One Man’s Poison (Curt Hamlin), Dime Mystery Magazine, August 1949
Trap the Man Down (Harold Gluck), 10-Story Detective, August 1949
Mad About Murder (Scott O’Hara), Dime Detective Magazine, September 1949
Sue as in Suicide (C.S. Montanye), Thrilling Detective, October 1949
Too Old to Die (Jack Gleoman), Thrilling Detective, October 1949
1950
The Cackle-Bladder (William Campbell Gault), Detective Tales, March 1950
Manuscript of Murder (Peter Warren), Thrilling Detective, April 1950
Lady in Red (Alan Ritner Anderson), Detective Tales, May 1950
Gems Glow with Blood (Joseph Commings), Crime Fiction Stories, December 1950
Ice from a Corpse (Ed Barcelo), Crime Fiction Stories, December 1950
Murder Comes Calling (Logan Legare), Crime Fiction Stories, December 1950
Odds Are on Death (Ashley Calhoun), Crime Fiction Stories, December 1950
Parting Gift (Frank Ward), Crime Fiction Stories, December 1950
1951
Kill One, Kill Two (B.J. Benson), Thrilling Detective, February 1951
Murder Comes Home (D.L. Champion), Thrilling Detective, February 1951
The Touch of Death (Norman A. Daniels), Thrilling Detective, February 1951
Shield for Murder (William P. McGivern), The Blue Book Magazine, February 1951
A Little Psychology (Arnold Grant), Black Book Detective, Spring, 1951
Hear That Mournful Wind (Dane Gregory), Detective Fiction, May 1951
Murder Hunch (John Benton), Thrilling Detective, August 1951
You’ll Kill the People (Richard Brister), Smashing Detective Stories, September 1951
1952
Murder with Onions (Philip Weck), Popular Detective, January 1952
Nicely Framed, Ready to Hang! (Daniel Gordon), Detective Tales, February 1952
Miracle on 9th Street (Day Keene), Thrilling Detective, April 1952
The Long Night (Philip Ketchum), Thrilling Detective, June 1952
A Grave is Waiting (Bruno Fischer), Popular Detective, September 1952
A Bier for Baby (Dean Evans), Mobsters, December 1952
Stand-In For Slaughter (Grover Brinkman), Mobsters, December 1952
1953
As I Lie Dead (Fletcher Flora), Manhunt, February 1953
Carrera’s Woman (Evan Hunter), Manhunt, February 1953
Homicide Haul (Robert Carlton), Thrilling Detective, February 1953
Graveyard Shift (Steve Frazee), Manhunt, May 1953
Nice Bunch of Guys (Michael Fessier), Manhunt, May 1953
The Two O’Clock Blonde (James M. Cain), Manhunt, August 1953
The Ice Man Came (William Hopson), Thrilling Detective, Winter 1953
The Body in My Bed (William F. Schwartz), Smashing Detective Stories, December 1953
Die Tomorrow, Please (Buck Gilmore), Smashing Detective Stories, December 1953
First Aid for Murder (Bramley Fox), Smashing Detective Stories, December 1953
One Dumb Cop (Richard Brister), Smashing Detective Stories, December 1953
1954
Points South (Flora Fletcher), Manhunt, June 1954
Double (Bruno Fischer), Manhunt, June 1954
Die Like a Dog (David Alexander), Manhunt, June 1954
Identity Unknown (Jonathan Craig), Manhunt, June 1954
I Don’t Fool Around (Charles Jackson), Manhunt, August 1954
Necktie Party (Robert Turner), Manhunt, August 1954
Step Down to Terror (John McPartland), Argosy, November 1954
The Pickpocket (Mickey Spillane), Manhunt, December 25, 1954
The Purple Collar (Jonathan Craig), Manhunt, December 25, 1954
1955
Green Eyes (Hal Ellson), Manhunt, January 1955
The Floater (Jonathan Craig), Manhunt, January 1955
The Killer (John D. MacDonald), Manhunt, January 1955
Stakeout (Don De Boe), Famous Detective Stories, February 1955
Double Homicide (Robert Standish), The Saturday Evening Post, May 28, 1955
1956
Dead Men Don’t Move (Thomas Thursday), Smashing Detective, January 1956
Death of a Dejected Editor (Dennis Wiegand), Smashing Detective, January 1956
Squealer (John D. MacDonald), Manhunt, May 1956
Lust Song (Stuart Friedman), Manhunt, December 1956
1957
Cop for a Day (Henry Slesar), Manhunt, January 1957
On a Sunday Afternoon (Gil Brewer), Manhunt, January 1957
Somebody’s Going to Die (Talmage Powell), Manhunt, January 1957
Stranger in the House (Theodore Pratt), Manhunt, January 1957
May Come In? (Fletcher Flora), Suspense, February 1957
Swamp Search (Harry Whittington), Murder, July 1957
1958
The Plunge (David Goodis), Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, October 1958
The Swindler’s Wife (Robert Standish), The Saturday Evening Post, December 13, 1958
1959
Look Death in the Eye! (Lawrence Block), Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine, April 1959
The $5,000 Getaway (Jack Ritchie), Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May 1959
1960
Fourth Gear to Hell (Richard E. Geis), Adam, April 1960
1961
The Deadly Mrs. Haversham (Helen Nielsen), Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 1961
1963
Murder and the Southwind (Mary Roberts Rinehart), The Frightened Wife: And Other Murder Stories, 1963
Unknown
Death of an Agent (Harold Stover)
Enter Scareface (Armitage Trail)
Home is Where the Hearse Is (William Knowles)
Night of the Thirteenth (J.A. Allan)
One Hunch to Hell (Richard A. Virgil)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ALPHABETICAL
The $5,000 Getaway (Jack Ritchie), Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May 1959
$10,000 an Inch (Tedd Thomey), Thrilling Detective, April 1948
42 Keys to Murder (Edward Churchill), Popular Detective, March 1948
A Bier for Baby (Dean Evans), Mobsters, December 1952
A Breath of Suspicion (Stewart Sterling), G-Men Detective, July 1948
A Cold Night for Murder (J. Lane Linklater), Popular Detective, January 1948
A Drink for Aunt Louisa (Francis Fredricks), Detective Tales, October 1944
A Grave is Waiting (Bruno Fischer), Popular Detective, September 1952
A Knife in His Chest (Dale Clark), Popular Detective, June 1943
A Little Psychology (Arnold Grant), Black Book Detective, Spring, 1951
A Photo and a Voice (David Goodis), G-Men Detective, January 1947
A Shriek in the Night (Sewell Peaslee Wright), Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories, April/May 1929
A Slay Ride for Santa (Carl Memling), Ten Detective Aces, January 1949
A Slip in Crime (Greta Bardet), Ten Detective Aces, April 1944
A Snitch in Time (E.C. Marshall), Ten Detective Aces, November 1945
A Sucker for Bullets (James A. Kirch), Ten Detective Aces, November 1940
A Trip to Czardis (Edwin Granberry), The Forum, April 1932
Action at Home (Benjamin Pool), Thrilling Detective, April 1944
Adopted for Death (Donald G. Cormack), Dime Mystery Magazine, March 1944
Agent for Murder (William Campbell Gault), Ten Detective Aces, April 1940
The Angry Dead (Chandler H. Whipple), Thrilling Mystery, April 1936
As I Lie Dead (Fletcher Flora), Manhunt, February 1953
The Assistant Murderer (Dashiell Hammett), Black Mask, February 1926
Attar of Homicide (Donald C. Cameron), Private Detective Stories, October 1944
Auction of the Damned (Donald Bayne Hobart), Thrilling Mystery, November 1938
The Avalanche Maker (W. Ryerson Johnson), West, July 22, 1931
B
aby Come to Copper! (Gene Fraiser), 10-Story Detective, October 1947
Badge of Valor (Robert Leslie Bellem), Thrilling Detective, June 1948
The Big Money Man (Wayland Rice), Black Book Detective, Fall 1945
Big Target (Roger Fuller), Black Book Detective, September 1948
The Black Narcissus (Neil Miller), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, March 1940
Black of the Moon (Merle Constiner), Mammoth Detective, May 1946
Blizzard-Bound Crypt (Edward A. Herron), 10-Story Detective, April 1948
Blonde Death (Dale Clark), Thrilling Detective, October 1941
Blood in the Rain (Edward Sullivan), Thrilling Detective, July 1942
Blue Coat Gamble (Neil Moran), Ten Detective Aces, June 1947
The Blue Steel Squirrel (Frank R. Read), Street &anp; Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, August 1946
The Body in My Bed (William F. Schwartz), Smashing Detective Stories, December 1953
Body Ransom (Arthur Wallace), Spicy Detective Stories, November 1935
Boomerang Blade (Norman A. Daniels), Secret Agent “X”, March 1936
Brother Cop and Brother Rat (Donald Bump), Gem Detective, Fall 1946
The Cackle-Bladder (William Campbell Gault), Detective Tales, March 1950
Carrera’s Woman (Evan Hunter), Manhunt, February 1953
The Case of The Squealing Duck (George B. Anderson), Mammoth Detective, July 1947
The Cat Came Back (Ken Tillson), Thrilling Detective, December 1946
Close Cover Before Striking (Sam Merwin, Jr.), Black Book Detective, February 1948
Close to a Corpse (Donald Bayne Hobart), Thrilling Mystery, June 1943
Clue in Triplicate (Ray Cummings), Detective Mystery Novel Magazine, Fall 1948
Complication Murder! (Charles Molyneux Brown), Short Stories, September 25, 1948
Cop for a Day (Henry Slesar), Manhunt, January 1957
The Cop On the Corner (David Goodis), Popular Detective, September 1947
Cop’s Wife (John Jay Chichester), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, May 1938
Cops Are Smart, Too (George Armin Shaftel), Short Stories, August 10, 1942
Corpse Current (Wallace Umphrey), Ten Detective Aces, June 1940
The Corpse on the Grating (Hugh B. Cave), Astounding, February 1930
The Corpse that Played Dead (A. Boyd Correll), Thrilling Mystery, Winter 1944
Corpses Leave Me Cold (David X. Manners), Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1944
Country Cadaver (Ken Lewis), Dime Mystery Magazine, February 1946
Coward’s Kill (Arthur Leo Zagat), Thrilling Detective, August 1948
Crime By Chart (Harl Vincent), Exciting Detective, March 1941
Crime’s Client (Guy Fleming), 10-Story Detective, January 1942
Dangerous Ground (Charles Smith), G-Men Detective, November 1942
Dark Horizons (William G. Bogart), Mammoth Detective, August 1945
Dead End (William Beggarate), Detective Short Stories, November 1941
Dead Man’s Gift (Ben Frank), Thrilling Detective, January 1946
Dead Man’s Nerve (Jack Bradley), Thrilling Detective, September 1945
Dead Men Don’t Move (Thomas Thursday), Smashing Detective, January 1956
The Deadly Mrs. Haversham (Helen Nielsen), Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 1961
The Deadly Orchid (T.T. Flynn), Detective Fiction Weekly, April 15, 1933
Dear Cold Ruth . . ., Dime Mystery Magazine, April 1949
Death Brings Down the House (Larry Holden), 10-Story Detective Magazine, April 1948
The Death Club (George Harmon Coxe), Complete Stories, December 15, 1933
Death Comes Gift-Wrapped (William P. McGivern), Dime Detective Magazine, November 1948
Death Ends the Year (Johnston McCulley), Black Book Detective, February 1948
Death for Cops (G.T. Fleming-Roberts), G-Men Detective, January 1941
Death Goes Dancing (John K. Butler), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, May 1942
Death Has a C-Book (Hal K. Wells), Thrilling Detective, April 1944
Death in the Dark (Theodore Tinsley), Crime Busters, October 1938
Death in the Groove (Thorne Lee), Dime Detective Magazine, March 1946
Death in the Patio (W.T. Ballard), Clues Detective Stories, May 1936
Death Is Too Easy (Arthur J. Burks), Thrilling Detective (Canada),, February 1942
The Death Kiss (Lew McCoy), Double-Action Gang Magazine, February 1939
Death Listens In (Arthur Leo Zagat), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, March 1940
Death of a Dejected Editor (Dennis Wiegand), Smashing Detective, January 1956
Death of an Agent (Harold Stover)
Death on the Meter (Edward Ronns), Thrilling Detective, January 1945
Death Paints a Picture (Russell Gray), Crack Detective Stories, January 1945
Death Plays Santa Claus (Johnston McCulley), Popular Detective, December 1945
Detour to Death (John Lawrence), Black Mask, October 1942
Devil’s Billet Doux (Raymond Chandler), Ten Detective Aces, November 1939
Dibble Dabbles in Death (David Wright O’Brien), Mammoth Detective, February 1945
Dicks Die Hard (Theodore Tinsley), Gold Seal Detective, March 1936
Die Like a Dog (David Alexander), Manhunt, June 1954
Die Tomorrow, Please (Buck Gilmore), Smashing Detective Stories, December 1953
Dilemma of the Dead Lady (Cornell Woolrich), Detective Fiction Weekly, July 4, 1936
Don’t Fool With Murder (Robert Sidney Bowen), Popular Detective, March 1948
Don’t Wake the Dead (Frank Morris), Thrilling Detective, August 1948
Don’t Meddle With Murder (C.S. Montayne), Thrilling Detective, May 1946
Doom in the Bag (Dale Clark), Secret Agent “X”, April 1937
Double Check (Thomas Walsh), Black Mask, July 1933
The Double-Crossing Corpse (Day Keene), Detective Tales, January 1943
Double Homicide (Robert Standish), The Saturday Evening Post, May 28, 1955
Double (Bruno Fischer), Manhunt, June 1954
Dry Rot (James Hendryx), The Underworld, September 1927
Easy Kill (William Hellman), Dime Mystery Magazine, September 1946
Eight Hours to Kill (Lee E. Wells), 10-Story Detective Magazine, May 1943
Enter Scareface (Armitage Trail)
Eyes of the Magnate (William L. Hopson), Black Book Detective Magazine, January 1941
The False Burton Combs (Carroll John Daly), The Black Mask, December 1922
Ferry to a Funeral (James Blish), Crack Detective Stories, July 1949
Fifty-Grand Funeral (David X. Manners), Ten Detective Aces, December 1942
Final Judgment (Ralph Oppenheim), Thrilling Detective, December 1946
First Aid for Murder (Bramley Fox), Smashing Detective Stories, December 1953
Five Cents a Life (Maitland Scott), Ten Detective Aces, March 1938
Five-Star Fury (Tom B. Stone), Ten Detective Aces, October 1940
Flatfoot (Hal K. Wells), Thrilling Detective, December 1947
The Floater (Jonathan Craig), Manhunt, January 1955
Forty Grand Fadeout (Benton Braden), Ten Detective Aces, March 1938
Fourth Gear to Hell (Richard E. Geis), Adam, April 1960
Fragile Evidence (Lee Fredericks), Popular Detective, June 1943
Freight Trouble (L.K. Frank), Thrilling Detective, November 1942
Friendless Corpse (Arthur Mann), Crack Detective Stories, November 1944
Gems Glow with Blood (Joseph Commings), Crime Fiction Stories, December 1950
Girl of Fear (Francis K. Allan), Detective Tales, July 1947
Give the Guy a Chance (Thomas Thursday), Mammoth Detective, March 1943
Goldfish (Raymond Chandler), Black Mask, June 1936
Graveyard Sh
ift (Steve Frazee), Manhunt, May 1953
Green Doom (Carroll Mayers), Secret Agent “X”, September 1935
Green Eyes (Hal Ellson), Manhunt, January 1955
Hand of Guilt (Sam Bayne), Popular Detective, March 1948
Handmade Hero (Lee Tilburne), Short Stories, February 10, 1944
The Hardest Kind of Hard (Lewen Hewitt), Detective Story Magazine, August 3, 1920
He Hung Too High (Berna Morris), Mammoth Detective, March 1946
Hear That Mournful Wind (Dane Gregory), Detective Fiction, May 1951
Heat From Texas (W.W. McKenna), Spicy Detective Stories, November 1935
The Heat of the Moment (Richard Wormser), The Blue Book Magazine, May 1937
Hell’s Siphon (George Harmon Coxe), Headquarters Detective, September 1936
Hell-Bent For the Morgue (Don Larson), 10-Story Detective Magazine, January 1941
The High-Powerd Corpse (E.C. Marshall), Ten Detective Aces, June 1946
High Voltage Homicide (Henry Norton), Black Mask July 1947
High-Voltage Homicide (Frankie Lewis), Secret Agent “X”, December 1937
Home for Christmas (Larry Holden), Thrilling Detective, December 1947
Home is Where the Hearse Is (William Knowles)
Homecoming in Hell! (Ken Lewis), Strange Detective Stories, February 1945
Homemade Murder (Rodney Worth), 10-Story Detective, October 1947
Homicide at the 5 & 10 (Stewart Toland), Ten Detective Aces, November 1945
Homicide Detour (Stephen McBarron), Ten Detective Aces, November 1940
Homicide Domain (Harris Clivesey), 10-Story Detective, January 1941
Homicide Haul (Robert Carlton), Thrilling Detective, February 1953
Homicide Wholesale (Harold Q. Masur), Popular Detective, October 1941
Homicide’s Their Headache (Carl G. Hodges), Thrilling Detective, August 1948
Host to Homicide (Milton T. Lamb), 10-Story Detective, December 1947
Hot-Seat Fall Guy (E.Z. Elberg), Ten Detective Aces, September 1943
Hours of Grace (Marion Mitchell Morrison), Private Detective Stories, October 1942
House of Death (Lew Merrill), Speed Mystery, May 1943
How Many Cards for the Corpse? (Joe Kent), Detective Tales, October 1944
I Didn’t Do It (Cliff Campbell), Crack Detective Stories, November 1944
I Die Daily (H. Wolff Salz), 10-Story Detective, April 1945
I Don’t Fool Around (Charles Jackson), Manhunt, August 1954
I’ll Be Waiting (Raymond Chandler), Saturday Evening Post, October 14, 1939