Rattling Chains book cover
Mystery · First published 1929; original Project Gutenberg EPUB · English

Rattling Chains

by Ray Humphreys

About this book

A letter from a private detective agency revives an old Monte Vista case involving a fugitive, stolen payroll money and a house said to be haunted. Sheriff Joe Cook dismisses the offer of help, while Shorty McKay begins to look at the connection between the missing man, the buried treasure and the building’s reputation.

Humphreys combines detection with comic disagreements between sheriff and deputy, turning ghostly noises into part of an investigation. This complete Western Story Magazine story from 14 September 1929 retains Sidney H. Riesenberg’s illustration, the matching issue cover and the original dialogue.