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Torrey, Roger (Denzel) (1901-1946); used pseudonyms Sam Drake & John Ryan (items)
  
     - Police Business [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask January 1933
 
     - A Night in Menlo, (ss)  Black Mask March 1933
 
     - The Case-Hardened Samaritan [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask April 1933
 
     - Robbery—with Violence [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask June 1933
 
     - Hospital Case [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask August 1933
 
     - Murder in Jail [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask September 1933
 
     - Blackmail Is an Ugly Word [Dal Prentice], (nv)  Black Mask October 1933
 
     - Dal Prentice Thinks It Out [Dal Prentice], (pz)  Black Mask October 1933
 
     - Private War [George Killeen], (ss)  Black Mask January 1934
 
     - Opals Are Unlucky [Johnny Cass], (ss)  Dime Detective Magazine February 15 1934
 
     - Clean Sweep [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask February 1934
 
     - Off-Stage [George Killeen], (ss)  Black Mask March 1934
 
     - Party Murder [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask April 1934
 
     - Hot Money [Johnny Cass], (ss)  Dime Detective Magazine May 1 1934
 
     - A Death in the Family [Johnny Cass], (na)  Dime Detective Magazine June 1 1934
 
     - Curtains for Five, (ss)  Dime Detective Magazine July 1 1934
 
     - Dice and No Dice [Johnny Cass], (ss)  Dime Detective Magazine September 15 1934
 
     - The Breaks [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask September 1934
 
     - Law and Disorder [Dal Prentice], (nv)  Black Mask November 1934
 
     - The Jade Beast [Johnny Cass], (nv)  Dime Detective Magazine December 1 1934
 
     - Beginner’s Luck [Mike O’Dell], (ss)  Black Mask January 1935
 
     - Win—Place—and Show [Mike O’Dell], (ss)  Black Mask May 1935
 
     - Dead Man Can Talk [Dal Prentice], (ss)  Black Mask June 1935
 
     - Nose Trouble [Mike O’Dell], (ss)  Black Mask July 1935
 
     - Dangerous Crossing [George Killeen], (ss)  Black Mask August 1935
 
     - Too Much Action [Mike O’Dell], (ss)  Black Mask July 1936
 
     - Border Blockade [George Killeen], (nv)  Black Mask August 1936
 
     - Jail Bait [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask October 1936
 
     - Earrings of Agony, (ss)  Ten Detective Aces November 1936
 
     - Mail Racket [George Killeen], (nv)  Black Mask November 1936
 
     - Back Alley, (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly December 5 1936
 
     - The Irish Have it [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask December 1936
 
     - Trigger-Man, (ss)  Star Detective Magazine December 1936
 
     - High Homicide, (ss)  Ten Detective Aces January 1937
 
     - Hit and Smash, (ss)  Pocket Detective Magazine January 1937
 
     - It Pays to Be Blind, (ss)  True Gang Life January 1937
 
     - Murder Frame, (ss)  Black Mask January 1937
 
     - Crooked Wheels, (ss)  Detective and Murder Mysteries February 1937
 
     - Murder’s Never Funny [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask February 1937
 
     - Double Gamble, (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly March 20 1937
 
     - Always a Lady, (ss)  Black Mask March 1937
 
     - Triple Cross, (ss)  Star Detective Magazine March 1937
 
     - Rat Runaround [Pat McCarthy], (ss)  Black Mask May 1937
 
     - Race Racket, (ss)  The Shadow Magazine June 1 1937
 
     - Ten Grand Trade, (ss)  Detective Fiction Weekly June 26 1937
 
     - Hillbilly Stuff [Shean Connell], (nv)  Black Mask June 1937
 
     - Case for a Killer [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (na)  Detective Fiction Weekly July 17 1937
 
     - Without a Badge, (ss)  Detective Fiction Weekly July 31 1937
 
     - Dark Corners, (ss)  Pocket Detective Magazine August 1937
 
     - Just a Nice Girl [Shean Connell], (nv)  Black Mask August 1937
 
     - Protection Plus, (ss)  True Gang Life August 1937
 
     - The Hard Way [John Carey, Jr.], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly September 4 1937
 
     - Hay Ride [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask September 1937
 
     - Sweet Charity, (ss)  Detective and Murder Mysteries September 1937
 
     - Payment Arranged [John Carey, Jr.], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly October 23 1937
 
     - Blackmail, (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly November 6 1937
 
     - Maybe It’s Murder, (ss)  Detective Fiction Weekly November 20 1937
 
     - A Corpse Came Calling, (ss)  Detective and Murder Mysteries November 1937
 
     - One Good Turn [Shean Connell], (ss)  Black Mask November 1937
 
     - Wrong Number, (ss)  Double Detective November 1937
 
     - The Meter Says Murder [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly December 11 1937
 
     - Relative Trouble [Shean Connell], (nv)  Black Mask January 1938
 
     - Sanitarium for Sale [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask February 1938
 
     - There’s Blood on My Hands, (ss)  Detective Short Stories February 1938
 
     - Account Closed, (ss)  Double Detective March 1938
 
     - Murder Made in Reno, (na)  Detective Book Magazine Spring 1938
 
     - Murder School, (nv)  Private Detective Stories March 1938
 
     - Night Club, (ss)  Private Detective Stories March 1938, as by John Ryan
 
     - You Only Hang Once [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly April 23 1938
 
     - Blood of the Beast, (ss)  Detective Short Stories April 1938
 
     - Three Little Maids from School, (nv)  Romantic Detective April 1938
 
     - Contact Man, (nv)  Private Detective Stories May 1938
 
     - Murder Link [Pat McCarthy], (ss)  Black Mask May 1938
 
     - No Sale, (ss)  Romantic Detective June 1938
 
     - One Step Behind, (ss)  Double Detective June 1938
 
     - Gun Trap for a Money-Killer, (ss)  Star Detective Magazine July 1938
 
     - Money Makes Trouble, (ss)  Detective Short Stories July 1938
 
     - No Pockets in a Shroud, (na)  Private Detective Stories July 1938
 
     - Death Plays Tag [Pat McCarthy], (ss)  Black Mask August 1938
 
     - Two Dead Men, (nv)  Romantic Detective August 1938, as by John Ryan
 
     - Labor Trouble [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (na)  Detective Fiction Weekly September 17 1938
 
     - Clay Pigeon, (nv)  Private Detective Stories September 1938
 
     - Troopers Die Hard, (ss)  Detective Yarns September 1938
 
     - A Dead Man Forgets, (ss)  Private Detective Stories October 1938, as by John Ryan
 
     - Family Affair, (na)  Romantic Detective October 1938
 
     - Gardenia Kill [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask October 1938
 
     - Hole Card, (nv)  Double Detective October 1938
 
     - Rub Down, (nv)  Private Detective Stories October 1938
 
     - A Hunch for Hanigan [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly November 12 1938
 
     - The Lady or the Lug [John Boyle], (na)  Private Detective Stories November 1938
 
     - See No Evil, (ss)  Candid Detective November 1938
 
     - Bodyguard, (nv)  Private Detective Stories December 1938
 
     - Concealed Weapon [Pat McCarthy], (ss)  Black Mask December 1938
 
     - House Party, (ss)  Romantic Detective December 1938
 
     - Dance Act, (nv)  Private Detective Stories January 1939
 
     - Beginning with Murder, (na)  Romantic Detective February 1939
 
     - Blackmail Blast, (nv)  Private Detective Stories February 1939
 
     - Stake-Out—at the Morgue, (ss)  Complete Detective February 1939
 
     - Girl in Trouble, (ss)  Spicy Detective Stories March 1939, as by John Ryan
 
     - Joker in the Deck, (ss)  Candid Detective March 1939
 
     - Vacation with Murder, (nv)  Private Detective Stories March 1939
 
     - Suicide Story [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly April 15 1939
 
     - Murder on the Highway, (ss)  Private Detective Stories April 1939
 
     - Country Kill [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly May 27 1939
 
     - Road Show, (na)  Private Detective Stories May 1939
 
     - Maid for Trouble, (ss)  Private Detective Stories June 1939
 
     - House Cop, (nv)  Private Detective Stories July 1939
 
     - A Bodyguard for Beano [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly August 26 1939
 
     - Hay Time [Pat McCarthy], (ss)  Black Mask August 1939
 
     - On Guard, (ss)  Private Detective Stories August 1939
 
     - Road House Affair, (nv)  Private Detective Stories September 1939
 
     - Cook to Order, (ss)  Spicy Detective Stories October 1939, as by John Ryan
 
     - Kill That Witness [Pat McCarthy], (ss)  Black Mask October 1939
 
     - Lost and Found, (ss)  Private Detective Stories October 1939, as by John Ryan
 
     - Murder with a Backfire, (nv)  Private Detective Stories October 1939
 
     - Fire Test, (ss)  Dime Detective Magazine November 1939
 
     - Thirty Grand Reward, (ss)  Black Mask November 1939
 
     - Tough Baby, (ss)  Private Detective Stories November 1939
 
     - No Money Payoff [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly December 16 1939
 
     - The Platinum Peke, (nv)  Private Detective Stories December 1939
 
     - Wanted—One Watch, (ss)  Private Detective Stories December 1939, as by John Ryan
 
     - Death Calls the Hand [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask January 1940
 
     - Hotel Help, (ss)  Private Detective Stories January 1940
 
     - Murder Tips the Scales [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (nv)  Detective Fiction Weekly February 24 1940
 
     - Appointment with Murder, (na)  Private Detective Stories February 1940
 
     - The Kill, (ss)  Double Detective February 1940
 
     - Lock, Stock and Barrel, (nv)  Dime Detective Magazine February 1940
 
     - Murder for Your Money [Pat McCarthy], (nv)  Black Mask February 1940
 
     - The Perfumed Murder, (ss)  Private Detective Stories February 1940, as by John Ryan
 
     - Black and White, (nv)  Black Mask March 1940
 
     - Girl Trouble, (nv)  Private Detective Stories March 1940
 
     - Bad Samaritan, (ss)  Private Detective Stories April 1940
 
     - Blind Man’s Bluff, (ss)  Black Mask April 1940, as by Sam Drake
 
     - Life—or Death?, (ss)  Double Detective April 1940
 
     - The Vanishing Miss Vance, (ss)  Black Mask April 1940
 
     - Mansion of Death, (ss)  Detective Fiction Weekly May 25 1940
 
     - Taxi Trouble, (nv)  Dime Detective Magazine May 1940
 
     - Winner Take Nothing [Joe Kent], (nv)  Private Detective Stories May 1940
 
     - Too Many Angles [Donovan], (nv)  Black Mask June 1940
 
     - Murder Backstage, (ss)  Private Detective Stories August 1940
 
     - Murder—for No Reason [Bryant], (nv)  Black Mask August 1940
 
     - Angel Without Wings [Joe Kent], (nv)  Private Detective Stories September 1940
 
     - Three Dead Men, (nv)  Thrilling Detective September 1940
 
     - Candidate for a Killing, (nv)  Dime Detective Magazine October 1940
 
     - Nominated for Murder, (na)  Private Detective Stories October 1940
 
     - Murder on the Third Floor, (nv)  Private Detective Stories November 1940
 
     - The Mill Pond Murders, (ss)  Private Detective Stories December 1940
 
     - Murder—The Hard Way, (ss)  Spicy Detective Stories January 1941, as by John Ryan
 
     - Case of the Doomed Debutante, (ss)  Detective Short Stories February 1941
 
     - Little Miss Fortune, (ss)  Spicy Detective Stories February 1941, as by John Ryan
 
     - Murder for Rent, (nv)  Private Detective Stories February 1941
 
     - Murder in the Backwoods, (ss)  Spicy Detective Stories February 1941, as by Sam Drake
 
     - No Gashes Were Deep [Bryant], (nv)  Black Mask February 1941
 
     - Dead Man’s Knock, (nv)  Private Detective Stories March 1941
 
     - Death on Duty, (ss)  Detective Short Stories April 1941
 
     - Law and Disorder, (ss)  Black Mask April 1941
 
     - One Escort—Missing or Dead, (nv)  Lone Wolf Detective Magazine April 1941
 
     - Foreign Affair, (ss)  Private Detective Stories May 1941
 
     - Murder with a Song [John Ryan], (ss)  Private Detective Stories May 1941, as by John Ryan
 
     - See You in Jail, (ss)  Detective Short Stories June 1941
 
     - Snakes in the Grass [Bryant], (ss)  Black Mask June 1941
 
     - Murder by Mail, (nv)  Private Detective Stories October 1941
 
     - Frame for a Killer [Mike Hanigan; Irving Kowalski], (ss)  Detective Fiction November 1 1941
 
     - A Corpse Will Call for You, (ss)  Detective Short Stories January 1942
 
     - He Whispered of Murder [John Ryan], (ss)  Private Detective Stories January 1942, as by John Ryan
 
     - Murder with Music, (na)  Private Detective Stories January 1942
 
     - Murder’s Never Easy [Sam Drake], (nv)  Private Detective Stories March 1942
 
     - Coast Guard Capture [Sam Drake], (ss)  Private Detective Stories April 1942, as by Sam Drake
 
     - Hell and High Water [Bryant], (ss)  Black Mask April 1942
 
     - Tommy-Gun Wedding, (ss)  Detective Short Stories April 1942
 
     - Death Picks the Unknown Blonde, (nv)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1942
 
     - The Countess and the Killer, (na)  Private Detective Stories July 1942
 
     - Lady Killer, (nv)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1942
 
     - The Frankie and Johnny Murders [Sam Drake], (ss)  Private Detective Stories September 1942
 
     - Death Has an Escort [John Boyle], (nv)  Private Detective Stories October 1942
 
     - Hanging Evidence [Sam Drake], (ss)  Private Detective Stories October 1942, as by Sam Drake
 
     - Dead Girls Can’t Talk, (ss)  Spicy Detective Stories November 1942, as by John Ryan
 
     - No Blackout for Murder, (nv)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1942
 
     - Double Trouble, (na)  Private Detective Stories December 1942
 
     - Paper Pay-Off [John Ryan], (ss)  Speed Detective January 1943, as by John Ryan
 
     - Three Women and a Corpse, (nv)  Private Detective Stories January 1943
 
     - Dame in Dutch [John Ryan], (ss)  Speed Detective February 1943, as by John Ryan
 
     - Murder Before Breakfast, (nv)  Speed Detective February 1943
 
     - Murder Money [John Ryan], (ss)  Private Detective Stories February 1943, as by John Ryan
 
     - Patent on Murder [John Ryan], (ss)  Speed Detective March 1943
 
     - Plan for Murder, (nv)  Private Detective Stories March 1943
 
     - Death Comes Double, (na)  Private Detective Stories May 1943
 
     - Death Wears a Ring [Terry Hannigan], (na)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 1943
 
     - Leave—for Murder [John Ryan], (ss)  Speed Detective June 1943
 
     - Murder Bars No Holds, (nv)  Private Detective Stories July 1943
 
     - Death Dice, (ss)  Speed Mystery September 1943
 
     - Two Down, One to Go [John Ryan], (nv)  Private Detective Stories September 1943
 
     - Marriage Means Murder [John Ryan], (nv)  Private Detective Stories October 1943
 
     - Cabana Killing, (na)  Speed Detective November 1943, as by John Ryan
 
     - Death in the Pool, (ss)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1943
 
     - Murder by Accident [John Ryan], (nv)  Private Detective Stories November 1943
 
     - Murder Follows Suicide, (ss)  Speed Detective November 1943
 
     - Clean-Up Kill, (ss)  Super-Detective December 1943
 
     - Cop Killer, (ss)  Private Detective Stories December 1943, as by John Ryan
 
     - Murder at Chantilly, (nv)  Super-Detective December 1943, as by John Ryan
 
     - Two Men Missing, (ss)  Private Detective Stories December 1943
 
     - Hot Wires, (ss)  Private Detective Stories January 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - Murder Camp [John Ryan], (nv)  Speed Detective January 1944
 
     - Murder in a Motel, (ss)  Speed Detective January 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - Double-Cross Marks the Spot, (ss)  Super-Detective February 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - Her Name Was Murder, (na)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine February 1944
 
     - Please Locate Murder, (na)  Super-Detective February 1944
 
     - You Can Hang but Once, (nv)  Hollywood Detective March 1944
 
     - M Stands for Murder, (nv)  Super-Detective April 1944
 
     - Somebody Stole My Gal [John Ryan], (nv)  Private Detective Stories April 1944
 
     - A Murder for Teacher, (na)  Speed Detective May 1944
 
     - Death Does the Jitterbug, (na)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1944
 
     - The Missing Mr. Link [John Ryan], (na)  Speed Detective July 1944
 
     - Black Murder, (nv)  Private Detective Stories August 1944
 
     - Numbered Death, (nv)  Hollywood Detective August 1944
 
     - Ticket to Death [John Ryan], (ss)  Private Detective Stories August 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - Arson Angle, (ss)  Speed Mystery September 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - Death Is Elected, (na)  Super-Detective September 1944
 
     - Death Wins the Lottery, (na)  Speed Mystery September 1944
 
     - A Fool for Publicity [Terry Hannigan], (na)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1944
 
     - Roll, Corpse, Roll, (ss)  Hollywood Detective September 1944
 
     - Death Joins the Strike, (nv)  Super-Detective October 1944
 
     - Path to the Death House, (nv)  Private Detective Stories October 1944
 
     - The Thieves Fell Out [John Ryan], (ss)  Speed Detective October 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - Bury the Dead [John Ryan], (nv)  Private Detective Stories November 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - Old Lady in the Lake, (nv)  Private Detective Stories November 1944
 
     - Death Child [Sam Drake], (ss)  Private Detective Stories December 1944, as by Sam Drake
 
     - Death Is a Rebel, (nv)  Super-Detective December 1944
 
     - Easy-Money Charlie, (nv)  Private Detective Stories December 1944
 
     - Murder Troupe [Shean Connell], (na)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1944
 
     - Pick-Up Kill [John Ryan], (ss)  Private Detective Stories December 1944, as by John Ryan
 
     - The Sheriff Gets Knifed, (na)  Speed Detective December 1944
 
     - Death on River Road, (ss)  Hollywood Detective January 1945
 
     - Fishing for Death, (ss)  Hollywood Detective January 1945, as by John Ryan
 
     - Fools Die First, (nv)  Private Detective Stories January 1945
 
     - Murder Fools Nobody [John Ryan], (ss)  Speed Mystery January 1945, as by John Ryan
 
     - Delayed Death, (na)  Private Detective Stories February 1945
 
     - For Fifty Grand, (ss)  Speed Detective February 1945
 
     - Charnel House, (nv)  Super-Detective March 1945
 
     - The Suicide Murder, (nv)  Private Detective Stories March 1945
 
     - Murder Was My Business, (nv)  Super-Detective April 1945
 
     - Peralta Pay-Off [John Ryan], (na)  Private Detective Stories April 1945
 
     - I Find Murder, (na)  Speed Detective June 1945
 
     - The Bookie Bets on Murder, (na)  Super-Detective July 1945
 
     - Death’s Hand Is Black, (ss)  Hollywood Detective August 1945
 
     - Red-Hot Murder, (na)  Speed Detective August 1945
 
     - Taxi Kill [Sam Drake], (ss)  Private Detective Stories August 1945, as by Sam Drake
 
     - Printer’s Ink Runs Red, (na)  Speed Detective October 1945
 
     - Excursion to Murder, (na)  Super-Detective November 1945
 
     - Justifiable Homicide, (nv)  Private Detective Stories December 1945
 
     - Two Little Men, (na)  Super-Detective January 1946
 
     - Dog Eat Dog [John Ryan], (na)  Speed Detective February 1946
 
     - She Sang of Murder [Shean Connell], (nv)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1946
 
     - Stake-Out Kill, (nv)  Super-Detective March 1946
 
     - The Cemetery Slaying, (ss)  G-Men Detective April 1946
 
     - Overseas Payoff, (ss)  Hollywood Detective April 1946, as by John Ryan
 
     - Where There’s Smoke There’s Murder [Shean Connell], (na)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1946
 
     - Bear Killing, (ss)  Private Detective Stories May 1946
 
     - The Comtesse and the Killer, (ss)  Speed Detective May 1946, as by Sam Drake
 
     - Death-House Double-Cross, (ss)  Super-Detective May 1946, as by John Ryan
 
     - Talent for Murder, (nv)  Super-Detective May 1946
 
     - Gambler’s Payoff [Shean Connell], (na)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1946
 
     - Live Wire, (ss)  The Phantom Detective June 1946
 
     - Death Takes the Pot, (na)  Private Detective Stories July 1946
 
     - A Will for Murder, (nv)  Super-Detective July 1946, as by John Ryan
 
     - Pyre for a Corpse, (na)  Speed Detective August 1946
 
     - Double, Double—Here Comes Trouble, (nv)  Super-Detective September 1946
 
     - They Carried Him Out, (nv)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1946
 
     - The Barefaced Murder [Terry Hannigan], (nv)  Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1946
 
     - Murder Runs in the Family, (nv)  Private Detective Stories December 1946, as by John Ryan
 
     - Bullets Backstage, (ss)  Hollywood Detective January 1947, as by John Ryan
 
     - Gun in Hand, (nv)  Super-Detective March 1947, as by John Ryan
 
     - Island Strangler, (nv)  Popular Detective March 1947
 
     - Goal for a Gunman, (nv)  Super-Detective May 1947, as by John Ryan
 
  
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