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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