Jack O' Judgment

Jack o' Judgment arrives like a thunderclap in the night. Snow Gregory, drug addict and gambler, is found dead with a playing card pinned to his body: the Jack of Clubs. Then the card appears on the desk of Colonel Dan Boundary, empire built on poison and vice, with its simple warning. Who is Jack o' Judgment? A hooded specter haunting the criminal underworld, hunting not for profit but for judgment. Detective Stafford King of the Criminal Intelligence Department must thread his way through a maze of murder, deception, and betrayal to find the truth before the city descends into chaos. Written in 1921 by Edgar Wallace, the master who practically invented the modern crime thriller, Jack o' Judgment pulses with breakneck pacing, sharp characterization, and a premise as distinctive as a marked deck of cards. It is pulp adventure at its finest, but beneath the excitement lies an unsettling question: when justice wears a mask, does it matter who wields it?