Body of Evidence

<p><strong>They're the toughest cops on Broadway-and they don't play by the book.</strong></p><p>Spinning out of the hard-hitting <em>Dime Detective</em> series featuring Lieutenant Martin The Marquis Marquis these rare <em>Black Mask</em> stories shift the spotlight to the gritty enforcers of New York's Broadway Squad: a hand-picked gang of hardboiled cops who keep Manhattan's Main Stem under control-by any means necessary.</p><p>Collected for the first time <em>Body of Evidence: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Broadway Squad</em> includes all four action-packed stories published in <em>Black Mask</em> magazine. Written by John Lawrence one of the unsung masters of pulp crime fiction these tales pull no punches as they follow the brutal street-level justice meted out by the most feared unit in the NYPD.</p><p>These fast-paced noir-drenched police procedurals blend gangster grit with lawman bravado-where the line between justice and corruption is razor thin. The Marquis himself appears but it's his squad-tough smart and dangerously effective-that takes center stage in this offshoot series from the golden age of <em>Black Mask</em>.</p><p>Essential reading for fans of vintage detective fiction pulp magazine crime stories and the brutal realism of pre-noir police dramas. If you like your cops dirty your dialogue sharp and your fiction unrelenting step into the shadows with the Broadway Squad.</p>