During the Thirties, L. Ron Hubbard wrote in just about pulp genre that existed. “Spy Killer”, from the April 1936 issue of FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, is a short novel of Oriental intrigue reminiscent of some stories I’ve read by H. Bedford-Jones. Two-fisted American sailor Kurt Reid is framed for murder when his ship docks in Shanghai. He’s helped to escape by a Chinese warlord who demands in return that Reid assassinate a mysterious Japanese spy. Throw in a beautiful White Russian adventuress and the equally beautiful daughter of a British merchant, each of them with agendas of their own, a few double-crosses, the Japanese army, and Reid is up to his neck in trouble. I don’t think this yarn is quite as good as the Westerns I've read by Hubbard, but it’s still pretty entertaining.
