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Double-Action Detective Stories [#2, 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Full Text)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · In Self Defense · Margaret Manners · nv

21 · Petals of Death · Creighton Williams · ss

32 · In a Heavy Coffin · Wade B. Rubottom · nv

52 · Three for the Kill · Cliff Campbell · ss

64 · A Glass of Wine Before You Go · D. S. Halacy, Jr. · ss

69 · Ill-Timed Confession · Gene L. Henderson · ss

74 · Buildup to Murder · Elton Webster · na

Double-Action Detective Stories [#3, 1955] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

4 · The Headless Hatbox [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · na

63 · Proxy Kill · Harlan Clay · ss

80 · Frozen Stiff · Wallace McKinley · ss

95 · Alterations Are Actionable · Jay Tyler · vi

96 · The Traveling Corpse · Elton Webster · nv

Double-Action Detective Stories [#4, 1956] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

4 · The Repulsive Corpse · Louis Trimble · nv

28 · The Devil’s Footprints [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · ss

46 · Something Special · John Eugene Hasty · ss

59 · Murder Is So Easy · B. W. Scott · ss

63 · Smart Guy · Don De Boe · ss

81 · See No Evil · Talmage Powell · ss

86 · Aunt Betsy’s Arch Fiend · John D. Carroll · ss

98 · The Check-Kiting Swindle · Harold Gluck · ar

100 · Death’s Sitting Duck [Solomon Bruce] · Elton Webster · nv

Double-Action Detective Stories [#5, 1956] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vic Donahue)
Details supplied by Joe Horka, Jr.

4 · Fatal Wedding · Frederick C. Davis · na

58 · Ashes to Ashes · Randall Garrett · ss

76 · The Neighbor · Richard Deming · ss

89 · What’s a “Crime”? · Jay Tyler · ar

90 · The Fearful and the Fraud [Solomon Bruce] · Elton Webster · nv

129 · Hearsay Evidence · Ward Raymond · ar

Double-Action Detective Stories [Volume 1, Number 6, Spring 1957] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Van Dongen)
Details supplied by Matthias Belz.

4 · Frame That Dame! · Peter Norcross · na

37 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

38 · Sweet and Deadly · Robert Silverberg · ss

54 · The Courier · Margaret St. Clair · ss

66 · Ride for Big Jim · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

78 · The Dark Eyes of Death · Elton Webster · nv

112 · Murder Prescribed · Harlan Clay · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories
Title changed from Double-Action Detective Stories.

Publishers:

Columbia Publications, Inc.; 241 Church Street, New York 13, NY; and later at 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Double-Action Detective Stories.

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#7, Summer 1957] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (35¢, digest, cover by Frank Kramer)

· Pretty Gal, Pretty Gun · Elton Webster · nv

· Death Is So Sordid · Julius Elman · nv

· All the Angles · Ed Keller · ss

· Lady with a .38 · Calvin M. Knox · ss

· Hands · Carol Emshwiller · ss

· Fatal Alibi · Saul Anthony · ss

· For Art’s Sake · Dennis Wiegand · ss

· Nemesis Ex Machina · A. Bertram Chandler · ss

· He Finds Them · Irving L. Jaffee · ar

· The Biological Clue · Edward A. Dieckmann · ar

· From Dumb Cop to Modern Police Officer · Millard Roberts · ar

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [Issue Number 8, Fall 1957] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Norman Saunders)

5 · “Expert” Witness · Timothy Waldron · ar

6 · Rock ’n’ Roll Murder · Ernie Weatherall · nv

32 · C’mon Up and Slay Me · Saul Anthony · ss

51 · Eleven Days · Irving L. Jaffee · ar

55 · No Ill Wind · D. L. Hyde · nv

81 · Full Cycle · Koller Ernst · ss

94 · Wild Buck McSleers · Edward Garner · pm

95 · Stolen Silks · Harold Gluck · qz

98 · A Finger on the Phone · Dale Hart · ss

106 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

109 · The Hour of None [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv

129 · Case of the Girdle Cravat · G. A. Edwards · pm

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#9, Winter 1957-58] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vic Donahue)
Details supplied by Joe Horka, Jr.

3 · Author, Author! · [uncredited] · bg

5 · Tire Tracks · Harold Gluck · ar

6 · Death Is My Legacy · Margaret Manners · nv

49 · The Chain · B. W. Scott · ss

56 · Creepy Time Gal · Arthur J. Burks · nv

84 · Death Opens Tonight · J. J. Mathews · ss

97 · Two of a Kind · Edward Garner · pp

99 · “The Man with the Twisted Lip” · Irving L. Jaffee · ar

105 · Breaking Point · Talmage Powell · ss; given as by Talmadge Powell.

112 · Some Women Don’t Get Away with Murder · Thomas Thursday · ar

115 · Homicide’s Haven · Saul Anthony · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#10, May 1958] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Author, Author! · [uncredited] · bg

5 · The Faint Clue · Harold Gluck · ss

6 · Desert of Sin [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv

44 · Walk Softly, Copper! · Bradley Burr · nv

67 · Death’s Golden Bells · Koller Ernst · ss

79 · The Recovery of Coon Dog Pott · Edward Garner · pm

80 · The Great Iron Horse Robberies · Thomas Thursday · ar

95 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

99 · Murder for Madame · Peter Norcross · nv

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#11, July 1958] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · No One Will Have You · Koller Ernst · ss

25 · Sparkle and Die · Bradley Burr · nv

65 · The Corpse Wore Pink · Edward A. Dieckmann · ts

82 · Sherlock Holmes Calling · Irving L. Jaffee · fa

87 · The Triumph of Luke McGleer · Edward Garner · pm

90 · Not Dead Enough · Harlan Clay · ss

105 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

110 · Murder’s Taxi · Elton Webster · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#12, September 1958] (35¢, digest)

· Hot Heiress · Calvin M. Knox · ss

· Malice at Midnight · Mat Rand · ss

· Pinpointed Murder · Reuben Jenner · ss

· The Will of Anselmo · G. C. Edmondson · ss

· Invisible Evidence · L. A. Eshbach · ss

· The Dragon Murders [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [Issue Number 13, November 1958] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest)
Details supplied by Matthias Belz.

6 · Snatch Me, Sweetheart · Calvin M. Knox · ss

23 · Loot · Michael Zuroy · ss

34 · Happy Anniversary · Edward A. Dieckmann · ts

38 · Dead, You’d Be Beautiful · Clare Hamilton · nv

72 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

77 · The Doorknob Thief · H. C. Early · ss

91 · Death Is a Plague · Bradley Burr · ss

109 · First to Die · Andrew J. Ray · ts

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#14, January 1959] (35¢, digest)

· I’m Living in a Kind of Nightmare · Cos Barat · ss

· Love Tonight, Die Tomorrow · Margaret St. Clair · ss

· A Kiss and a Slay · Leonard Calhoun · ss

· Love, Honor, and Betray · Koller Ernst · ss

· Gentleman with a Gun · Thomas Thursday · ss

· Street of Screams [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#15, March 1959] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Kelly Freas from Science Fiction Stories November 1955)
Details supplied by Joe Horka, Jr.

6 · Wanton Manhunt · Mike Brett · ss

14 · A Lamp for Murder · Cleve Curran · nv

34 · The Doomsday Book Murders · Calvin M. Knox · ss

51 · The Teaser · Roy Carroll · ts

58 · Phantom Farmhouse · Wallace McKinley · nv

78 · Slay While You Play · Bradley Burr · nv

105 · The Vegetable Growers · Mark Mallory · ar

112 · Which Was Witch? · Thomas Thursday · ar

118 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

122 · The Tall Man Was Death · Lonnie E. Legge · ar

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#16, May 1959] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (35¢, 132pp, digest)
Details supplied by Joe Horka, Jr.

6 · Murderer’s Apprentice · Kate Wilhelm · ss

20 · The Finishing School · Mike Brett · ar

28 · A Babe for Bait · Edward A. Dieckmann · nv

51 · Satan’s Scorching Finger · Julius Elman · ss

71 · With Evil Intent · Dennis Wiegand · ss

87 · The Mystery of Mary Morrow · Thomas Thursday · ar

93 · Who Shot Jack Robbins? · Harold Gluck · ar

101 · It’s Homicide, Honey · Harlan Clay · nv

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#17, July 1959] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (35¢, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Case of the Sexy Smugglers [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv

32 · Ten Minutes to Death · Bob McKnight · ss

46 · Pink Means Murder · Al James · ss

55 · Death and the Neglected Wife · Mike Brett · ts

62 · Light-Fingered Honey · Reuben Jenner · ss

79 · A Coffin for You! · Julius Elman · ss

95 · Murder’s Switcheroo · Cleve Curran · ss

108 · The Shot That Shocked the World · Thomas Thursday · ar

111 · Death of an Ex-Ruralite · Robert Silverberg · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#18, September 1959] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (35¢, 132pp, digest)

6 · The Case of the Naked Niece [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv

32 · Killer’s Woman · Tom Appel · nv

71 · Wanted for Murder: A Passionate Lover · Paul Burton-Mercur · ts

85 · Where Evil Lurks · Wade B. Rubottom · ss

90 · The Bridge at Night · George H. Smith · ss

95 · She Saw No Evil · Julius Elman · nv

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#19, November 1959] (35¢, digest)

· The Case of the Vanished Virgin [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss

· One Deal—Doubled · E. E. Clement · ss

· The Bad Loser · Robert S. Swenson · ss

· Dead Man, Live Blonde · Bob McKnight · ss

· A Very Grave Matter · Thomas Thursday · ts

· The Body Is Familiar · D. L. Hyde · ss

· The Pewter Buddha · W. Elwyn Backus · ss

· The Case of the Benedict’s Exodus · Edward Garner · pm

· The Adventure of the Sinister American · John Boardman · ss

· Swindler’s Honeychild · Theodore Pratt · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#20, January 1960] (35¢, digest)

· The Case of the Ragged Rapist [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss

· Terror Comes Tapping · E. E. Clement · ss

· The Deadly Pearl · J. J. Mathews · ts

· Give Them the Treatment · Elton Webster · ss

· The Pro · Herbert D. Kastle · ss

· Haunted Hotel · Bradley Burr · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#21, March 1960] (35¢, digest)

· You Killed Him, Baby! · D. L. Hyde · na

· Last Words · Cleve Curran · ss

Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories [#22, May 1960] (35¢, digest)

· The Case of the Mystic Mistress [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss

· The Case of the Girdle Cravat · Edward Garner · pm

· The Gambit of the Tranquil Fever · Koller Ernst · ss

· The Case of the Vanishing Cellars [Wilbur & Stevenson] · J. S. Klimaris · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction August 1942

· Shadow Over Shiloh · James V. Healion · ss

· Murder Motel · Basil Wells · ss

· The Naval Treaty · Irving L. Jaffee · ss

· Death’s Practical Joker · Harlan Clay · ss

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