The Shadow: A Quarter of Eight & The Freak Show Murders

By Walter B. Gibson

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385134134
• ISBN13: 9780385134132
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Classic literature

This book is a compilation of two original shadow stories. In the first story, A Quarter of Eight (originally published 10/1/45), the four quarters of an old Spanish piece of eight hold the key to a lost treasure, but someone is willing to kill to get all four pieces, and only The Shadow can stop him. In The Freak Show Murders (5/1/44), someone is willing to kill to gain the secret of Alumite (an incredibly light and strong new metal)--that someone dresses as a harlequin, can move about almost unseen, and kills without mercy. Linking The Harlequin to a traveling freak show, The Shadow and Margo Lane must penetrate the freak show and The Harlequin's secrets.My father used to talk about listening to The Shadow on the radio when he was a kid, and I was thrilled to be able to hear it myself. Now, after some serious searching, I have been able to read some original Shadow pulp stories. Written when Walter Gibson was at his height, these stories are fascinating and well written. If you are a fan of The Shadow, then you should read this book. I give it two thumbs up!