C.S. (Carlton Stevens) Montanye (1892-1948) was a prolific American writer of pulp fiction mysteries. His novelettes and short stories were published in a number of magazines, one of them being “Thrilling Detective”. Montanye’s stories in the above magazine featured a sports reporter, Johnny Castle, who somehow always managed to get himself involved in murder investigations. The stories involving him are all set in New York and the characters include night club owners, showgirls, piano players, bartenders, hat-check blondes, boxers, fight managers, jockeys, race-track bookies, hoodlums and many others. Three novelettes by Montanye are contained in the current volume, “Death with Music”, and they provide a detailed picture of life in New York City during the 1940s. The novelettes are entertaining and well worth reading.