Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Series List

Robbins, Detective Lieutenant
• Jeff Sweet:
  • The Cop Who Liked Old Movies (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1972
  • The Method Actor (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1972

Roberts, Benson (The Masked Avenger)
• Tom Johnson:
  • Crime’s Last Stand (nv) Double Danger Tales #24 1999
  • The Death Plague (na) Double Danger Tales #39 2000
  • Dark Streets of Doom (na) Triple Detective #3 2009

Roberts, George
• Ray Cummings:
  • The Case of the Frozen Corpses (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1939
  • The Case of the Skinless Corpses (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Feb 1939
  • The Case of the Tortured Corpses (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Mar 1939

Roberts, Insp.
• Ken Bruen:
  • Taming the Alien (ex) Do-Not Press 1999 [Sgt. Brant]

Robideau, Chief
• Jas. R. Petrin:
  • The Sailing (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1987
  • Second Sight (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1999
  • Missing Persons (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 1999
  • Death by Numbers (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2002
  • Fine Business (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Dec 2002
  • The House on Back Street (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2004
  • The Palace Roxy (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jul/Aug 2007
  • Gang of Three (nv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2008

Robots
• Isaac Asimov:
  • The Tercentenary Incident (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1976

Rock, Dean Wardlow (The Dean)
• Merle Constiner:
  • Strangler’s Kill (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1940
  • You’re in My Way (na) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1940
  • One Corpse Too Many (na) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1941
  • The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy (na) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1941
  • They’ll Kill Again (na) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1941
  • The Riddle of the Phantom Mummy (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1942
  • The Riddle of the Bashful Ghost (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1942
  • Killer Take All (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1942
  • Mr. Bettleman’s Blisters (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1942
  • The Riddle of the Shackled Butler (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1943
  • The Nervous Doorbell (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1943
  • The Riddle of the Monster Bat (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1943
  • Parade of the Empty Shoes (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1943
  • The Affair of the Pharmacist’s Fudge (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1944
  • The Arm of Mother Manzoli (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1944
  • The Puzzle of the Padlocked Furnace (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1944
  • The Affair of the Four Skeletons (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1944
  • The Affair of the Bedridden Pickpocket (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1945
  • The Kitchen of Master Lefevre (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1945

Rock, Eddie “Eddy”
• John Hawkins:
  • We Die Tonight! (nv) Detective Tales Feb 1941
  • A Hundred Dollars Worth of Hell (nv) Detective Tales Dec 1941 [Daniel “Pop” Egan]
  • You’ll Be the Next to Die! (nv) Detective Tales May 1942 [Daniel “Pop” Egan]
  • Death on Wheels (nv) Detective Tales Aug 1942 [Daniel “Pop” Egan]
  • Siren in the Night (ss) Detective Tales Jan 1951

Rock, Johnny
• Mel Colton:
  • Dreamer with a Gun (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1949
  • Corpse-Gathering Cutie (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1950

Roden, Sheriff Jess
• A. B. Cunningham:
  • The Cistern Murder Case (na) Mystery Book Magazine Sep 1945

Rodgers, Wayne
• H. M. Appel:
  • Picture Frame (ss) Thrilling Detective Aug 1933

Rodriguez, Joe
• Tom H. Moriarty:
  • The Nude in the Pool (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan 1964
  • The Big Key Suicides (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1965
  • The Great Huntington Heist (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1965
  • The Million Dollar Road (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar 1966
  • Loot for Hawaii (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1966
  • Who Shot the General in the Back? (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1967
  • Red Wires Over Thailand (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1968

Rogan, Captain
• Patricia McGerr:
  • This One’s a Beauty (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1971
  • The Last Check (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1972

Roger, Mr.
• John W. Jakes:
  • The Eleven Diplomats (ss) The Saint Mystery Library #3 1959
  • The Nine Guilty Nannies (ss) The Saint Mystery Library #4 1959
  • The Honest Fakirs (ss) The Saint Mystery Library #5 1959
  • Doomsday (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Jan 1960
  • Three Helpful Teachers (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Aug 1960
  • Cloak and Dagger (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Oct 1961

Rogers, Dave
• Ralph Oppenheim:
  • Quick Turn-Over (ss) Thrilling Detective Jul 1936
  • Cold Steel (nv) Thrilling Detective Feb 1937

Rogers, Joe
• Kenneth Millar:
  • Find the Woman (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1946

Rogers, Prof. Huntoon
• Clifford Knight:
  • The Affair at the Circle T (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1946

Roldán, Máximo
• Antonio Helú:
  • The Stickpin (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1944; translated from the Spanish (Continental (Mexico), 1928).; translated by Anthony Boucher.
  • Professional Début (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1946; translated from the Spanish (La Obligacion de Asesinar, 1946).; translated by Anthony Boucher.
  • Piropos at Midnight (ss) The Saint Mystery Magazine Dec 1959; translated from the Spanish (La Obligacion de Asesinar, Albatross, 1946).; translated by Donald A. Yates.

Rollicking Rogue, The see under Peters, James

Rollison, Richard (The Toff)
• John Creasey:
  • The Black Circle (na) The Thriller Dec 2 1933
  • Murder of a Tramp (na) The Thriller Jul 13 1935
  • The Man Who Knew (na) The Thriller Mar 6 1937
  • Murder Out of the Past (nv) Murder Out of the Past, Barrington Gray 1953
  • The Toff and the Terrified Lady (nv) The Creasey Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
  • Death to Joy (nv) The Creasey Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
  • The Toff Beside the Sea (nv) The Creasey Mystery Magazine Feb 1957
  • The Toff Takes Shares (nv) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Oct 1958
  • The Love Racket (na) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1959
  • Hate for the Toff (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Oct 1959
  • The Toff and the Unknown Victim (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1959
  • Death Beneath the Apple Tree (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Apr 1960
  • The Toff and the Watching Eyes (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jan 1962
  • Race to Death (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Mar 1962
  • The Toff and the Killer (nv) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Apr 1962
  • The Mark of the Thief (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine Dec 1963

Rolston, Richard (Hammer Luck)
• Eugene Cunningham:
  • Dead Men Walk (nv) Black Aces May 1932
  • The Triple Kill (nv) Black Aces Jun 1932
  • The Murder Ring (nv) Black Aces Jul 1932
  • Death Threat (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Nov 1933
  • Enter the Snake (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Dec 1933
  • Hammer Luck Rolston (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Jan 1934
  • Twenty Grand Is Jack (nv) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Feb 1934
  • He Won’t Talk (ss) Black Bat Detective Mysteries Apr 1934

Romano, Lt.
• David Alexander:
  • Face of Evil (ss) Manhunt Jan 1957

Rongetti, Detective Nick
• George Bruce:
  • The Fall Guy (nv) Black Aces Jan 1932
  • The Guy from Chi (nv) Black Aces Feb 1932
  • The Cover Up (ss) Black Aces Mar 1932
  • The Shakedown (ss) Black Aces Apr 1932

Rook, Howie (about)
• Stuart Palmer:
  • The Murder Mask (na) The American Magazine Jun 1955
  • Rook’s Gambit (ss) Chase May 1964; basis of novel of same name.
  • The Stripteaser and the Private Eye (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1968

Rooney, Mart
• Laurence Donovan:
  • High Steel (ss) The Shadow Magazine Apr 15 1934
  • Racket River (ss) The Shadow Magazine Jun 15 1934
  • Roughing the Racket (ss) The Shadow Magazine Apr 1 1937

Roosevelt, Theodore
• T. J. Guiney:
  • Sherlock Holmes and the American Assassin (nv) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #25 2018 [Sherlock Holmes]

Roper, Fenderton
• Ellis Parker Butler:
  • Fenderton Roper, Hero (ss) Every Week Dec 9 1934

Rose City
• Kate Dyer-Seeley:
  • Violet Tendencies (ex) Kensington Books Nov 27 2018

Rose, Nathaniel (about)
• Michael Bracken:
  • Partners (ss) Hardboiled #9 1988
  • Fair Warning (ss) Even Roses Bleed, Books in Motion 1995

Rosemary & Thyme
• Peter Lovesey:
  • The Case of the Dead Wait (nv) The Daily Mail Dec 24 2004 (+2)

Rosetta Street
• Jeffry Scott:
  • Trip Up on a Ripple (ss) Argosy (UK) May 1972
  • A Dot on the Card (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1988
  • Quotation Games (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid-Dec 1988
  • Putting It Right (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1989
  • A Devil Sick of Sin (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1990
  • The Brick Overcoat (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1990
  • Curse of the Irish King (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1992
  • The Route to Bruton Marshes (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1996

Ross, Clancy
• Richard Deming:
  • The War (nv) Manhunt Sep 1955
  • Sauce for the Gander (nv) Manhunt Feb 1956
  • The Squeeze (nv) Manhunt Jun 1956

Ross, Eddie
• Charles Francis Coe:
  • 3 Men in a Room (ss) Liberty Feb 12 1938

Rouletabille, Joseph
• Pierre Véry:
  • The Mystery of the Green Room (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 2011; translated from the French (1937).; translated by John Pugmire.

Rouse, Tommy
• Clarence Budington Kelland:
  • Alderman Tommy Drops In (ss) Collier’s Mar 15 1930

Rousseau, Pete
• H. H. Stinson:
  • Slay Binge (na) Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1945
  • The Good-Murder Policy (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1945
  • Heads for Homicide (nv) Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1946
  • Lend Me a Murder (ss) Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1946
  • Hearse and Rehearse (na) Dime Detective Magazine Apr 1947

Roxanne
• Angela Zeman:
  • The First Tale of Roxanne (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2013

Royce, Elmer Henry
• R. T. Maynard:
  • Deader Than You Think (nv) Super-Detective Jun 1943
  • Prescription for Death (ss) Hollywood Detective Apr 1944

Royce, Nan
• Frederick C. Davis:
  • Honeymoon Homicide (na) Detective Romances Nov 1936 [Nicholas Swayne]
  • A Date with Doom (na) Detective Romances Jan 1937 [Nicholas Swayne]

Royce, Regginald “Reggie”
• Fred MacIsaac:
  • A Corpse for Cinderella (nv) Detective Tales Jan 1939
  • Invitation to the Morgue (nv) Detective Tales Apr 1939
  • Raffles for a Night (nv) Detective Tales Oct 1939
  • Call Girls Die Young (nv) Detective Tales Apr 1940
  • Caskets in the Cargo (nv) Detective Tales Jul 1940

Rudolf, Prince
• Michael Arlen:
  • Midnight Adventure (ss) The Strand Magazine Nov 1938

Rudolph, Tom
• John Maclay:
  • Woman in Blue (ss) Tom Rudolph P.I., self published 1991

Ruff, Peter
• E. Phillips Oppenheim:
  • An Interrupted Supper Party (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1909; also as “The Adventures of Mr. Peter Ruff: 1”.
  • An Episode in the Career of Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Nov 1909; also as “The Adventures of Mr. Peter Ruff: 2”.
  • The Indiscretion of Letty Shaw (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1909; also as “The Adventures of Mr. Peter Ruff: 3”.
  • Delilah from Streatham (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1910; also as “The Adventures of Mr. Peter Ruff: 4”.
  • The Little Lady from Servia (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1910; also as “The Adventures of Mr. Peter Ruff: 5”.
  • The Man from the Old Testament (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Mar 1911
  • The Mission of Major Kosuth (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jun 1911
  • The Ghosts of Havana Harbor (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Aug 1911

Ruggles
• Walter Archer Frost:
  • The Garlic Bulbs (sl) Flynn’s Weekly Sep 18 1926, etc.
  • Trapped (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Oct 2 1926
  • Ruggles Hunts Trouble (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Oct 16 1926
  • The Bali Kris (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Oct 23 1926
  • The Living Death (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Jan 1 1927
  • The Masked Killer (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Jan 15 1927
  • The Van Holberg Tragedy (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Mar 12 1927
  • Jungle Hate (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Apr 2 1927
  • The Blauvelt Mystery (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Apr 30 1927
  • The Glavis Affair (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Jun 4 1927
  • In the nGaka’s Medicine Bag (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Jun 18 1927
  • Thokolosi (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Aug 27 1927
  • The Crooked Trail (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Sep 17 1927
  • Revenge (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Nov 26 1927
  • Unseen Hands (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Jan 14 1928
  • The Living Ghost (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Mar 10 1928
  • The Trap (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Apr 7 1928
  • Dealers of Death (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Nov 24 1928
  • The Barlow Mystery (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 13 1929

Ruispidge, Sir John
• Andrew Taylor:
  • Fingers to the Bone (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2007

Ruiz, Ray
• George C. Appell:
  • The Man with the Glittering Teeth (ss) Detective Tales Jun 1951
  • Bull’s-Eye View (ss) Detective Tales Aug 1951
  • A Better Death Trap (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1951; also as “Death Trap”.
  • Danger Man (ss) Detective Tales Aug 1952