Killer's Night - 7 Spicy Tales!

Book excerpt: PERIL PRESS presents: Speed Detective, October 1944 STARS DIE AT NIGHT by Robert Leslie Bellem If you tangle with a burglar and a corpse—both of them female and beautiful and very prominent—you're apt to steam four ways at once, the way Dan Turner did. 8700 Words Hollywood Detective, March 1944 KILLER'S CURE A Dan Turner Story by Robert Leslie Bellem To win a girl's confidence Dan Turner turns actor. He should have known from the first Hollywood is full of actors and actresses 5300 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, January 1942 A COMET PASSES by Robert Leslie Bellem Why should a lovely movie star want to quit her career, hide out from everybody—including the man who loved her? Dan Turner found more than one mystery when death visited the lonely ranch house and offered an astonishing solution. 5000 Words Speed Detective, July 1944 STOCK SHOT by Robert Leslie Bellem As much as he disapproves of murder, Dan Turner hates blackmail even more. And as much as he loves a client who puts cash on the line, Dan's common sense tells him there's little percentage in trying to cover up for a killer . All of these factors, and more, confront him in The Case of the Millionaire Producer with the Puritanical Sweetheart. Chapter 2: Ka Chow! Chapter 3: The Answer to $10,000 Chapter 4: What Body? Chapter 5: The Prowler Chapter 6: A Threat Chapter 7: The Plan of Action Chapter 8: Fitting the Puzzle 12,500 Words Hollywood Detective, May 1948 WIRED ALIBI by Robert Leslie Bellem The victim was no longer alive to deny or confirm his murderer but Homicide Donaldson was trying to finger Dan Turner for the kill—because in a Sunset Strip gin mill the Ace private eye had uttered public threats to feed the victim crooner a load of venom . . . it was evident that Dan was in a king-size jack-pot! Chapter 2: Dust On Her Heals Chapter 3: Twice-Made Goat Chapter 4: Not A Joy Ride Chapter 5: Holes For A Head Chapter 6: The Clay Pigeon Flies 10,300 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, February 1943 PHONY SHAKEDOWN by Robert Leslie Bellem At first, Dan thought the girl had shot at him and it didn't make him any the less mad because she had missed. But before he could make her talk, another bullet closed her mouth. That sort of interference in Dan's business was the last straw! Somebody was going to pay—and plenty. 8300 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, February 1943 MURDER'S BLUE MOTIVE by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan had little sympathy for the dead woman, and a lot for the girl with the pistol. This seemed the time to take the law into his own hands. 7100 Words This edition includes all 10 illustrations to these stories plus pulp covers to all 7 stories.