HUGH WILEYHugh Wiley (1884-1968) was an American writer best remembered for creating James Lee Wong, the Chinese American detective who appeared in a series of popular mystery stories during the 1930s. Wiley's Wong stories were part of the magazine crime-fictin world that thrived in publications such as Collier's, where compact plotting, swift action, memorable investigators, and vivid urban danger were essential to reader appeal. His fiction combined classic detection with pulp momentum, often drawing on San Francisco settings, Chinatown atmosphere, organized crime, corruption, and sudden violence.Wiley's James Lee Wong became widely known beyond the printed page through the Mr. Wong film series, most famously associated with Boris Karloff and later Keye Luke. While the stories reflect period conventions and attitudes, they remain significant within the history of American mystery fiction, pulp detective storytelling, and early Asian American detective representation in popular culture. Murder by the Dozen brings together twelve of Wiley's Wong cases, preserving the fast-paced crime writing that made the character one of the recognizable fictional sleuths of the interwar mystery market. Read More Read Less