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Kings of Crime by Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Kings of Crime about?
KINGS OF CRIME was originally published in the December 15,1932 issue of The Shadow Magazine. While men of progress plan to speed the growth of a great city, others -- men of evil -- plan to fleece it of millions. Before crime comes, The Shadow sends his warning -- but it is a warning that is not heeded! This is another of those great early Shadow pulp novels. There's a lot to recommend this story. Events take place that might appear trite in the later stories, but since this was only the twentieth publication of The Shadow Magazine, they were still fresh and exciting... and they should be considered in that context. There's plenty of action, which is what most Shadow readers bought the magazine for, but there's also a proxy hero who really gains our sympathies. There's repentance and rehabilitation angle to this story that is heartening to read and adds a lot to the tale. There were five kings of crime: Big Tom Bagshawe was the proprietor of a chain of palatial gambling houses, the newest located in the ocean resort of Seaview City. Shifter Reeves was a drug lord and fiend of the underworld, whose operations were so cunningly conducted that police had never managed to place their
Who reads Kings of Crime?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter
- Publisher
- Street & Smith
- Published
- 1932
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction