Lew Archer #10 Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man’s suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Archer is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlan. And then there is...
What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? “Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing, and sex,” said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blond, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender P.I. the likes of Sam Spade or...
THE CHINESE TAPESTRY was originally published in the November 1, 1935 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
A dead man who lives, guards the secret of the Chinese tapestry. And The Shadow travels to San Francisco to make sure the right person receives...