Two short novels from a master of hard-boiled storytelling.Simon Crane is an ex-cop with a bad leg, a small pension, and a former lover, Joanne, who works for Sal Aiello, undisputed crime boss of a dusty southwestern city. When Aiello and his...
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When Ralph, a loving older brother upset by his brother’s gay lifestyle, is accused of his murder and the evidence points to his guilt, Matthew Hope must work with a few fleeting but crucial clues to prove Ralph’s...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” October 15, 1935.
The Shadow gets on the trail of a strange murder in The House That...
ISLE OF DOUBT was published in the August 15, 1933 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
The "isle" in question is an island in the Mississippi River. The "doubt" is the uncertainty as to whether it is the hiding place of millions in stolen loot or not....
Lew Archer #4 Traveling from sleazy motels to stately seaside manors, The Ivory Grin is one of Lew Archer's most violent and macabre cases ever. A hard-faced woman clad in a blue mink stole and dripping with diamonds hires Lew Archer to track down...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” June 1, 1934.
Murder — Treachery — Intrigue — all follow in the wake of the hunt for The...
The police knew only one fact about the Patent Leather Kid—strange things happened to men who tried to get...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” November 1, 1933.
Matching wits against The Shadow, a vile criminal begins his campaign of evil. With amazing success, his plans go forward — but The Shadow never falters; crookedness never...
"I rammed my elbow back and felt teeth go under it and the back of my head mashed the guy's nose who was holding me." Mike Hammer is back, and after almost 20 years, he's as psychotically hard-boiled as ever. Here, there's a dead man in Hammer's...
To most Texans, Wolf Garnett was a notorious outlaw: a man to be feared. To Frank Gault, he was a relentless obsession: a man to be killed. Gault had spent more than a year tracking him, out to revenge the brutal, senseless murder of his young...