May 28, 2025 – SMB Noir

October 1943 issue

cover photo by Pagano

1951 Dell mapback – cover art by Barye Phillips

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1949 Random House hardcover

her 18th with Insp. Christopher McKee, the Scotsman in charge of the Manhattan Homicide Squad

1950 Jenkins hardcover in the UK, published as a US hardcover by Random House in 1949, this the later Graphic softcover

far from his Fu Manchu thrillers, Hangover House was based on his unproduced stage play, a traditional manor house whodunnit.

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cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Merle Constiner, “Parade of Empty Shoes” (The Dean)

Norbert Davis, “Take It From Me” (Bail-Bond Dodd)

Day Keene, “The Female is More Deadly” (P.I. Case)

Tom Marvin, “The Ghost Wore His Hat” (Shag Kyper)

D.L. Champion, “Imperfect Alibi”

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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cover art by A.L. Hicks

Cornell Woolrich writing under the pen name William Irish

published in hardcover by Rinehart in 1951, this the later 1952 Popular Library softcover

his last novel published as William Irish

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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cover art by Robert McGinnis

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