
cover art by Colcord Heurlin



cover art by William Reusswig
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T.T. Flynn, “The Jade Joss” (Val Easton v. Black Doctor)
Russ Meservey, “The Swamp Lake Horrors” (Link Nace)
Frederick Nebel, “Murder a la Carte” (Cardigan)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Cross-Stitch Killer” (Paul Pry)
Photo and profile of Russ Meservey appeared on pg. 123

1948 Dutton hardcover, this the later 1949 Bantam reissue
cover art by Robert Stanley
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his second novel
2nd in his Edgar-winning series with amateur sleuths Ed and Am Hunter
cover art repurposed for 1952 Presses de la cité edition

Recueil de 3 nouvelles : La rousse rafle tout (“Finger Man”) – La porte de bronze (“The Bronze Door”) (nouvelle fantastique)- Un crime fait de chic (“Smart-Aleck Kill”) – Complété par l’essai “Le crime est un art simple”(“The Simple Art of Murder”)

July 1949 issue
cover art by Albert Drake
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Mel Cotton, “No Time to Burn”
Bruce Cassiday, “Hellcat of Homicide Highway”
John D. MacDonald, “A Corpse-Maker Goes Courting”
Peter Paige, “Coffin Cure”
Johanas L. Bouma, “I’ll Be Killing You”
Robert Turner, “Kiss and Kill”

cover art by Walter M. Baumhofer
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Hugh B. Cave, “Dark Bondage”
H. M. Appel, “Harvest of Hate”
Arthur Leo Zagat, “Madman’s Bride”
Donald Barr Chidsey, “Death Walks in Paradise”
James Duncan, “Food for Coffins”
Mindret Lord, “Hostage to Pain”
Monroe Karasik, “Unholy Eyes”
(cover repurposed for April 1940 issue)