For years, the operations of a mysterious and ruthless extortioner, who called himself " The Tortoise", had baffled Scotland Yard and the police forces of Europe. But the Tortoise made a mistake of interfering with Don Micklem, millionaire...
It all began with the phone call asking former porn star Angel Dare to do one more movie. Before she knew it, she'd been shot and left for dead in the trunk of a car. But Angel is a survivor. And that means she'll get to the bottom of what's been...
Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years ago. Desperate pleas for help from the child's aunt led investigators Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. The pair risked everything to find the young...
George Fraser is a lonely man, and a bored man. But he has exciting dreams. In his dreams, he lives in a thrilling world of gangsters, guns, fast cars and beautiful women. And of course, in his dreams, he is the toughest gangster of them all. George...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” November 15, 1933.
Who was Mox? What was behind the strange doings in his home, and the disappearances of various men? The Shadow...
MURDER MARSH was originally published in the October 1, 1934 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
A mysterious mansion set on an island in the center of a foggy old marsh. There, scientists looked for the Ignis Fatuus, crooks looked for wealth, the Law...
The greatest crime fighter of the forties returns!
In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human.
It was so with Dick Benson. He had been...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” March 15, 1933.
Millions of dollars, soaked in the blood of innocent victims, mark the path of this Murder...