Pulp Fiction, 1939 · page 90 of 116
10-Story Detective Magazine Cover — page 90: what you’re looking at
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This is a story opening page from an early-20th-century pulp magazine. The page features "Killer of the Cragland" by Eric Lennox, introducing a crime mystery where a murder occurs behind an inventor's castle walls, and detective Slats MacFarlane of the Park Rangers must solve the homicide. The illustration shows a woman in a study or library with bookshelves, and the story text begins with MacFarlane driving recklessly in a patrol car at night, described as a disgrace to his ranger service despite his detective abilities.
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