The Complete Cases of Steve Midnight, Volume 2 (The Dime Detective Library)
Down and out former playboy Steven Middleton Knight’s fortune was destroyed by the Depression. Now a cabbie for the Red Owl Cab Company, he never fails to take on another mystery with each new fare. Created by John K. Butler, this fast-paced, Los Angeles-based hard-boiled series was published between 1940 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.
Volume 2 collects the final five stories: “The Killer was a Gentleman,” “Dead Man’s Alibi,” “The Hearse from Red Owl,” “Death and Taxis,” and “The Corpse That Couldn’t Keep Cool.”
The Dime Detective Library: Series 3 (Six Book Set)
by John K. Butler, D.L. Champion, Merle Constiner, Frederick C. Davis, John Lawrence, and Fred MacIsaac
This specially-priced set includes all six books in Series 3 of The Dime Detective Library:
- The Complete Cases of Bill Brent, Volume 1 by Frederick C. Davis
- The Complete Cases of The Dean, Volume 1 by Merle Constiner
- The Complete Cases of Mariano Mercado, Volume 1 by D.L. Champion
- The Complete Cases of the Marquis of Broadway, Volume 2 by John Lawrence
- The Complete Cases of The Rambler, Volume 2 by Fred MacIsaac
- The Complete Cases of Steve Midnight, Volume 1 by John K. Butler, introduction by John Wooley
Considered the greatest of all detective pulps to only Black Mask, Dime Detective was the home to dozens of classic, quirky series characters, all with an offbeat twist. Get all of Series 3 at a big discount!
The Complete Cases of Steve Midnight, Volume 1 (The Dime Detective Library)
Down and out former playboy Steven Middleton Knight’s fortune was destroyed by the Depression. Now a cabbie for the Red Owl Cab Company, he never fails to take on another mystery with each new fare. Created by John K. Butler, this fast-paced, Los Angeles-based hard-boiled series was published between 1940 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.