The Book of the Phantom Bullet — Robert Leslie Bellem

This movie ham named McBride acted the death scene very realistically -- mostly because some sly sinister stinker had put a real bullet completely through his think-tank. And as foul luck would have it, Dan Turner was on the scene and having it demonstrated that the trigger-finger was quicker than his hawkshaw eye. From then on, Dan was busier than a confused dog in a flea circus . . . .