Mark of the Bat

THE BAT WAS DEAD — OR SO SOME FOLKS SAID! THE BAT WAS ALIVE BUT HAD TURNED VILLAIN — OR SO OTHERS SAID! BUT WITH EACH NEW INFAMY THE MARK OF THE BAT WAS FOUND! An astounding cliffhanging thriller – complete in one volume of 13 action-packed chapters with exciting climaxes and daring escapes – as Charles Lee Jackson II, the modern master of serials, recounts slam-bang adventure as the Webbe Agency makes a desperate attempt to solve the spree of crimes labeled with the… Mark of the Bat! Could New York survive without The Shadow or the Spider to save them from evil? Can Kirkston, California, survive if The Bat is dead? And that's what the newspapers proclaim. But then a series of burglaries rocks Kirkston, with the thief leaving behind only one clew – a sticker with the image of a bat! Can this be the mysterious hero known as The Bat returned from the Beyond as a criminal? Jim Webbe and his partners must work against a deadline as a new deputy mayor cancels their city contract and the crimes weave a confusing course with two seemingly unrelated objectives, and the city itself sanctions its own destruction. Can even Jim Webbe and his detective bureau defeat villains they can't even identify? Learn the answers in this newest of "The Amazing Adventures of The Bat". Once again, Charles Lee Jackson, II, brings the skills honed by a lifetime of adventure writing, and his intimate knowledge of classic B-pictures and serials, to bear on a story of peril, adventure, and mystery that races like a lit fuse to its mind-bending climax and a finish you will never see coming!