Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures — as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert...
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As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” December 15, 1932.
While men plan to speed the growth of a great city, others plan to fleece it of millions. Before crime comes, The Shadow sends his warning — a warning that is not...
A twenty-year-old unsolved murder from Florida's pot hauling days gets Hannah Smith's attention, but so does a more immediate problem. A private museum devoted solely to the state's earliest settlers and pioneers has been announced, and many of...
After Domina Alys was made prioress, St. Frideswide's became little more than a guest-house for her relatives, the Godfreys. There was no peace to be had anywhere, especially for Sister Frevisse. Constantly tormented by Domina Alys, Frevisse was...
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Billingsgate...
Christmas time in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there's murder inside. When a much disliked visiting servant disappears without trace after playing Santa Claus, foul play is at once suspected — and foul...
One evening: Sam Moraine, shrewd and genial advertising executive, sat playing poker with District Attorney Phil Duncan and his chief Criminal Investigator, Barney Morden.
The next night: Sam found himself out on a pitching yacht paying ransom...
The good people of Moose County are in a fever of excitement. It's almost time for the gala groundbreaking of the Pickax bookstore - and the town of Brrr is preparing for its bicentennial celebration. All the festivities, however; are spoiled by the...
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