Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife is also killed. Larry shuffles through a long list of suspects before revealing the killer...
The crimson key is a competent b-mystery of the hard boiled kind with Kent Taylor as a private eye- he's quite good here, very determined and clever enough to avoid perilous traps that come his way. It's ordinary mystery and can get tedious towards the end, however it has its moments, particularly due to the character of Miss Loring, who is alcoholic and a Dr Harlow, a fake psychiatrist who tries to find out where the elusive key is.
The crimson key is a competent b-mystery of the hard boiled kind with Kent Taylor as a private eye- he's quite good here, very determined and clever enough to avoid perilous traps that come his way. It's ordinary mystery and can get tedious towards the end, however it has its moments, particularly due to the character of Miss Loring, who is alcoholic and a Dr Harlow, a fake psychiatrist who tries to find out where the elusive key is.