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By Victor Colby from GOLDEN HOURS issue 1 (1960): SHADOW OF A GUN S.B.L. 425 was Martin Thomas's first for the year. This author is outstanding. His stories are well constructed, charged with suspense and excitement, and imbued with excellent characterisation. The feature which appeals to me most is his splendid sense of humour. This humour is never laboured, but is spontaneous and light-hearted. On page 53 the armed criminal was alarmed: "Instantly his hand dived into his pocket — and not for loose change." Mr Thomas features a very human Tinker. The girl in the car leaned closer to him "so that her Technical Knockout perfume caught Tinker a nasty jab under the heart" (page 25).