Jake Solves the Impossible
- Authors
- Grost, Michael E.
- Publisher
- Michael E. Grost
- Tags
- detective , humor , locked room , mystery , ssc
- Date
- 2012-02-25T07:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.34 MB
- Lang
- en
Glamorous 1920's Hollywood is the setting for these clever mystery short stories. Pulp fiction writer Jake solves locked rooms and impossible crimes, in these exciting tales mixing comedy and suspense.
ContentsIntroductionA Detective Is Born Jake's first case.Extra! Extra! Mystery at an airfield.The One Dollar Mail Robbery of Buzzard's Corners Mystery out West.A Mystery Shot in One Long Take Eerie events on the set of Louis Feuillade's movie thriller.The Dream Factory A mystery in Paris.Horror at the High School Sinister events.Hell's Hacks Jake goes hard-boiled.Trial by Fire Standing up to the mob.The Hollywood Toy Express A strange movieland riddle.The Villain who Vanished A killer disappears - from a locked room.Banning the Blues Mystery ensues when Jake directs a racecar film.The Big Box At the Hollywood premiere of Jake's movie.Gorilla with a Pearl Earring Strange events at a boxing match.The Tree of Life Mystery in a mansion on a dark and stormy night.