cover art by Albert Drake
Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”
T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)
Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”
Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)
Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”
Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”
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cover art by Albert Drake
better image than previously posted
Andrew Holt, “Some Like ‘Em Cold!” (Shamus Reed)
Russell Bender, “Here’s Lead in Your Teeth”
Robert Martin, “Homicidal Honey” (Lee Fiske)
Michael O’Hillard, “Sinner’s Haven” (P.I. Thorne)
William P. McGivern, “One Lesson in Larceny”
Frederick C. Davis, “Don’t Talk, Chump!”
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Robert Martin, “Death Under Glass” (Lee Fisk)
Hank Searls, “For Tomorrow We Die”
Talmage Powell, “Nobody’s Darling”
Frederick C. Davis, “Furlough for Murder” (reprint from 1943)
Larry Holden, “Prelude for Wake”
Don James, “G-String Kill”
John Bender, “In Jail By Christmas” (published in 1941 as “Prelude to an Operation”)
Ray Darby, “According to Plan”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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T.T. Flynn, “Mr. Maddox’s Murder Parlay” (Mr. Maddox)
Fenton W. Earnshaw, “Slaughter in a Sarong” (Shamus Larkin)
John D. MacDonald, “I’ll Drown You in My Dreams”
Robert Martin, “Just a Corpse at Twilight”
Shane Darcy, “Dames Like Killing Too”
Harry Mason, “Death for Dessert”
cover art by Albert Drake
Frederick C. Davis, “For Thee I Swing”
Robert Martin, “Dolls of Death”(featuring Jim Bennett)
Bryce Walton, “Whistle Stop Mayhem”
Hope Campbell, “A Shiv for Chivalry”
Dwight V. Swain, “Our Favorite Corpse”
John Polito, “Vacation from Violence”
Joseph W. Quinn, “Jackpot Jitters”
cover art by Albert Drake?
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Robert Martin, “Murder the Bum” (Stephen Abbott)
Frederick C. Davis, “The Merry Queen of Murder” (Thackeray Hackett)
John D. MacDonald, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy” (Donald Cheyne)
James A. Kirch, “Shoot If You Must” (Brad Harkness)
Dorothy Dunn, “Oblivion for Me” (Hollis Dorsey)
Johanas L. Bouma, “Bury Your Own Dead” (Joe Bowers)
Stuart Friedman, “Angel in the Deathhouse” (Thad Preston)
Jack Winters, “Slayer at Sea” (Thomas Brain)
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Robert Martin, “Slayers Go Solo” (Jim Bennett)
Frederick C. Davis, “You Kill Me, Honey!”
Hank Searls, “A Dish of Homicide”
Harold Q. Masur, “Widow in Waiting” (Scott Jordan)
Richard Glendenning, “Reach for Your Coffin”
John D. MacDonald, “The Durable Corpse”
Johnas L. Bouma, “Birth of a Killer”
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 attributed to Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Robert Martin, “Death Under Par”
Thorne Lee, “Married to Murder”
D.L. Champion, “Suitable for Framing” (Mariano Mercado)
Ken Greene, “A Red-Headed Clue”
Larry Holden, “A Corpse to his Credit”
Arthur Leo Zagat, “Grim Reaper’s Model”
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