Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Stories, Listed by Author

LEONARD, CHARLES L.; pseudonym of M. V. Heberden, (1906-1965) (chron.)
• * Search for a Scientist, (n.) Doubleday 1947
  • Detective Book Magazine Fll 1949
• * Sinister Shelter [Paul Kilgerrin], (n.) Doubleday 1949
  • Two Complete Detective Books May 1950

LEONARD, EDWARD (fl. 1910s-1930s) (chron.)
• * The Actress and the Octopus, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Aug 23 1924
  • Best Detective Magazine Nov 1932
• * Ali Baba, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 9 1923
• * Back Home, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Apr 19 1930
• * Behind the Velvet, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Aug 16 1924
  • Best Detective Magazine Jan 1937
• * The Book of Secrets, (na) Detective Story Magazine Oct 15 1927
• * Brand of the Fetters, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 14 1930
• * By Candlelight, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 19 1921
  • Best Detective Magazine Apr 1931
• * The Candy Baby, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 22 1925
• * Carvalho, Mystery Solver, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1922
• * Crooked Straight, (nv) Detective Story Magazine May 8 1926
• * Dead-Line Flynn’s Angel, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 10 1928
• * Fools’ Tips, (ss) The Detective Magazine May 8 1925
• * The Fourth Offender, (sl) Detective Story Magazine Jun 16, Jun 23, Jun 30, Jul 7 1928
• * The Gilded Death, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Oct 9 1926
  • Best Detective Magazine Oct 1933
• * The Golden Widow, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Oct 17 1925
• * The Governor’s Hand, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 23 1924
  • Best Detective Magazine Feb 1932
• * Groping Fingers, (nv) Detective Story Magazine May 10 1924
  • Best Detective Magazine Sep 1931
• * High Cost of Freedom, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 21 1928
• * The House of Fear, (na) Detective Story Magazine Jan 7 1922
• * The House of Stolen Jewels, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 29 1928
• * House of Whispers, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 11 1929
• * In Confidence from the Dead, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 10 1930
• * In His Own Noose, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 8 1923
  • Best Detective Magazine Oct 1931
• * Inky Tracks, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 21 1923
• * The Invisible Woman, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Sep 26 1925
  • Best Detective Magazine Aug 1934
• * Killed to Order, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 24 1927
• * The Laugh in the Cellar, (na) Detective Story Magazine Mar 24 1923
• * The Living Dead, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 14 1925
  • Best Detective Magazine May 1934
• * Loaded Roses, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jun 21 1924
  • Best Detective Magazine Jun 1933
• * Madman’s Magic, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 17 1929
• * A Maid from Maiden Lane, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 7 1925
• * The Man Hunter, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 10 1927
• * The Man with Paper Hands, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Apr 5 1924
• * The Mark of a Match, (na) Detective Story Magazine Nov 25 1922
  • Best Detective Magazine Sep 1930
• * Missed in Maiden Lane, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Nov 12 1921
• * The Mocking Bird, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 29 1923
• * The Murder Trap, (nv) All Star Detective Stories Apr 1930
• * A Perfect Disguise, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 31 1929
• * Perfect Frame, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 1929
• * Plotted with Roses, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 4 1922
  • Best Detective Magazine Mar 1930
• * The Plugged Nickel, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 28 1925
• * Poor Worm, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 22 1930
• * The “Ringer” in the Bank [Henry Arthur Milton (The Ringer)], (nv) Detective Story Magazine Dec 12 1925
• * Satan’s Door, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Dec 1 1928
• * Say It with Diamonds, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Aug 14 1926
• * The Scented Shadow, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Jul 26 1924
  • Best Detective Magazine May 1932
• * Sealed Lips, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 2 1929
• * The Shield of the Guilty, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Oct 19 1929
• * Shipwrecked Jewels, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Feb 25 1928
• * The Smugglers, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 12 1925
• * Sparkling Danger, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 20 1926
  • Best Detective Magazine Jan 1932
• * The Stiffening Hand, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Mar 31 1928
• * Velvet Fingers, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jun 13 1925
  • Best Detective Magazine Jun 1936
• * Washed Out by the Tide, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Nov 20 1926
• * The White Ribbon, (sl) Detective Story Magazine Jun 25, Jul 2, Jul 9 1927
• * The Wrong Handkerchief, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Jun 7 1924
• * The Yellow Feather, (nv) Detective Story Magazine Mar 1 1924
  • Best Detective Magazine Jun 1932

LEONARD, ELMORE (John, Jr.) (1925-2013) (chron.)
• * Commentary on LaBrava, (ar) The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985
• * Elmore’s Rules of Writing, (ar) The New York Times Sep 16 2001
  • Crime Factory May 2002
• * Excerpt from LaBrava, (ex) Arbor House 1983
  • The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985
• * Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco], (nv) Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1996
  • Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine #1 1996
• * The Only Good Syrian Foot Soldier Is a Dead One, (ss) The Strand Magazine #39 2013
• * Sparks, (ss) Murder and Obsession, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte 1999
  • Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Sum 1999
• * Three-Ten to Yuma, (ss) Dime Western Magazine Mar 1953
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1993
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• * “Elmore Leonard” by Andrew Gulli, (iv) The Strand Magazine #22 2007
• * “Elmore Leonard: An Interview”, uncredited, (iv) The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ 1985
• * “Elmore Leonard: Crime Goes West” by Mike Stotter, (iv) Crime Time #50 2006
• * “Elmore Leonard: The Crime Novels” by Charles Waring, (ar) Crime Time #29 2002
• * “Elmore Leonard: We Talk to the Man” by Charles Waring, (iv) Crime Time #29 2002
• * “Regular Guys—and Gals—with a Twist” by Tom Nolan, (bg) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Sum/Fll 1997
• * “[photo of Elmore Leonard]” by Peter Papadopolous, (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1993

LEONARD, JAMES (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll, (iv) Shots Sum 1998 [John B. Spencer]

LEONARD, JOSEPH (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * The Swap, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid-Dec 1989

LEONARD, LEONARD L. (fl. 1930s); pseudonym of Leonard L. Levinson, (fl. 1930s) & Leonard Neubauer, (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Wages of Innocence, (ss) Collier’s May 6 1939
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1947
  • Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) Jun 1948

LEONARD, PAT (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Bride’s in Heaven, (ss) The Shadow Win 1949
• * Crimson Tangle of the Trapped Parson, (ia) Flynn’s Detective Nov 1942
• * A Five-Pointed Clue, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Win 1949
  • Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) Sep 1952

LEONARD, PETER (c1952- )
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• * “New Author: Peter Leonard”, uncredited, (iv) Suspense Magazine Nov 2009

LEONARD, PHILLIP (fl. 1970s); see pseudonym Philip Donald (chron.)

LEONARD, RICHARD (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Wave Bands of Death, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jun 1941
  • Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) Jun 1941

LEONARD, WILFRED (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Murder by Radio, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories Jan 1942

LEONG, ERNEST (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * The Emperor’s Treasure, (ss) Detective Story Magazine #7 1990

LEOPOLD, BRIAN (fl. 2010s); (about) (chron.)
• * The Card Counter, (ss) M Nov 2014
• * With One Stone, (ss) Thuglit May/Jun 2013

LEOTTA, ALLISON (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Craft Corner:
  * ___ Writing a Thriller Based on Your Day Job, (cl) Suspense Magazine Jun/Jul 2016
• * Discretion, (ex) Touchstone 2012
  • Suspense Magazine Aug 2012
• * Writing a Thriller Based on Your Day Job, (ar) Suspense Magazine Jun/Jul 2016
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• * “Allison Leotta Has a Head for Justice”, uncredited, (iv) Suspense Magazine Sep 2010
• * “Crime & Science Radio: Personal Violence: Sex and Domestic Crimes” by D. P. Lyle, M.D. & Jan Burke, (iv) Suspense Magazine Aug/Sep/Oct 2018
• * “Follows the Letter of the Law”, uncredited, (iv) Suspense Magazine Jul 2012

LEOTTA, JOAN (fl. 2000s-2010s) (chron.)
• * The Dead Lady’s Coat, (ss) Crimestalker Casebook Spr 2006
• * The Dying Season, (ss) Betty Fedora #4 2017

LEPORE, JACQUELINE (fl. 2000s-2010s)
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• * “Fearless Introvert”, uncredited, (iv) Suspense Magazine May 2011

LEPOVETSKY, LISA (fl. 1980s-2010s) (chron.)
• * Finding the Wind, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1994
• * Here Be Monsters, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1995
• * Joe Frog’s Place, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1994
• * Noodling, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 2014
• * Picture Perfect, (ss) Whispering Willow Premier Edition 1997
• * Storyteller, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1995
• * Watch Your Step, (ss) Whispering Willow Mysteries #1 Sleuth Edition 1997

LEPPARD, STANLEY R. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Hard Way, (ss) Detective Tales Aug 1948

LE QUEUX, WILLIAM (Tufnell) (1864-1927); (about) (chron.)
• * The Affair of the Orange, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Nov 1926
• * Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 1, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jan 1927
• * Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 2, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Feb 1927
• * Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 3, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Mar 1927
• * Donovan of Whitehall [Donovan], (ss) Donovan of Whitehall, Pearson 1917, as “Within Four Walls”.
  • The Armchair Detective Win 1981; Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives.
• * The Great International Secret, (n.) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep 1928
• * The House of Souls, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1926
• * The House on Richmond Green, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Oct 1926
• * The Man in the Round Spectacles, (ss) The Grand Magazine Jul 1922
  • The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) May 1963
• * The Passport, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1926
• * The Peril of Helen Marklove, No. 1, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Jul 1927
• * The Peril of Helen Marklove, No. 2, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1927
• * The Scarlet Kimono, (ss) The Grand Magazine Jan 1922
  • The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) Dec 1962
• * A Secret of the Underworld, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Dec 1926
• * Within Four Walls [Donovan], (ss) Donovan of Whitehall, Pearson 1917; also as “Donovan of Whitehall”.

LERCH, R(oger) S(herman, Jr.) (1890-1953); see pseudonym L. R. Sherman (chron.)
• * The Case of the Eyeless Corpses, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Sep/Oct 1939
• * Flesh for the Chinatown Dragon, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Sep 1940
• * Flesh for the Silver Venus, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jul 1940
• * Flowers Grow on Corpses, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Aug 1940
• * Frankenstein’s Twenty Cousins [Clay Breton], (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jan/Feb 1940
• * The Gray Wolf’s Fangs, (nv) Thrilling Detective Dec 1938
• * Hounds of the Vampire, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Nov 1940
• * The Little Silver Corpses, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1939
• * Match for Mr. Satan, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Aug 1939
• * Murder Howls at Night, (nv) Detective Tales Oct 1937
• * Murder Sends a Valentine, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries May 1940
• * The Test-Tube Murders, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine Oct 1939
• * The Things from Underground, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Jan 1941
• * Workshop of the Lightning-Maker [Clay Breton], (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries Nov/Dec 1939

LERDALL-FITTERER, TERRY (Lynn) (1952-2019); (about) (chron.)
• * Adios, Amigo!, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 2003
• * Blank Check (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 2002
• * He Auto Be Ashamed, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2002
• * Ice Cube Trey, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep/Oct 2006
• * Photo Finish (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar/Apr 2006
• * Snored to Death, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 2004

LERMONTOFF, MICHAEL (Yurievich) (1814-1841) (chron.)
• * The Adversaries, (ss)
  • Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Feb 1967

LERNER, ERIC J. (1947- ); (about) (chron.)
• * Pinkerton’s Secret, (ex) Henry Holt 2008
  • Thrilling Detective (online) Apr 2008