Black Murder

Black Murder – Four hard-boiled stories of greed, robbery, black market bootleggers and cold-blooded murder by Roger Torrey.

Life—or Death? (1940) – A bullet stood between the happiness of his two friends and his own death. John Morgan, being the sort of a man he was, made the only choice possible

Three Dead Men (1940) – Joe Walters finds his man and the missing money— but he can’t find anyone to pin the rap on!

Chapter I – Judas Pinch

Chapter II – Self-defense

Chapter III – Circumstantial Evidence

Chapter IV – Everything in Line

Chapter V – “Gold Is Where You Find It”

Black Murder (1944) – Danny had been in hot business before. But he wouldn’t go back now—even to escape ruin—because he had two brothers in the service. But sometimes when you want to leave the black market alone, it won’t let you alone

Chapter I

Chapter II – The Set-up

Chapter III – The Madhouse

Chapter IV – Hell to Pay

Chapter V – Inside Job

Chapter VI – Smart Money

Chapter VII – Guarding Sonny

Chapter VIII – Three-Time Killer

Cop Killer (1943) – Up to now Wilson had been strictly small time. But blasting a cop put him in the big boy class. And since the only charge for which the law wanted him was wife desertion, his toughness became even harder to understand