"Boom! An explosion of pain roared through me, blasted me all the way to my shoestrings. Klieg lights made pinwheel patterns in my glims, an atomic bomb took my grey cells apart, and I plunged into a deep black well of unconsciousness. For me it was the end of a chapter." Those inimitable words from Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, came from the pen of famed author Robert Leslie Bellem. His colorful slang was to influence hard-boiled dicks for decades. Turner was a shamus who made Tinsel-town his stomping grounds. Crime amongst the glitter. The character made his debut in 1934 as a short story in Spicy Detective magazine. It continued there, one of the most popular recurring characters. In January 1942, publisher Culture Publications spun it off into its own magazine. There were 59 issues of the series, until the final issue in October 1950. Hollywood Detective returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Book-Length Novel — Complete in This Issue
No Mourner Shall Weep
by Edward Ronns
Was it just hatred and greed or was it some jinx that follows the sea and seafaring men? In any case, murder followed, and everyone the least bit involved paid his share of the costs.
Novelettes — Featuring Dan Turner
Remake For Death
by Robert Leslie Bellem
Dan is a patient man, but when it’s a case of murder, involving Jap spies and saboteurs, he’s likely to blow his top.
Clever Corpse
by Robert Leslie Bellem
The café was a cheap spot. And body guarding a singer in that joint wasn’t much of a job. But the fee involved made it seem really worth-while.
Special Features
Hip, Hip Horror
Hollywood Builds A Flat-Top
