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Triple Detective (about)
As the name implied, Triple Detective presented “three complete detective novels” in each issue. It ran for 35 issues between 1947 and 1955 and was relaunched in January 2008 with issues dated from Winter 1956.

Publishers:

Best Publications, Inc.; 10 East 40th Street, New York, NY: Triple Detective.

Editors:

David X. Manners - Editor: Triple Detective, 1952 – Winter 1953.

Everett H. Ortner - Editor: Triple Detective, Spring 1953 – Fall 1953.

Morris Ogden Jones - Editor: Triple Detective, Winter 1954 – Spring 1954.

Samuel Mines - Editor: Triple Detective, Summer 1954.

James B. Hendryx - Editor: Triple Detective, 1955.

Tom Johnson - Editor: Triple Detective, Apr 2008 – Feb 2010.

Triple Detective [Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring 1947] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 196pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · The Readers · lc

11 · The Case of Caroline Animus [Jim Steele] · Dana Chambers · n. The Dial Press, 1946; abridged.

74 · Dead at the Take-Off [Chance Malloy] · Lester Dent · n. Doubleday, 1946; abridged.

136 · One Man Must Die · A. B. Cunningham · n. Dutton, 1946; abridged.

Triple Detective [Vol. 1 No. 2, Summer 1947] (25¢, 196pp, pulp)

11 · The Uncomplaining Corpses [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · n. Henry Holt, 1940; abridged.

70 · Winter Kill · Steve Fisher · n. Dodd, Mead, 1946; abridged.

121 · Even Bishops Die · Charles Saxby · n. Dutton, 1942; abridged.

Triple Detective [Vol. 1 No. 3, Fall 1947] (25¢, pulp)

11 · Punch with Care [Asey Mayo] · Phoebe Atwood Taylor · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1946; abridged.

68 · The Dogs Do Bark [Dr. Hugh Westlake] · Jonathan Stagge · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1935, as by Q. Patrick; abridged.

122 · Lady to Kill [Chance Malloy] · Lester Dent · n. Doubleday, 1946; abridged.

177 · Holmes, Sweet Holmes · Leo Marr · ss

181 · The Perfect Swindle · Samuel Mines · ss

Triple Detective [v2 #1, Winter 1948] (25¢, pulp)

13 · Cottage Sinister · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Martha Mott Kelley) · n. Roland Swain, 1931; abridged.

67 · King of the Coiners · Leo Marr · ss

70 · Thursday’s Blade [Cyrus Hatch] · Frederick C. Davis · n. Doubleday, 1947; abridged.

128 · The Japim’s Nest · Arthur J. Burks · ss

132 · The Doll’s Trunk Murder · Helen Reilly · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1932; abridged.

182 · The Poe Method · Samuel Mines · ss

Triple Detective [Vol. 2 No. 2, Spring 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 194pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · The Readers · lc

13 · Tickets for Death [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · n. Henry Holt, 1941, as “Tickets to Death”; abridged.

65 · Operation Nickel · John L. Benton · ss

68 · Find My Killer · Manly Wade Wellman · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1947; abridged.

124 · The Night Before Murder · Steve Fisher · n. Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1939; abridged.

164 · The Troop K Hounds · Carol B. Colby · ss

170 · Tip from Tinian · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

178 · All Is Not Lettuce That’s Green · Allan K. Echols · ss

Triple Detective [v2 #3, Summer 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · The Readers · lc

9 · She’ll Be Dead by Morning [Jim Steele] · Dana Chambers · n. The Dial Press, 1940; abridged.

60 · The Black Goatee · Constance & Gwenyth Little · n. Doubleday, 1947; abridged.

111 · Long Shot [Nick Bray] · O. B. Myers · ss

122 · The Twin Killing [Inspector Schmidt] · George Bagby · n. Doubleday, 1947; abridged.

173 · Adventures of Inspector Cohen · Nat Schachner · ss

179 · Blonde Preferred · Ray Cummings · ss

Triple Detective [Vol. 3 No. 1, Fall 1948] (25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany) (Full Text)

13 · Poison in Jest · John Dickson Carr · n. Harper, 1932; abridged.

67 · Peterman Genius · Mills Hopkins · ts

72 · Pop Goes the Queen · Bob Wade & Bill Miller · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1947; abridged.

114 · The Almost Perfect Murder · Jackson Hite · ts

118 · About the Murder of Geraldine Foster [Thatcher Colt] · Anthony Abbot · n. Covici-Friede, 1930; abridged.

165 · Murder Stamp · Lewis Little · ss

176 · The Tell-Tale Turkey · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

Triple Detective [Vol. 3 No. 2, Winter 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · The Editor · cl

13 · The Life Sentence [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · n. Macdonald, 1946; abridged.

67 · The Literary Criminal · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

68 · How Like a God · Rex Stout · n. Vanguard Press, 1929; abridged.

112 · A Poser for Poe · Robert Wallace · ss

114 · Fear Death by Water [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · na

Triple Detective [Vol. 3 No. 3, Spring 1949] (25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany)

13 · Death Watch [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · n. Harper, 1935; abridged.

46 · I’ll Kill You, I Suppose · Carroll John Daly · ss

62 · Murder in the Antique Shop [Asey Mayo] · Phoebe Atwood Taylor · na

103 · Clue by Candlelight · G. Wayman Jones · ss

106 · Fatal Step [Max Thursday] · Wade Miller · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1948; abridged.

139 · The Money Mad Sailor · Stacy Kent · ts

Triple Detective [Vol. 4 No. 1, Summer 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · The Editor · cl

9 · Detour to Oblivion [Cyrus Hatch] · Frederick C. Davis · n. Doubleday, 1947; abridged.

62 · Murder Is Overdone · Gene Sherry · ts

68 · Sinister Street [Quinny Hite] · Richard Burke · n. Ziff-Davis, 1948; abridged.

112 · Three Notes of Death · John L. Benton · ss

116 · The Endless Night · Lester Dent · n. Doubleday, 1948, as “Lady Afraid”; abridged.

155 · Man Into Bloodhound · Simpson M. Ritter · ar

156 · This Is a Holdup! · Mark Knight · ts

Triple Detective [Vol. 4 No. 2, Fall 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany)

6 · The Readers’ Jury · The Editor · cl

9 · Cancelled in Red [Luke Bradley] · Hugh Pentecost · na Argosy May 6 1939 (+4)

53 · The Wardrobe of Madam Dumollard · Will Barker · ts

57 · Beware the Fat Fox · William R. Honest · ss

62 · Hunch Payoff · Edward S. Sullivan · ss

66 · The Straw Men Murders · Alexander Campbell · n. A.P.B., 1946; abridged.

106 · A Case for McCoy · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss

110 · Court of Shadows · Dana Chambers · n. The Dial Press, 1943, as by Giles Jackson; abridged.

161 · The Pitfalls of Forgery · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

Triple Detective [Vol. 4 No. 3, Winter 1950] (25¢, pulp)

11 · The Yellow Taxi [Dr. Hugh Westlake] · Jonathan Stagge · n. Doubleday, 1942; abridged.

62 · I Found Him Dead · Gale Gallagher · n. Coward-McCann, 1947; abridged.

103 · The Santa Claus Murders · Edward S. Sullivan · ss

105 · Last Visit · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss

108 · Murder at London’s Gate · John Creasey · na

160 · Screaming Death · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

Triple Detective [v5 #1, Spring 1950] (25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany)

11 · The Dead Don’t Care [Bill Crane] · Jonathan Latimer · n. Doubleday, 1938; abridged.

50 · Case of the Feeble Rattlesnake · Stacy Kent · ts

56 · Murder One · Eleazar Lipsky · n. Doubleday, 1948; abridged.

105 · You Made Me Die · Morris Cooper · ss

109 · Pere Du Crime · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

110 · The Red Gate · Richard Burke · n. Ziff-Davis, 1947; abridged.

Triple Detective [v5 #2, Summer 1950] (25¢, pulp)

11 · The Diamond Feather · Helen Reilly · n. Doubleday, 1930

54 · A Screen for Murder · E. C. R. Lorac · n. Doubleday, 1948

91 · She Shot Her Man · Stacy Kent · ts

103 · Easy to Frame a Jailbird · Ray Cummings · ss

111 · The Olympian · W. H. Swanberg · ss

118 · Tavern of the Dead · Amber Dean · na

Triple Detective [v5 #3, Fall 1950] (25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany)

11 · Where the Snow Was Red [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · n. Dodd, Mead, 1949; abridged.

53 · Murder Spends the Weekend [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss

58 · The Deadly Voyage [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Margaret Ludwig · na Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous by Georges Simenon, George Routledge & Sons, 1940, as “The Sailors’ Rendezvous”
translated from the French (“Au rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas”, Fayard, 1931).

102 · One of the Gang · John S. Endicott · ss

106 · Murder Is Never Late [Lemmy Caution] · Peter Cheyney · na

146 · Mr. Bronson on the Nile · Edward S. Sullivan · ts

151 · Tommy Duff’s Big Case · Ray Cummings · ss

Triple Detective [v6 #1, Winter 1951] (25¢, pulp)

9 · The Saint and Mr. Teal [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na The Thriller #280, June 16 1934, as “The Man Who Knew”

45 · Last Loot · Ray Cummings · ss

49 · Contract for Murder [Barney Forbes, P.I.] · Edward S. Ronns · ss

58 · Death Looks Down · Amelia Reynolds Long · n. Ziff-Davis, 1944; abridged.

91 · Murder of an Admiral · Leo Marr · ss

94 · Slay Ride [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · n. Washburn, 1950

153 · The Other Side of the Story · Harold Helfer · ms

Triple Detective [v6 #2, Spring 1951] (25¢, pulp)

9 · Death of a Countess [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Margaret Ludwig · na Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous by Georges Simenon, George Routledge & Sons, 1940, as “The Saint-Fiacre Affair”; abridged.
translated from the French (“L’Affaire Saint-Fiacre”, Fayard, 1932).

54 · It Wasn’t the Cat · John L. Benton · ss

58 · Some Buried Caesar [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1939; abridged.

100 · The Face of Murder · Arthur J. Burks · ss

104 · The Backstage Mystery [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · na

Triple Detective [v6 #3, Summer 1951] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Dreany)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · The Readers · lc

9 · Last Act for Murder · Margery Allingham · na Deadly Duo by Margery Allingham, Doubleday, 1949, as “Last Act”

59 · The Register · Harold Helfer · ts

60 · Next Issue’s Novels · [uncredited] · ms

61 · Funny Money · [uncredited] · ms

62 · Mischief Done · Jack Sheridan · na Home & Van Thal, 1948

91 · The Lady Was No Lady · [uncredited] · ms

109 · Speaking of Tricks · [uncredited] · ms

110 · Death at Cockcrow · Frederick C. Davis · na The American Magazine February 1942

131 · Murder in the Worst Degree · [uncredited] · ms

138 · Alias Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · ms

139 · Do You Feel a Chill? · [uncredited] · ms

145 · Pardon My Pistol · [uncredited] · ms

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