Sign-In
Cart
Just a Nice Girl: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Shean Connell, Volume 1
Paperback
Series: Shean Connell, Book 1
ISBN13: 9781618278517
Publisher: Black Mask
Published: Jul 15 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A hardboiled detective with a sharp mind and a nose for trouble. Shean Connell is back on the case.
Step into the shadowy world of 1930s pulp crime with Just a Nice Girl: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Shean Connell, Volume 1. This collection gathers the first four thrilling stories featuring Roger Torrey's tough, no-nonsense private eye from the legendary pages of Black Mask magazine.
Known for his relentless pursuit of justice and street-smart savvy, Shean Connell navigates a tangled web of murder, corruption, and deceit in the urban underworld. From smoky backrooms to glittering high society, Connell's cases blend gritty realism with sharp dialogue and unexpected twists.
Torrey's storytelling pulses with the fast pace and tension that made Black Mask the gold standard of hardboiled detective fiction. These early tales lay the foundation for Connell's legacy as a classic pulp hero-tough, clever, and never out of his depth.
Perfect for fans of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and vintage noir detective stories, this volume offers a compelling dive into the darker corners of American crime fiction's golden age.
Rediscover Shean Connell-the private eye who proves that sometimes the toughest cases come wrapped in the guise of just a nice girl.
Also from
Torrey, Roger
The Case-Hardened Samaritan: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Dal Prentice, Volume 1
Torrey, Roger
Paperback
42 Days for Murder: A Hardboiled Shean Connell Detective Novel of Reno, Vice, and Murder
Torrey, Roger
Hardcover
Pulp Adventures #19: The Daughter of Huang Chow
Lupoff, Richard a.
Torrey, Roger
Wheeler-Nicholson, Malcolm
Paperback
42 Days for Murder: A Hardboiled Shean Connell Detective Novel of Reno, Vice, and Murder
Torrey, Roger
Paperback
Also in
Mystery & Thriller
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I: American Tabloid, the Cold Six Thousand; Introduction by Thomas Mallon
Ellroy, James
Hardcover
Coffin Road: An Utterly Gripping Crime Thriller from the Author of the China Thrillers
May, Peter
Paperback
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Movie Tie-In Edition): Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy
Larsson, Stieg
Paperback
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
Big Little Truths: Reese's Book Club: A Novel: The Sequel to Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane
Hardcover
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
Lawhon, Ariel
Hardcover