The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Lawrence, Martha C. (1956- ) (items)
• A Little Light on the Subject [Elizabeth Chase], (ss) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Spring 1997

Lawrence, Melanie (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
• Stranger Song, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2000
• A Problem-Solving Breed, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2001
• Ravensara, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2010

Lawrence, Mozley (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Wrong People, (nv) Thrilling Detective February 1953

Lawrence, Patrick (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Death Marks the Spot, (ss) Clues Detective Stories March 1936

Lawrence, Raymond Emery (fl. 1910s-1950s) (items)
• The Glass, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine July 1925
• Riker Accomodates, (ss) Black Mask November 1927
• Gold Is Where You Find It, (ss) Black Mask June 1928

Lawrence, Robert (fl. 1940s) (items)
• When Drunkenness Was a Crime, (ms) Mammoth Detective November 1944
• Tell Tale Flame, (ss) Complete Detective Stories February 1946

Lawrence, Robert; pseudonym (fl. 1970s) (items)
• The Dying Messages, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978

Lawrence, Tom (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items)
• Death Was His Hobby, (ss) Weird Story Magazine #2, 1946
• An American in Paris, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #21, 1954

Lawrence, Trevor (fl. 2020s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Mystery Tribune #22/23, Winter 2025

Lawrence, Vina (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items)
• Strictly Femme Fatale, (ss) Love Fiction Magazine April 1946

Lawrence, Wendy (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Molly Brown, (iv) Crime Time #7, 1997 [Ref. Molly Brown]

Laws, George N. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Hot Money Freeze-Out, (ss) Ten Detective Aces April 1944

Lawson, A. W. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items)
• [letter], (lt) Clues 2nd March 1930

Lawson, Arthur (Hamilton) (1907-1955) (about) (items)
• Why I Didn’t Murder My Wife, (ss) Double Detective November 1937

Lawson, B. V. (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items)
• The Paw of the Righteous, (ss) Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine Fall 2007
• Dreaming of a Spite Christmas, (vi) Mouth Full of Bullets #6, Winter 2007
• Push Comes to Shove, (ss) Needle Winter 2012
• When Stars Collide, (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine July/August 2014 [Ref. Edwin Hubble & Harlow Shapley]
• It’s All Litter to Me, (ss) Spinetingler Magazine Fall 2017
• A Flash of Red, (ss) Mystery Weekly March 2019
• A Fire Burns Brightly, (ss) Noir Nation #7, April 2019
• Alien Nation, (ss) Noir Nation #8, May 2020
• Suite in the Key of Death, (ss) Mystery Weekly March 2021
• A Double Fake [Sherlock Holmes], (ss) Mystery Magazine October 2021
• Family Matters, (ss) Dark Yonder #5, Spring 2024

Lawson, Dennis (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Someone to Take the Fall, (ss) Crimespree Magazine #64, 2016

Lawson, James A. (fl. 1930s-1940s); house pseudonym used by James P. Olsen (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items)
• Stand-in for Murder, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories September 1936
• G-Man, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories October 1936
• Werewolf’s Bride, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories January 1937
• Dying Comes Hard [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories July 1937 (by James P. Olsen)
• Commission on Crime, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories August 1937
• Hard to Take [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Private Detective Stories September 1937 (by James P. Olsen)
• Murder Means Fry, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories January 1938
• Hard to Resist [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories June 1938 (by James P. Olsen)
• Ghosts Are Hard to Catch [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories September 1938 (by James P. Olsen)
• No Story, (ss) Romantic Detective December 1938
• Phair and Warmer, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories January 1939
• She Wore Green Pants, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories March 1939
• The Dead Talk Back, (ss) Private Detective Stories July 1939 (by James P. Olsen)
• In Walked Death, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories July 1939
• Strictly Sociable, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories August 1939
• Fate Fixes Things, (ss) Private Detective Stories February 1940
• Uncommon Clay, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1940
• Photo Finish, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories April 1940
• Hard Hoofing [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories October 1941 (by James P. Olsen)
• Homicide Is Hard to Hide [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories December 1941 (by James P. Olsen)
• Hard Rocks [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Spicy Detective Stories May 1942 (by James P. Olsen)
• Hard to Poison [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)], (ss) Private Detective Stories January 1943 (by James P. Olsen)

Lawson, Kenneth (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Easy Money Killer, (ar) Hunted Detective Story Magazine #3, April 1955
• Wife Killer, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #12, November 1955
• Hotel Homicide, (ss) The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #14, March 1956

Lawson, Mike (fl. 2000s-2010s) (about) (items)
• Rosarito Beach, (ex) Blue Rider Press, 2013

Lawson, Rebecca S. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Nemesis, (ss) Mystery Time Spring/Summer 1998

Lawton, P. J.; pseudonym of Paul F. Johnson (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Voices from Afar, (ss) Suspense Magazine July 2009

Lawton, R. T. (fl. 1990s-2020s) (about) (items)
• Witness, (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #18, January 2001
• Once, Twice, Dead, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2001
• The Bond That Keeps [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2002
• The Bond Market [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2002
• The Big Bailout [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2003
• The Bond Servant [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2003
• The Other Bondsman [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2004
• In Bond [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2004
• Dark Eyes [The Armenian], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2005
• The Bond That Ties [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2006
• Ransom [The Armenian], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2006
• False Keys [Remy “The Chevalier”], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2006
• The Bondstone [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2007
• Of Wax and Watermarks [Remy “The Chevalier”], (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2007
• Click, Click, Click [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2008
• The Length of a Straw [The Armenian], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2008
• The Bondholder [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2008
• Grave Trouble [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2008
• Boudin Noir [Remy “The Chevalier”], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2009
• Independence Day [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2010
• The Little Nogai Boy [The Armenian], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 2010
• The Alchemist [Remy “The Chevalier”], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2011
• Et Tu, Valentinus [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2011
• Labor Day [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2011
• Spring Break [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2012
• The Tightening of the Bond [Twin Brothers Bail Bond], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2012
• Across the Salween [Shan Army], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 2013
• Gibet de Montfaucon [Remy “The Chevalier”], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 2014
• Elder Brother [Shan Army], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2015
• Groundhog Day [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2015
• On the Edge [Shan Army], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2015
• May Day [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2016
• The Great Aul [The Armenian], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2016
• Resolutions [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2017
• Merit Making [Shan Army], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2017
• Black Friday [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2017
• The Left Hand of Leonard [Remy “The Chevalier”], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2018
• The Chinese Box [Shan Army], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2018
• Vet’s Day [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2018
• The Horse [The Armenian], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2019
• A Loaf of Bread [Remy “The Chevalier”], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2019
• The Job Interview, (ss) Mystery Weekly December 2019
• Reckoning with Your Host [Shan Army], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2020
• A Matter of Values, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2020
• The Clean Car Company, (ss) Mystery Weekly January 2021
• A Helping Hand [Remy “The Chevalier”], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2021
• Saint Paddy’s Day [Holiday Burglars], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2021
• The Road to Hana, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2021
• Gnawing at the Cat’s Tail, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2021
• The Story Game, (ss) Mystery Weekly September 2021
• Green Eyes [Remy “The Chevalier”], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2021
• Raising Money, (ss) Mystery Magazine May 2023
• Sydney Coves, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2023
• Whiskey Curb, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2023
• On the Pad, (ss) Mystery Magazine April 2024
• Leonardo, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #148, 2024
• Most Important Meal of the Day, (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #15, 2024
• Recidivism, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2024
• The Rat, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #180, 2025
• Murder Alley, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2025
• Shanghaied, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2025

Lawton, Steve (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Stand Still for Murder!, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories July 1960
• You Can’t Kill Hate!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories November 1960
• Hell Pit!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1961
• Scream for Me, Darling!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories September 1961
• More Blood for My Love!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine January 1962
• Swamp Girl!, (ss) Keyhole Detective Story Magazine June 1962
• Death for a Price!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories July 1962
• The Lovely Be Damned, (ss) Shock Mystery Tales Magazine February 1963
• Suckers Are for Killing, (nv) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1963

Laxton, Alwyn (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Black Strand, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

Laybourn, Margaret (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Dead Ringer, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1994

Layefsky, Virginia (fl. 1950s-1990s) (items)
• Statement of the Accused, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1961
• Cat Dance, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 13 1980
• This Place Belongs to You, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1991

Layford, Henry (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Blackbirds, (na) Alibi February 1934

Layman, Richard (Carl) (1947-2001) (about) (items)
• Introduction (with Matthew J. Bruccoli), (in) The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985

Laymon, Carl; see under Richard Laymon

Laymon, Richard (Carl) (1947-2001); used pseudonym Dick Kelly (items)
• Desert Pickup, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970
• Roadside Pickup, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1974
• Oscar’s Audition, (ss) Don Pendleton’s The Executioner Mystery Magazine June 1975, as by Dick Kelly
• Paying Joe Back, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1975
• Out of the Woods, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1975
• A Good Cigar Is a Smoke, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1976
• The Direct Approach, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1977
• Stiff Intruders, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1980
• Blarney, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1981
• [biographical sketch], (bg) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1981
• Spooked, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981
• Eats, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine July 1985

Layng, Charles (1895-1970) (about) (items)
• Cryptograms, (cl) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories September 1929, etc.
• Bears Preferred—Far Away, (ts)

Laynham, Peter; pseudonym of John S. Glasby (1928-2011) (items)
• Dark Kith and Kin, (nv) Supernatural Stories #18, 1958, as by Peter Laynham
• Refuge, (ss) Supernatural Stories #45, 1961, as by Peter Laynham
• In the Midst of Night, (nv) Supernatural Stories #79, 1963, as by Peter Laynham
• Where Dead Men Dream, (ss) Supernatural Stories #107, 1967, as by Peter Laynham

Layton, Clark (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Debut in Murder, (ss) Ten Detective Aces January 1943

Layton, Dennis (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items)
• Killer’s Choice [Neal Burton], (ss) Variety Detective Magazine April/May 1939
• Double-Exposed, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine June 1939
• Key to Murder, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine October 1939
• The Wandering Corpse, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine December 1939
• The Green Clue, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine March 1940
• Satan’s Mission, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine September 1940
• Suicide Souvenir, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1941
• Flatfoot Snare, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1942

Layton, Frank (fl. 1900s-1920s) (items)
• The Little Pigeon, (ss) Flynn’s Weekly January 1 1927

Layton, June (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Deceived!, (nv)

Layton, Mark; pseudonym of William Marshall Rush (1887-1950) (about) (items)
• The Shooting of Carl Hansen, (ss) Clues March 1927
• The Perfect Case, (ss) Clues June 1927
• The Murder at Three Yews, (ss) Clues July 1927
• The Floor That Was Too Clean, (ss) Clues 1st April 1928
• The Exit of Denver Slim, (ss) Clues 1st June 1928
• The Missing Suit, (ss) Clues 2nd June 1928
• The Ghost of Tony Droole, (ss) Clues 1st July 1928
• The Decoy, (ss) Clues 2nd August 1928
• Fetters of Fate, (ss) Clues 1st September 1928
• Holdup Hour, (ss) Clues 1st January 1930
• Morgue Key, (ss) Rapid-Fire Detective Stories November 1932
• Water Trail, (ss) Rapid-Fire Detective Stories December 1932
• City of Chance, (ss) Rapid-Fire Detective Stories February 1933
• King of the Beggars, (ss) Rapid-Fire Detective Stories April 1933

Lazar, Aaron (fl. 2000s) (items)
• The Escape, (ss) Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine Fall 2007

Lazar, Daniel (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Helen and the Hurricane, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #25, Spring 2002

Lazenby, Norman (Austin) (1914-2003); used pseudonym Ace Capelli (about) (items)
• The Double-Crossers, (ss) Yankee Gang Shorts #4, 1943
• The Diplomatic Corpse, (ss) Crime Detective (UK) May 1949

Lazere, Cathy (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Gurus Need Not Apply, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2016

L’Dera, Carlos (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Quiet Night in Turkeyville, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1987

Leach, (Leonard) Douglas (1898-1987) (about) (items)
• Siamese Twinge, (ss) Short Stories December 10 1934
• “Well, I’ll Be—”, (ss) Short Stories February 25 1935

Leach, Matt (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Public Enemy and Crime Suppression, (ar) Startling Detective Adventures #99, October 1936

Leacock, Dina (fl. 1990s-2020s); used pseudonym Diane Arrelle (about) (items)
• The Spirit of Money, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #33, Spring 2004, as by Diane Arrelle
• 100 Pounds of Ugly, (vi) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine January/February 2007, as by Diane Arrelle

Leacock, Stephen (Butler) (1869-1944) (about) (items)
• An Irreducible Detective Story; or, Hanged by a Hair; or, A Murder Mystery Minimized [The Great Detective], (vi) Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1916

Leader, Mary (Bartelt) (1918-2004) (about) (items)
• Happy Forever, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1984

Leahy, Frank J. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items)
• Half Past Midnight, (ss) Gangster Stories February 1930
• The Enemy Rides, (ss) Gangland Stories May/June 1931
• He Who Laughs Last, (ss) Speakeasy Stories June/July 1931
• The Terrible Mr. Terry [Mr. Riorden], (ss) Short Stories November 10 1934
• Borneo Diamonds, (ss) Short Stories November 25 1934
• Doc, (ss) Short Stories May 25 1936

Leahy, John (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about) (items)
• After the Dulling, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #197, 2025

Leahy, Joseph G. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• At the State’s Expense, (nv) The Underworld Magazine January 1931
• Clockwork, (ss) The Underworld Magazine March 1931
• One Plus One, (ss) Popular Detective October 1935