{"product_id":"the-devils-smelled-nice-lester-dent-9781618277398","title":"The Devils Smelled Nice: The Complete Adventures of the Gadget Man, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring his thirty year career, Lester Dent created several outstanding characters, starting with the immortal Doc Savage, but also including \u003cem\u003eBlack Mask's\u003c\/em\u003e Oscar Sail, Genius Jones, and others. One of the most successful was the Gadget Man, who appeared exclusively in the pages of Street \u0026amp; Smith's \u003cem\u003eCrime Busters\u003c\/em\u003e magazine between 1937 and 1939. After Doc Savage, the Gadget Man was the longest running Lester Dent series. And, like Doc Savage, it was a mixture of gadgets, mystery and screwball shenanigans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClick Rush is an inventor. But the ingenious crime-fighting gadgets he's invented are not wanted by police agencies, who consider them too outlandish and impractical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Bufa. Who is Bufa? No one knows. Not even Rush. But when a papier-mâché radio transceiver appears in his hotel room sitting on one half of a $10,000 bill and the voice emanating from the toad promises the other half if Rush uses his gadgets to solve a crime, the nearly broke inventor could hardly say no.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem was that every time Rush solves a mystery, Bufa wants him to do it again. And again, and again. And he won't take no for an answer!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of eighteen screwy stories, the war of wits between the anonymous toad-shaped tormentor and the beleaguered inventor-turned-detective rages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere will it all end? Not even Bufa knows....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of Gadget Man stories-most never before reprinted-includes the next six stories. Many restored from the original manuscripts. Including a revealing Introduction by Will Murray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lester Dent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1618277391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781618277398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Altus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Lester Dent","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302502789375,"sku":"9781618277398","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e8f3132-432f-4ccf-bba7-e394107d6c4f.jpg?v=1695161992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-devils-smelled-nice-lester-dent-9781618277398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}