January 1926 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

January 1926 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

~ Tom Curry, “The Reformation”, 1^st of 23 with Macnamara (Mac), NYPD 1^st grade dick, 3^rd of 39 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “Under Cover”, last of 2 parts, Race Williams 12^th of 53, reprinted in Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Vol. 1 (Altus Press, 2015), 20th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “According to Law”, 6^th of 73 with Ed Jenkins, reissued in According to the Law: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Ed Jenkins, vol. 1 (Steeger, 2026), 12^th of 101 stories in BM

~ Erle Dana Gibson, “The Ardwicke Mystery”, part 1 of 2, only appearance in BM

~ Joseph Gollomb, “Thomas Furlong and the Torn Check”, last of 6 articles

~ Dashiell Hammett, “The Nails in Mr. Cayterer”, “‘Robin Thin; billed as ‘A new kind of detective at work’”, 26^th of 51 stories in BM

~ Cecil F. Hilleary, “Suspended Justice”, ‘Padlock Holmes solves a mystery’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Francis James, “Yellow Roses”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman, 19th of 20 appearances in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Murray Hill Mysteries”, 46th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 48^th of 49 total articles in BM

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