Curvas de Muerte

This Spanish-language detective pulp story titled "Curvas de muerte" (Death Curves) by Vic Peterson, translated by J. Gómez, presents a crime narrative set in Prohibition-era America. The story opens in the Bronx with Abraham Levinson, an aging jeweler and fence, conducting illicit business from his shop. A young man named Donny Kring pawns a family heirloom ring and purchases a loaded Savage pistol with ammunition, announcing his intention to begin a criminal career in Chicago. Later chapters shift to Chicago, where Donny and his associate Owen Minnix romance two women—Dorothy Wilson and Clara Graham—to infiltrate the speakeasy operated by Tim O'Connor. The narrative explores bootlegging, illegal alcohol distribution, and the underworld economy during Prohibition, with dialogue revealing characters' cynicism about crime, morality, and survival in urban America.