
February 1931
cover art by Donald Hewitt

Andrew Holt, “A Bier for Belinda”
Ennen Reaves Hall, “Dime-a-Dance Corpse”
John D. Fitzgerald, “The Merchants of Penance”
John D. MacDonald, “Bury the Pieces!”
Ken Lewis, “The Moon Was Black”
Cyril Plunkett, “The Judas Touch”
Dale Clark, “Look Alive—You’re Dead!” (Socrates Bean)

pseudonym for Aaron Marc Stein
1955 Simon and Schuster hardcover
cover art Al Brule
better image than previously posted

1957 Dodd Mead hardcover
1959 Cardinal reissue
cover art by Jerry Allison
better image than previously posted

cover art by William Reusswig
better image than previously posted
Carroll John Daly, “The Red Death” (Vee Brown)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crook’s Carnival” (Dane Skarle)
Frederick Nebel, “The Candy Killer” (Cardigan)
John Lawrence, “The Bloodstone” (Cass Blue)
Howard E. Moran, “The Man in the Vault”
photo and profile of Carroll John Daly on pg., 123

cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Carroll John Daly, “Cash for a Killer” (Race Williams)
Jan Dana, “One Vote for Murder” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Roger Torrey, “Lock, Stock and Barrel”
Norbert Davis, “Murder Down Deep” (William ‘Bail-Bond’ Dodd)
Leslie T. White, “Rough on Rats”
Riley Williams, “The Corpse with the Missing Finger”