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Formula for Crime by Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Formula for Crime about?

FORMULA FOR CRIME was originally published in the March 15, 1942 issue of The Shadow Magazine. One man, a mathematician who had studied crime and its tendencies for years, has worked out a method of charting the course of future crime. He pits his theories against the mysterious "X", a mastermind of astounding ability. The Shadow, to keep his title as master over all crime, is forced to solve for "X" -- the unknown criminal in Formula for Crime!В Pardon me while I yawn. It was hard making it through this story without falling to sleep. This is not one of The Shadow's better efforts. It's safe to say that "Formula for Crime" is tediously... formula! It's a fairly simple by-the-numbers pulp tale that seems padded to reach its 40,000 word length. When you realize that The Shadow's gun-battle with a couple gangs of thugs spans three full chapters, it's pretty obvious that the padding wasn't just illusionary. And the twist ending leaves hanging plot threads that even the least discriminating reader would find annoying.В The basic idea behind the plot is that one man, a mathematician named Professor Achilles Troy, has devised a formula for crime. The eccentric old criminologist has appli

Who reads Formula for Crime?

Author

Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter

Publisher

Street & Smith

Published

1942

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

True Crime, Crime, Detective & Crime Fiction