The Phantom Detective takes up the law’s baton when the death of a world-famous violinist is but the prelude to a symphony of crime! The world’s greatest sleuth races against time to balk a strange conspiracy of doom!
House names, that is multiple authors writing under a single pseudonym for a series, were fairly commonplace in Pulp magazines. Notable characters often had only one author attached to them on the covers of magazines, but in reality, multiple scribes may have added to their legacies. This was no different for The Phantom Detective and actually this particular series may have held the record for the number of authors writing under a single house name, due in part to its 170 issue and twenty-year run. It is fairly well accepted that the first eleven issues, all of them under the name G. Wayman Jones, may have all actually been written by noted Pulp author D. L. Champion. The house name changed, however, with issue twelve, switching to Robert Wallace. Some experts and fans have theorized that this was done to perhaps gain some recognition due to the similarly named mystery writer of the period, Edgar Wallace. Although a list of authors contributing to The Phantom Detective has been compiled at various times, no one single author seemed to consistently write the character for any consecutive length of time. Norman A. Daniels wrote the most stories under the Wallace name, penning more than 36 tales. Each author, whether they took the Phantom Detective far afield or kept him close to the crime ridden streets, left an indelible mark on the character, adding to the most interesting legacy in Pulp.
Murder Set to Music was originally published in the Summer 1949 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: Death on the Waterfront
Chapter 2: Grim Identification
Chapter 3: A Case for the Phantom
Chapter 4: Re-Enter Death!
Chapter 5: The Unfinished Letter
Chapter 6: The Hidden Stain
Chapter 7: The Third Virtuoso
Chapter 8: Man With a Gun
Chapter 8: Information
Chapter 10: Big Business
Chapter 11: A Threat
Chapter 12: Signs of Struggle
Chapter 13: Chip Dorlan
Chapter 14: “Humoresque”
Chapter 15: The Question
Chapter 16: Key Man
Chapter 17: Vigil
Chapter 18: Scarpini’s Property
Chapter 19: Masked Devil
Chapter 20: Muriel’s Mission
Chapter 21: Death Trap
Chapter 22: Room of Death
Chapter 23: Grim Finale
