A review by psteve
Seduction of the Innocent by Max Allan Collins

3.0

Enjoyable story about a murder set in the comic industry in the early 1950s. Collins mixes in the Kefauver hearings about the supposed corruption, or as the title says, seduction of the innocent (children, supposedly) in the lurid comic industry of the time. The politics and milieu seem very true, and well-researched (the acknowledgements page is detailed about this). The murder, which doesn't happen until half way through the book, is a clever locked-room scenario that fits in with the scene and the characters. A very nice touch are chapter-opening illustrations that are of the style of the comics the book is about.