False Advertising! There are no ghosts in this one. Gibson submitted it with the title of "The Cigarette Cipher" because, well, that's what the story was about. Coded messages and mobsters and all the good stuff you want from The Shadow litter this tale. The cover actually shows the code and our hero is reflected in the cigarette case that is the crux of the novel. Just no ghosts! It is, however, another really great early tale and is the first adventure of 1936. Read it.
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