Brass Keys to Murder

By: L. Ron Hubbard

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Paperback | 15 April 2009

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107 Pages

Age
12+

Grade
7+

Dimensions(cm)
13.8 x 20.2 x 1.5

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U.S. Navy Lieutenant Steve Craig is in one hell of a mess. Being accused of murder is bad enough, but the local police are convinced he's killed his own father. Alfred Hitchcock couldn't have conceived a more diabolical plot for Cary Grant ... and now, for Steve Craig, the plot is about to get down and dirty.

Steve's safe from the cops as long as he stays aboard his Navy ship—but the word safe isn't in his vocabulary. He slips off the vessel and vanishes into the seamy underside of the city, determined to find out who took his father's life ... even if it means risking his own.

He follows a trail of smoke and mirrors and sudden violence to the Brass Keys to Murder. With them, Steve will seek to unlock the terrible truth behind his father's death ... and an astonishing secret that will change his life—and that of the woman he loves forever.

Ron knew well the life at sea and the world surrounding it. Not only was he the son of a naval officer, he traveled back and forth across the Pacific, plied the China coast in a working schooner and commanded an expedition aboard a four-masted ship to the Caribbean. He walked the waterfronts of countless ports, sharing stories with the colorful—and often shady—characters inhabiting them. Originally published in April 1935 under the pen name Michael Keith, Brass Keys to Murder is a direct result of those adventures.

Industry Reviews

one of the great pulp writers, with colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales, fresh variations on standard characters and situations, and well-constructed plots. Ellery Queen"
This is a thrilling tale of mystery with dealings in darkened alleyways and, foggy nights on a dock and twists and turns that will spin your head but will give you that big 'A-Ha' moment at the end when the murderer is found and the treasure is opened." Gil Wilson, GilT Pleasures Blog"
"Hubbard was a first-rate pulp writer." Locus Magazine"
"Hubbard was one of the great pulp writers." Publishers Weekly"
Crossing multiple genres, the stories are jam-packed with vibrant plot elements and typically center on a homegrown American hero, a parade of multiethnic villains straight out of central casting, and the requisite damsel in distress or femme fatale. Library Journal"

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