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Pigeon Blood: A Classic Hard-Boiled Tale from the Original Black Mask

By: Paul Cain
Narrated by: Tom Weiner, Lorna Raver, Bill Hughes, Anthony Heald, Grover Gardner, Malcolm Hillgartner
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A society matron's life is threatened after she engineers the theft of her own priceless jewelry to pay off a gambling debt. Only a debonair connoisseur of crime can save her and recover her gems. For a price.
©1961 Keith Alan Deutsch (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Mediocre

Rather average detective story with obvious twists and two dimensional characters. Time killer, if you have nothing better to do.

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Amazing story and acting

I felt as if I was a part of the action. Superb storyline. Great “hero”. A real throwback to the golden days of radio

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Noir as it should be.

A classic tale in the style of the greats, Chandler and Hammett. While reading it you can almost see the black and white movie version in your mind. Better than pulp fiction but the author never sufferred the aclaim of the greats. Too bad, this is a top notch addition to the genre. Read it, listen to it, enjoy.

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Old Time Noir Radio Drama

Pigeon Blood is an above average radio drama from the 1930's, From the story by Paul Cain... Great cast of narrators.

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Very good narrative performance.

See subject. I'm looking forward to more Black Mask stories made available by Audible.

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