The Smugglers of Death - Low key thriller lacks some of the punch of other Shadow stories, but it does make up for it with the sexy addition of Myrna Elvin. The cover does not lie, as she briefly dons the iconic Shadow garb in a bid to hold off some smugglers. That sequence and the events leading up to her being trapped naked in her house is certainly a suspenseful highlight of the story. The crime of diamond smuggling is not quite the most stirring of cases for the Shadow, but there is plenty of the requisite action, trap doors, and daring escapes by the Shadow to keep the reader involved. I did note that the Shadow was allot more vulnerable in this installment, and less the all powerful and all knowing character he is in other stories. ( )