Frederick C Davis

A group of bitter men-a secret League of War-was ready to plunge the world into a new, earth-wide conflict. They issued orders, and bloody organized murder was loosed in the heart of Europe And behind this carnage, a single man was scheming to make himself the Dictator of the World Never before had a single person conceived such a colossal plan for profiting from the slaughter of humans. He had overcome all obstacles-except one lone avenger, Operator 5, America's secret service ace. Can Jimmy Christopher keep the nations of the world from hurling themselves into a war which can bring nothing but universal defeat, misery, and slavery?

A happy crowd, inspired by the spirit of Christmas, was milling joyously in Times Square, New York. Suddenly, cutting through the sounds of gayety, came a shrill whine. It became louder, and at the very second of midnight, a gigantic shell exploded, killing, maiming, destroying At twelve hour intervals thereafter-no man knew in advance where-another shell burst devastatingly. Two great powers were openly accused in the newspapers. War-savage and bloody-was imminent, and Operator 5 realized that he had encountered his most cunning foe, the clever woman spy-Radi Havara

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.

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.

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.