As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” April 15, 1934.
The glamour of circus life — with the cloud of criminal activity hovering over it to challenge The Shadow!
(NOTE: A Glossary of Circus and “Carny” terms is at the...
Natural causes or foul play? That’s the question Clay Edison must answer each time he examines a body. Figuring out motives and chasing down suspects aren’t part of his beat — not until a seemingly open-and-shut case proves to be more than...
On a hot August afternoon, in an East Side apartment, a woman is found hanged. Carefully placed red candles and an enormous quantity of dead flies suggest some kind of bizarre ritual.By some cruel miracle, the victim lives, but remains in...
On a hot August afternoon, in an East Side apartment, a woman is found hanged. Carefully placed red candles and an enormous quantity of dead flies suggest some kind of bizarre ritual.
By some cruel miracle, the victim lives, but remains in a...
Harrison Foster is a lawyer by training but works as a crisis manager for a London firm that specializes in such matters. Summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables slaughters six very valuable horses, including the short-priced...
CROOKS GO STRAIGHT was originally published in the March 1, 1935 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
How many crooks go straight? Two crooks, to be exact. This story follows the reformed lives of two ex-crooks, Steve Zurk and Jack Targon. Steve Zurk...