In Manny Moon’s book there’s a dame behind every murder... and murder behind every dame. But the murder of the Lieutenant-governor of a large mid-western state abruptly left Moon’s book one chapter shy — while the steady hand of the killer...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” September 1, 1934.
A crook calls upon The Shadow to plan crime — and issues a challenge to the master of...
The magnificently mustached
local columnist Jim Qwilleran
(along with his two Siamese
cats, Koko and Yum Yum) has
his hands full with numerous
projects associated with the town's 150th birthday. But
when an aspiring young
architect visiting from...
Recently returned from training at Quantico, FBI agent Mercy Gunderson stirs up trouble and uses her rarely seen feminine side to seduce her unsuspecting boyfriend, sexy-as-sin Sheriff Mason Dawson. When she revs up her Viper to get his attention...
The espionage game has a brand-new rule book. Agents joining the international clandestine group known as Room 59 are the new spymasters. Working beyond the reach of government bureaucracy, Room 59 recruits only the best of the best. The risks, the...
A sporting preparation to the intelligent mystery fan: don't open this door when you want to play fair with the most original pair of detectives of years — and will keep the secret that is going to make detective-story history — the secret of...
I swung the wet, flat money belt, enjoying the slap of it against my leg.
I had gone through a lot to get that belt. I had consorted with midgets and freaks. I had been lied to, framed, been offered the bribery of a beautiful but depraved...
THE CREEPER was originally published in the August 15, 1935 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
The hiding place of the Doyd millions was encoded upon a secret treasure map. One strange unknown being stood between the rightful heirs and their hidden...
Magic is about to meet murder in Willow Bay
Angela Martin lives a pretty normal life. As normal as the life of a witch who can talk to animals can be, anyway.
Until she shows up to work one day and finds a dead body.
Of course, in a small town like...