Meet Ed Race who made his trade as a vaudeville gun-juggler supreme, known on stage as "The Masked Marksman" and for handling six loaded . 45s to the delight of the crowds.

But when this line of work became too tedious, Race took advantage of his multi-state P. I.

licenses to solve crimes across the country. This collection includes his next seven stories:Juggler's Holiday: Ed Race, gun-juggler supreme, liked to help his friends out of tight places.

But when that gun-active Samaritanism led him between the raking crossfires of both gangsters and police, Ed knew there was only one thing to do: blast his way out in a double gamble with death!Death's Curtain-Call: Ed Race, who juggled guns for both business and pleasure, wanted to do a favor for a pretty girl friend. .

. But a crooked poker game and a murder plot nearly made Death step forward to take Ed's final bow.

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!Cue for a Gunman: Ed Race, six-gun magician, realized that a fast horse, a crooked bookie, and a quarter million dollars-mixed together-meant big-time trouble. .

. But Slingel's mob didn't know Ed could juggle hot dough just as well as hot revolvers.

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!Murder Backstage: Ed Race didn't like bandits-even the nervous and beautiful girl targeting him with an automatic. .

. But when he understood the set-up, he barged head first into a six-gun ambush to help her out!Death's Understudy: Ed Race couldn't say, "No!" when a friend bid for his aid-even when it meant chancing a suit of hot tar and feathers.

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and a grim threat of more, and deadlier, hell to come!Action Off Stage: Ed Race wasn't looking for a fight, but a pretty girl's lie and a crooked sheriff's stubbornness shoved it right into his lap. And good-natured as he was, Ed figured it was time to quit joking when the hillbillies rallied for a necktie party!Prologue to Death: It gave Ed Race a queasy feeling when his Broadway pals treated him like a leper.

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And it took a bloody tommy-gun lesson to teach him that one determined enemy, hidden in a host of friends, can put a man on a cold morgue slab. .