It’s not the best of times for the repo men and skip tracers of DKA. The big boss has been thrown out of the house by his wife, landing, for the foreseeable future, in Larry Ballard’s apartment. Ken Warren has fallen into the grasp of the...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” January 1, 1934.
Great things impend. Nations convene and prepare for a tremendous task for world betterment. The stage is set for civilization’s proudest moment, and then come The Embassy...
FINGERS OF DEATH was originally published in the March 1, 1933 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
What are the "fingers of death?" Who controls them? Are they seeking new victims? And how are they made to bring doom to the innocent? The Shadow is the...
It’s Christmastime and Detective Carella gets assigned three murders — including a bestselling author of ghost stories — and is soon after ghosts, mediums, and a crazed...
This is the sixth story about Martin H. Ehrengraf, diminutive attorney who represents criminal defendants on a contingency basis. In earlier appearances, the little lawyer has quoted William Blake, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Thomas Hood, and Andrew...
What could make Nero Wolfe so determined to solve a crime that he would be willing to work entirely without fee or client? What would it take to put him, for the first time, at a loss for words? What would make him so angry about a case that he...
When readers last saw renovator Tish Amble she was running for her life, her boyfriend Brad left wounded and at the mercy of drug lords in northern Michigan. On Brad's advice, Tish heads for Del Gloria, California, to hide out with an old friend...