Sci-Fi Private Eye

GALACTIC GUMSHOES IN ACTION

Whether it's committed on the dark side of the Moon, in the cold vacuum of space, or within the invisible force field of some 21st-century compound, the old adage is still true--crime doesn't pay.

Here are nine enthralling stories of futuristic felons and interstellar investigators from such bestselling authors as Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Philip Jose Farmer, and others. The crime fighters in these stories employ hard-boiled tactics and high-tech hardware as they face alien intelligence, space-age weaponry, dangerous inventions, and more. They might wear a space suit and helmet instead of a trench coat and fedora, but the heroes of these extraordinary stories always get their man...or other intelligent life form....