Fifteen stories and one novel — hard-boiled classics by an undisputed master.
Following gangsters, blackmailers, and gunmen through the underbelly of 1930s America on their journeys to do dark deeds, Paul Cain’s stories are classics of his...
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...
It all started when a small statuette — stolen from a fifteenth-century tomb during the French Revolution — turned up suddenly in America.
A man named Harrow, the very rich father of a very naughty daughter, offered Parker $50,000, in...
THE CONDOR was originally published in the June 15, 1935 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
For six long years, The Condor, strange supercrook supreme, has been planning a crime spree unparalleled in history. Arson, robbery, blackmail, forgery,...
HAD it not been for the fire, Simon Templar, much better known to both the police and the underworld as "The Saint," might really have enjoyed a long vacation and the exquisite pleasure which he always found in the company of Patricia Holm. But...
Charlie Fox is a bodyguard hired to protect spoiled and surly teenager Trey Pelzner. Charlie accompanies her boss (and lover) Sean, from England to South Florida for what appears to be a low-key security job. Not exactly. Her trip to Florida begins...
Dr. Miles Murdock dons the face of his murdered brother to become the terrifying avenger known as the Purple Scar! Contains all four adventures of the most offbeat pulp hero. Includes an all-new introduction by Will...
FINGERS OF DEATH was originally published in the March 1, 1933 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
What are the "fingers of death?" Who controls them? Are they seeking new victims? And how are they made to bring doom to the innocent? The Shadow is the...
A blinded-by-love bridegroom named Arthur Wilkinson got mercilessly picked clean by his new wife and her accomplices. This was accomplished through more-or-less-legal real estate investment legerdemain. After seeing how callously this sweet,...
Defending an African-American farm family from local mobsters who want their land, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux travels from his native New Orleans to Central America in pursuit of a notorious gambler and hit...