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The series concludes here Big-city residents on both sides of the law regard him with equal measures of fear and reticence. They know that whatever they're doing, right or wrong, will sooner or later come to the attention of Guy "Keyhole" Kerry, a wise-cracking, hard-charging journalist who knows all and tells most of it. Kerry's profession brings him into contact with all kinds of people, and the law of averages guarantees that some of them are better left alone. But Keyhole Kerry will risk anything for a scoop, even if it means becoming embroiled in murder mysteries and making himself a target.This relatively brief series (eight late Thirties entries) was written for Dime Detective by Frederick C. Davis, a tireless pulp scribe who sold more yarns to the magazine-73 in all-than any other contributor save T.T. Flynn. With a half-dozen recurring characters in this one rough-paper periodical, Davis was one of the many talented contributors who made Dime Detective a prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

One of the strangest pulp heroes is finally available from Altus Press Created by pulp fiction legend Frederick C. Davis for the pages of the ultra-rare title, Ten Detective Aces, the Moon Man fought the forces of the underworld in 38 unforgettable tales. Volume 6 collects the next four stories from this series: "Homicide Dividends," "Robe of Blood," "The Whispering Death" and "Corpse's Plunder." And it includes an all-new introduction by Moon Man expert Andrew Salmon.

From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay "Oke" Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine-all centering around the film industry. Volume 2 collects the final five mysteries.

Meet "Lora Lorne," the love advice columnist for the Recorder newspaper... in actuality, gruff reporter Bill Brent. Written by Frederick C. Davis, Brent stumbled through 16 stories published between 1941 and 1946 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.Collecting the next four stories in the series, all originally published in 1942-43.

Lora Lorne is Bill Brent's cleverest disguise. By day the gruff, no-nonsense reporter answers love-sick readers in the Recorder's advice column; by trade he's a hard-boiled sleuth who wades into murder, blackmail, and heartbreak with equal parts cynicism and charm. In The Complete Cases of Bill Brent, Volume 4, Frederick C. Davis brings the series to its dramatic close. This volume gathers the final installments that complete Brent's sixteen-story run from the pages of Dime Detective (1941-1946), sending him into capers that pulse with wartime tension, pulpy romance, and the quick, economical plotting that made Davis a staple of the crime pulps. Lean, fast, and quietly ruthless, Bill Brent dispenses practical counsel and ruthless justice in equal measure. For readers who love sharp dialogue, twisty mystery, and a hero who's as comfortable behind a typewriter as he is in a brawl, this concluding volume delivers the satisfying finish every pulp addict has been waiting for.