A duel with Evil
When an innocent man is murdered under strange circumstances and a crack police detective is lured to his death, The Shadow sees the signs of a vicious plot. He uncovers a ruthless gang of counterfeiters, led by the most...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” July 15, 1933.
They planned to let loose a silver scourge; to flood the world with false wealth that would deceive all. But they had not counted upon The...
MacDonald apparently loathes the Hollywood scene, and he creates some characters to show us why. (A couple of times during the series Travis reels off a list of things he has no use for, and "actresses" are included.) There's a new character...
Lew Archer #3 The third Lew Archer mystery, in which a missing-persons search takes him "through slum alleys to the luxury of a Palm Springs resort, to a San Francisco drug-peddler's shabby room. Some of the people were dead when he reached them....
It guarded the destinies of Delthern Manor, but death struck, unseen, again and again, baffling all - all but The Shadow, Avenger of Crime.
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The story opens with a lawyer talking to a group of people about the will of...
“The Tough Guys” contain three Spillane short stories that came out in men’s magazines in the early sixties. All are solid Spillane high caliber yarns , with a guy ready to tackle injustice with violence, always with a clip in the gun and a...
Murder of a Genius
When a mechanical genius is murdered at the moment of his greatest invention, THE SHADOW decodes a plan of linked deaths and traps a master killer in a bizarre and brilliant intrigue…
As originally published in “The...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” March 15, 1934.
A dying convict gasps a last message to his cellmate — a message which brings about a strange change in the events of a thriving community. The Shadow, master of crime...
"Strictly for cash" is the story of how Johnny Farrar made his roll of money. He started out to make five thousand and ended up with a quarter of million. But he didn't get it by legitimate means. And as a result, he found himself in big trouble....