The Dead Ringer

1948 Dutton hardcover, this the later 1949 Bantam reissue

cover art by Robert Stanley

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his second novel

2nd in his Edgar-winning series with amateur sleuths Ed and Am Hunter

cover art repurposed for 1952 Presses de la cité edition

Recueil de 3 nouvelles : La rousse rafle tout (“Finger Man”) – La porte de bronze (“The Bronze Door”) (nouvelle fantastique)- Un crime fait de chic (“Smart-Aleck Kill”) – Complété par l’essai “Le crime est un art simple”(“The Simple Art of Murder”) ‎

January 1943 issue

January 1943 issue

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Day Keene, “Rhapsody in Blood”

Francis K. Allan, “The Dead Are Not Beautiful”

Frederick C. Davis, “Corpses in the Rain”

Fredric Brown, “A Lock of Satan’s Hair”

Robert Turner, “Music for the Murder Maestro”

November 1942 issue

November 1942  issue

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The Editor, “The Coroner Takes Over”

Day Keene, “A Hearse of Another Color” [Silent Smith (The Silver Fox)]

Felix Graham, “Heil, Werewolf!“

William R. Cox, “Spades for the Dead”  (Tom Kincaid)

Fredric Brown, “Satan One-and-a-Half”

William Brandon, “Nightmare House”

Russell Gray, “The Caricature Murders”