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  Make-Up for Murder (Thomas King), Spicy Detective Stories, November 1935

  Body Ransom (Arthur Wallace), Spicy Detective Stories, November 1935

  1936

  Boomerang Blade (Norman A. Daniels), Secret Agent “X”, March 1936

  Dicks Die Hard (Theodore Tinsley), Gold Seal Detective, March 1936

  The Angry Dead (Chandler H. Whipple), Thrilling Mystery, April 1936

  The Yellow Curse (Lars Anderson), Thrilling Mystery, April 1936

  Death in the Patio (W.T. Ballard), Clues Detective Stories, May 1936

  Goldfish (Raymond Chandler), Black Mask, June 1936

  Dilemma of the Dead Lady (Cornell Woolrich), Detective Fiction Weekly, July 4, 1936

  Hell’s Siphon (George Harmon Coxe), Headquarters Detective, September 1936

  Murderer’s Bait (Jerome Severs Perry), Spicy Detective Stories, September 1936

  Trigger Men (Eustace Cockrell), Blue Book, October 1936

  1937

  She Waits in Hell (Paul Ernst), Detective Tales, February 1937

  Undercover Checkmate (Steve Fisher), Secret Agent “X”, February 1937

  Last Chance Acre (Maitland Scott), Ten Detective Aces, March 1937

  Doom in the Bag (Dale Clark), Secret Agent “X”, April 1937

  The Heat of the Moment (Richard Wormser), The Blue Book Magazine, May 1937

  Killers Must Advertise (H.H. Stinson), Ten Detective Aces, May 1937

  Murder for Nothing (Jeremy Lane), Ten Detective Aces, May 1937

  Race With Death (Marian Gailor Squire), Ten Detective Aces, May 1937

  Wanted By the D.A. (Avin H. Johnston), Popular Detective, August 1937

  High-Voltage Homicide (Frankie Lewis), Secret Agent “X”, December 1937

  1938

  Murder Muddle (James Howard Leveque), Ten Detective Aces, February 1938

  Five Cents a Life (Maitland Scott), Ten Detective Aces, March 1938

  Forty Grand Fadeout (Benton Braden), Ten Detective Aces, March 1938

  Puppet Boss of Destiny (Ernest Bean), Ten Detective Aces, March 1938

  The Suicide Coterie (Emile C. Teppermen), Secret Agent “X”, March 1938

  You Can’t Mince Homicide (Robert S. Fenton), Ten Detective Aces, March 1938

  The Miracle Man (Eric Howard), Detective Fiction Weekly, March 19, 1938

  Cop’s Wife (John Jay Chichester), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, May 1938

  Never Trust a Cop (W.T. Ballard), Captain Satan, May 1938

  The Sinister Curtain (Kenneth Keith), Secret Agent “X”, September 1938

  Death in the Dark (Theodore Tinsley), Crime Busters, October 1938

  Auction of the Damned (Donald Bayne Hobart), Thrilling Mystery, November 1938

  Memo for Murder (Leo Stalnaker), Secret Agent “X”, December 1938

  1939

  The Death Kiss (Lew McCoy), Double-Action Gang Magazine, February 1939

  Satan’s Boneyard (Leon Dupont), 12 Adventure Stories, October 1939

  I’ll Be Waiting (Raymond Chandler), Saturday Evening Post, October 14, 1939

  Devil’s Billet Doux (Raymond Chandler), Ten Detective Aces, November 1939

  1940

  The Black Narcissus (Neil Miller), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, March 1940

  Death Listens In (Arthur Leo Zagat), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, March 1940

  Only Human (H.G. Merz), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, March 1940

  The Secondhand Murders (Ben Conlon), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, March 1940

  Agent for Murder (William Campbell Gault), Ten Detective Aces, April 1940

  Corpse Current (Wallace Umphrey), Ten Detective Aces, June 1940

  Murder Breeder (Mark Harper), Clues Detective Stories, June 1940

  Murder on Beat (Joseph H. Hernandez), Thrilling Detective, July 1940

  Two for a Corpse (Lawrence Treat), Detective Fiction Weekly, July 20, 1940

  Killer’s Lunch Hour (Lloyd Llewell), Exciting Detective, Fall, August 1940

  Moonlight Saving (E.O. Umsted), Exciting Detective, Fall, August 1940

  Too Tough (John Graham), Black Mask, August 1940

  The Red Tide (Cornell Woolrich), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, September 1940

  Five-Star Fury (Tom B. Stone), Ten Detective Aces, October 1940

  Welcome for Killers (John P. Rees), Ten Detective Aces, October 1940

  A Sucker for Bullets (James A. Kirch), Ten Detective Aces, November 1940

  Homicide Detour (Stephen McBarron), Ten Detective Aces, November 1940

  Killer at Large (Edward Ronns), Detective Fiction Weekly, November 9, 1940

  To Hell With Death (Cyril Plunkett), Detective Novels, December 1940

  1941

  Death for Cops (G.T. Fleming-Roberts), G-Men Detective, January 1941

  Eyes of the Magnate (William L. Hopson), Black Book Detective Magazine, January 1941

  Hell-Bent For the Morgue (Don Larson), 10-Story Detective Magazine, January 1941

  Homicide Domain (Harris Clivesey), 10-Story Detective, January 1941

  Suicide Souvenir (Dennis Layton), 10-Story Detective, January 1941

  The Phantom Witness (Clark Frost), Ten Detective Aces, February 1941

  Slender Clue (E.D. Gardner), Stirring Detective & Western Stories, February 1941

  Crime By Chart (Harl Vincent), Exciting Detective, March 1941

  Man From the Wrong Time-Track (Denis Plimmer), Uncanny Stories, April 1941

  One Escort—Missing or Dead (Roger Torrey), Lone Wolf Detective Magazine, April 1941

  The Silent Witness (H. Frederic Young), Ten Detective Aces, April 1941

  Miss Dynamite (Peter Dawson), Ten Detective Aces, August 1941

  Seasoned Crime (Donald Bayne Hobart), Popular Detective, August 1941

  Suicide Hook-Up (Albert G. Robinson), Ten Detective Aces, August 1941

  Blonde Death (Dale Clark), Thrilling Detective, October 1941

  Homicide Wholesale (Harold Q. Masur), Popular Detective, October 1941

  Dead End (William Beggarate), Detective Short Stories, November 1941

  Murder by Installment (Eric Preston), Detective Short Stories, November 1941

  You Built a Frame for Me (Leonard B. Rosborough), Detective Short Stories, November 1941

  1942

  Crime’s Client (Guy Fleming), 10-Story Detective, January 1942

  Off the Record (Robert Wallace), Thrilling Detective, January 1942

  One Hundred Bucks Per Stiff (J. Lloyd Conrich), Hooded Detective, January 1942

  Death Is Too Easy (Arthur J. Burks), Thrilling Detective (Canada),, February 1942

  Kidnapped Evidence (Joseph J. Millard), Thrilling Mystery, March 1942

  One More Murder (G.T. Fleming-Roberts), Five Novels Monthly, March 1942

  Death Goes Dancing (John K. Butler), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, May 1942

  Too Many Angles (Calvin L. Boswell), Popular Detective, June 1942

  Blood in the Rain (Edward Sullivan), Thrilling Detective, July 1942

  Cops Are Smart, Too (George Armin Shaftel), Short Stories, August 10, 1942

  Scarecrows Don’t Bleed (Joe Archibald), Exciting Detective, Fall September 1942

  Through the Wall (G.T. Fleming-Roberts), Mammoth Detective, September 1942

  The Road to Carmichael’s (Richard Wormser), The Saturday Evening Post, September 19, 1942

  Detour to Death (John Lawrence), Black Mask, October 1942

  Hours of Grace (Marion Mitchell Morrison), Private Detective Stories, October 1942

  The Killer Type (William Decatur), Private Detective Stories, October 1942

  Dangerous Ground (Charles Smith), G-Men Detective, November 1942

  Freight Trouble (L.K. Frank), Thrilling Detective, November 1942

  Fifty-Grand Funeral (David X. Manners), Ten Detective Aces, December 1942

  Mortgage on Murder (Benton Braden), Thrilling
Detective, December 1942

  1943

  The Double-Crossing Corpse (Day Keene), Detective Tales, January 1943

  Murder on Santa Claus Lane (William G. Bogart), G-Men Detective, January 1943

  She’ll Make a Gorgeous Corpse (Eric Provost), Ten Detective Aces, January 1943

  Then Live to Use It (Greta Bardet), Crack Detective, January 1943

  Give the Guy a Chance (Thomas Thursday), Mammoth Detective, March 1943

  The Lady in the Case (Lee E. Wells), Crack Detective, March 1943

  Little Pieces (C.S. Montanye), Exciting Detective, March 1943

  The Mental Bloodhound (Helmar Lewis), Mammoth Detective, March 1943

  Red Blood and Green Soap (Dale Clark), Mammoth Detective, March 1943

  Mail Me My Tombstone (Charles Larson), Ten Detective Aces, April 1943

  Eight Hours to Kill (Lee E. Wells), 10-Story Detective Magazine, May 1943

  House of Death (Lew Merrill), Speed Mystery, May 1943

  These Shoes are Killing Me (Leon Yerxa), Mammoth Detective, May 1943

  A Knife in His Chest (Dale Clark), Popular Detective, June 1943

  Close to a Corpse (Donald Bayne Hobart), Thrilling Mystery, June 1943

  Fragile Evidence (Lee Fredericks), Popular Detective, June 1943

  White Heat (Arthur J. Burks), Detective Novels (Canada), June 1943

  O’Sheen’s Photo Finish (Leon Yerxa), Mammoth Detective, August 1943

  Hot-Seat Fall Guy (E.Z. Elberg), Ten Detective Aces, September 1943

  Rock-a-Bye Booby (Richard Brister), Ten Detective Aces, September 1943

  The Killer Came Home (Robert C. Dennis), Detective Tales, December 1943

  1944

  Little Old Lady (Owen Fox Jerome), Detective Novels, February 1944

  Handmade Hero (Lee Tilburne), Short Stories, February 10, 1944

  Adopted for Death (Donald G. Cormack), Dime Mystery Magazine, March 1944

  A Slip in Crime (Greta Bardet), Ten Detective Aces, April 1944

  Action at Home (Benjamin Pool), Thrilling Detective, April 1944

  Death Has a C-Book (Hal K. Wells), Thrilling Detective, April 1944

  The Pin-up Girl Murders (Laurence Donovon), Super-Detective, April 1944

  Corpses Leave Me Cold (David X. Manners), Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1944

  Murder Rides Behind the Siren (Prescott Chaplin), Black Book Detective, Summer 1944

  Tea Party Frame-Up (Robert Martin), Mammoth Detective, May 1944

  Murder on the Menu (Michael O’Brien), Popular Detective, June 1944

  Memphis Blues (Frank Johnson), Thrilling Detective, September 1944

  A Drink for Aunt Louisa (Francis Fredricks), Detective Tales, October 1944

  Attar of Homicide (Donald C. Cameron), Private Detective Stories, October 1944

  How Many Cards for the Corpse? (Joe Kent), Detective Tales, October 1944

  Once There Was a Wolf (Bert Collier), Detective Tales, October 1944

  Save a Grave for Me! (Dane Gregory), Detective Tales, October 1944

  Voice of the Dead (Ted Stratton), Detective Tales, October 1944

  I Didn’t Do It (Cliff Campbell), Crack Detective Stories, November 1944

  Friendless Corpse (Arthur Mann), Crack Detective Stories, November 1944

  Rx to Homicide (John A. Saxon), Crack Detective Stories, November 1944

  The Corpse that Played Dead (A. Boyd Correll), Thrilling Mystery, Winter 1944

  1945

  Death on the Meter (Edward Ronns), Thrilling Detective, January 1945

  Death Paints a Picture (Russell Gray), Crack Detective Stories, January 1945

  Time to Kill (Leo Hoban), Crack Detective, January 1945

  Dibble Dabbles in Death (David Wright O’Brien), Mammoth Detective, February 1945

  Homecoming in Hell! (Ken Lewis), Strange Detective Stories, February 1945

  Twenty Grand Leg (Walter Wilson), Thrilling Detective, February 1945

  I Die Daily (H. Wolff Salz), 10-Story Detective, April 1945

  Tracks in the Snow (Samuel Mines), Thrilling Detective, July 1945

  Dark Horizons (William G. Bogart), Mammoth Detective, August 1945

  Dead Man’s Nerve (Jack Bradley), Thrilling Detective, September 1945

  Murder After the Fact (E.C. Marshall), Ten Detective Aces, September 1945

  Slayer’s Keepers (T.W. Ford), Crack Detective, September 1945

  The Big Money Man (Wayland Rice), Black Book Detective, Fall 1945

  A Snitch in Time (E.C. Marshall), Ten Detective Aces, November 1945

  Homicide at the 5 & 10 (Stewart Toland), Ten Detective Aces, November 1945

  Murder in Small Packages (William Rough), Ten Detective Aces, November 1945

  Death Plays Santa Claus (Johnston McCulley), Popular Detective, December 1945

  Merry Christmas, Copper! (Johnston McCulley), G-Men Detective, Winter 1946, December 1945

  1946

  Dead Man’s Gift (Ben Frank), Thrilling Detective, January 1946

  Murder Off the Record (Bill Morgan), Ten Detective Aces, January 1946

  They Gave Him a Badge! (John Corbett), Detective Tales, January 1946

  Country Cadaver (Ken Lewis), Dime Mystery Magazine, February 1946

  Now I Lay Me Down to Die (Anthony Tompkins), G-Men Detective, February 1946

  Death in the Groove (Thorne Lee), Dime Detective Magazine, March 1946

  He Hung Too High (Berna Morris), Mammoth Detective, March 1946

  It’s Time to Go Home (William G. Bogart), Mammoth Mystery, March 1946

  Objective—Murder! (William R. Cox), Dime Detective Magazine, March 1946

  Black of the Moon (Merle Constiner), Mammoth Detective, May 1946

  Don’t Meddle With Murder (C.S. Montayne), Thrilling Detective, May 1946

  The High-Powerd Corpse (E.C. Marshall), Ten Detective Aces, June 1946

  Top It Off With Death (Basil Wells), Ten Detective Aces, June 1946

  Please, I Killed Him (Wayland Rice), Thrilling Detective, July 1946

  You’ll Die Laughing (William L. Hamling), Mammoth Detective, July 1946

  The Blue Steel Squirrel (Frank R. Read), Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, August 1946

  Brother Cop and Brother Rat (Donald Bump), Gem Detective, Fall 1946

  Easy Kill (William Hellman), Dime Mystery Magazine, September 1946

  Murder Rides High (Leonard Finley Hilts), Mammoth Detective, September 1946

  The Triangular Blade (Carter Sprague), Thrilling Detective, October 1946

  Morgue Reunion (Norman A. Daniels), 10-Story Detective, November 1946

  Will for a Kill (Emil Petaja), 10-Story Detective, November 1946

  Final Judgment (Ralph Oppenheim), Thrilling Detective, December 1946

  Shoot Fast, But Shoot Straight! (Sam Carson), Thrilling Detective, December 1946

  The Cat Came Back (Ken Tillson), Thrilling Detective, December 1946

  1947

  A Photo and a Voice (David Goodis), G-Men Detective, January 1947

  Murder Trail (Anthony Tompkins), G-Men Detective, May 1947

  Blue Coat Gamble (Neil Moran), Ten Detective Aces, June 1947

  The Case of The Squealing Duck (George B. Anderson), Mammoth Detective, July 1947

  Girl of Fear (Francis K. Allan), Detective Tales, July 1947

  High Voltage Homicide (Henry Norton), Black Mask July 1947

  Sweet Dreams, Darling (Paul W. Fairman), Mammoth Detective, July 1947

  The Cop On the Corner (David Goodis), Popular Detective, September 1947

  Baby Come to Copper! (Gene Fraiser), 10-Story Detective, October 1947

  Homemade Murder (Rodney Worth), 10-Story Detective, October 1947

  Wake Up and Die! (Robert Turner), 10-Story Detective, October 1947

  Home for Christmas (Larry Holden), Thrilling Detective, December 1947

  Host to Homicide (Milton T. Lamb), 10-Story Detective, December 1947

  Flatfoot (Hal K. Wells), Thrilli
ng Detective, December 1947

  Little Man, You’ll Have a Bloody Day (Russell Branch), Dime Mystery Magazine, December 1947

  1948

  A Cold Night for Murder (J. Lane Linklater), Popular Detective, January 1948

  No Lease on Life (Allan K. Echols), G-Men Detective, January 1948

  Close Cover Before Striking (Sam Merwin, Jr.), Black Book Detective, February 1948

  Death Ends the Year (Johnston McCulley), Black Book Detective, February 1948

  Wrong Number (John L. Benton), Thrilling Detective, February 1948

  42 Keys to Murder (Edward Churchill), Popular Detective, March 1948

  Don’t Fool With Murder (Robert Sidney Bowen), Popular Detective, March 1948

  Hand of Guilt (Sam Bayne), Popular Detective, March 1948

  Murder’s Handyman (Woodrow Wilson Smith), Popular Detective, March 1948

  $10,000 an Inch (Tedd Thomey), Thrilling Detective, April 1948

  Blizzard-Bound Crypt (Edward A. Herron), 10-Story Detective, April 1948

  Death Brings Down the House (Larry Holden), 10-Story Detective Magazine, April 1948

  The Night Before Murder (Steve Fisher), Triple Detective, Spring 1948

  Badge of Valor (Robert Leslie Bellem), Thrilling Detective, June 1948

  You Never Can Tell (Jack Kofoed), Thrilling Detective, June 1948

  A Breath of Suspicion (Stewart Sterling), G-Men Detective, July 1948

  Still of Night (Will Oursler), Popular Detective, July 1948

  Coward’s Kill (Arthur Leo Zagat), Thrilling Detective, August 1948

  Don’t Wake the Dead (Frank Morris), Thrilling Detective, August 1948

  Homicide’s Their Headache (Carl G. Hodges), Thrilling Detective, August 1948

  Clue in Triplicate (Ray Cummings), Detective Mystery Novel Magazine, Fall 1948

  Pop Goes the Queen (Bob Wade and Bill Miller), Triple Detective, Fall 1948

  Big Target (Roger Fuller), Black Book Detective, September 1948

  Complication Murder! (Charles Molyneux Brown), Short Stories, September 25, 1948

  Death Comes Gift-Wrapped (William P. McGivern), Dime Detective Magazine, November 1948

  Doom on Sunday (B.J. Benson), G-Men Detective, November 1948

  The Killer’s Shoes (Robert C. Blackmon), Thrilling Detective, December 1948

  1949

  A Slay Ride for Santa (Carl Memling), Ten Detective Aces, January 1949

  Knife in the Dark (Robert Leslie Bellem), G-Men Detective, January 1949

  Dear Cold Ruth . . ., Dime Mystery Magazine, April 1949

  Ferry to a Funeral (James Blish), Crack Detective Stories, July 1949