An occult detective of the wealthy adventurer type.
e.g. Philip St. George is too rich to be interested in getting any more money. Especially after the death of his wife at a cult’s hands.
So, he sets out to be a globetrotting occult debunker. He takes a bit more of a Doc Savage approach to this, though, being a pilot, submariner, mountain climber, disguise artist, etc.
This time, however, the occult scam is under his nose, with a beautiful women running a black mass circle in his home city of New York.
This has left five wealthy young women decapitated, and the FBI stuck, until he gets involved after the death of a journalist friend.
Which is all fair enough. The writing is very poor though. Presumably I would think from where some of the badness lies, that this was knocked out pretty quickly. Avallone (Or whoever it was) is certainly no Dent or Gibson, though.
So it can get poorly repetitive – fixated somewhat on the looks of the villainess. Naked covens and all that. Which is a lot of needless time taken in a 160 page book.
Certainly can’t recommend these unless you have a strong interest in this sort of thing, and pick it up with change found under the couch.
1.5 out of 5
