“You are a soldier in the front-line trenches. You are fighting a force that threatens to overwhelm your country. That fact justifies any sacrifice you may be called upon to make.”—from the special agent’s handbook It’s 1935 . . . and crime dominates the headlines! With the backing and resources of J. Edgar Hoover’s F.B.I., Special Agent James “Duke” Ashby unleashes his Shock Troops of Justice to relentlessly battle crime on the front lines. Follow this fight through such cases as “Scarlet Hands,” “Turn on the Heat,” “Satan’s Gunsmith” and nine other exciting stories! With an introduction by Paul Bishop, author of the Fay Croaker series and two-time LAPD Detective of the Year.