February 1932 issue
cover art by William Reusswig
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T.T. Flynn, “Faces in the Fog”
Edward Parrish Ware, “The Masked Moccasin” (Don Leach & Swamp Rangers)
Frederick Nebel, “And There Was Murder” (Cardigan)
J. Allen Dunn, “Horror House”
Carroll John Daly, “The Sixth Bullet” (Vee Brown)
letter from Ware appeared on pgs. 124-25
cover art by William Reusswig
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Carroll John Daly, “The Red Death” (Vee Brown)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crook’s Carnival” (Dane Skarle)
Frederick Nebel, “The Candy Killer” (Cardigan)
John Lawrence, “The Bloodstone” (Cass Blue)
Howard E. Moran, “The Man in the Vault”
photo and profile of Carroll John Daly on pg., 123
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Carroll John Daly, “Cash for a Killer” (Race Williams)
Jan Dana, “One Vote for Murder” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Roger Torrey, “Lock, Stock and Barrel”
Norbert Davis, “Murder Down Deep” (William ‘Bail-Bond’ Dodd)
Leslie T. White, “Rough on Rats”
Riley Williams, “The Corpse with the Missing Finger”
cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer
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~ Carroll John Daly, “’The Flame’ and Race Williams”, 41st of 53 with RW, last of 3 parts, ‘pub.as The Third Murderer (1931)’, reprinted in Shooting out of Turn: The Collected Hard-boiled Stories of Race Williams, v.3 (Altus, 2017), 53rd of 71 appearances in BM
~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Diamonds of Death”, last of 6 parts in the ‘Rainbow Diamonds’ sequence that take Jo Gar from Manila to San Francisco, 15th of 24 Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Hairy Hands”, 36th of 73 with EJ, ‘The “Hairy Hands” reach for Ed Jenkins; see p. 45 for statement on ESG’s knowledge of Chinese language & people’, 53rd of 99 stories in BM
~ Paul Evan Lehman, “Lead Medicine”, Western, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Spare the Rod”, 5th of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 33 of 67 stories in BM
~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “The Sky Club Affair”, ‘Alan Van Cleve, wealthy sportsman, man-about-town, 1st (of 6) segment in The Skyline Murders series; printed as separate stories rather than conventional serial’; pub. as Killer’s Carnival (1932) under pseudonym of Temple Field’, 50th of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]
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cover art by H.C. Murphy
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~ Tom Curry, “The Master”, 7th and last DeVrite, with Mac, 26th of 39 stories in BM
~ Carroll John Daly, “Rough Stuff”, 25th of 53,‘Race Williams vs. The Hidden Hand; Pt. 3 of 5 loosely organized 5-pt. serial’, reprinted in The Snarl of the Beast: The Collected Hard-boiled Stories of Race Williams, v.2 (Altus, 2016), 37th of 71 appearances in BM
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Fangs of Fate”, 5th of 7 Black Barr, 33rd of 99 stories in BM
~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Hell to Pay”, ‘Chicago hood; 1st -person narrator’, reprinted in Street Wolf (Altus Press, 2014), 12 of 67 stories in BM
~ Stephen Payne, “Night-Riding Ruddy”, ‘Western; with Ruddy Ingersoll‘, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Lester Reynard, “Ritzie Gets Clever”, ‘Western; Deputy ‘Happy’ Collins & girl, Ritzie’, 1st of 5 stories in BM
~ Everett H. Tipton, “El Tigre Was Bad”, ‘Bobby Warren, reporter, in Juárez (Chihuahua)’, 6th of 7 stories in BM
~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “High Death”, ‘Mac, Ben Greed; 3rd of 6 in Border Brand series’, reprinted in Border Brand (Steeger, 2024), 23rd of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]
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cover art by William Reusswig
Carroll John Daly, “The Death Mask” (Vee Brown)
John Lawrence, “Murder in Miniature” (Sam Beckett)
Oscar Schisgall, “The Rattler Clue”
G.H. Coxe [George Harmon Coxe], “Slay Ride” (Det. Tom Flagg)
cover art by John Fleming Gould
Carroll John Daly, “Hell with the Lid Lifted” (Race Williams)
John Lawrence, “The Stars Said Murder” (Marquis of Broadway)
William Edward Hayes, “The Farraday Phantom”
O.B. Myers, “The Body in Booth One”
Wyatt Blassingame, “The Corpse Played Possum”
Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr., “Death Racket” (reprinted in 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories, 1993)
