April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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T.T. Flynn, “A Horse of Another Killer, (Mr. Maddox)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fingers of Ice” (Colonel Kaspir)

Norbert Davis, “Too Many Have Died” (Peter Tracy)

William Brandon, “Quiet Street”

Mark Lish, “Ashes in the Valley”

November 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

November 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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Carroll John Daly, “The White-Headed Corpse” (Race Williams)

Michael Sutton, “The Devil’s Portrait”

Jan Dana, “Too Week to Kill” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Dale Clark, “The Short and Merry One”

Roger Torrey, “Fire Test”

Maurice Beam, “Mind Over Matter”

Robert K. Adams, “Curtain Call”

D.L. Champion, “Dumb Dick”

August 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)

T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)

Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)

Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”

The Kiss of Death x 3

1947 Penguin paperback original / cover design by Robert Jonas

published under at least one other title and adapted into two different movies, both with different titles

besides being a noted novelist, Lipsky was also an attorney and served as the legal counsel for the Mystery Writers of America

1953 Lion reissue

1961 Dell paperback reissue

cover art by Robert Abbett

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