The Shadow 327 The Shadow Strikes by Maxwell Grant Dennis Lynds

Author:Maxwell Grant, Dennis Lynds [Maxwell Grant, Dennis Lynds]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 1964-09-30T22:00:00+00:00

were not in Europe, not in Budapest, when Kodaly was there. He knew many Americans, but there is no record of a Lamont Cranston, and you are not a man who can escape notice, not with your wealth, yes?”

Of course, it was as Kent Allard, the famous explorer, that The Shadow had known Kodaly in Budapest years ago. Papescu had done a careful job, but, then, Liberation Front had many tentacles, it seemed. Cranston waited for the result of his slip. It was not long in coming, and it explained the real reason for his abduction and interrogation.

“What are you, Mr. Cranston?” Papescu said from behind the blaring light. “You are more than you seem, you do not fool me. What are you? An FBI man? The Central Intelligence Agency, perhaps, eh? A common spy? Perhaps you are not even American? I have known many strange MI-5 men in my time. Perhaps that is it, yes? British Intelligence? A very clever lot, not bungling amateurs, eh?”

“You flatter me,” Cranston said, “but I’m afraid I am just that; a bungling amateur, and a friend of Commissioner Weston.”

“Do not play with me, Cranston,” the metallic voice rasped, its smoothness gone. “You work with the police, you found the weapon, you seem to have very mysterious friends. Tell me, who is that man in the ridiculous black cloak?”

“Perhaps you will learn soon enough,” Cranston said evenly.

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