cover art by Norman Saunders
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John D. MacDonald, “The Man From Limbo”
William Campbell Gault, “There’s Got to be an Angle”
Frederick C. Davis, “The Deadly Double”
Westmoreland Gray, “One Head Shorter”
Rufus Bakalor, “Tailspin Cutie”
John Bender, “She Wouldn’t Stay Dead”
John Lawrence, “Music from Hell”
Coretta Slavsky, “Relax and Regret”
cover art by Norman Saunders (note his name in reverse on the door)
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Robert Martin, “A Shroud in Her Trousseau” (Jim Bennett)
Frederick C. Davis, “Up in Murder’s Room”
John D. MacDonald, “Too Many Sinners”
Russell Branch, “Mayhem in her Madness”
Francis Hamilton, “Cheez-it, the Cops”
Don Campbell, “A Sap Takes the Rap”
Jhan Robbins, “Tin-Lazy Houdini”
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Frederick C. Davis, “Sinner Take All”
John D. MacDonald, “Murder Run-Around”
Robert Martin, “Deadliest Dame in Town” (Jim Bennett)
Paul W. Fairman, “Spotlight on Slaughter”
E.A. Morris, “I’ll Laugh at Your Funeral”
Larry J. Marcus, “The Spider’s Web”
Harvey Weinstein, “Rendezvous with Blood”
Scott O’Hara, “Mad About Murder” (pen name of John D. MacDonald)
[perhaps my favorite cover but do not know the artist – at this point]
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Frederick C. Davis, “Let the Skeletons Rattle” (Bill Brent)
Sam Merwin Jr., “Caviar for the Killer” (Sgt. Lanning)
Cornell Woolrich, “The Case of the Maladroit Manicurist”
D.L. Champion, “Curtain Call”
O.B. Myers, “Bonds to Burn”
June-July 1949 issue
cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.
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John D. MacDonald, “His Fatal Fling”
Hank Searls, “Keep Your Money Side Up” (Shamus Blair)
Jonathan Craig, “One Sweet Frame”
Mel Colton, “Corpse-Gathering Cutie” (Johnny Rock)
John Granger, “The Busy Body” (Gumshoe Rory)
H. Hassell Gross, “Death Was the Bride”
Frederick C. Davis, “Kill Me, Kate!”
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Hank Napheys, “Homicide Home-Coming”
Frederick C. Davis, “Name Your Poison” (reprinted from 1940)
William Campbell Gault, “None But the Lethal Heart” (Det. Calvano)
Charles Larson, “The Deadly Coincidence”
Paul Chadwick, “Mermaid in Distress”
Day Keene, “Polly Wants a Killer”
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