A Problem in Grand Larceny

Boston Blackie

by Jack BOYLE (1881 - 1928)

Boston Blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by Jack Boyle (1881-1928). Blackie, an ex-con with a college education, is a jewel thief based in San Francisco, who outwits the cops with the help of his wife Mary. The character was altered for a later series of popular films and radio shows to become a “reformed” jewel thief turned private eye. (Summary by Winston Tharp)

Listen next episodes of Boston Blackie:
Alibi Ann , An Answer in Grand Larceny , Boston Blackie's Mary , Boston Blackie's Prophecy Comes True , First Blood , For Fifteen Years , Man to Man , Missing Gold , "Play for Me 'Little Squirrel'" , The Frame-up , The Love of a Woman , The Mystery of the S. S. Humboldt , The Revolt , The Shot in the Dark , The Third Degree , Trapped