From April, 1941
One of those "there's a war going on but the US isn't in it yet,"
stories. Monk and Ham are on a ship returning from Europe. They pick
up "The Golden Man" floating in the middle of the ocean, who makes
various prophecies, whioch come true. then their ship is torpedoed
(and the Golden Man foresaw), and they have various adventures, and
spend 14 weeks in a South American jail before DOC can find them and
spring them.
14 weeks! The top detectives on the planet, funded by mule trains
full of Mayan gold, can't find two of the most distinctive human
beings there are, accompanied by a pig and an ape, in less than 14
weeks?
Kind of lame, but then the action shifts back to NYC, where the Golden
Man has set up a cult involving high society types, which DOC knows
nothing about, and leads to some chase-capture-rescue, a bizarre
blackmailing plot, an overly complicated mystery murder plan, an
unlikely connection to the Golden Man, and DOC asking Renny, "Do you
know any actors?"
All totally second rate and forgettable, excpet for that key
paragraph, where the Golden Man looks at DOC and says, "Ever since you
were born on the schooner "Orion" off the north edge of Andros
Island..." that makes this one a disappointing "Must read".
Dave
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