She can show you plenty
If you can keep her alive....
Johnny Storm is a private eye from NYC. He is sent to England to
investigate the disappearance of one Miss Estelle Vaughan. Estelle has
been missing for over a monthwhen she was to visit a Mr Corvo. Her car was found a hundred yards from the house and Scotland
Yard had ther first crack on the case a month earlier, but never found traces of her. It looks as if she vanished off the face of the earth. Mr
Corvo shows Storm a crystal ball and sees a very beautiful blonde girl
coming forward to take his hand. Corvo tells our hero a story of a
murder that happened over 60 years ago of a Vicompte Guy de Falais. The
prevouis night Guy de Falais had challenged Sir Jeremy Trent to a duel over
accusations of Trent's wife getting around around so to speak. Estelle's
father, Sir Howard Vaughan in 1893, he has a wife and three kids: Ruth,
James, Polly, and Estelle. A few years passed by and a Frenchman, de
Falais, appears and has an interest in Polly. Polly was engaged to Trent
at the time. Fast forward to the present time, 1955 in this case. Mr
Corvo uses magic to transport Storm back to 1894 as an American cousin
by the name of Jonathan Storm. Mr Storm is to follow Estelle back in
time to clear her name. Find the answer would not be easy. Did the original Estelle murder
Vicompte or not. In the end, he can not get back. In 1907, Jonathan is
referenced as a distance cousin residing in America.
Printing History
Written by Alan G Yates (1922-1985)
Horwitz Publications, Inc
Horwitz Publications, Inc
Novel Series
July 1955
Second Collectors' Series
Volume 1 #4
w/Honey, Here's Your Hearse
July 1957
as Two-Timing Blonde
Reprint By Demand Series
#26
August 1960
Bonus Cover
No comments:
Post a Comment