
cover art by H.J. Ward
better image than previously posted
later repainted and used for the March 1939 Spicy Detective


cover art by H.J. Ward
better image than previously posted
later repainted and used for the March 1939 Spicy Detective



~ Francis K. Allan, “Model for Death”, ‘reprint, not originally BM’, 2nd appearance in BM
~ Agatha Christie, “The Face of Helen”, reprint, not originally in BM
~ George Harmon Coxe, “Once Around the Clock”, Flashgun Casey, reprinted from May ‘41, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Detective (1977)
~ Robert C. Dennis, “Ride a Green Hearse”, last of 10 stories in BM, has the honor of being the last original story published in BM
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “The Paper Doll”, last of 8 stories in BM [Hagemann does not note if this is original or a reprint]
~ Richard Sale, “Nail Down the Lid”, ‘reprint; not from BM’
LAST ISSUE OF THE ORIGINAL MAGAZINE
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop


No Pockets in a Shroud, Private Detective Stories magazine cover, July 1938
Oil on canvas, 21 x 29-3/4 inches (53.3 x 75.6 cm)
Signed lower right

[cover updated 11/6/24]