The Phantom Detective was ready to rip the lid off Leland and prove how corrupt that city had become — but doing so might mean that Muriel Havens would face sudden death!
Norman A. Daniels cut his teeth on mysteries and crime stories from his first sale, readying him ready to take on the adventures of The Phantom Detective. Selling his first story to Thrilling in 1933, Daniels made an immediate impression and was asked to pen a story featuring Thrilling’s Hero Pulp mainstay, The Phantom Detective. After writing at least thirty-six Phantom Detective adventures, considered by many fans to be the best of the series, Daniels created his own character for Thrilling, another fan favorite still today-The Black Bat. Daniels would go on to write almost all of the sixty-two Black Bat stories as well as over twenty four Dan Fowler G-Man tales, a handful of Masked Detective, all of the Crimson Mask stories, among others. Even though he continued writing for the Pulp Magazines well into the last years of their heyday, Daniels turned his attention to other markets, including two that boomed in the 1950s-television and paperbacks.
Daniels’ contributions to The Phantom Detective are known for being tightly woven mysteries balanced with enough action and adventure to satisfy crime fans and Hero pulp followers. Although he did not alter the formula excessively with his take on the character, Daniels is credited with introducing grittier aspects into the stories, even at times bordering on noir. The Phantom Detective would not become The Shadow or The Spider, but he got a bit tougher under the watchful pen of Norman A. Daniels.
The Murder Machine was originally published in the Summer 1952 issue of The Phantom Detective Magazine and is read with pulse pounding intensity by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: In Line of Duty
Chapter 2: No Compromise With Murder
Chapter 3: The First Step
Chapter 4: Gangland Spy
Chapter 5: Flames of Murder
Chapter 6: Crooked Politician
Chapter 7: The Higher Echelons
Chapter 8: Unfinished Business
Chapter 9: Federal Affair
Chapter 10: Important Assignment
Chapter 11: Man With a Gun
Chapter 12: The Trap
Chapter 13: Death in an Alley
Chapter 14: Gun in His Back
Chapter 15: Cleanup
