September 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

September 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

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Carroll John Daly, “The Black Warning” (Vee Brown)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Dressed to Kill” (Paul Pry)

J. Paul Suter, “Seconds of Doom” (Horatio Humberton)

Oscar Schisgall, “Death Under Glass” (Ed Graham)

Fred MacIsaac, “Ghost City Set-Up” (Rambler Murphy)

profile and letter from MacIsaac appear n p. 123

[updated with original art 8/14/25, cover updated 11/12/25]

cover art by Ray Johnson

Charlotte Jay, Beat Not The Bones, 1952 Avon reissue

Winner of the very first Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1954

Jay was the pen name of Geraldine Halls who was born in Adelaide, South Australia on December 17,1919. After writing just nine novels in her life and traveling to exotic locales with her husband, a UNESCO official, she died on October 27, 1996 in her hometown.

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