Pulp Fiction, 1939 · page 36 of 116
10-Story Detective Magazine Cover — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is the opening page of a hardboiled detective story titled "The Vengeance Broker" by Benton Greer. The page features an illustration of a man being thrown or ejected from a chair by another man, accompanied by story text below. Detective Harry Krueger, owner of the Krueger Detective Agency, introduces himself as a cynical operative who takes on divorce cases and criminal work, explaining that he's nicknamed "Slam" for his fighting prowess and now pursues cases for money rather than the law.
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The Vengeance Broker By Benton Greer Author of “Fatal Effigy” - d clients. But the only way he could selve the case of this partic- ular client wes to get into hot water with another one. But hot Deiective Krueger was out for the money and out for the | water was where Krueger figured to get—cold cash. lights on people and the way’ to the name of “Slam,” which is sup- they act. When the average posed to mean that I hit hard. I man meets a person, he takes him used to be in the fighting racket be- for the best; but a detective takes fore I had the bright idea that there him for the worst—that’s his busi- was more dough in the detective ness. He gets paid for finding out racket. Most of my work is on di- how crooked people can really be. voree cases—turning up love nests Perhaps I had better introduce and so forth. Personally, I’d prefer myself. I’m Detective Harry Krue- having more real criminal work like ‘ DETECTIVE gets some side- Krueger Detective Agency. I answer ger, owner and sole operative of the you read about in detective maga- 34 ECoOMmicloooks (C@