Max Adrian was the rare stamp broker everyone in the know avoided. It never mattered to the shifty broker, until someone demanded a refund at gunpoint. Soon afterward, a dishy dame convinces Larry Storm, Adrian’s rival, to play amateur detective for a hidden cache of priceless stamps. Storm is one step ahead of the tenacious Inspector Luke Bradley, who’s one step behind a cold-blooded killer — and Storm had better start running.…
"Cancelled in Red" appeared in "Argosy" magazine, touted as the $10,000 prize winner of the 1939 Dodd Mead Mystery Contest. The novel also grabbed the $1,000 Red Badge Prize Mystery title, and launched the career of “Hugh Pentecost,” the pen name to the prolific Judson P. Philips, author of mysteries.
"Cancelled in Red" appeared in "Argosy" magazine, touted as the $10,000 prize winner of the 1939 Dodd Mead Mystery Contest. The novel also grabbed the $1,000 Red Badge Prize Mystery title, and launched the career of “Hugh Pentecost,” the pen name to the prolific Judson P. Philips, author of mysteries.
