Detective Stories

Tales of Murder, Romance, Suspense, Detection

Contents

The Body Beautiful by Hunt Collins (Evan Hunter 1926-2005)

Also appeared in Famous Detective Stories May 1952

Murder For Sale by Raoul Whitfield (Raoul Falconia Whitfield, 1896-1945) 

Homicide's Sweetheart by Murray Leinster (William Fitzgerald Jenkins 1896-1975)

Also appeared in Smashing Detective Stories March 1952

Spotlight On Crime by Harold Gluck

Printing History

Blue Diamond Publishing Company

No. 5

1953

The Janitor's Daughter by Amy Harris

Kathy caught on fast...real fast!

For A Girl of Seventeen She Was Sharp

Kathy was sharp enough to know that if she didn't want to go through life being known as the janitor's daughter she would have to do something about it.

Kathy was sharp enough to know that the thing to do was to cash in on her charms..on her considerable charms!

Kathy was sharp enough to know that the dark, mysterious older woman named Donna could be her ticket into the big time and big money.

Kathy was almost sharp enough to see the pitfalls that lay ahead of her with a woman like Donna as her tutor.

Kathy was almost sharp enough

Printing History

Written by Amy Harris

Midwood Books

32-807

1967

Stable Boy by Adam Rebel

Their Lust Knew No Barrier

Their Passion No Wall

Cover by Walter Popp

Printing History

Written by Tom Roan (1894-1958)

Beacon Books

#107

Universal Publishing And Distributing Corp

November 1954

Crooked House by Agatha Christie

Who Filled The Hypo Poison?

In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. He knows them intimately. And he's certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one's on the level...

Printing History

Written by Agatha Christie Mallowan (1890-1976)

Dodd, Meade, and Company

March 1949

Pocket Books

#753

November 1950

One Night With Nora by Brett Halliday

A Mike Shayne Mystery

Cover by Robert Stanley

A naked intruder leads Mike Shayne to one of the strangest cases of his career. He is never surprised to wake up with a woman in his bedroom, unless she's a stranger. The private investigator is dozing when he hears someone creep through the door, undress, and slip into bed. She's not dead, but of course there's a corpse nearby and strong evidence implicates Shayne.

Printing History

Written by Davis Dresser (

Mead/Torquil

1953

Dell Publishing Company

D387

November 1960

#803

n/d

Final Notice by Jonathan Valin

Harry Stoner #2

She was perfect. She smelled of toothpaste, talc, and something sweeter than lilacs. And in that crazy season of autumn, when Cincinnati was ablaze in the blood-red color of fall, Kate Davis made Harry Stoner feel old, and a little in love too. But for Harry Stoner those were only two more reasons that Kate shouldn't have anything more to do with this case. Because what had started with a twisted act of vandalism in the local library had led Kate and Harry, paired together, on a twisting path to a brutal, unsolved murder and to a pumped-up, speeded-up psycho.

Printing History

Written by Jonathan Valin (1947- )

Hardcover

September 1980 Dodd Mead

Softcover

Avon Books

November 1986

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Barye's Babes: Day 8

Barye's Babes: Day 8

A tribute to illustrator Barye Phillips (1924-1969)

Today is the last day of this event, we will feature Carter Brown's The Dame

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Signet Books

#1738
November 1959

Barye's Babes: Day 7

Barye's Babes: Day 7

A tribute to illustrator Barye Phillips (1924-1969)

Today we will feature Edward S. Aaron's Assignment- Lili Lamaris

Printing History

Written by Edward Sidney Aarons (September 11, 1916 - June 16, 1975)

Gold Medal Books

s911

1959

Barye's Babes: Day 6

Barye's Babes: Day 6

A tribute to illustrator Barye Phillips (1924-1969)

Today we will show artwork from Sax Rohmer's Re-Enter Fu Manchu

Printing History

Written by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883-1959)

Gold Medal Books

s684

1957