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Black Mask Audio Magazine, Volume 1

By: Hugh B. Cave, Paul Cain, Frederick Nebel, Reuben J. Shay, Dashiell Hammett, William Cole
Narrated by: Hollywood Theater of the Ear
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Summary

Audie Award, Short Stories and Collections, 2010

In the1930s and '40s, Black Mask was the single most important magazine for the modern mystery field. Here, writers such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Earl Stanley Gardner reshaped the established view of mystery fiction, creating the "hard-boiled" private eye.

Now this series resurrects from those pages the toughest of tough detectives in sonic dramatizations from the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear.

Stories included in this volume are "Lost and Found" by Hugh B. Cave, "Pigeon Blood" by Paul Cain, "Rough Justice" by Frederick Nebel, "Black" by Paul Cain, "The Missing Mr. Lee" by Hugh B. Cave, "Trouble Chaser" by Paul Cain, "Too Many Have Lived" by Dashiell Hammett, "Taking His Time" by Reuben J. Shay, and "Waiting for Rusty" by William Cole.

©2008 Keith Alan Deutsch (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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"These shorts, highly acclaimed in the 1930s, are given new life by some of the best voices of our time." (AudioFile)

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Super engaging storytelling and a knack for detail

If it's free it's a complete no-brainer to listen to this. If you're into the hardboiled genre, then this is also for you.

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Atmospheric!

An excellent collection of stories, with a nice variety. As soon as you see Grover Gardener in the credits you know the reading will be spot on. Very enjoyable.

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Good old America

A lovely production that really brings the old days of American crime stories to life. As there are a number in the volume they can easily be used as relaxing listening between other tasks in life

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enjoyable

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Great performance

Great narrative and really well read. enjoyed it all very much. Will definitely be reading more.

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