The Red Finger Megapack: 12 Tales of the Masked Hero by Arthur Leo Zagat

Author:Arthur Leo Zagat [Zagat, Arthur Leo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: hero, pulp, fiction, masked, series
ISBN: 9781479403226
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2014-07-27T21:00:00+00:00

The next morning Ford Duane, sleepy-eyed, languid, unlocked the door of his second-hand bookshop on Fourth Avenue and bent to pick up the mail that had been thrust under it. Circulars. Bills. A small gray envelope addressed in tiny handwriting as clean-cut and beautifully formed as engraving.

Within, a card. “Never say never to a woman.” That was all except for the signature. “The Flower.”

RED FINGER — SPY POISON!

A maroon sedan bored steadily into the night, its headlights picking a deserted, narrow road out of the darkness. It was coming from Washington, but it was approaching New York from the north. The Captain of Infantry who drove it had changed its license plates three times since its stealthy departure. He was in civilian clothes, as were his two grizzled, stalwart passengers.

The hat-brims of all three were pulled low over their brows, their coat collars turned up about their jaws to hide their faces even in the auto’s dark interior.

The man on the right of the rear seat glanced at the glowing dial of his wristwatch. “Eight-thirty, General,” he muttered. “We’ll be there in half an hour, right on time. I, for one, will be damned glad of it.”

“No more than I, Johnson,” his companion growled. “This damned secrecy is nonsensical. Here we are, the commanders of the Coast Defense Forces and the Air Corps, sneaking through our own country like a couple of hunted criminals. One would think we were at war and in enemy territory.”

“The Secretary of War’s orders, sir. He…”

“The Secretary’s an ass! Strictly between ourselves, of course.” The speaker swayed as the car started to round a curve that was a dark tunnel through thick set, overhanging trees. “The Intelligence outfit’s balderdash about espionage has him bulldo—” Abrupt brakes cut him off, jarred him forward. The car-horn blared raucously. “What the…?”

“Unlighted car blocking the road, sir,” the chauffeur explained crisply. “I’ll have to…” Something thumped on the running board. The captain’s hand darted to his holstered gun. The door crashed open.

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