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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 UK issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1945 UK     

consists of stories from US Thrilling Detective, October and February 1944 – cover art is from the October 1945 US edition

Posted on July 3, 2024June 23, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, bound, g.t. fleming-roberts, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1945 UK issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

April 1943

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 11, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, bloody fingerprints, jerome rozen, robert turner, thrilling detective magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

April 1942

cover art by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags benton braden, darcy, ernest chiriacka, lawrence g. blochman, nazi fiction, thrilling detective magazine, war fiction, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1943

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, monocle, nazi spy, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazine, verne chuteLeave a comment on July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 25, 1935 issue

September 25, 1935

Posted on May 30, 2024May 13, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, detective story magazine, madeleine sharps buchanan, marion scott, tiger, warren kimseyLeave a comment on September 25, 1935 issue

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

November 1943

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 27, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags benton braden, berkeley gray, dagger, ghost, jerome rozen, skull, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

February 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1945

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on May 20, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags benton braden, cocktail, dagger, g-men, henry kuttner, thrilling detective magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on February 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1945

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 9, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags armstrong livingston, benton braden, edward ronns, grim reaper, rudolph belarski, taxi, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1936

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, george a. mcdonald, k. krausse, mermaid, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1938 issue

September 1938

cover art by Delos Palmer?

Posted on April 22, 2024April 21, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, dagger, maurice tessler, racist imagery, thrilling detective magazine, ward hawkins, woman with a gun, yellow menaceLeave a comment on September 1938 issue

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