When the Brazilian liner Porto Alegre docked in Barbados in 1956, the passengers reveled in the gay carnival-time hysteria ashore, while the few officers left aboard invited a four-man calypso band to liven up the dull shipboard routine. But the...
In an evening of dense London fog, when pedestrians groped helplessly through the streets, a crime was committed. One person, however, knew his way—a blind match-seller guiding a pleasant-voiced stranger. But he did not dream that he was leading...
This book predated the first Rambo movie (1982). Read it and see if you think it had anything to do with inspiring the movie series. Like those movies, it features guerrilla action and commando tactics, and carries far-fetched heroics to the...
Tough and aggressive, short-tempered and quick-thinking — Lt. Jim Reardon was one of San Francisco’s best cops. And Robert L. Pike, the creator of Bullitt, has also made him one of the most exciting and resourceful heroes currently tracking down...
As originally published in "The Shadow Magazine," September 1, 1933.
Death lurked in this grove of beautiful trees — death that stalked an estranged family. How did The Shadow learn the...