Frank L. Packard

The Miracle Man Frank L. Packard

John "Doc" Madison, The Flopper, and Pale Face Larry have overstayed their welcome scamming people. The police are on their tail, and they have to find somewhere to hide to evade capture. Doc finds a newspaper article about a faith healer in a small town. He decides that his gang of crooks could hide quite well down there and make a profit to boot! They begin to con the local townsfolk claiming that the funds will go to creating a chapel for the people. And then the most outrageous thing happens: There is a true faith healing and the foolproof plan to earn money has now becoming unraveled from the inside out.

Frank L. Packard is best known for creating the detective series starring Jimmie Dale. Packard's work is considered a bridging style that showed the contrast between the late-Victorian style and the grittier detective style that is common in the 1940s and 1950s.