The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime MEGAPACK™: 26 Stories by Fletcher Flora

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“Hank Torgen’s got a place called the Zero Club,” Malory told Lonigan. “We’ll go there.”

The place was locked up tight. Malory banged and waited. After a minute, he banged and kept on banging. A key rattled suddenly in the lock on the inside, and the door was jerked violently inward away from Malory’s persistent knuckles. A Galento-type guy with shirt sleeves rolled back off hairy forearms stood in the opening.

“What the hell’s the idea, trying to knock the door down? You looking for a fat lip, maybe?”

“We’re looking for Hank Torgen, goon. Now tell us he’s not here.”

“Okay. He ain’t here.”

“That’s a good boy. Now we’ll just come in and look around.”

The fat guy cocked a hairy arm and moved forward. Malory waved a badge under his flat nose, and the cocked arm came down.

“Oh. Coppers.”

“Yeah. You must be new around here, goon.”

“That’s twice you’ve called me goon. Lay off.”

“Sure, goon. Take my advice. Learn to recognize the right faces.”

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