Can I read Alibi Trail on EtoBox?

Alibi Trail by Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Alibi Trail about?

ALIBI TRAIL was originally published in the January 1, 1942 issue of The Shadow Magazine. When completing factions seek control of the Manufacturers Security Association, key members start turning up dead. The most likely suspects have iron-clad alibis, which puts The Shadow on their alibi trail.В This is a rather uninspired and hum-drum Shadow adventure, the first of 1942. The final solution to the mystery is rather clever, but is nearly the only inspired thing about the story. The rest is pretty standard gangster fare in which there are a couple unsolved murders, a couple gun battles and people running around for no clear reason. When critics say that the Shadow pulp novels of the 1940's were inferior to those of the 1930's, this would be a good example to prove the point.В Four years after this story was published, another Shadow novel appeared in the pulp magazine with the same title. The two stories had nothing in common, other than their name. Apparently editors at Street & Smith were getting a little sloppy by then and didn't check to see if the title "Alibi Trail" had been used before. That second story sunk even lower in quality than the one being reviewed here. So I guess

Who reads Alibi Trail?

Author

Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter

Publisher

Street & Smith

Published

1941

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction