The Room of Death

by Hugh Wiley

Overview

PERIL PRESS presents:

Collier’s, April 13th 1940
MR.WONG
THE ROOM OF DEATH
(later rewritten as Cigarette of Death - Saint Detective Magazine, April 1955)
by Hugh Wiley
illustrated by Irving Nubick

The Room of Death. James Lee shoots it out. Page 23
A telephone call at midnight and two shots from the dark start another exciting adventure for resourceful James Lee

Japanese spies tangle with Detective James Lee Wong in this story from just before Pearl Harbor.

3900 Words

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012486981
Publisher:	Peril Press
Publication date:	04/22/2011
Series:	Detective James Lee Wong , #20
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

In an attempt to cash in on the success of the Charlie Chan and Mr Moto movies, Monogram hired Boris Karloff to play Hugh Wiley's Detective James Lee Wong character from Collier's magazine. Boris Karloff played the character in 5 movies. Keye Luke (famous for playing Charlie Chan's #1 son) played the character in the 6th movie.

Hugh Wiley wrote short stories for The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Argosy, Blue Book and many others. As well as a few novels.