Can I read The Shadow 184 The Masked Lady on EtoBox?

The Shadow 184 The Masked Lady by Maxwell Grant is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Shadow 184 The Masked Lady about?

THE MASKED LADY was originally published in the October 15, 1939 issue of The Shadow Magazine. A new criminal has appeared on the Manhattan scene. A veiled woman who deals death to her enemies as she mocks the law. Can The Shadow unmask her? Hey, something's wrong here! Walter Gibson wrote 282 of The Shadow Magazine stories, and he rarely had a female with criminal tendencies. Women were innocent. In those scarce instances when a "bad" girl did show up, it was always a minor character. Never the title character in the pulp novel! So regular readers knew in advance that the Masked Lady would turn out to be innocent in the end. And sure enough, she does. For a novice Shadow reader, who doesn't know Walter Gibson's unwritten code against writing women criminals, this story will be prominently about The Shadow's search for the hidden identity of the Masked Lady and his attempt to capture her in the act. But for seasoned readers who know in advance that the Masked Lady won't be what she appears, this story is primarily a puzzle. It's a puzzle where readers watch as Walter Gibson sets up the Masked Lady in circumstances that seemingly allow for no logical explanation. Readers can try to

Author

Maxwell Grant

Publisher

Street & Smith

Published

1939

Language

EN