willis Browning, a CIA-held double-agent, to the Russians in return for a spy named Vordak, who possessed a vast amount of information relating to Russia's space program.The CIA would never willingly release its prisoner, of course, but because Vordak was the bigger prize, Queen decided to snatch Browning away from them. So he enlisted private eye Larry Kent-a former CIA man himself-to mastermind the kidnap ...Even if it meant that Larry had to sell out some of his closest friends to do it.

The most difficult killer to catch is the one who doesn't realize he's a killer! That was Larry Kent's dilemma when he signed on to protect beautiful actress Valerie Nash.Whoever he was, the mystery murderer was two distinct personalities in one ... and the dark side of him was slowly but surely gaining dominance.As bodies started piling up, Larry uncovered one man's dirty secret and another's violent past. But even when he worked out who the killer was, there was still one more problem to overcome ... to make the man realize just how many lives he'd taken in the name of his twisted love for Valerie ...

A posthumous collection of essays, reviews, and interviews by Larry Levis

Gathers interviews with Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ronald Reagan, Norman Schwarzkopf, Ross Perot, Mike Tyson, Mikhail Gorbachev, Oliver North, Arthur Ashe, Whoopi Goldberg, and Marlon Brando

The most definitive and personal answer ever written to the question, What is Arnold Palmer really like?"" A warm, often humorous, look at one of the most popular figures in modern sports.""

The award-winning radio talk-show host presents anecdotes about the hundreds of interesting individuals who have passed through his life, including Jackie Gleason, Elvis, Nixon, Rosanne Barr, Stephen King, and Gore Vidal

Larry Kent's old buddy Jim Calloway was murdered over a woman ... so they said. But who was the woman? No one seemed to know--not even Jim's killer. Larry suspected the woman was just a diversion. There was another reason for Jim's death. And just maybe it had something to do with his job with the Narcotics Bureau. Only thing was, Jim was a minor official at the Bureau, no one with any clout, just a desk-jockey. One thing for certain. There were people out there--important people--who wanted to bury the case. And if they couldn't kill Larry to stop him investigating, then just maybe they could send him to Cuba in search of a missing man. After all, he'd be easier to rub out in a foreign country ... (Book 540)