Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Series List

Cross
• Andrew H. Vachss:
  • Value Received (vi) Hardboiled #10 1989
  • Mad Dog (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1990
  • Cripple (vi) Hardboiled Detective #10 1990
  • Two-Way Radio (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998; reprint from Das Magazin, in Switzerland; first appearance in English language.
  • Pigeon Drop (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1999

Cross, Alex
• James Patterson:
  • Cross My Heart (ex) Little, Brown 2013

Cross, Maxwell
• John H. Compton:
  • The Death Mummy (ss) Thrilling Detective Dec 1932
  • Hanging by Appointment (ss) Thrilling Detective Jan 1933

Cross, Tony & Amanda
• Eric Norden:
  • The Nitroglycerin Murders (na) Mystery Monthly Aug 1976

Crow, Marty (about)
• Robert Lopresti:
  • The Federal Case (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1991
  • Four of a Kind (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1994

Crowder, Bob
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
  • Second-Story Law (ss) All Detective Magazine Sep 1933
  • Restless Pearls (nv) All Detective Magazine Nov 1933
  • Behind the Mask (nv) All Detective Magazine Dec 1933
  • The Jack of Death (nv) All Detective Magazine Feb 1934

Crowder, Uncle George
• Hugh Pentecost:
  • Murder Throws a Curve (ss) This Week Mar 16 1958; also as “Murder by a Southpaw”.
  • A Black Eye for Miss Millington (ss) This Week Jul 13 1958; also as “The Sooty Man”.
  • Hunting Day (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1958
  • My Dear Uncle Sherlock (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1960
  • Hector Is Willin’ (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1960
  • The Man Inside (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1961
  • In the Middle of Nowhere (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1963
  • The Monster of Lakeview (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1967
  • They’ll Kill the Lady (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1974
  • The Deadly Spook (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1988

Crum, Colonel Fabian
• John H. Knox:
  • The Ripper Creeps (nv) Thrilling Mystery Sep 1940
  • Death Is a Little Man (nv) Thrilling Mystery Nov 1940
  • The Cyclops’ Eye (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1941
  • The Devil’s Lottery (nv) Thrilling Mystery Mar 1941
  • The Death Elves (nv) Thrilling Mystery May 1941
  • The Dead in Armor (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jul 1941
  • Death Calls Cinderella (nv) Thrilling Mystery Sep 1941
  • Death Walks Softly (nv) Thrilling Mystery Jan 1942
  • The Scarlet Jester (nv) Thrilling Mystery May 1942
  • Shadow of the Killer (nv) Thrilling Mystery Sep 1942

Cuddy, John Francis (about)
• Jeremiah Healy:
  • Till Tuesday (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1988
  • One Eye Open (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1989
  • Bertie’s Mom (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1989
  • The Three Musketeers (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1990
  • Battered Spouse (ss) The Armchair Detective Fll 1990
  • A Soul to Tell (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1990
  • Crossed Wires (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1992
  • Rest Stop (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1992
  • Georgie Boy (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1992
  • The Bagged Man (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1993
  • Spin-a-Rama (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1993
  • Double Con (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1994
  • St. Nick (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1995
  • Deputy Down (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1996
  • Soldier to the Queen (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1996
  • In This House of Stone (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 1997
  • The Holiday Fairy (ss) The Mysterious Bookshop 1998; first published as a limited edition booklet for customers of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York.
  • Lessons (ss) Private Eyes, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Signet 1998
  • Body of Work (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1999
  • Chou’s Gambit (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1999
  • A Book of Kells (nv) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Sum 2000
  • Blood Brothers (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 2002
  • And if He Sees His Shadow (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2004
  • Two Birds with One Stone (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2005
  • The Aura of an Alpha Wolf (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2005
  • A Matter of Honor (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2006

Cuesta, Willie (about)
• John Lantigua:
  • The Gentleman from Shanghai (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2015
  • In the Time of the Voodoo (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/Jun 2017
  • The Cuban Prisoner (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2018
  • The Revenge of the Puma (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2019

Cullen, Josie
• D. B. McCandless:
  • Smooth Finish (ss) Detective Action Stories Jan 1937
  • The Five Tomcat Murders (na) Detective Action Stories Jun/Jul 1937

Cullender
• Ian Rankin:
  • The Serpent’s Back (nv) Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown 1995

Cullinan, Sluice
• Victor Maxwell:
  • Dames Are Poison (ss) Detective Action Stories Oct 1936
  • On the Mayor’s Doorstep (ss) Detective Action Stories Dec 1936
  • The Hundred Flyaway Skulls (nv) Detective Action Stories Apr/May 1937

Culp, Sam (about)
• Jeffrey M. Wallmann:
  • The Pattern of Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1971
  • The Losing Percentage (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1971
  • The Cinder Man (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1972

Culver, Dean “Blue Barrel”
• William E. Barrett:
  • Dead Man’s Choice (nv) Strange Detective Stories Nov 1933
  • The Mobster Man (na) Strange Detective Stories Dec 1933
  • The Blue Barrel (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1936
  • Death on the Double-O (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1936
  • A Man’s Last Hours (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1936
  • Ring Around a Murder (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1936
  • The Hung Juror (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1937
  • Crimson Kickback (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1937
  • The Devil’s Dice (nv) Dime Detective Magazine May 1938
  • The Mad Mayor (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1939
  • Bad to the Last Drop (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1939

Culver, Grace “Redsie” (about)
• Roswell Brown:
  • Scoop! (ss) The Shadow Magazine Aug 1 1934
  • Dumb Blonde (ss) The Shadow Magazine Sep 1 1934
  • War Paint (ss) The Shadow Magazine Oct 1 1934
  • The Bigger They Are (ss) The Shadow Magazine Nov 1 1934
  • Double Chocolate (ss) The Shadow Magazine Dec 1 1934
  • Millions to Burn (ss) The Shadow Magazine Jan 1 1935
  • Red Is for Fox (ss) The Shadow Magazine Mar 1 1935
  • Kitchen Trap (ss) The Shadow Magazine Jun 1 1935
  • Thin Air (ss) The Shadow Magazine Aug 1 1935
  • Bombproof Baby (ss) The Shadow Magazine Oct 15 1935
  • Crime in the Air (ss) The Shadow Magazine Jan 15 1936
  • Hit the Baby! (ss) The Shadow Magazine Feb 15 1936
  • Phantom Pirate (nv) The Shadow Magazine Mar 15 1936
  • Sign of the Devildog (ss) The Shadow Magazine Jun 15 1936
  • The Tattooed Twin (ss) The Shadow Magazine Aug 15 1936
  • Tunnel of Terror (ss) The Shadow Magazine Nov 1 1936
  • Fur Will Fly (ss) The Shadow Magazine Dec 1 1936
  • Appearance Money (ss) The Shadow Magazine Feb 15 1937
  • Torch Song (ss) The Shadow Magazine Mar 15 1937
  • Return Address (ss) The Shadow Magazine Jul 15 1937

Cummings, Gospel
• Charles M. Martin:
  • A Fair Shake (ss) Famous Western Sum 1945

Cummings, John
• O. B. Myers:
  • Murder in Fine Print (ss) G-Men Detective Jul 1948
  • A Slug for Luck (ss) G-Men Detective Jan 1949

Cunard, Barney
• Robert Leslie Bellem:
  • Death on Display (na) Private Detective Stories Apr 1938
• Clark Demery:
  • Death Is a Dummy (nv) Private Detective Sep 1949

Cune, E. Larry
• Jon L. Breen:
  • The Swedish Boot Mystery (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1973

Curry, Lew
• Arthur Mann:
  • Friendless Corpse (ss) Crack Detective Stories Nov 1944
  • Too Many Alibis (ss) Crack Detective Stories Sep 1945

Curtci, Katherine “Cat”
• William Beechcroft:
  • Floater (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1995
  • Last the Best (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1996
• William F. Hallstead:
  • Red on Yellow, Deadly Fellow (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 2002
  • Totoo (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 2003
  • Pledge Night (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2004
  • Museum Man (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2013

Curtis, Mark
• Norvell W. Page:
  • Funny Business (ss) The Shadow Magazine Mar 1 1933
  • In a Pickle (ss) The Shadow Magazine May 15 1933

Curwen, Insp. Peter
• Roy Vickers:
  • Little Things Like That (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1953
  • Find the Innocent (na) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1954
  • A Woman of Principle (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1956
  • The Dacey Affair (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1957

Custer, Marshall T.
• Lawrence G. Blochman:
  • The Girl with the Burgundy Lips (ss) Collier’s Dec 27 1952
  • The Man with the Blue Ears (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1954

Cyclone, The
• Harold A. Davis:
  • Meet the Cyclone (ss) Thrilling Detective Jun 1934
  • The Cyclone Cleans Up (nv) Thrilling Detective Sep 1934

Czissar, Dr. Jan
• Eric Ambler:
  • The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket (ss) The Sketch Jul 3 1940
  • The Case of the Emerald Sky (ss) The Sketch Jul 10 1940
  • The Case of the Cycling Chauffeur (ss) The Sketch Jul 17 1940; also as “A Bird in the Tree”.
  • The Case of the Overheated Service Flat (ss) The Sketch Jul 24 1940; also as “Case of the Overheated Flat”.
  • The Case of the Drunken Socrates (ss) The Sketch Jul 31 1940; also as “Case of the Landlady’s Brother”.
  • The Case of the Gentleman Poet (ss) The Sketch Aug 7 1940

Dabir & Asim
• Howard Andrew Jones:
  • The Thief of Hearts (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Sum 2004

Dacey, Bill
• Robert S. Fenton:
  • Death Has a Poker Face (nv) Popular Detective Apr 1946

Dack, Captain
• John Hunter:
  • £500,000 Ransom (na) The Thriller Apr 15 1933
  • The Voyage of Terror (na) The Thriller Dec 29 1934
  • The Secret of the Graveyard (na) The Thriller Jun 15 1935

Dahlquist, Serendipity see under Bloodworth, Leo

Dailey, Curt
• Lemuel L. de Bra:
  • Behind the Smuggler’s Alias (ss) Rapid-Fire Detective Stories Jan 1933
  • G-Man’s Nemesis (ss) Star Detective Magazine Dec 1936

Dain, Matthew
• Christopher Mills:
  • Hit and Run (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Oct 1998
  • Slightly Tarnished Armor (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) May/Jun 1999

Dale, Jimmie (The Gray Seal)
• Frank L. Packard:
  • The Missing Hour (sl) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 16 1935, etc.

Dale, Martin (The Picaroon)
• Herman Landon:
  • The Benevolent Picaroon (na) Detective Story Magazine Jul 16 1921
  • The Picaroon and the Girl (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 13 1921
  • The Picaroon and the Snare (na) Detective Story Magazine Sep 17 1921
  • The Picaroon and the Steel Link (nv) Detective Story Magazine Dec 3 1921
  • The Picaroon Discovers Christmas (na) Detective Story Magazine Dec 24 1921
  • The Picaroon and the Black Bag (na) Detective Story Magazine Feb 11 1922
  • The Picaroon’s Wager (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1922
  • The Picaroon’s Jest (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 3 1922
  • A Hundred Dollars a Day (na) Detective Story Magazine Jun 24 1922
  • The Picaroon and the Jade Earrings (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 18 1922
  • The Picaroon Framed (na) Detective Story Magazine Dec 16 1922
  • The Picaroon and the Silver Slipper (na) Detective Story Magazine Apr 14 1923
  • The Picaroon’s Exit (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 1 1923
  • The Picaroon Turns Detective (sl) Detective Story Magazine Jul 5 1924, etc.
  • The House of Mirrors (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 15 1924, etc.
  • The Screaming Statue (nv) Detective Story Magazine Aug 8 1925
  • The Picaroon Seeks an Alibi (na) Detective Story Magazine Dec 19 1925
  • The Picaroon and the Pearls (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jul 3 1926
  • The Picaroon and the Pawn Ticket (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 11 1926
  • The Green Shadow (sl) Detective Story Magazine Nov 27 1926, etc.
  • Picaroon—Peacock Avenger (na) Detective Story Magazine May 5 1928
  • The Man in the Cage (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jul 14 1928
  • The Silent Watch (sl) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1928, etc.
  • The Picaroon’s Bargain (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 26 1929
  • Picaroon’s Crystal Gazer (sl) Detective Story Magazine Dec 28 1929, etc.
  • Picaroon’s Iron Band (sl) Detective Story Magazine Jan 25 1930, etc.
  • The Million-Dollar Cane (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jun 28 1930
  • The Picaroon Handcuffed (na) Detective Story Magazine Jan 3 1931, etc.
  • The Picaroon Fights for an Idol (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jul 25 1931
  • Tools of Madness (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 6 1932
  • The Devil’s Dagger (na) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 12 1935

Daley, Scoop
• Walt S. Dinghall:
  • Perils of the Poppy (nv) Racketeer Stories Aug 1930
  • Don’t Print That (na) Racketeer Stories Nov 1930
  • He Scoops to Conquer (nv) Racketeer Stories Jan 1931
  • The Chandu Clue (nv) Racketeer and Gangland Stories May 1932
  • Code of the Gangs (nv) Greater Gangster Stories Dec 1933
  • King Mob (nv) Greater Gangster Stories Mar 1934