Author George C. Sims used a couple of different pen names to write hard-boiled detective mysteries, but the greatest mystery may have been the author himself, who often found inspiration in a bottle.

Few facts exist about Sims’ life. Born in either 1902 or 1906, he grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. His father, William Dow Sims, once served as a police detective and owned a drugstore.

After his parents [...]
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