Its 1947 and pulp magazines are still selling on newsstands. Pentecost and Parker are approached by Holly Quick, a woman who writes stories for the pulp magazines under a variety of pseudonyms. Quick claims that three murders have been committed, based on stories she wrote.
Will Parker and Lillian Pentecost take the case and discover a trail that leads to the Black Museum Club, a group of rich and powerful people obsessed with murder and those who commit it.
The search for the psychopath who bases murders on Holly Quick’s stories is tangled up in the world of art collectors, publications, and the staging of elaborate murders. GRADE: B
A good old-fashioned mystery! That’s more like it!
Bob, yes, SECRETS TYPED IN BLOOD is a good old-fashioned mystery with pulp magazines…and murders!
I’d like it more if he’d remove the stubble!
Bob, like you, I’m not a fan of stubble.
I liked the whole pulp background, but found this one more confusing and hard to follow as compared with the others. I’m looking forward to the new one.
Jeff, there was more “relationship” stuff in SECRETS TYPED IN BLOOD than in the previous books. I have the new volume on order.
The best Wolfe redux series you’ve read?
Todd, I’ve only read four of the books in this series so the jury is still out. But, I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read so far.