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Can I read The Shadow 331 Mark of The Shadow on EtoBox?
The Shadow 331 Mark of The Shadow by Maxwell Grant is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Shadow 331 Mark of The Shadow about?
From May 1966, this is one in the series of eight new Shadow novels published by Belmont. All were written by Dennis Lynds under the 'Maxwell Grant' name. While Lynds is a veteran mystery writer (also known as William Arden and Michael Collins) with his own series of thrillers, and while he has also written a few Executioner books, some Michael Shayne, Nick Carter 'Spymaster' books and the 1974 CHARLIE CHAN RETURNS, his new adventures of the Shadow were not too exciting or satisfying. MARK OF THE SHADOW seems to take forever to get going, and it's not until the very end that our hero (or the reader) sees any real action. Events are constantly restated and mulled over, there is a lot of unneeded detail on unimportant side-issues, and the usual cast of possible suspects isn't clearly presented. For most of the book, the Shadow is dealing with an odd series of murders in a California town, where a crime commission is gathering to wipe out the Mafia once and for all. (In just a few years, Mack Bolan would be coming along.) Another mysterious group seems to be involved, and toward the finale, the book abruptly swerves wildly into the mid-1960s world of exaggerated spy stories. The Sha
Who reads The Shadow 331 Mark of The Shadow?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Maxwell Grant
- Publisher
- Street & Smith
- Published
- 1966
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- True Crime, Crime, Detective & Crime Fiction