Dead in the End: An Irene Robin Hardboiled Pulp Detective Story

It's a cold night, and the streets are thick with fog. The other night, an anonymous caller directed Agent Irene Robin straight to the corpse of a man in a dead-end alleyway. With no leads, she types up the report on her findings.
Unexpectedly, a mysterious woman arrives at Irene's office. She says she needs protection, but every subsequent questions gets the same answer, "It's complicated."
Even after a night together, her beautiful lips still never reveal an answer.
A 1930s pulp-inspired st...