Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Series List

Murdock, Kent (about)
• George Harmon Coxe:
  • Speak No Evil (nv) The American Magazine Jun 1947; also as “Seed of Suspicion”.

Murdock, Marcy
• Sharon J. Mackey:
  • Independence Day (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1996
  • Halloween Turkey (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1996
  • Dress for Snow (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2004

Murdock, Miles (Purple Scar)
• George A. McDonald, [?]:
  • Medals of Murder (na) Exciting Detective Fll 1941, as by John S. Endicott.
  • The Night of Murder (na) Exciting Detective Win 1941, as by John S. Endicott.
  • Murder in Gold (na) Exciting Detective Mar 1942, as by John S. Endicott.
  • The Chain of Murders (na) Exciting Detective Win 1942, as by John S. Endicott.

Murdock, Rachel
• D. B. Olsen:
  • The Cat Saw Murder (n.) Doubleday 1939 [Jennifer Murdock]
  • The Cat Wears a Noose (n.) Doubleday 1944 [Jennifer Murdock; Lt. Stephen Mayhew]
  • Cats Don’t Smile (n.) Doubleday 1945 [Jennifer Murdock]
  • Miss Rachel on Vacation (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 1947 [Jennifer Murdock]
  • Murder Walks a Strange Path (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 1948 [Jennifer Murdock]

Murphy Bros., Private Investigators
• David Justice:
  • I Don’t Do Divorce Cases (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1987

Murphy, “Murder-Minded” Mike
• Don Douglas:
  • Murder Will Out (ss) Crack Detective Nov 1942, as by Fred J. Ford.
  • The Pop-Eyed Dead (ss) Crack Detective Jan 1943, as by Fred J. Ford.
• Fred J. Ford:
  • Death Leaves No Footprints (ss) Crack Detective May 1942
  • Murder Will Out (ss) Crack Detective Nov 1942; see also under Don Douglas.
  • The Pop-Eyed Dead (ss) Crack Detective Jan 1943; see also under Don Douglas.
  • The Stoolpigeon Plot (ss) Crack Detective Mar 1943

Murphy, “Peep”
• James P. Olsen:
  • Death Grins (ss) Thrilling Detective Apr 1934
  • The Crime Sale (ss) Thrilling Detective Aug 1934

Murphy, Addison Francis “Rambler” (about)
• Fred MacIsaac:
  • Alias Mr. Smith (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1 1933
  • Ghost City Set-Up (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1 1933
  • Go-Between (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1 1934
  • Murder Reel (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 15 1934
  • Heir-Cooled (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 15 1935
  • Murder on the Mississippi (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1935
  • Cat’s Paw for Murder (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1936
  • Blond Cargo (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1936
  • The Corpse in the Taxicab (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1936
  • Murder in the Loop (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1937
  • Time for Dying (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1937
  • Fall-Guy (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1937
  • The Duchess of Diamonds (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1938
  • Nobody’s Stooge (nv) Dime Detective Magazine May 1938
  • Bridal Blast-Out (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1938
  • Murder at the Beauty Show (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1939
  • Fatal Fall-Guy (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1939
  • Object—Murder (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1940

Murphy, Dean (about)
• Victor Gischler:
  • Black and Blue and Dead All Over (ss) The Cozy Detective Mystery Magazine Fll 1998

Murphy, Mad Mick
• Michael Haskins:
  • Murder in Key West (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2007
  • Vampire Slayer Murdered in Key West (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2011
  • Hemingway’s Typewriter (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2015

Murphy, Sgt. Mark
• James A. Noble:
  • The Case of the Silent Kidnapper and the Seventy Percent Solution (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1997

Mycroft, Mr.
• H. F. Heard:
  • The Adventure of Mr. Montalba, Obsequist (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1945
  • The Enchanted Garden (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1949

Mysterious Card
• Cleveland Moffett:
  • The Mysterious Card (ss) The Black Cat Feb 1896

Mystery, Mr.
• Stuart Towne:
  • Mr. Mystery (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 3 1940
  • The Man with the Radio Mind (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 2 1941
  • The Ace of Death (ss) Detective Fiction Jan 24 1942

Nabu-Zir
• Donald Moffitt:
  • Feat of Clay (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 2008
  • Assignment in Clay (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2012
  • A Handful of Clay (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2015

Nace, Lee (The Blond Adder)
• Lester Dent:
  • The Death Blast (nv) Ten Detective Aces Jul 1933
  • The Skeleton’s Clutch (nv) Ten Detective Aces Aug 1933; also as “Clutch of the Green Claw”, by Leon Dupont.
  • The Diving Dead (nv) Ten Detective Aces Sep 1933
  • The Tank of Terror (nv) Ten Detective Aces Oct 1933; also as “The Black-Gold Demon”, by Ronald Flagg.
  • The Flaming Mask (nv) Ten Detective Aces Dec 1933

Naik, Kesho
• Edmund C. Cox:
  • The Astounding Robbery of the Treasure Train (ss) The Exploits of Kesho Naik, Dacoit, Constable 1912; also as “Kesho Naik, Dacoit”.

Nameless Accountant
• Mike Cooper:
  • The Sellout (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2012

Nameless Private Eye (about)
• Bill Pronzini:
  • Sometimes There Is Justice (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1968
  • The Snatch (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1969
  • A Cold Day in November (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1969
  • The Crank (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1970
  • Death of a Nobody (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1970
  • The Way the World Spins (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1970
  • The Assignment (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1972
  • Majorcan Assignment (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1972
  • The Scales of Justice (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1973
  • Private Eye Blues (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1975
  • The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1979
  • Thin Air (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1979
  • A Nice Easy Job (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1979
  • Where Have You Gone, Sam Spade? (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 30 1980
  • Dead Man’s Slough (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 21 1980
  • One Night at Dolores Park (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1995
  • Home Is the Place Where (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1995
  • Bomb Scare (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1995
  • Zero Tolerance (ss) Spadework, Crippen & Landru 1996
  • Worried Mother Job (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1998; originally read on audio tape (For Crime Out Loud, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. 1995).
  • The Big Bite (ss) Shots Win 1999
  • The Winning Ticket (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2007
  • Who You Been Grapplin’ With? (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2014

Nameless Private Eye (about)
• Michael MacLean:
  • Little Holes (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spr 2003
  • Little Sins (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 2006
  • Little Secrets (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2007

Narky
• Sax Rohmer:
  • Narky (ss) Everybody’s Weekly May 6 1911

Nash, Darrow (about)
• C. J. Harper:
  • The Coronation Coin (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 2008
  • The Sleepless Soul (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2008
  • The Brass Compass (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 2009

Nathan, Danny
• Daniel Nathan:
  • The Boy and the Book (ex) Little, Brown 1953
  • The Boy and the Law (ex) Little, Brown 1953
  • The Boy and the Money Box (ex) Little, Brown 1953

Naughton, Todd (Arson Dick)
• Leslie T. White:
  • Matches in Hell (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1936
  • Eyewitness (nv) Dime Detective Magazine May 1936
  • Ashes of the Living (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1936
  • 4-Alarm Murder (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1937

Navarre, Jackson “Tres” (about)
• Rick Riordan:
  • A Small Silver Gun (ss) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Sum 1998
  • A Good Day’s Work (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2003

Nave, Cordiss
• Arthur P. Hankins:
  • The Gunsmith of Clay Street (ss) The New Magazine (US) Dec 1910
  • Criteria of Environment (nv) The New Magazine (US) Jan 1911
  • The Tenth Man (ss) New Story Magazine Nov 1911

Neal, Harry
• Bentley Dadmun:
  • Down on the Farm (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1996
  • Harry’s Game (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1998
  • Emma (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1998
  • Angie (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1999
  • Annie’s Dream (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1999
  • Short Round (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Nov 2000
  • Harry’s Lament (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2001
  • Sisters (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2002

Neal, Johnny
• Herbert Carter:
  • Dive to Doom (ss) Private Detective Sep 1949
  • No Sale for Murder (ss) Private Detective Mar 1950
• T. King, Jr.:
  • Gamble with Death (ss) Private Detective Aug 1950
  • Green Is for Danger (ss) Private Detective Dec 1950

Neale, Inspector Porky
• Roland Phillips:
  • Spook’s Progress (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 14 1930
  • Black on White (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 17 1931
  • Feathered Doom (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 11 1931
  • The Point in Evidence (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 4 1931
  • Red Night (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 11 1931
  • Catch as Catch Can (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 5 1931
  • False Whiskers (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 5 1931
  • Walk Into My Parlor (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 2 1932
  • The Palm Beach Plum (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 20 1932
  • Hocus-Pocus (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 7 1932
  • Time to Kill (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 18 1932
  • Brought to Gaff (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 4 1933
  • Pitch and Catch (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 3 1934
  • Goldfish Tell (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 21 1934
  • Masterpiece Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 28 1934
  • Jeweled Bait (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 14 1934
  • Exit to Murder (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 25 1934

Nebraska (about)
• William J. Reynolds:
  • The Two Ninety-Nine Alibi (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1986
  • Guilt Enough to Go Around (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1986

Needle Mike see under McNally, Kenneth

Neff, George Washington
• Clayre & Michel Lipman:
  • Man Out of Time (ss) Malcolm’s Mar 1954

Nelson, Horatio “Scoop”
• Jackson W. Horne:
  • Murder on the Roof (ss) Private Detective Stories Mar 1939
• Arthur Packer:
  • Suicide Tip-Off (nv) Private Detective Sep 1949

New York County Courthouse
• Kevin Egan:
  • A Small Circle (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2009
  • Midnight (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2010
  • Black Hole Devotion (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2010
  • Work Lovers (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 2011
  • Reconciliation (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2013
  • Joe the Terrorist (ss) Thuglit Sep/Oct 2014
  • The Wizard of 60 Centre Street (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2016
  • The Heist (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2016
  • The Book of Judges (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Oct 2016
  • The Movie Lover (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2018
  • The Courthouse Paperboy (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2019

Newton
• Robert Murray Graydon:
  • The Gas Route (ss) People’s Favorite Magazine Nov 10 1921

Newton, Anthony
• Edgar Wallace:
  • The Bursted Election (ss) The Novel Magazine Feb 1923; also as “Vote for Tony Newton”.
  • The Joker (ss) The Novel Magazine Mar 1923; also as “The Joke of a Lifetime”.
  • Anthony the Bookmaker (ss) The Brigand, Hodder & Stoughton 1927; also as “Tony Newton—Bookmaker”.
  • A Matter of Nerve (ss) The Brigand, Hodder & Stoughton 1927; also as “The Nerve of Tony Newton”.
  • A Battle of Wits (ss)

Newton, Ed
• Russell Stanton:
  • Shaded (ss) Thrilling Detective Mar 1933
  • Murder by Degrees (ss) Thrilling Detective Apr 1933
  • The Gas Route (ss) Thrilling Detective May 1933

Ng’ Kee He
• H. P. Hunter:
  • Ng’ Kee He (ss) The Detective Magazine May 25 1923
  • The End of the “Sam Pak Lok” (ss) The Detective Magazine Jul 20 1923
  • Candy Jukes Comes East and “Goes West” (ss) The Detective Magazine Dec 21 1923
  • The Mark of Ng’ (ss) The Detective Magazine Apr 25 1924

Nickie
• C. G. Tahney:
  • Satan in Short Pants (nv) Black Mask May 1941
  • And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them (nv) Black Mask Feb 1942
  • A Brain for Sale (nv) Black Mask Jan 1944
  • There’s Dough in Murder (nv) Black Mask Jan 1946

Night Hawk, The
• Sydney Horler:
  • Night Hawk (na) The Thriller Oct 24 1936
  • The Trapping of Night Hawk (na) The Thriller Oct 31 1936

Nikkiyama, Geichi
• Walter J. Sheldon:
  • Tokyo Payoff (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1954
  • Lady in Shadow (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Dec 1954