Mystery and Crime Campbell, Scott: Below the Dead-Line (1904); v1; 13 Apr 2022

[Pulpmeister]

Scott Campbell is a pseudonym of Frederick W Davis (1858-1933), a prolific pulp writer around the turn of the 20th century. His style still has the naivete of the period: the bad guys are "rascals" and "ruffians", there is a master criminal ("The Big Finger", no less!); the good guy is captured but manages to escape in time; the bad guy is captured but manages to escape in time for the next episode; and so on. Still, quite good fun in its way. The hero is a semi-private detective with close links to the New York police, with a Center Street HQ detective as sort of liaison man.

1: The Case of the Vanished Bonds.
2: The Case of Dickson's Diamonds.
3: The Case of the Stolen Cypher
4: The Case of the Man who Vanished
5: The Case of the Big Finger
6: The Case of the Banker's Double
7: The Case of the Missing Magnate
8: The Case of the Under-Secretary
9: The Case of the Boss Mason
10: The Case of the Vacant Office
11: The Case of the Convict Code
12: The Case of the Tan Glove

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