Lew Archer #11 Private detective Lew Archer has better things to do than take on an investigation for Alex Kincaid, a young man claiming that his new bride, Dolly, has gone missing. Snapped by a hotel photographer on the day of their wedding, the...
Pursued by the police, a desperate man fights to stay free—and stay alive.
It’s raining hard when the man leaps off the train. He lands safely and creeps into town, praying he will find someplace to hide. It’s nearly daylight, and the...
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN?
They died quickly, one after another. First was Joel Caulkins, "Wise Owl" reporter with the New York Classic, murdered just as he was about to name his executioner. Then came Philip Farmington,...
Jefferson Halliday leads a life of penury, playing a piano at a nondescript bar. Jeff's troubles start when he rescues a junkie, Rima Marshall, from being cut open in the bar, by a drug-crazed maniac. After hearing Rima's voice, he is...
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...