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pseudonym of Mary F. McChesney
1955 Mill hardcover, this the later 1957 Pocket paperback
cover art by George Ziel
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1952 Popular Library paperback original
cover art by A. Leslie Ross
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cover art by H.C. Murphy
~John Ayotte, “Hawaiian Driftage”, ‘opium ring in Honolulu: some characters from “The Puzzle of Hook Nam”, JA’s last appearance in BM’
~ Ray(mond King) Cummings, “The Mystery at Cragmoor”, only non-McGuirk story (see Apr 23), 14th of 15 stories in BM
~ Tom Curry, “The Frame-Up”, author’s 1st of 39 stories in BM
~ Carroll John Daly, “Alias Buttercup”, 10th of 53 with RW, ‘Race Williams in Mexico’, reprinted in Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Vol. 1 (Altus Press, 2015), 18th of 71 appearances in BM
~ Joseph Gollomb, “A Pass Key to Scotland Yard”, 3rd of 6 articles
~ Donald MacGregor, “The Dancer in the East”, 5th of 10 stories
~ Charles Somerville, “A Weird Detective”, 44th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 46th of 49 total articles in BM
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