Kill Shot - 8 Spicy Tales! — Robert Leslie Bellem

PERIL PRESS presents:



Dan Turner -- Hollywood Detective, December 1942

KILLER'S UNION

by Robert Leslie Bellem

Keeping a cute movie extra on ice in his apartment is bound to get Dan in trouble. And part of it is that a gunman doesn't forget how to play rough just because he's turned screen actor.

5800 Words



Speed Detective, November 1943

HALF-SIZE HOMICIDE

by Robert Leslie Bellem

Dan wasn't even working for the movie star when she slapped his face and fired him in the most public way possible! To make matters worse, the whole thing was right under the nose of the gabbiest gossip columnist in Hollywood.

7800 Words



Hollywood Detective, August 1944

MURDER'S MOUTHPIECE

by Robert Leslie Bellem

For years Ace had been asking for trouble. This time it looked as if he were really going to get it. There were so many people just yearning to send flowers to his funeral that it was hard to find any one who knew him who wouldn't be a suspect if he died suddenly.

6600 Words



Hollywood Detective, December 1945

POISON PAYOFF

by Robert Leslie Bellem

Things had been so dull in Dan Turner's private-eye business that he didn't know where his next murder was coming from. But the dainty little manicurist named Malloy thought she knew -- and it turned out she was right. And she and Dan were going to be more intimately involved than they imagined! . . .

6400 Words



Dan Turner -- Hollywood Detective, May 1943

DISSOLVE SHOT

by Robert Leslie Bellem

It's rare that Dan encounters dough so dirty that he won't touch it. Even this time, when the ante was boosted enough, he forgot his scruples. Besides there was a feminine angle. . . .

5600 Words



Dan Turner -- Hollywood Detective, May, 1943

DEAD MAN'S GUILT

by Robert Leslie Bellem

Everybody knew Kilgore had been killed trying to escape from San Quentin. Yet now this girl, who knew all the facts in the case, pleads with Dan to save her from the dead man!

5500 Words



Speed Detective, April 1945

Dan Turner Hollywood Detective

SUICIDE STUNT

by Robert Leslie Bellem

A special kind of trap had been provided to guarantee a most spectacular ending for the male movie star. And the killer suspects had figured some highly colorful dodges in order to confound Dan Turner, the surging shamus of this cinemaland!

8000 Words



Hollywood Detective, December 1945

DOG'S LIFE

by Robert Leslie Bellem

Missing jewels, a dead canine movie star and assorted underhanded shenanigans might or might not have a tie-in with this murder -- but cinemaland's super-sleuth Dan Turner aimed to find out after it became personal!

8900 Words



This edition includes 15+ Illustrations for the stories, the pulp covers for all 8 stories, plus a GALLERY of 10 pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem.