Stop, You're Killing Me!

"Stop, You're Killing Me!" by Stephen Marlowe is a mid-century science fiction mystery where private detective Frank Foley's normal life explodes into chaos when his own family unknowingly tries to make him a victim, revealing a deep conspiracy. As Frank fights for survival, he encounters a time traveler who says that he is stuck in a time period that is not his own, launching him into a battle to protect the very essence of time itself. Frank must guard a powerful time machine from a descendant bent on destroying it to escape his own temporal imprisonment, blurring the lines between reality and madness, forcing him to confront the unsettling possibility that the people he loves are trying to snuff him out.