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  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

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

  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