Worts, George F. "Five Who Vanished"

A convoluted serial set during the early days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The story opens in San Francisco and closes in Hawaii, with six of the serial’s ten parts are set aboard a fictitious ocean liner – the TASMANIA – sailing in convoy to Honolulu. This serial contains everything from a comely female cat burglar (!) to the elderly, murderous doyenne of a prominent Hawaiian planter family. With dialog like “These people are a ruthless and dangerous lot,” it’s a wonder that Monogram Pictures didn’t picked up an option on Worts’ tale! Later (see following entry) published as a novel.