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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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April 1945 issue

April 1945

Posted on December 5, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags flashlight, private eye stories, roger torrey1 Comment on April 1945 issue

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

November 1942

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 5, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags emile c. tepperman, jerome rozen, mystery magazine, theodore tinsley, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

October 15, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

October 15, 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on December 5, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, flynn'sLeave a comment on October 15, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

March 1937

cover art by Walter Darr

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 4, 2024May 2, 2026Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags beech allen, dagger, f. norris hiatt, h. crosby morton, modern adventuress, walter darrLeave a comment on March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

1960 Dell reissue

1957 Simon and Schuster hardcover, this the 1960 softcover reprint.

Quentin was the pseudonym Hugh Wheeler

back cover says the cover art is by Robert McGuire but it doesn’t look like his work.

Posted on December 3, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, mystery, paperbackTags dell paperback, hollywood fiction, patrick quentin, robert maguireLeave a comment on 1960 Dell reissue

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

June 1936

cover art by J. George Janes

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 3, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clark aiken, dagger, gold seal detective, j. george janes, james perley hughes, noose, tortureLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

April 1930 issue

April 1930

Posted on December 2, 2024Categories adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective classics magazine, leslie charteris, simon templar, the saint, tiger, tuxLeave a comment on April 1930 issue

November 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1951

cover art by Norman Saunders

first of only five issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags brett halliday, dorothy sayers, john dickson carr, mysterious traveler digest, norman saunders, ray bradbury, will f. jenkinsLeave a comment on November 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1946 issue

January 1946

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 1, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cyril plunkett, flashlight, frederick c. davis, new detective magazine, snowman, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on January 1946 issue

February 1934 issue

February 1934

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 1, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clues detective stories, dagger, james h.s. moynahan, masquerade, tuxLeave a comment on February 1934 issue

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