Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Series List

Avenger, The see under Benson, Richard Henry

Avenging Twins, The
• Johnston McCulley:
  • The Avenging Twins (na) Detective Story Magazine May 12 1923
  • The Avenging Twins Try It Again (sl) Detective Story Magazine Jun 16 1923, etc.
  • The Avenging Twins’ Third Trick (sl) Detective Story Magazine Aug 25 1923, etc.
  • Pearls of Great Price (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1923
  • The Avenging Twins’ Fifth Victim (nv) Detective Story Magazine Feb 23 1924
  • The Avenging Twins’ Last Blow (sl) Detective Story Magazine Apr 5 1924, etc.
  • The Avenging Twins Return (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 17 1925
  • The Avenging Twins Collect (nv) Detective Story Magazine May 22 1926

Avery, Richard “Ex”
• Earl W. Scott:
  • Dressed Caballero (ss) Clues Nov 1931
  • Street of the Devil (nv) All Detective Magazine Jan 1934
  • The Dead Deal Last (nv) All Detective Magazine May 1934
  • House of Lost Men (nv) All Detective Magazine Aug 1934

Axton, R.B. “Ax” (about)
• Doug Allyn:
  • Mojo Man (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1990
  • The Sultans of Soul (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1993
  • Blind Lemon (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1996
  • Money Face (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1996
  • Unchained Melody (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1999
  • Miracles! Happen! (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1999
  • Hitler, Elvis, and Me (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2000
  • Valhalla (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2003
  • Long-Lost Love (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2004
  • The Top Ten List (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2006

Ayres, Duke
• James W. Poling:
  • Murder Mansion (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Sep 1931
  • The Dance of Death (na) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Dec 1931
  • The Divorce Decoy (na) Detective-Dragnet Magazine Jan 1932
  • House of Hate (nv) Detective-Dragnet Magazine May 1932

B & B Detectives see under Marvin, Ben & Betty

Bagdad, “Hobo Detective”
• Milton Lowe:
  • The Hobo Detective (nv) Popular Detective Dec 1937
  • Death Rides the Silver Streak (nv) Popular Detective Aug 1938

Bailey, Stuart (about)
• Roy Huggins:
  • Death and the Skylark (nv) Esquire Dec 1952

Bain, John
• Arthur Leo Zagat:
  • Patients for Dr. Death (ss) Strange Detective Mysteries Oct 1937
  • Doctor Death’s Murder Ward (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jul/Aug 1939

Bain, Ralph
• Russell Kirk:
  • Old Place of Sorworth (nv) The London Mystery Magazine #14 1952

Baines, Scattergood
• Clarence Budington Kelland:
  • Scattergood Becomes a Private Detective (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1923; also as “Scattergood—Detective”.
  • An Ounce of Curiosity (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1931
  • A Piece of String (ss) The American Magazine May 1934

Baiul, Greg
• Stephen Solomita:
  • You Were Their Hope (nv) Hardboiled #23 1997
  • The Favor (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

Baker, Betty
• Ruth Royce:
  • The Secret of the Hidden Cave (na) Girl’s Detective Mysteries Oct 1936

Balbane, Man of Mystery
• Lewen Hewitt:
  • Balbane, Conjurer Detective (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 22 1921
  • Balbane Traps a Trickster (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 29 1921
  • With Ouija’s Aid (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 5 1921
  • The Twisted Bullet (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 12 1921
  • Beneath the Brand (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 3 1921
  • Curtain—Quick (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 10 1921
  • You Never Can Tell (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 1 1921
  • Trapped by Trumpets (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 11 1922
  • The Very Curious Canvas (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 1 1922
  • The Crooked Roulette Wheel (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 20 1922
  • Balbane Bows to the Real Thing (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 27 1922

Bald Pete
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
  • Winged Lead (nv) Black Mask Jan 1935

Bales, Sheriff Billy
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
  • The Guilty Trail (ss) Clues May #2 1928
  • The Death Shadow (ss) Clues Jun #1 1928

Ballestier, Nick
• Cornell Woolrich:
  • Dime a Dance (nv) Black Mask Feb 1938; also as “The Dancing Detective”.

Ballew, Max
• Helen Tucker:
  • Morning of the Murder (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2003

Baltimore Gun Club
• Stephen Baxter:
  • Columbiad (ss) Science Fiction Age May 1996

Bane, Jerry
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
  • The Affair of the Reluctant Witness (nv) Argosy Apr 1949

Banks, Alan
• Peter Robinson:
  • The Village That Lost Its Head (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2016

Banks, Insp. Alan
• Peter Robinson:
  • The Good Partner (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1994
  • Summer Rain (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1994

Banner, Sen. Brooks U.
• Joseph Commings:
  • Murder Under Glass (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Mar 1947
  • Fingerprint Ghost (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine May 1947
  • The Spectre on the Lake (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 1947
  • The Black Friar Murders (nv) Ten Detective Aces Jan 1948
  • Death by Black Magic (nv) Ten Detective Aces Nov 1948
  • Ghost in the Gallery (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1949
  • The Invisible Clue (ss) Hollywood Detective Apr 1950
  • Serenade to a Killer (ss) Mystery Digest Jul 1957
  • The Female Animal (ss) Mystery Digest Jan 1958
  • Murderer’s Progress (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1960
  • Castanets, Canaries, and Murder (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1962
  • The X Street Murders (ss) Mystery Digest Mar/Apr 1962
  • Open to Danger (ss) Mystery Digest Jul/Aug 1962
  • Hangman’s House (ss) Mystery Digest Nov/Dec 1962
  • Betrayal in the Night (ss) Mystery Digest Jan/Feb 1963
  • The Giant’s Sword (ss) Mystery Digest May/Jun 1963
  • The Last Samurai (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Dec 1963
  • The Cuban Blonde (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Oct 1964
  • The Glass Gravestone (ss) The Saint Magazine Oct 1966
  • Nobody Loves a Fat Man (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1980
  • Assassination—Middle East (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1981
  • Dressed to Kill (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1982
  • Murder of a Mermaid (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1982
  • The Fire Dragon Caper (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984
  • The Grand Guignol Caper (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1984

Banning, Jud
• Peter B. Germano:
  • Murder on Ice (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1975

Banning, Margo
• Terence Faherty:
  • Margo and the Silver Cane (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2013
  • Margo and the Locked Room (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2014
  • Margo and the Milk Trap (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2016
  • Margo and the Red Carnation (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2019

Bannister, Brad
• George Alden Edson:
  • Hot Seat Parlay (ss) Ten Detective Aces Jun 1937
  • The Devil’s Bowl (ss) Ten Detective Aces Aug 1937

Bannister, Roger see under Renard, Julian

Bannon, Carlos (about)
• Kenneth Gavrell:
  • Death in the Barrio (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 18 1980
  • White Hibiscus (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 8 1980
  • A Killing at El Castillo (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 3 1982
  • My Little Girl (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1982
  • Mirage (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1985
  • Tigers Don’t Eat Strawberries (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1986
  • Island of the Snake (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1987
  • Plants Like Baroque Music (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1988
  • Dead End on the Mountain (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1991
  • Hurricane Force (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1991
  • Phone Call from the Dead (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1993
  • There Are No Stars Over San Juan (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1994
  • Christmas Ice (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1995
  • Bullet from the Dark (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1996
  • Welcome to the Rattlesnake Farm (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 1998

Bard, Lily
• Charlaine Harris:
  • Dead Giveaway (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2001

Barker, Dave
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
  • Hands of Death (nv) Rapid-Fire Detective Stories Dec 1932

Barlow, Cash
• Richard S. Prather:
  • The Build-Up (nv) Suspect Detective Stories Feb 1956

Barnes & Towers
• Glynn Owen Barrass & Ron Shiflet:
  • The Kingsport Desk (nv) Strange Detective Stories #2 2012

Barnes, Alamo (about)
• Hugh Lessig:
  • Special Delivery (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Apr/May 2000

Barnes, Bookie (about)
• Robert Reeves:
  • Over a Barrel (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1942
  • Murder Without Death (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1942

Barnes, John
• H. Bedford-Jones:
  • Spy Against Europe (nv) Argosy Feb 23 1935

Barnes, John
• Rodrigues Ottolengui:
  • The Montezuma Emerald (ss) The Idler Feb 1895 [Robert Leroy Mitchel]
  • The Azteck Opal (ss) The Idler Apr 1895 [Robert Leroy Mitchel]
  • A Frosty Morning (ss) The Black Cat Aug 1898 [Robert Leroy Mitchel]
  • Mr. Alias, Burglar (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine May 1901 [Robert Leroy Mitchel]
  • A Problem in Smuggling (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine Jun 1901 [Robert Leroy Mitchel]
  • A Suggestion of Murder (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine Jul 1901 [Robert Leroy Mitchel]
  • Before the Fact (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 5 1918 [Robert Leroy Mitchel]

Barney the Night Watchman
• Charles Lee Bryson:
  • On His Night Off (ss) Flynn’s Weekly May 7 1927
  • The Window Smasher (ss) Flynn’s Weekly May 14 1927

Barodin, Pierre
• Lee Fredericks:
  • Too Many Venuses (ss) Popular Detective Oct 1936
  • Murder in Oil (ss) Popular Detective Nov 1936
  • Like Solomon (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1936
  • Missing—One Courtesan (ss) Popular Detective Jan 1937
  • Chiseling Is an Art (ss) Popular Detective May 1937
  • Fragile Evidence (ss) Popular Detective Jun 1943

Baron, Paul
• George Harmon Coxe:
  • You Gotta Be Tough (ss) Black Mask Mar 1936
  • Letters Are Poison (ss) Black Mask Apr 1936
  • Trouble for Two (nv) Black Mask Jul 1936
  • Double or Nothing (nv) Black Mask Nov 1936

Baron, The see under Mannering, John

Barr, Ulysses S.
• William Brandon:
  • Maggie and the Simple Scion (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 3 1939
  • Maggie and the Missing Shoes (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 29 1939
  • Maggie and the Balmy Baron (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 2 1939
  • Maggie and the Captain’s Hand (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 11 1939
  • Maggie and the Stolen Solon (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 10 1940
  • Blackmail for Hire (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 28 1940

Barrett, Davis P.
• E. Hoffmann Price:
  • The Devil’s Crypt (nv) Strange Detective Stories Jan 1934 [Pierre d’Artois]
  • The Crooked Square (ss) Strange Detective Stories Feb 1934

Barrett, Dick
• Norvell W. Page:
  • Death’s Ruby (ss) Crime Busters Nov 1937
  • The Emerald’s Curse (ss) Crime Busters Dec 1937
  • The Diamond Monster (ss) Crime Busters Feb 1938
  • The Skull of Wu Pei Fu (ss) Crime Busters Mar 1938
  • Cutthroat Clue (ss) Crime Busters May 1938

Barron, Randolph
• Earl Peirce, Jr.:
  • Murdertime Gal (na) Detective Tales Dec 1946
  • Crazy to Kill (na) Detective Tales Jan 1947

Barrow, Charley
• Frank J. Price, Jr.:
  • Buzzards Roost High (ss) Flynn’s Weekly May 7 1927
  • Hell and Back Benson (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Jun 4 1927
  • Poor Jasper (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Jun 11 1927
  • Three Men and a Sack (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Jul 9 1927
  • Gat Talk (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Jul 16 1927
  • Pistols—Ten Paces (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Jul 23 1927
  • Gold Is Where You Find It (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Jul 30 1927
  • Contact (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Aug 27 1927
  • Not (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Sep 17 1927
  • Mama Doll (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Oct 1 1927
  • Windy (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Oct 8 1927
  • Mind Wreckers, Ltd. (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Oct 15 1927
  • Nortsrom Pays (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Oct 22 1927
  • Somnambula (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Nov 5 1927
  • Vendetta (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Dec 24 1927
  • Sky Trail (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Mar 31 1928

Barston, Peg Leg Sheriff
• John Matter:
  • Strictly Confidential (ss) Real Detective Mar 1933 [Three Fingers Durkin]

Bart, Dred
• Erle Stanley Gardner:
  • Ripples of Doom (nv) Clues Oct #2 1928
  • The Betraying Emotion (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 6 1929

Bart, Everett Zebulon (Easy Bart)
• F. Orlin Tremaine:
  • The Expendable Spy (ss) Detective Tales Jan 1944
  • The Case of the Upside Down House (ss) Detective Tales Mar 1944
  • I’ll Kill You Often (nv) Detective Tales May 1944
  • Answer to a Madman’s Prayer (nv) Detective Tales Aug 1944
  • Play the Game with Poison (nv) Detective Tales Oct 1944
  • The Silent Scalpel Murders (nv) Detective Tales Feb 1945