The Snarl of the Beast

A pioneering hard-boiled mystery. Race Williams PI is asked to intervene by a youthful drug addict who escaped from prison after an unjust conviction for murder, and wants Race to protect his sister, an heiress, from an evil uncle. A man "with the snarl of the beat" tries to attack them, and Race tries to protect the youth. Not on the level of Hammett or Chandler but interesting as an early attempt t the hardboiled pi type