T T Flynn

Meet Joe Maddox, the "Bland Buddha of the Bangtail Circuit." Known as both a horse racing aficionado and a detective, Maddox once again finds himself wrapped up in deadly mysteries linked to the world of thoroughbred racing. Volume 3 continues his thrilling adventures, where cunning crooks and dangerous killers lurk around every corner of the track. Whether it's a grisly murder at Pimlico or a deadly trap in Tijuana, Maddox and his faithful assistant, Oscar, must race against time to stay ahead of the odds.Includes four pulse-pounding stories: "Post-Mortem at Pimlico," "The Devil and the Horse Man," "Happy Murder to You ," and "Tijuana Kill-Trap."

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The September 1932 issue contains stories by T.T. Flynn, Frederick Nebel, Westmoreland Gray, J. Paul Suter, and Paul Ellsworth Triem, and includes installments in the Cardigan, Horatio Humberton, and Collin Windsor series.

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The July 1932 issue contains stories by J. Paul Suter, T.T. Flynn, Erle Stanley Gardner, James A. Goldthwaite, and Maxwell Hawkins, and includes an installment in the Horatio Humberton and Dick Bentley series.

Wade and Clay Candleman were identical twins, at least in looks. As boys, they had often traded places as a prank or to help them out of a tough spot. But Clay liked fun and excitement while Wade was the more serious of the two. Some would say Clay was wild and reckless while Wade was steady and dependable. Some time ago, Clay had decided to strike out on his own and Wade hadn't heard much from him since.

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The fourth issue contains stories by T.T. Flynn, Frederick Nebel, Carroll John Daly, Edward Parrish Ware, and J. Allan Dunn, and includes an additional appearance by Nebel's character, Cardigan as well as by Carroll John Daly's Vee "Crime Machine" Brown.

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The second issue contains stories by T.T. Flynn, Maxwell Hawkins, J. Allan Dunn, Frederick Nebel, and Erle Stanley Gardner, and includes another appearance by Nebel's long-running series character, Cardigan.

The adventures of detectives Trixie Meehan and Mike Harris of the Blaine Agency are some of the most frequently-anthologized stories from the pulps. Author T.T. Flynn's stories of the bickering investigators foreshadowed the genre of male/female partner detectives. Included in Volume 1 are the first four stories in the series- "The Deadly Orchid," "Death Takes Passage," "Falling Death," and "Murder's Masquerade"- along with their original illustrations by Joseph A. Farren.

Written by T.T. Flynn, Valentine Easton is regarded as the top agent for American Intelligence who tackled the dreaded Black Doctor's espionage threats in 5 stories published between 1932 and 1935 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

In Death for Double-O Neighbors, Tom Lucas owes plenty to Old Bob Hurley who raised him and helped him start up his own ranch, the Wagon Wheel. Lucas is also in love with his granddaughter, Marcia, who has just returned from the East. Hurley calls a meeting of all the small ranchers, for which Tom is a leader, to warn them a range war is headed their way if the skimming off of his yearlings doesn't stop. Lucas is torn by his loyalty to both Hurley and his Double-O Ranch on one side and to the small ranchers on the other. That loyalty is tested when his ranch is burned out and he and his partner are branded cattle thieves by Hurley himself. When Stanley Blanton, an engineer charting the mineral resources of the Northland, in the Out Trail, crashes through a snow bridge with his sled and dogs, he injures his ankle. Two hundred and fifty miles from food and shelter for both himself and his dogs in the midst of a blizzard, all hope seems gone until a sled team appears in the distance. Knowing the code of the North-that one must to help another in distress-Blanton calls out, but the man and his team pass him by. Court martialed and losing the woman he loved seven years earlier, Cass Morgan, in Powder for Santa Anna, has been living recklessly, shipping freight between the African coast and the Mexican gulf with his partner, O'Malley. As the war with Mexico, which Morgan is against, ramps up and the services of brigs are needed to move supplies and men to Taylor at the mouth of the Rio Grande, a web of deceit encircles Morgan as rumors of blockade running and smuggling contraband, including slaves, into Mexico tighten around him.When Tom Buckner, in Hunted Wolf, quit Hal Stafford's Cross-T Ranch he didn't expect to be pursued and left to die in the desert, his horse wounded and a single cartridge in his gun. The appearance of a scrawny wolf at the dry basin provides a chance for survival-and revenge-if only Buckner can outwolf the wolf.

To habitu s of the nation's top racetracks he's known as "The Bland Buddha of the Bangtail Circuit." Less polite players of the ponies call him a tout or a bookie. There's no doubt that Mr. Joe Maddox is a shrewd judge of horseflesh, but he's also a shrewd judge of men. And that's a critically important quality to possess, because Mr. Maddox repeatedly finds himself pitted against crooks and killers whose depredations are linked in some way to the racing game. Assisted by his sidekick Oscar, the heavyset handicapper has always managed to beat the odds, but sooner or later his luck is bound to change.... The work of prolific pulpster T.T. Flynn, 35 Mr. Maddox novelettes were published in the pages of Dime Detective between 1938 and 1950. Fast-moving and suffused with authentic racing atmosphere, they were among the most popular stories ever to appear in this prestigious crime pulp, second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre. Contains the next four stories: "Kentucky Kickback," "The Bookie and the Blonde," "Blood on the Blue-Grass" and "Trot Out Your Murder."

To habitu s of the nation's top racetracks he's known as "The Bland Buddha of the Bangtail Circuit." Less polite players of the ponies call him a tout or a bookie. There's no doubt that Mr. Joe Maddox is a shrewd judge of horseflesh, but he's also a shrewd judge of men. And that's a critically important quality to possess, because Mr. Maddox repeatedly finds himself pitted against crooks and killers whose depredations are linked in some way to the racing game. Assisted by his sidekick Oscar, the heavyset handicapper has always managed to beat the odds, but sooner or later his luck is bound to change.... The work of prolific pulpster T.T. Flynn, 35 Mr. Maddox novelettes were published in the pages of Dime Detective between 1938 and 1950. Fast-moving and suffused with authentic racing atmosphere, they were among the most popular stories ever to appear in this prestigious crime pulp, second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

These four short novels are Western fiction at its finest, showcasing T. T. Flynn's amazing gift for combining mystery, suspense and action in an artful balance. Stage robbers, range wars, hidden gold and the threat of the hangman's noose--all appear in these thrilling tales, guaranteed to bring the West to life so vividly, you'll swear you can hear the saddle leather creak and taste the trail dust in your coffee. Let T. T. Flynn, author of the classic The Man from Laramie, transport you back to the grandeur and adventure of the Old West

Here are four of T. T. Flynn's greatest novellas--all filled with the blazing action and unforgettable characters readers have come to expect from the author of the classic The Man from Laramie. In this volume, Flynn presents a young man who embarks on a dangerous hunt for his fugitive brother, a top rodeo rider determined to find the men who sent him to prison for three years, a man mistaken for one of the most notorious outlaws of the West, and, finally, a group of ordinary stage-coach passengers who must band together in a fight for their lives when Apaches attack an isolated desert station. Let the mastery of T. T. Flynn sweep you back to the Old West in all its untamed glory.

It's clear to Will Lockhart that no one in Coronado wants a stranger in town, but he's traveled a thousand miles through dangerous Apache territory to avenge his brother and no matter what they do to try to run him out, he won't leave without justice.