The Fifth Gate: The Complete Cases of Tug Norton, Volume 1 (The Argosy Library)
One of the most popular private detective series from the pages of Flynn’s Detective Fiction is finally collected in book form. Author Edward Parrish Ware’s stories of former-cowboy-turned detective Tug Norton ran for nearly 50 short stories and novelettes which recounted the cases of the Kaw Valley Detective Bureau of Kansas City, and are frequently considered some of the best hard-boiled detective stories so see print in Flynn’s. Volume 1 contains the first six stories, along with all of the original illustrations.
The Argosy Library #130
Satan’s Lash: The Complete Cases of Satan Hall, Volume 1 (The Argosy Library)
Detective Frank Hall wasn’t so much a cop: more of a killer on the police force. His brutal style and devil-like visage gave him the nickname Satan Hall as he worked to corruption, gangsters, and killers… one of the most unique series characters from the detective pulps of the 1930s.
This volume collects the first six short stories, including the previously-undocumented premiere story, “Black Turns White.” Written by the creator of the hard-boiled detective story, Carroll John Daly, and including the original illustrations from the original pulp magazines.
The Argosy Library #111
The Rose Bath Riddle: The Complete Cases of Jigger Masters, Volume 2 (The Argosy Library)
Frozen to death in a scalding hot steam bath! That was the baffling fate that overtook Simon Corlaes, wealthy—and hated—chemical wizard. Jigger Masters, detective hired by Corlaes to protect him after receiving dearth threats, was unable to prevent the murder, but now it was his duty to track down the slayer. Discovering that liquid air of a searing, frigid temperature had been fed into Corlaes’ shower from an adjoining laboratory, Jigger Masters must locate the culprit as additional murders of Corlaes’ acquaintances stack up.
The Argosy Library #112
Bait for Men: The Complete Cases of The Lady From Hell, Volume 1 (The Argosy Library)
Eugene Thomas’s stories of reformed master criminal Vivian Legrand—aka “The Lady From Hell”—were amongst the most popular stories to see print in Detective Fiction Weekly during the 1930s. A former blackmailer, the red-haired Legrand’s escapades pitted her against both the British Secret Service, and the criminal Underworld. Appearing in over twenty stories in Detective Fiction Weekly, this collection includes the first ten stories of The Lady From Hell, along with all of the original illustrations.
The Argosy Library #117
The Festival of the Dead: The Complete Chinatown Cases of Jimmy Wentworth, Volume 1 (The Argosy Library)
Chinatown crime: born in China, Sgt. Jimmy Wentworth, a police detective on the San Francisco Chinatown squad, battled the Chinese Tongs—and some supernatural foes as well. Volume 1 chronicles the beginning of the series, along with Wentworth’s battles against Kong Gai, supreme leader of the tong. Running for 30 installments, this is one of the most-requested series to be included in The Argosy Library of pulp fiction.
The Argosy Library #119
The Argosy Library: Series 11 (Ten Book Set)
This specially-priced set includes all ten books in Series 11 of The Argosy Library:
- The Phantom in the Rainbow by Slater LaMaster
- Threads of Evidence: The Complete Cases of Riordan, Volume 1 by Victor Maxwell
- Masters of Darkness by Murray Leinster
- Lies at Any Price: The Complete Cases of Gillian Hazeltine, Volume 1 by George F. Worts
- He Rules Who Can by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
- The House of the Ego: The Complete Cabalistic Cases of Semi Dual, Volume 3 by J.U. Giesy and Junius B. Smith
- Death to a Tenor by Fred MacIsaac
- Murder’s Masquerade: The Complete Cases of Mike & Trixie, Volume 1 by T.T. Flynn
- The Land of Limping Law: The Complete Cases of Calhoun, Volume 1 by Edward Parrish Ware
- Cocked Dice: The Complete Cases of Daffy Dill, Volume 1 by Richard B. Sale
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The Argosy Library: Series 10 (Ten Book Set)
This specially-priced set includes all ten books in Series 10 of The Argosy Library:
- Tarantula Tower: The Adventures of Scarlet and Bradshaw, Volume 4 by Theodore Roscoe
- Henry Plays a Hunch: The Complete Tales of Sheriff Henry, Volume 5 by W.C. Tuttle
- King of the Dead: The Saga of Monella, Volume 3 by Frank Aubrey
- Cave of the Blue Scorpion: The Adventures of Peter the Brazen, Volume 5 by Loring Brent
- The Monster of the Lagoon: The Complete Adventures of Singapore Sammy, Volume 3 by George F. Worts
- The Fourteen Points by Arthur B. Reeve
- War Dragons: The Complete Adventures of Cordie, Soldier of Fortune, Volume 4 by W. Wirt
- Shark Trail: The Complete Adventures of Bellow Bill Williams, Volume 3 by Ralph R. Perry
- Minions of the Shadow by William Gray Beyer
- Rats of the Harbor: The Complete Cases of Dirk and Baker by Ray Cummings
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Threads of Evidence: The Complete Cases of Riordan, Volume 1 (The Argosy Library)
Considered one of the most authentic police procedurals from the pulp magazines, author Victor Maxwell relied on his own experience as a crime reporter to chronicle the cases of Sgt. Riordon and Detective Halloran in this long-running series from Detective Fiction Weekly. Never before reprinted, this edition collects the first eight stories in the series. Includes an introduction by Maxwell aficionado Terry Sanford which features several rare Maxwell family photos.
The Land of Limping Law: The Complete Cases of Calhoun, Volume 1 (The Argosy Library)
Stationed in the Sunken Lands of Arkansas, U.S. Ranger Jack Calhoun’s violent, fast-paced detective stories set in the river counties’ swamps were among the most popular stories of readers of Flynn’s Weekly, running for almost 70 stories from the 1920s–30s. Written by prolific author Edward Parrish Ware, this series has never before been reprinted.
Volume 1 collects the first seven stories, along with an introduction by pulp historian Robert Sampson.
The Fourteen Points (The Argosy Library)
Scientific detective Craig Kennedy had solved plenty of tricky cases in his career, but none were quite like the Fourteen Points: four cases of the Compass: “North,” “South,” “East,” and “West,” the Elements: “Air,” “Water,” “Earth,” and “Fire,” the Senses: “Smell,” “Sight,” “Taste,” “Touch,” “Hearing,” and “The Sixth Sense.” It’s a classic series from the pages of Detective Fiction Weekly. Includes an introduction by Munsey editor Robert H. Davis as well as a biography of the author of the Craig Kennedy series, Arthur B. Reeve.
The Argosy Library: Series 8 (Ten Book Set)
This specially-priced set includes all ten books in Series 8 of The Argosy Library:
- Satan’s Vengeance by Carroll John Daly
- The Viper: The Complete Cases of Madame Storey, Volume 2 by Hulbert Footner
- The Sapphire Smile: The Adventures of Peter the Brazen, Volume 4 by George F. Worts writing as Loring Brent
- The Curse of Capistrano and Other Adventures: The Johnston McCulley Omnibus, Volume 2 by Johnston McCulley
- The Man Who Mastered Time and Other Adventures: The Ray Cummings Omnibus by Ray Cummings
- The Guns of the American: The Adventures of Norcross, Volume 2 by W. Wirt
- Trailin’ by Frederick Faust writing as Max Brand
- War Declared! by Theodore Roscoe
- The Return of the Night Wind by Varick Vanardy
- The Fetish Fighters and Other Adventures: The F.V.W. Mason Foreign Legion Stories Omnibus by F.V.W. Mason
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