The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Series/Imprint: Page 75

Poole, Lennora
• Marlys Millhiser:
• Miss Poole and the Three-Way Split, (ss) For Crime Out Loud, Vol. 2 ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd., 1996

Poole, P. Percy “Peeper”
• Hugh B. Cave:
• Sleep, Baby, Sleep, (ss) Private Detective Stories September 1937, as by Justin Case
• Dizzy Dame, (ss) Private Detective Stories October 1937, as by Justin Case
• Design for Death, (ss) Private Detective Stories January 1938, as by Justin Case
• She Slept Too Long, (ss) Private Detective Stories June 1938, as by Justin Case

Pope, Blaine
• Paul Bishop:
• Squeeze Play, (ss) Hardboiled #3, Winter 1985/1986
• Day of Asphalt, Day of Guns, (ss) Hardboiled #9, Winter/Spring 1988

Posadas County
• Steven F. Havill:
• Less Than a Moment, (ex) Poisoned Pen Press, March 2020

Post, Walter
• John D. MacDonald:
• Hit and Run, (ss) Good Housekeeping August 1952

Potrero, Det. Sgt. Pete
• Lawrence G. Blochman:
• Deadly Error, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine October 1958
• Murder by the Stars, (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine May 1959
• The Dead Men Laughed, (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1963

Potter, Mr.
• Denis Plimmer:
• Mr. Potter Finds a Clue, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories August 1942
• Mr. Potter and the Prophet Isaiah, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories October 1942

Potter, Ross
• Richard Brister:
• Thumbs Up at Sun Up, (nv) Famous Western Summer 1945

Poulchuck
• Joseph Monninger:
• Vampire, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2005

Powder, Lt. Leroy
• Michael Z. Lewin:
• Night Shift, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2001
• 911, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2005
• Powder Goes Hunting, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2011
• The Cards You’re Dealt, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2020

Powers, Georgina
• Denise Danks:
• Phreak, (ex) Gollancz, 1998

Powers, Stephanie
• Brendan DuBois:
• The Best Revenge, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2007

Powers, Vic (about)
• Gary Lovisi:
• Money and Dope, (ss) Detective Story Magazine #4, April 1989
• Iceman, (ss) Mean Streets #1, October 1990
• Kicks, (ss) Naked Kiss v1 #1, 1994
• No Satisfaction, (ss) Kracked Mirror Mysteries May 1996
• A Rat Must Chew, (ss) Hardboiled #23, September 1997

Prager, Moe (about)
• Reed Farrel Coleman:
• Breakage, (ss) Down & Out: The Magazine v1 #1, 2017
• The Devil Always Knows, (ss) Mystery Tribune #7, Fall 2018

Praying Charlie
• Anatole Feldman:
• Fourth Degree, (na) True Gang Life October 1935

Preed, Mr.
• Ladbroke Black:
• The Society of the Snake, (na) The Thriller #31, September 7 1929
• The Stranger from the East, (na) The Thriller #39, November 2 1929
• The Ghost Ship, (na) The Thriller #45, December 14 1929
• The Twister, (na) The Thriller #94, November 22 1930
• The Death Patrol, (na) The Thriller #126, July 4 1931
• The House on the Creek, (na) The Thriller #149, December 12 1931
• The Murder Game, (na) The Thriller #181, July 23 1932
• The Con Man’s Confederate, (na) The Thriller #306, December 15 1934
• The Great Trunk Crime Mystery, (na) The Thriller #325, April 27 1935
• The Man Who Was Taken for a Ride, (na) The Thriller #344, September 7 1935
• His Excellency’s Victim, (na) The Thriller #357, December 7 1935
• The Squire Came from Sing-Sing, (na) The Thriller Library #515, December 17 1938
• A Deal with Death, (na) The Thriller Library #523, February 11 1939
• The Unjust Four, (na) The Thriller Library #543, July 1 1939
• The Man with the Sword Stick, (na) The Thriller Library #548, August 5 1939
• Next of Kin, (na) The Thriller Library #562, November 11 1939

Prem, Orig
• Noel Loomis:
• Date Line, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Benj. Miller

Prentice, Dal
• Roger Torrey:
• Police Business, (ss) Black Mask January 1933
• The Case-Hardened Samaritan, (ss) Black Mask April 1933
• Robbery—with Violence, (ss) Black Mask June 1933
• Hospital Case, (ss) Black Mask August 1933
• Murder in Jail, (ss) Black Mask September 1933
• Blackmail Is an Ugly Word, (nv) Black Mask October 1933
• Dal Prentice Thinks It Out, (pz) Black Mask October 1933
• Clean Sweep, (ss) Black Mask February 1934
• Party Murder, (ss) Black Mask April 1934
• The Breaks, (ss) Black Mask September 1934
• Law and Disorder, (nv) Black Mask November 1934
• Dead Man Can Talk, (ss) Black Mask June 1935

Prentice
• James A. Goldthwaite:
• The Sand Devil, (nv) The Black Mask October 1922, as by Francis James
• The Saldetta Mystery, (ss) The Black Mask January 1923, as by Francis James
• Sinister Images, (sl) The Black Mask February 1923, etc., as by Francis James
• Spark of Death, (nv) The Black Mask April 1 1923, as by Francis James
• The Were-Demon, (nv) The Black Mask July 15 1923, as by Francis James
• The Scroll of Death, (nv) The Black Mask September 1 1923, as by Francis James
• The Laughing Death, (sl) The Black Mask December 1 1923, etc., as by Francis James [Shannon]
• The Art Killer, (nv) The Black Mask May 1924, as by Francis James
• The Long Hand of Middleton, (nv) The Black Mask September 1924, as by Francis James
• The Green Enigma, (sl) The Black Mask December 1924, etc., as by Francis James [Shannon]
• Yellow Roses, (nv) The Black Mask January 1926, as by Francis James
• The Phantom Hi-Jacker, (ss) The Black Mask February 1926, as by Francis James

Prentiss, Pete
• Louis Victor Eytinge:
• His Last Pete Job, (ss) Black Mask December 1927
• When Fingerprints Lied, (ss) Black Mask January 1928

Prescott, Josie
• Jane K. Cleland:
• Killing Time, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2008
• Designed to Kill, (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2009
• Booked for Death, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2015

Presley, Jard
• A. J. Borden:
• Sleeper Jump, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1938

Preston & Hines
• Will F. Jenkins:
• The Darkness on Fifth Avenue, (na) Argosy November 30 1929, as by Murray Leinster
• The City of the Blind, (nv) Argosy December 28 1929, as by Murray Leinster
• The Storm That Had to Be Stopped, (na) Argosy March 1 1930, as by Murray Leinster

Priam, Lady Margaret
• Joyce Christmas:
• Secondhand Rose, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1993

Price, Highland Park (High Price) (about)
• Ronal Kayser:
• Slay, Fido, Slay, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine November 1944, as by Dale Clark
• Shaved Slugs, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine January 1945, as by Dale Clark
• Corpses on Parade, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine March 1945, as by Dale Clark
• Let’s Trade Corpses, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine May 1945, as by Dale Clark
• Death Feeds the Kitty, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine June 1945, as by Dale Clark
• Corpses Can’t Climb Trees, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine September 1945, as by Dale Clark
• Corpses in Pawn, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine October 1945, as by Dale Clark
• Slay Close to Me, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine December 1945, as by Dale Clark
• Better Late Than Cadaver, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine May 1946, as by Dale Clark

Priest, Judge William Pitman (Old Judge Priest)
• Irvin S. Cobb:
• Words and Music, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post October 28 1911
• The Darkest Closet, (nv) 1936
• The Widow Arrives, (na) The American Magazine August 1936

Prike, Insp. Leonidas
• Lawrence G. Blochman:
• Red Snow at Darjeeling, (n.) Argosy May 15 1937 (+5)
• The Dog from Singapore, (ss) Argosy August 2 1941

Primrose, Colonel John
• Zenith Jones Brown:
• The Strangled Witness, (na) The American Magazine May 1934, as by Leslie Ford
• The Clock Strikes, (na) The American Magazine May 1935, as by Leslie Ford
• False to Any Man, (n.) Scribner's, 1939, as by Leslie Ford

Prince, Jerry (Prince of Thieves)
• T. T. Flynn:
• The House of Vanishing Men, (na) Dime Detective Magazine May 1 1933
• Red Dollars, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine December 1 1933
• The Golden Cipher, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine September 15 1934
• House of Dread, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine February 15 1935

Prince, Napoleon & Johnnie Luck
• May Edginton:
• Rogues, Incorporated, (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine December 1930
• The Stolen Kingdom, (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine January 1931

Prince of Evil see under Benedict Stark

Pringle, Colin
• Alex Grecian:
• The Scarlet Box, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2022

Pringle, Romney
• R. Austin Freeman & John James Pitcairn:
• The Assyrian Rejuvenator, (ss) Cassell’s Magazine June 1902, as by Clifford Ashdown
• The Foreign Office Despatch, (ss) Cassell’s Magazine July 1902, as by Clifford Ashdown
• John James Pitcairn & R. Austin Freeman:
• The Assyrian Rejuvenator, (ss) Cassell’s Magazine June 1902, as by Clifford Ashdown
• The Foreign Office Despatch, (ss) Cassell’s Magazine July 1902, as by Clifford Ashdown

Problem Club, The
• Barry Pain:
• The Giraffe Problem, (ss) The Strand Magazine December 1917

Protectors, The
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch:
• Blaming the Arsonist, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2017, as by Kris Nelscott

Prouse, Delton (The Crimson Clown)
• Johnston McCulley:
• The Crimson Clown, (nv) Detective Story Magazine July 31 1926
• The Crimson Clown Is Cornered, (nv) Detective Story Magazine August 21 1926
• The Crimson Clown’s Competitors, (nv) Detective Story Magazine September 4 1926
• The Crimson Clown Pursues Himself, (nv) Detective Story Magazine September 18 1926
• The Crimson Clown’s Dumb Friend, (nv) Detective Story Magazine April 23 1927
• The Crimson Clown’s Treasure Hunt, (nv) Detective Story Magazine June 18 1927
• The Crimson Clown’s Blackmail Trail, (nv) Detective Story Magazine October 29 1927
• The Crimson Clown’s Double, (nv) Detective Story Magazine December 24 1927
• The Crimson Clown’s Winged Loot, (nv) Detective Story Magazine February 18 1928
• The Crimson Clown’s Matinee, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 29 1928
• The Crimson Clown Scores with a Snore, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 3 1928
• Thubway Tham Meets the Crimson Clown, (sl) Detective Story Magazine December 1 1928, etc. [Thubway Tham]
• The Crimson Clown Faces Murder, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 25 1929
• The Crimson Clown’s Return, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 18 1930
• The Crimson Clown, Avenger, (nv) Detective Story Magazine November 29 1930
• The Crimson Clown’s Threat, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 2 1931
• The Crimson Clown’s Romance, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 16 1931
• The Crimson Clown’s Return, (ss) Popular Detective October 1944

Proust, Marcel
• Joseph Goodrich:
• The Paris Manuscript, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2021
• Death in Paris, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2022

Pry, Paul [Erle Stanley Gardner]
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
• The Crime Juggler, (nv) Gang World October 1930
• The Racket Buster, (nv) Gang World November 1930
• The Daisy-Pusher, (nv) Gang World December 1930
• Wiker Gets the Works, (nv) Gang World January 1931
• A Double Deal in Diamonds, (nv) Gang World February 1931
• Riddled with Lead, (ss) Gang World March 1931
• Slick and Clean, (nv) Gang World April 1931
• Hijacker’s Code, (ss) Gang World May 1931
• The Easy Mark, (ss) Gang World June 1931
• One Man Gang, (ss) Gang World July 1931
• Car Fare to Chi, (ss) Gang World August 1931
• Muscle Man, (nv) Gang World September 1931
• Loaded with Dynamite, (ss) Gang World October 1931
• The Cat-Eyed Wench, (ss) Gang World November 1931
• The Knockout Guy, (ss) Gang World December 1931
• Hell’s Fireworks, (ss) Gang World January 1932
• Gangster De Luxe, (nv) Gang World February 1932
• The Dynamite Hour, (ss) Gang World March 1932
• Hell’s Danger Signal, (ss) Gang World April 1932
• Queen of the Double Cross, (ss) Gang World September 1932
• The Bullet Mob, (ss) Gang World October 1932
• Dressed to Kill, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine September 1 1933
• Snatch as Snatch Can, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine September 15 1933
• The Cross-Stitch Killer, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine November 15 1933
• The Finishing Touch, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine August 1938
• It’s the McCoy, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine January 1939

Pry, Peggy
• Allen Benson:
• 212th Degree, (ss) Snappy Detective Mysteries June 1935
• The Affairs of Peggy Pry, (ss) Sizzling Detective Mysteries July 1935
• Murder on the Menu, (ss) Sizzling Detective Mysteries August 1935
• Duped to Die, (ss) Sizzling Detective Mysteries September 1935

Prye, Dr. Paul
• Margaret Millar:
• The Devil Loves Me, (n.) Doubleday, 1942 [Inspector Sands]
• The Weak-Eyed Bat, (n.) Doubleday, 1942

Pujol, Aristide
• William J. Locke:
• The Adventure of the Kind Mr. Smith, (ss) The Strand Magazine June 1911

Pulaski, Kevin
• James H. Cobb:
• Road Bomb, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2004
• The Sound of Justice, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2005
• Framed, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2006
• Over the Edge, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2007
• Body and Fender, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2008
• Desert and Swamp, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009

Puma, Joe (about)
• William Campbell Gault:
• The Unholy Three, (nv) Manhunt May 1956
• Deadly Beloved, (na) Manhunt October 1956
• Death of a Big Wheel, (nv) Manhunt April 1957
• Don’t Crowd Your Luck, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957
• No Client of Mine, (ss) Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957
• Take Care of Yourself, (ss) Murder July 1957
• Stolen Star, (ss) Manhunt November 1957

Purcell Papers, The
• Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu:
• The Drunkard’s Dream, (ss) Dublin University Magazine August 1838, as by uncredited

Purley, Mr.
• Robert H. Rohde:
• The Trespassing Typist, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly March 9 1929
• Ten Minutes in the Dark, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly March 16 1929

Purple Scar see under Miles Murdock

Pursuivant, Judge Keith Hilary
• Manly Wade Wellman:
• The Hairy Ones Shall Dance, (na) Weird Tales January 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field
• The Black Drama, (na) Weird Tales June 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field
• The Half-Haunted, (ss) Weird Tales September 1941, as by Gans T. Field

Purvis, Luke
• Paul Adams:
• Death’s Trickster, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine November 1938

Puzzle Club, The
• Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee:
• The Little Spy, (ss) Cavalier January 1965, as by Ellery Queen
• The President Regrets, (ss) The Diners Club Magazine September 1965, as by Ellery Queen
• The Three Students, (ss) Playboy March 1971, as by Ellery Queen
• The Honest Swindler, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Summer 1971, as by Ellery Queen
• The Odd Man, (ss) Playboy June 1971, as by Ellery Queen
• Manfred B. Lee & Frederic Dannay:
• The Little Spy, (ss) Cavalier January 1965, as by Ellery Queen
• The President Regrets, (ss) The Diners Club Magazine September 1965, as by Ellery Queen
• The Three Students, (ss) Playboy March 1971, as by Ellery Queen
• The Honest Swindler, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Summer 1971, as by Ellery Queen
• The Odd Man, (ss) Playboy June 1971, as by Ellery Queen
• Josh Pachter:
• The Adventure of the Red Circles, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2020
• Their Last Bow, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2022

Pym, Mrs. Palmyra
• Nigel Morland:
• The Hatchet Man, (na) The Thriller Library #428, April 17 1937
• Flowers for an Angel, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #94, September 1951
• You Never Know with Women, (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine November 1952
• The Clue of the Double Lover, (ss) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine May 1953
• The Talking Gun, (nv) MacKill’s Mystery Magazine June 1953
• The Faded Moquette, (ss) The Evening Standard September 19 1955
• Blood in the Background, (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine January 1956
• Death Runs Wild!, (ss) The Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1956
• The Skylight Man, (ss) The Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1956
• Cyanide City, (nv) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #2, September 1964
• The Devil Horse, (nv) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #6, January 1965
• Death and the Golden West, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #9, April 1965
• Change of Air, (ss) Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #31, 1969