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The Purple Eye: A "Dime Mystery Book" Thriller

The Purple Eye: A "Dime Mystery Book" Thriller

Danowski, Shawn
Corcoran, William

Paperback

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN10: 1517640989
ISBN13: 9781517640989
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 3 2015
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
This wildly melodramatic thriller, originally published in the August 1933 issue of DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE, provided the template for countless pulp-hero novels published during the Thirties. Depression-era readers craved outlandish menaces to take their minds off their troubles, and The Purple Eye was at the top of the list.The Eye, maniacal criminal mastermind and leader of the ancient death cult known as the Brotherhood of Baktuun, terrorizes New York City with a series of high-profile murders accomplished by mysterious means. Seven million souls are at his mercy as his outrages mount in dizzying succession. The police, constrained by legal niceties and endless red tape, seem powerless to thwart his mad schemes. Enter Wayne Saxon, millionaire sportsman and world traveler, who devotes his life to running the Eye to earth. He works within the law when possible, but without it when necessary. Will he succeed? There's a thrill on every page of this baffling mystery, which provided the template for such characters as The Spider, The Phantom Detective, and others. It also has the apocalyptic overtones of many Depression-era pulp magazines issued by Popular Publications, a company that consistently pushed the envelope in bringing thrills to readers hungry for escapist entertainment.

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