Double Z
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN?They died quickly, one after another. First was Joel Caulkins, "Wise Owl" reporter with the New York Classic, murdered just as he was about to name his executioner. Then came Philip Farmington, millionaire and international banker: dead of a poisoned cigar. The list grew daily as each of the victims received a note warning of his impending death, signed by the killer: "Double Z".Clearly, Double Z was a man of his word… a gamesman with a zest for killing and a homicidal sense of humor. But the only laughter these days was the eerie echo of THE SHADOW, master crimefighter on call for the most challenging case of his career.Originally published in SHADOW Magazine, Volume II, Number 5, June 1932.
Grant Maxwell
CHAPTER I. THE HUNTED MAN
CHAPTER II. OVER THE WIRE
CHAPTER III. DOUBLE Z STRIKES
CHAPTER IV. BURKE BRINGS ACTION
CHAPTER V. CARDONA ENCOUNTERS CRIME
CHAPTER VI. THE SHADOW PREPARES
CHAPTER VII. THE SHADOW AT WORK
CHAPTER VIII. MANN LEARNS FACTS
CHAPTER IX. GANGSTERS TALK BUSINESS
CHAPTER X. CARDONA PREPARES
CHAPTER XI. THE TIP-OFF
CHAPTER XII. THE HIDEOUT
CHAPTER XIII. THE SHADOW’S FIGHT
CHAPTER XIV. DOUBLE Z PLOTS
CHAPTER XV. AT LOY ROOK’S
CHAPTER XVI. TWO MEN TRAPPED
CHAPTER XVII. THE THIRD SNARE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PIT OF DEATH
CHAPTER XIX. CARDONA’S RUSE
CHAPTER XX. CARDONA’S TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XXI. THE SHADOW’S WORK