The Phantom Detective - The Phantom's Phantom

The Phantom Detective #171

by Robert Reginald

The time is 1953. The world has changed. Richard Curtis Van Loan has been forced to hang up his mask. But The Phantom Detective is drawn out of retirement by the sudden murder of his longtime friend, publisher Frank Havens; and must then face the greatest challenge in his long career, as he finds himself pursued and hounded by a vicious, unseen assailant, "The Phantom's Phantom." The hot, sunny hills of Southern California present a very different problem from the cold, dark-edged streets of the Big Apple. As the bodies begin piling up, Van Loan is driven to the very limit of his resources. Who is The Phantom's Phantom?

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2006

Reviews

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very pulpish, very fun story about a hero in the vein of the Shadow, The Spider, and so on. Enjoyable.

[Michael R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a period romp in the style of the 1940s...updated to the 1950s. Reginald has his characters down cold, knows his setting, and enjoys the story he is spinning. Recommended.