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KINGS OF CRIME
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. THE SHADOW LISTENS
? CHAPTER II. THE SHADOW'S WARNING
? CHAPTER III. FOUR KINGS AND AN ACE
? CHAPTER IV. CRIME BREAKS LOOSE
? CHAPTER V. BEHIND THE DOOR
? CHAPTER VI. THE BIG NIGHT
? CHAPTER VII. THE MAN WHO VANISHED
? CHAPTER VIII. CARPENTER TALKS TERMS
? CHAPTER IX. TABLES TURN
? CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF GLOOM
? CHAPTER XI. THE PRICE OF CRIME
? CHAPTER XII. CONVICT 9648
? CHAPTER XIII. A MAN AT BAY
? CHAPTER XIV. THE SHADOW'S VERDICT
? CHAPTER XV. THE MEETING
? CHAPTER XVI. EIGHT FOUR EIGHT
? CHAPTER XVII. THE HIDDEN SHADOW
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE CONVICT'S STORY
? CHAPTER XIX. THE SHADOW SPEAKS
? CHAPTER XX. BIG TOM RESISTS
? CHAPTER XXI. THE SHOTS FROM THE TOWER
? CHAPTER XXII. THE SHADOW DEPARTS
? CHAPTER XXIII. THE PAY OFF

CHAPTER I. THE SHADOW LISTENS
A WEIRD, mellow light pervaded the somber, black-walled room. The glow had a purplish tinge, and its
strange rays centered themselves in a single corner, where they reflected the shining surface of a polished
tabletop.

All was silent in that room. It bore the semblance of a chamber of death; and most mysterious of all was
the spectral figure that sat before the table. Clothed in a cloak of jet-black hue, with visage obscured by
the broad brim of a black slouch hat, this personage possessed the eerie quality of an apparition.

The Shadow was in his sanctum!

A ghostly being, shrouded by darkness, he awaited a message from some outside source. The very walls
of the room in which The Shadow dwelt seemed to melt away into nothingness.

Somewhere in New York—in this amazing spot that was known to himself alone—The Shadow was
formulating a plan to thwart the plots of evil-doers.

A light glowed across the table. Its sudden appearance brought a strange response from the being garbed
in black. A creepy sound shuddered through that secret room—a sound that formed itself into a mocking
laugh, uttered by unseen lips.