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...
Philo Vance takes a hand when, in an evening, one daughter of the Greene family is shot to death and another one is wounded. The family comprises two sons and three daughters (the youngest, Ada, is adopted) under the rule of their mother, a...
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...