The Masked Marksman #2

Meet Ed Race who made his trade as a vaudeville gun-juggler supreme, known on stage as "The Masked Marksman" and for handling six loaded . 45s to the delight of the crowds. But when this line of work… Lue lisää Meet Ed Race who made his trade as a vaudeville gun-juggler supreme, known on stage as "The Masked Marksman" and for handling six loaded . 45s to the delight of the crowds. But when this line of work became too tedious, Race took advantage of his multi-state P. I. licenses to solve crimes across the country. This collection includes his next seven stories: Juggler's Holiday: Ed Race, gun-juggler supreme, liked to help his friends out of tight places. But when that gun-active Samaritanism led him between the raking crossfires of both gangsters and police, Ed knew there was only one thing to do: blast his way out in a double gamble with death Death's Curtain-Call: Ed Race, who juggled guns for both business and pleasure, wanted to do a favor for a pretty girl friend. .. But a crooked poker game and a murder plot nearly made Death step forward to take Ed's final bow. .. Cue for a Gunman: Ed Race, six-gun magician, realized that a fast horse, a crooked bookie, and a quarter million dollars-mixed together-meant big-time trouble. .. But Slingel's mob didn't know Ed could juggle hot dough just as well as hot revolvers. .. Murder Backstage: Ed Race didn't like bandits-even the nervous and beautiful girl targeting him with an automatic. .. But when he understood the set-up, he barged head first into a six-gun ambush to help her out Death's Understudy: Ed Race couldn't say, "No " when a friend bid for his aid-even when it meant chancing a suit of hot tar and feathers. .. and a grim threat of more, and deadlier, hell to come Action Off Stage: Ed Race wasn't looking for a fight, but a pretty girl's lie and a crooked sheriff's stubbornness shoved it right into his lap. And good-natured as he was, Ed figured it was time to quit joking when the hillbillies rallied for a necktie party Prologue to Death: It gave Ed Race a queasy feeling when his Broadway pals treated him like a leper. .. And it took a bloody tommy-gun lesson to teach him that one determined enemy, hidden in a host of friends, can put a man on a cold morgue slab.