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A hardboiled detective with a sharp mind and a nose for trouble. Shean Connell is back on the case.

Step into the shadowy world of 1930s pulp crime with Just a Nice Girl: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Shean Connell, Volume 1. This collection gathers the first four thrilling stories featuring Roger Torrey's tough, no-nonsense private eye from the legendary pages of Black Mask magazine.

Known for his relentless pursuit of justice and street-smart savvy, Shean Connell navigates a tangled web of murder, corruption, and deceit in the urban underworld. From smoky backrooms to glittering high society, Connell's cases blend gritty realism with sharp dialogue and unexpected twists.

Torrey's storytelling pulses with the fast pace and tension that made Black Mask the gold standard of hardboiled detective fiction. These early tales lay the foundation for Connell's legacy as a classic pulp hero-tough, clever, and never out of his depth.

Perfect for fans of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and vintage noir detective stories, this volume offers a compelling dive into the darker corners of American crime fiction's golden age.

Rediscover Shean Connell-the private eye who proves that sometimes the toughest cases come wrapped in the guise of "just a nice girl."

Roger Torrey (1901-1946), sometimes identified as Roger Denzel Torrey, was an American pulp writer best known for hardboiled crime and detective fiction. He published extensively in the detective magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, including Black Mask, where his tough, fast-moving stories placed him among the writers who helped define the private-eye and hardboiled tradition. The Thrilling Detective site describes him as one of the "Black Mask Boys" and notes that, despite writing only one novel, he produced a substantial body of pulp crime fiction that has remained under-reprinted and under-recognised.Torrey's fiction is rooted in the working materials of Depression-era crime writing: private detectives, grifters, crooked police, cheap rooms, violence, rackets, sex, liquor, money, and men trying to survive in dirty systems. 42 Days for Murder, first published in 1938, is his only novel and features Shean Connell, a nightclub pianist turned private detective operating in a Reno where divorce law, gambling, vice, and organised crime all cross paths. For readers of classic hardboiled fiction, Black Mask writers, pulp private eyes, noir, and neglected American crime novels, Torrey is a strong rediscovery.