No longer a Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though now in private practice, Kane had a knack for cracking cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob Byrne.
Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through nine gin-soaked yarns published between 1934 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.
The Complete Cases of Peter Kane (The Dime Detective Library) by Hugh B. Cave contains the following stories:
- “The Late Mr. Smythe”
- “Hell on Hume Street”
- “Bottled in Blonde”
- “The Man Who Looked Sick”
- “The Screaming Phantom”
- “The Brand of Kane”
- “Ding Dong Belle”
- “The Dead Don’t Swim”
- “No Place to Hide”
