The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff Volume 4

<p>Brilliant ruthless and utterly unrepentant Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD's ace until a mobster's machine gun robbed him of his legs-and some say his soul. Kept on the books to handle the cases the department can't or won't touch Allhoff rules from a shabby tenement flat and a wheelchair flanked by two uneasy aides: Battersly the rookie whose moment of cowardice cost the inspector his limbs and Simmons the bitter career man who stays for his pension. Created by D.L. Champion Allhoff denies the heroic conventions of detective fiction-he is no knight errant but a sadist a psychopath and a brilliant cold instrument of justice.</p><p><em>The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff Volume 4 </em>gathers the remaining stories that conclude Allhoff's savage run in <em>Dime Detective </em>(1938-1946) completing the thirty-entry saga that made him one of the pulp era's most shocking and unforgettable antiheroes. Harrowing uncompromising and darkly compelling this final volume delivers the merciless plotting and hard‑boiled grit that fans of classic crime pulps crave.</p><p></p>