
cover art by H.J. Ward
better image than previously posted
altered artwork from December 1941 Private Detective
[cover updated 1/10/26]

cover art by H.J. Ward
better image than previously posted
altered artwork from December 1941 Private Detective
[cover updated 1/10/26]

cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
Peter Paige, “Cash Wale’s Brazen Ghost”
Frederick C. Davis, “Tall, Dark, and Deadly”
Robert Turner, “Murder on My Mitts”
John D. MacDonald, “High Walls of Hate”
Johanas L. Bouma, “Homicidal Harmony”
Fenton W. Earnshaw, “Murchison Got a Gun”
L.S. Goldsmith, “Black Spots of Doom”

Holiday party at Nick and Nora’s, The Thin Man, 1934

debut of the Great Detective, as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson first meet and agree to room together at 221B Baker St.