
cover art by Rafael DeSoto [signature cropped off book’s cover]
pseudonym of Marvin Larson


1947 Wyn hardcover A Murder in the House, this the 1952 Ace paperback reissue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
the author’s only mystery novel


cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Frederick C. Davis, “Thirteen Shrouds” (Thackeray Hackett)
G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Feather in Your Coffin” (Jeffrey Wren)
Ted Stratton, “Hickory, Dickory Death” (Tom Morgan)
Ed Schmid, “A Likely Story”
John D. MacDonald, “Female of the Species”


cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
H.H. Stinson, “Slay Binge” (Pete Rousseau)
Robert Martin, “G.I. Doublecross” (Jim Bennett)
Dale Clark, “Corpse on Parade” (High Price)
Thorne Lee, “The Whisperer”
Ralph Eldred, “Death Watch”
Ken Lewis, “This May Hurt a Little”


cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
B.B. Fowler, “The Thing That Darkness Spawned”
Emerson Graves, “Murder for Blood”
Russell Gray, “School for Corpses” (Ben Bryn)
Stewart Sterling, “Ten Dead Coppers on the Wall”
Harrison Storm, “Death Visits the Fair”
Dane Gregory, “When the Black Dolls Die”

cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
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”


December 1935 – second issue published
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
much better image than previously posted