*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Crime, Spies & Sleaze category and the Shadow novels. Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? We have seven novels based on the popular 1930s pulp fiction character, who originated on radio. The Shadow used a bewildering array of pseudonyms (Kent Allard, Lamont Cranston and Isaac Twambley among others), as did the authors of these books. The original writer was Walter Gibson, but these books are credited to Maxwell Grant, (Maxwell Grant was in fact a house name, and most of these later entries in the Shadow canon from Belmont are in fact written by Dennis Lynds).
PICTURED: THE SHADOW BY MAXWELL GRANT ALL SOLD
CRY SHADOW Peter Haddock c.1968 US PB VG £8
DESTINATION MOON Belmont 1967 1st US PB GD £8
MARK OF THE SHADOW Belmont 1966 1st US PB GD £6
THE NIGHT OF THE SHADOW Belmont 1966 1st US PB  VG £10
SHADOW BEWARE Starbook 1960s Aus PB VG £10
THE SHADOW STRIKES Belmont 1964 1st US PB GD £10
THE SHADOW’S REVENGE Belmont 1965 1st US PB GD £7