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Can I read No Pockets in a Shroud [Short Story] on EtoBox?
No Pockets in a Shroud [Short Story] by Richard Deming is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is No Pockets in a Shroud [Short Story] about?
Two gambling kingpins go to war — and Manville Moon is caught in the middle When an upstart gangster named Byron Wade threatens Louis Bagnell’s gambling empire, Bagnell attempts to hire Manville Moon, a detective whose loss of a leg has not diminished his reputation as a tough guy. Preferring to remain neutral, Moon turns down Bagnell’s offer and refuses Wade’s as well. But Wade does not want another gunman. He wants a sleuth — to investigate his own murder, should the coming war leave him dead. They are negotiating over a platter of chop suey when Louis Bagnell turns up murdered. Was Wade using Moon as an alibi, or did Bagnell’s killer come from within his own gang? Double-crosses come faster than bullets in this twisting novella, but even on one leg, Manville Moon will have no trouble keeping up.
Who reads No Pockets in a Shroud [Short Story]?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Richard Deming
- Publisher
- Fictioneers, Popular Publications
- Published
- 1949
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
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