Pulp Fiction, 1942 · page 65 of 116
10 Story Detective, July 1942 — page 65: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is an interior story page from a pulp magazine featuring a hardboiled crime story titled "Homicide Landmark" by J. Lane Linklater. The page includes a dramatic black-and-white illustration showing what appears to be a violent confrontation between men near automobiles. The visible prose describes Buck Mead, a police officer, who parks his car near Pedro's shack in San Leona late at night. The text indicates Mead struggles to believe his childhood friend committed murder and faces pressure regarding an H.Q. investigation and a suspicious suicide. This appears to be page 63 of the magazine.
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J. Lane Linklater Despite the damning evidence, Buck Mead couldn't believe d his boyhood pal committed that murder. And Mead either had to accept H. Q.’s findings or give up his job to get the real P lowdown on that suicide rendezvous. » UCK MEAD parked his car * under an umbrella tree some distance from Pedro’s shack. It was San Leona’s one police car and anyone watching would have recognized it. It was late, past eleven o'clock, and most of San Leona’s Mex- ican town was drowsing. Buck’s tall large-shouldered form moved quietly through the warmth of the Southern California night. He didn’t like this assignment, but he GORlGooo S (C(O)