Frederick Nebel’s unforgettable character Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons behind the success of the legendary Dime Detective Magazine. His hard-boiled P.I. stories were a major influence to other writers of the era, yet only a handful have been reprinted since their original 44-story run eighty years ago. Volume 1 of this series contains the first 11 installments, complete and uncut, with an all-new introduction by Will Murray and the original illustrations by John Fleming Gould.
The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 1: 1931-32 by Frederick Nebel contains the following stories:
- “Death Alley”
- “Hell’s Pay Check”
- “Six Diamonds and a Dick”
- “And There Was Murder”
- “Phantom Fingers”
- “Murder on the Loose”
- “Rogues’ Ransom”
- “Lead Pearls”
- “The Dead Don’t Die”
- “The Candy Killer”
- “A Truck-Load of Diamonds”
