Book excerpt: PERIL PRESS presents: Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December 1942 KILLER'S UNION by Robert Leslie Bellem Keeping a cute movie extra on ice in his apartment is bound to get Dan in trouble. And part of it is that a gunman doesn't forget how to play rough just because he's turned screen actor. 5800 Words Speed Detective, November 1943 HALF-SIZE HOMICIDE by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan wasn't even working for the movie star when she slapped his face and fired him in the most public way possible! To make matters worse, the whole thing was right under the nose of the gabbiest gossip columnist in Hollywood. 7800 Words Hollywood Detective, August 1944 MURDER'S MOUTHPIECE by Robert Leslie Bellem For years Ace had been asking for trouble. This time it looked as if he were really going to get it. There were so many people just yearning to send flowers to his funeral that it was hard to find any one who knew him who wouldn't be a suspect if he died suddenly. 6600 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 POISON PAYOFF by Robert Leslie Bellem Things had been so dull in Dan Turner's private-eye business that he didn't know where his next murder was coming from. But the dainty little manicurist named Malloy thought she knew—and it turned out she was right. And she and Dan were going to be more intimately involved than they imagined! . . . 6400 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, May 1943 DISSOLVE SHOT by Robert Leslie Bellem It's rare that Dan encounters dough so dirty that he won't touch it. Even this time, when the ante was boosted enough, he forgot his scruples. Besides there was a feminine angle. . . . 5600 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, May, 1943 DEAD MAN'S GUILT by Robert Leslie Bellem Everybody knew Kilgore had been killed trying to escape from San Quentin. Yet now this girl, who knew all the facts in the case, pleads with Dan to save her from the dead man! 5500 Words Speed Detective, April 1945 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective SUICIDE STUNT by Robert Leslie Bellem A special kind of trap had been provided to guarantee a most spectacular ending for the male movie star. And the killer suspects had figured some highly colorful dodges in order to confound Dan Turner, the surging shamus of this cinemaland! 8000 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 DOG'S LIFE by Robert Leslie Bellem Missing jewels, a dead canine movie star and assorted underhanded shenanigans might or might not have a tie-in with this murder—but cinemaland's super-sleuth Dan Turner aimed to find out after it became personal! 8900 Words This edition includes 15+ Illustrations for the stories, the pulp covers for all 8 stories, plus a GALLERY of 10 pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem.