As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” December 15, 1934.
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From Publishers Weekly
One of a handful of novels he was working on at the time of his death, this fine, perhaps final, work from hard-boiled fiction icon Spillane (1918–2006) was prepared for publication by Hard Case vet Max Allan Collins....
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But where the cops might see an open-and-shut case,...
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