William E. Barrett

Needle Mike goes out with a needle in one hand and a pistol in the other. Ken McNally-millionaire playboy by pedigree, jaundiced, gold-toothed tattooist by disguise-runs a seedy Tenderloin parlor in St. Louis where ink and information change hands. Posing as the proprietor, he traffics in secrets as easily as he trades tattoos, stepping into danger when underworld patrons drag trouble through his door. Equal parts bravado, guile, and cold nerve, Needle Mike answers every scrape with a sly grin and a harder edge. The Complete Cases of Needle Mike, Volume 3 collects the final seven Needle Mike adventures from Dime Detective, bringing William E. Barrett's hard-boiled saga to a fierce, satisfying close. Restored as they originally ran, these last tales deliver the grit, fast reversals, and pulp-era punch that made Needle Mike one of the era's most entertaining antiheroes.

A millionaire playboy with a yen for excitement, young Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired, gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy tattoo parlor in the "tenderloin" district of St. Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities. Written by William E. Barrett, Needle Mike found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled mysteries originally published between 1935 and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

One of the most beloved of modern classics returns with a beautiful new cover. The enchanting story of two unlikely friends, a black ex-GI and the head of a group of German nuns, The Lilies of the Field tells the story of their impossible dream--to build a chapel in the desert.