Richard Curtis Van Loan battles to spike a scheme of empire that brings an evil wave of death in its wake! Follow the Phantom to a Nevada silver town that holds a grim and mysterious secret of diabolical crime!
The Phantom Detective came to life thanks to the words and imaginations of multiple writers. Although not official, this character may hold the record for most writers to pen his adventures under one of two house names. The first eleven stories were written by G. Wayman Jones, according to credits given on the cover. D. L. Champion, the pen name of Jack D’arcy, actually penned most of those first eleven stories. Known for writing with both a certain quirkiness and attention to fast paced storytelling, Champion would go on to be known for other pulp creations, including Mr. Death and Inspector Alhoff. With issue twelve of The Phantom Detective, however, both the house name and the consistency of authors changed. Now being credited to ‘Robert Wallace’, a multitude of authors actually contributed to the somewhat erratic legacy of The Phantom Detective until the magazine ended in 1953. Writers attributed to have written most of these tales include Laurence Donovan, Edwin V. Burkholder, Norman A. Daniels, who wrote more than 36 of them, Anatole F. Feldman, C. S. Montanye, and Laurence Donovan. Other notable pulp authors contributed a few tales along the way as well, including Ryerson Johnson, Henry Kuttner, Ralph Oppenheim, Norvell W. Page, Paul Chadwick, Paul Ernst, Ray Cummings, and Emile C. Tepperman. The longevity of The Phantom Detective likely relied on the talent of the multiple authors involved.
The Clue of the Second Murder was originally published in the March 1948 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: Three Shots
Chapter 2: Dinner Date
Chapter 3: The Phantom
Chapter 4: The Second Murder
Chapter 5: Clues
Chapter 6: Phantom’s Orders
Chapter 7: Sonajo
Chapter 8: Mystery — And Terror
Chapter 9: Ringed In
Chapter 10: Dark Hole
Chapter 11: Piute Code
Chapter 12: Web of Murder
Chapter 13: The Palms
Chapter 14: Too Late
Chapter 15: 9 D
Chapter 16: Rookery Press
Chapter 17: Familiar Face
Chapter 18: Urgent
Chapter 19: Hour of Nine
Chapter 20: Empty Kingdom
