December 1937 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

December 1937 issue

cover art by J. George Janes

~ W.T. Ballard, “Only Proof Counts”, last of 7 with ‘Red Drake, undercover investigator for the State Racing Commission, 1^st-person narrator’, 29^th of 43 stories in BM

~ Norbert Davis, “Murder in Two Parts”, ‘Brent’, 7^th of 13 stories in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “Death on Eagle’s Craig”, 3^rd of 10 with ‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, reprinted in The Hardboiled Dicks (1965), reprinted in The Hardboiled Dicks (1965), 4th of 14 stories in BM

~ Eric Howard, “Copper, Have a Heart”, 4^th of 6 story in BM

~ John Lawrence, “Club Fighter”, 1^st of 2 stories with ‘Barron Hargraft & boxing in Detroit & NYC‘, 3^rd of 14 stories in BM

~ Cornell Woolrich, “Dusk to Dawn”, ‘Lew Stahl’, 8^th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop