Mystery & Suspense Short Stories Collection: Dead Men Kill: A Murder Mystery of Wealth, Power, and the Living Dead (Paperback)

from theokester

Before seeing this book (and other similar books) on the shelf, I had no idea that L. Ron Hubbard had written pulp fiction. I honestly only knew about him peripherally as the writer of Dianetics and founder of the Church of Scientology. Since I never really had any interest in either of those, I ...

from hopeevey

This is painfully pulp-fiction, anchored irrevocably in its time. Between the melodramatic prose, flatly stereotypical characters, unconscious racism, and blinding misogyny, it's almost a parody to my ear. All that aside, it is a well plotted action story. I did enjoy following the mystery, and t...

from kat610

I won this book on Librarything early reviewers and it was okay. It's an audiobook with a full cast, which is always fun. However, it is a little dated. I guess if you like pulp detective fiction, which I have not read much of, you might like this. It just doesn't have much depth. I like a myster...

from Mrsbaty

Pure pulp fiction. If that's what you like, you'll love this and the CD is well done with good voice actors. Rich men are dying and Detective Lane is looking into the murders. There is a beautiful woman, a criminal mastermind and plenty of action. The twists and turns are fairly predictable but t...

from regularguy5mb

Here is another giveaway win from the Goodreads First Reads program, and another audio book from "the Golden Age" and L. Ron Hubbard's. Hubbard writes some good pulp, you have to admit, and this is another entry in that ilk. Smooth-talking detective Terry Lane is investigating a serious of viciou...