{"product_id":"2940013671430","title":"The Suicide Squad and the Murder Bund","description":"A keen October wind was cutting across the Drive from the Hudson when\u003cbr\u003eStephen Klaw came out of the side street. He stopped in the lee of the\u003cbr\u003ecorner apartment building, and lit a cigarette. He did not at once put\u003cbr\u003eout the match, but held it cupped in front of his face so that his\u003cbr\u003eclean-cut though rugged features were illuminated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost at once, a woman came darting from the shadows of the park\u003cbr\u003eacross the street. She was dressed in a black rain coat, and wore no\u003cbr\u003ehat. Her dark hair streamed out behind her as she ran, in zig-zag\u003cbr\u003efashion, as if wounded. And the great spreading stain of crimson upon\u003cbr\u003ethe black background of the raincoat, just underneath the heart,\u003cbr\u003etestified to the wound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder her right arm she was clutching a small black leather brief\u003cbr\u003ecase, which seemed to be more precious to her than the life blood\u003cbr\u003ewhich was pouring from her body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore she had taken half a dozen steps across the wide expanse of\u003cbr\u003eRiverside Drive toward Stephen Klaw, a man's voice rose in a\u003cbr\u003etriumphant shout, hoarse and vindictive: \"There she is!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man came tearing out from the park, a little farther down the\u003cbr\u003eblock. At the same time, two other men broke from cover, at other\u003cbr\u003epoints along the Drive. They had evidently been combing the park for\u003cbr\u003eher. All three of them converged upon her. They had peculiar\u003cbr\u003eweapons--the stocks resembled those of Thompson sub-machine guns, but\u003cbr\u003ethe barrels were sawed-off so that they were only about six inches\u003cbr\u003elong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Klaw's lips pursed tightly when he saw those guns in the hands\u003cbr\u003eof the three men. He spat the cigarette from his lips, and thrust his\u003cbr\u003ehands down into his jacket pockets. They emerged almost at once, each\u003cbr\u003egripping an automatic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first of those three pursuing men dropped to one knee, and aimed\u003cbr\u003ehis sawed-off machine gun, while the other two raised their weapons to\u003cbr\u003etheir shoulders to fire as they ran. All three muzzles were\u003cbr\u003econcentrated upon the back of the staggering woman. Either they had\u003cbr\u003enot seen the slim, almost boyish figure of Stephen Klaw, or else they\u003cbr\u003edid not connect him with their quarry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKlaw's eyes were cold and hard as he fired both automatics from the\u003cbr\u003ehip. The men on the extreme right and left of the running woman fell\u003cbr\u003eas those two automatics began their spiteful, deadly barking. They\u003cbr\u003enever even fired their weapons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the third, directly behind the woman, was shielded from Klaw by\u003cbr\u003eher staggering body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fellow saw his advantage at once, and dropped flat on the ground,\u003cbr\u003eraising his sawed-off machine gun and pulling the trip at the same\u003cbr\u003etime. A burst of scattering lead belched from the mouth of the vicious\u003cbr\u003eweapon, spreading over a radius of twenty feet, something like the\u003cbr\u003ebuckshot from a small gauge shotgun.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079648395504,"sku":"2940013671430","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013671430_p0.jpg?v=1763584173","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013671430","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}