The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 128

Crockett, Art (c1918-1990) (items)
• The Fast Line, (ss) Manhunt December 1956
• I’ll Sin Once More!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories August 1957
• Loyalty Test, (ss) Pursued September/October 1957
• Tease Me and Die!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories October 1957
• She Wanted Me Dead, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories February 1958
• Death Couldn’t Reach Me!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories April 1958
• Too Hot to Handle!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine August 1958
• Drive Straight to Hell!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories September 1958
• Lust Without Pity!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine October 1958
• Punks on a Tear!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories November 1958
• Cross Me and Die!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine February 1959
• The Evil Ones!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories February 1959
• Murder Begins at Home, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1959
• Brains Can Kill You, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories March 1959
• I’d Die for Her!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine April 1959
• Ring in My Corpse!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1959
• Buy Me That Gun!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories June 1959
• Dance of the Dying Doll!, (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories July 1959
• Her Taunts Meant Terror!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories July 1959
• Murder’s Lovely Standin!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine July 1959
• Wake of a Killer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1959
• The Blazing Blonde, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories September 1959
• Her Heel from Hell!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories September 1959
• Darling, It’s Murder!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories November 1959
• Lust Be My Destiny!, (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories November 1959
• Terror Town!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine December 1959
• Hot Dame with a Cooler, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories January 1960
• Madness Creeps Slowly!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories January 1960
• Don’t Cheat on Passion!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine February 1960
• Goddess of Death Alley!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories March 1960
• Rumble Doll!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories March 1960
• Slay Ride!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1960
• Lust Steals the Scene!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine June 1960
• She Devil!, (ss) Two-Fisted Detective Stories June 1960
• Skull Game!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories July 1960
• Death Wears Black Lace!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine August 1960
• Killers Have No Faces! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories August 1960
• So Dies a Tramp!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories September 1960
• As Hot as Ginger, (nv) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine October 1960
• Kill Me with Kisses! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories October 1960
• T.N.T. Temptress! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Two-Fisted Detective Stories December 1960
• Lust Town!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories January 1961
• Murder’s Bad Luck!, (nv) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine January 1961
• A Bullet for Baby! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories March 1961
• Dumb Rookie, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine May 1961
• So Lethal My Love! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1961
• Murder Wears a Bikini! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories July 1961
• Strippers Are Murder! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories September 1961
• I Am the Monster, (nv) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine December 1961
• Lovely Lady of Death! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories January 1962
• Redheaded Bait!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine January 1962
• Name Your Poison! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories April 1962
• Requiem for a Hood!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine April 1962
• Carnival of Lust! [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories July 1962
• Vengeance of the Devil’s Mistress, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine July 1962
• Heroin Honey!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories September 1962
• Hot Lead Honey!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine September 1962
• Temptress from the Black Pit, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine October 1962
• Soft Flesh Can Be Deadly!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories November 1962
• Framed by a Fickle Frail, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories January 1963
• Hot Dame, Cold Slab [Juan Kelly], (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1963
• Motive, Motive…, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1977
• The Bleeder, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1977

Crockett, Charlotte (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Crossword Puzzle, (pz) Black Cat Mystery Quarterly #4, 1981

Crockett, Dave (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Death Grip, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine June 1952

Crockett, Linda (1943- ); also known as Linda Crockett Gray (about) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2003

Croft, Bernard (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Afternoon at Avignon, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #23, 1955
• Don’s Delight, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #26, September 1955

Croft, Emma (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Judgement Calls, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) December 12 2021

Croft, Michael (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items)
• Death Took the Call, (ss) Mystery Monthly June 1976
• Illegal Entry, (ss) Mystery Monthly September 1976

Croft, W. E. R. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Mocking Clew, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 21 1927
• Under the Stain, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 4 1927
• Ready to His Hand, (ss) Crime Mysteries #1, August 19 1927
• A Toast to the Victim, (ss) Crime Mysteries #3, September 16 1927
• All the Way Back, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 1 1927

Croft-Cooke, Rupert (1903-1979); used pseudonym Leo Bruce (about) (items)
• Brain Wave, (ss) Pharaoh and His Waggons and Other Stories by Rupert Croft-Cooke, Jarrolds, 1937
• Murder in Miniature [Sgt. Beef], (ss) The Evening Standard September 6 1950, as by Leo Bruce
• I, Said the Sparrow [Sgt. Beef], (ss) The Evening Standard October 6 1951, as by Leo Bruce
• In a Naughty World, (ss) The New Strand April 1962
• Bateman’s, (ar) The New Strand May 1962 [Ref. Rudyard Kipling]
• Tangerine Night, (ss) The New Strand July 1962

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) (about) (items)
• The Greuze, (nv) Pearson’s Magazine December 1921
• Ingots of Gold, (sl) Flynn’s Weekly August 7 1926, etc.
• The Starvel Hollow Tragedy [Insp. Joseph French], (n.) William Collins, 1927
• The Purple Sickle Murders, (n.) 1929
• The Vertical Line [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Illustrated London News November 20 1935
• A New Zealand Tragedy, (ar) The Anatomy of Murder by The Detection Club, The Bodley Head, 1936
• The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Holly Leaves November 21 1937
• The Affair at Little Wokeham [Insp. Joseph French], (ex) Hodder & Stoughton, 1943
• Mr. Sefton, Murderer, (ss) Mr. Sefton, Murderer by Freeman Wills Croft, Polybooks, 1944
• Crime on the Footplate [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard December 28 1949
• The Two Bottles [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard January 26 1950
• The 8.12 from Waterloo [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard February 23 1950
• The Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard August 9 1950
• The Medicine Bottle [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard September 18 1950
• The Ruined Tower [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard May 26 1951
• The Raincoat [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard October 30 1951
• The Oversight [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #97, December 1951
• Ebb Tide, (ss) The Evening Standard March 20 1952
• Fingerprints [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard March 29 1952
• Gull Rock [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard April 15 1952
• The Footbridge [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard April 23 1952
• The Two Calls, (ss) The Evening Standard June 7 1952
• Tea at Four [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard September 9 1952
• The Broken Windscreen [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard January 3 1953
• Unbreakable Alibi [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #114, May 1953
• Two Birds with One Spanner [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953
• The Sunken Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine December 1955

Croghan, Bryan (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• Flight Westward, (ss) The Phantom Detective Winter 1952

Cromarty, Noel; pseudonym of Noel Bews (1925-1982) (about) (items)
• Uncommon in That Part of the Country, (ss) London Mystery Selection #80, March 1969
• The Silversmith, (vi) London Mystery Selection #81, June 1969

Crombie, Charles (Exeter Devereux) (1880-1967) (about) (items); also known as Chas./Charles J. Crombie.
• [front cover], (cv) The Detective Magazine #16, June 22 1923
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Detective Magazine #16, June 22 1923

Crombie, Michael; possibly a pseudonym of James Ronald (1905-1972) (items)
• Death Goes A-Riding, (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine August 1932

Crompton, Richard E. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• With Drawl, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1984

Crompton, Steven S. (fl. 1980s-1990s) (items)
• [illustration(s)] (with Gary Kato), (il) Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly Fall 1995

Cronin, George (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Everybody Knows, (ss) Hardboiled #44, February 2012

Cronin, James E. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Man Who Found the Money, (ss) Manhunt February 1954

Cronin, Jeremiah (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Better Watch Out, (ss) The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine April 2023

Cronin, Jerry (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Dress for Success, (ss) The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine April 2017
• It’s All Relative, (ss) Mystery Weekly August 2018

Cronin, Sheila M. (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Fatal Decisions, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) December 24 2024

Cronkhite, Lisa M. (fl. 2010s) (items)
• A Change in Plans, (vi) Suspense Magazine February 2010

Crook, George T. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items)
• Secret Guardians of the King, (ar) The Detective Magazine #1, November 24 1922
• Women Harpies of the Card Table, (ar) The Detective Magazine #2, December 8 1922
• Scotland Yard’s “Big Four”, (ar) The Detective Magazine #3, December 22 1922
• The Romance of Fingerprints, (ar) The Detective Magazine #6, February 2 1923
• How to Become a Detective, (ar) The Detective Magazine #8, March 2 1923
• Scotland Yard’s Private Press, (ar) The Detective Magazine #14, May 25 1923
• The Cavalry of “The Force”, (ar) The Detective Magazine #20, August 17 1923
• After the Arrest, (ar) The Detective Magazine #26, November 9 1923
• The Long Arm of the Law, (ar) The Detective Magazine #28, December 7 1923

Crook, J. H. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Kept In, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

Crooker, Herbert (Beidler) (1893-1960) (about) (items)
• The Hollywood Murder Case, (n.) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #21, March 1930

Crooks, Raymond (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Middle-Man, (nv) Manhunt September 1965

Crookshank, A. C. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• R. Enticknap—Furniture Dealer, (vi) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1923

Crosby, Alanson (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items)
• The Million-Dollar Plot, (sl) Real Detective April 1932, etc.

Crosby, Bing; [i.e., Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr.] (1903-1977) (about) (items)
• Let’s Keep Our Eyes on the Ball, (ms) The Phantom Detective February 1944

Crosby, Dan (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Fake As Its Namesake, (ss) Mystery Magazine July 2023
• The Three Thieves, (ss) Mystery Magazine February 2024
• Reel to Real Murder, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #205, 2025
• Lost and Found, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #233, 2026

Crosby, Guy (fl. 1950s) (items)
• A Friend of Stanley’s, (nv) Manhunt August 1958

Crosby, Hal (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• The Face of Death!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories April 1958
• The Lady Was Furious!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine October 1958
• Too Dumb to Die!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1959
• Gang Girl’s Revenge!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine December 1959
• Take My Slug, Killer!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine February 1960
• The Devil Is a Darling!, (nv) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine June 1960

Crosby, Harry C. (1925-2009); used pseudonym Christopher Anvil (items)
• The Highway Maniac, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1965, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Spy [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1965, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Hostage [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• Warped Clue, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Killer [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• Key to the Crime [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine September 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Defector [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Burned Letter [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Hand from the Past [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1972, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Drop of a Pin, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1974, as by Christopher Anvil

Crosby, Lee; pseudonym of Ware Torrey Budlong (1905-1967) (items)
• Terror by Night [Eric Hazard], (n.) Dutton, 1938

Crosby, Walter (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Police Court Advocacy, (ar) The Detective Magazine #12, April 27 1923

Crose, Susan Lynn (1951- ); used pseudonym Lisa Jackson (items)
• Born to Die [Montana], (ex) Suspense Magazine August 2011, as by Lisa Jackson

Cross, Alan W. (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Rut of Death, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine April 1965

Cross, Alfred W. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Larger Than Life, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1998

Cross, Amanda; pseudonym of Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1926-2003) (items)
• Tania’s No Where [Kate Fansler], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987
• Once Upon a Time [Kate Fansler], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1987
• Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987
• My Year with Dixie Carter, (ar) The Armchair Detective Summer 1991 [Ref. Dixie Carter]
• The Capricorn Moment, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2000

Cross, Breanda (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Death by Fermentation, (vi) Bullet #1, 2004
• The Valentine’s Day Massager, (ss) Bullet #3, 2005
• Too Many Cooks Spoil the Plot, (ss) Bullet #6, 2006

Cross, E(lizabeth) A(nne) (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Doctor Betty, (vi) Yankee Shorts #18, 1942

Cross, Elizabeth Anne (fl. 1940s) (items)
• And One for All, (ss) Yankee Romance Shorts #8, 1943

Cross, Gail (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2009
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2010
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2010
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2011
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2011
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2011

Cross, Gene; pseudonym of Arthur Jean Cox (1929-2016) (items)
• The Nobles Are Coming, (ss) Fantastic Universe October 1954

Cross, Hal (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Redheads Spell Danger [Ken “Rackets” Daly], (ss) Private Detective Stories February 1949
• Blackmail Bait [Ken “Rackets” Daly], (ss) Hollywood Detective June 1949

Cross, James; pseudonym of Hugh Jones Parry (1916-1997) (items)
• The Five-Minute Millionaire, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1965
• The hkzmp gsv bzmp Case [Sebastian Nonesuch], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966
• The Man Who Called Himself James Cross [Sebastian Nonesuch], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1967
• A Matter of Probabilities, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1968

Cross, Kathryn; pseudonym (fl. 2000s) (items)
• The Cat Came Back, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2003

Cross, Laurence (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The White Chalet [Tommy Lumb], (n.) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine October 1928, etc.

Cross, Lee (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Weird Squad, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #15, April/May 1952

Cross, Maris (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Don’t Gamble with Death, (ss) Westend Detective #35, 195?

Cross, Mason; pseudonym of Gavin Bell (1979- ) (about) (items)
• Expiry Date, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2015

Cross, Monte (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Hoods (with Robert D. Smith), (ss) New Mystery v1 #2, 1992, as by Monte Cross & Jack Dolphin

Cross, Ronald Anthony (1937-2006) (about) (items)
• The Exchange, (ss) Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine August 1974

Cross, Sam (fl. 1940s) (items)
• A Sucker Is Born, (ms) Mammoth Detective September 1947

Cross, Wheddon; pseudonym of Colin Howard (1910-1975) (items)
• Hands Across the Sea, (ss) London Mystery Selection #74, September 1967

Crossen, Forest (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Mystic Curse of Gold, (ar) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #71, June 1934