About this episode

The episode features a detective story by Harold Ward from The Black Mask magazine, involving Inspector Des Moines and the enigmatic Mohammed Gunga.

Out of the archives of The Black Mask—the magazine that launched the careers of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler—comes a tale by Harold Ward, an unsung hero paid pennies by the word. Inspector Des Moines is clever, tough, and no nonsense, but when dead people start pulling heists, he has to call on the enigmatic Mohammed Gunga to wage battle against evil itself.

Topics covered

• detective fiction
• mystery
• literature
• crime
• historical context

Keywords

• Harold Ward
• The Black Mask
• Inspector Des Moines
• Mohammed Gunga
• detective story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Black Mask

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