Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#19, January 1930] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) The Van Norton Murders · Charles Reed Jones · n. A Flyer in Old Masters · Murray Leinster · ss Before Midnight—or Later · Peter Perry · ss Yellow Painted Magnets · Harold de Polo · ss Not According to Declaration · Mary E. Ryan · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#20, February 1930] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) The Spider Orchid Mystery · Madelon St. Denis · n. Jimmy Ziegler, “Wise Guy” · Mark Mellen · ss Luck’s with Us · William Owen · ss The Most Murdered Man · Clement Wood · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#21, March 1930] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 4 · The Hollywood Murder Case · Herbert Crooker · n. 118 · The Confidence Game Is the Oldest Game Known · William Denning · ar 120 · Famous Murder Cases: The Clue of the Striped Bed-Ticking · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 125 · Crime Does Not Pay (by One Who Knows) · Thomas Hoanie · ar 128 · The Real “Queen of the Underworld” · W. O. Clark · ar 136 · How to Be a Detective: Variations in Crime · Charles W. Sheraton · cl 140 · Headquarters · The Chief · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#22, April 1930] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) The Killings at Sandy Acres · Eugene Jones · n. The Business Side of Crime · Edwin T. Woodhall · ar

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#23, May 1930] (Novel Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by Sidney Riesenberg) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · The Montreal Murder Mystery · Edwin Dial Torgerson · n. 113 · The Detective Who Chased Himself · Mark Mellen · ss 124 · Famous Murder Cases: The Worm That Turned · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 132 · Public Opinion—A Grim Avenger · William T. Denning · ts 137 · How to Be a Detective: The Habits of Criminals · Charles W. Sheraton · cl 140 · Headquarters · The Chief · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#24, June 1930] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) The Hollow Tree Mystery · Madelon St. Denis · n. It’s Blackmail Now · Carl Henry · ss; possibly by Henry Carl, Jr.. The First Thief Trap · H. C. Keene · ss Coffee Beans · Henry Leverage · ss The Chemical Murder · H. G. Parker · ss One Good Turn · Joseph Earle · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#25, July 1930] (Novel Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) 2 · Whose Hand? · Mark Mellen · n. 94 · He Waited Too Long to Live · Carl Henry · ss 101 · Famous Murder Cases: The Black Trench Mystery · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 107 · The Pay-Off · Joe W. Skidmore · vi 109 · Blotting Out a Mystery · Charles Hand · ss 117 · Among the Missing · Herbert L. Shelton · ss 119 · Mystery Boat · Walter S. Casey · ss 128 · The Great Greene-Gaynor Comedy · Harry Van Demark · ar 134 · Easy Money · Clark Mills · ar 136 · How to Be a Detective: Getting the “Big Shots” · Charles W. Sheraton · ar 142 · Headquarters · The Chief · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#26, August 1930] (Novel Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Mystery of Cadel House · Louise Rose Eppley · n. 116 · Mercury · Madelon St. Denis · ss 124 · The Wrong Spot · Guy Trimmer · ss 131 · Famous Murder Cases: The Masked Burglar · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 139 · School for Bluecoats · August Kier · ar 141 · Country-Bred Detective · Paul Hardy · ms 142 · Headquarters · The Chief · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#27, September 1930] (Novel Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Jekyll-Hyde Murder Case · Madelon St. Denis · n. 84 · Famous Murder Cases: The Missing Motive · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 90 · Bramwell Learns Solitaire · Mark Mellen · ss 94 · The Bayano River Bubble · H. J. Carl · ar; possibly fiction. 99 · Bibliomaniac · Harold de Polo · ss 109 · Yellow Vengeance · Edwin A. Goewey · ss 119 · Uncle Ezra’s Cats · Jefferson Stopf · ss 127 · The Man Who Limped · Clement Wood · ss 138 · Passing of the Apache · Robert Guion · ar 140 · Headquarters · The Chief · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#28, October 1930] (Novel Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Mystery of the Murdered Bridegroom · Henry Thew Stephenson · n. 100 · Tiger Without Whiskers · Harold de Polo · ss 110 · A Clash of Wits · Edwin A. Goewey · ss 120 · The Poisoned Eye · Alfred Pringle · ss 128 · The Great Manhattan Bank Robbery · Mark Mellen · ss 136 · The Gorilla Man · Carl Henry · ss 141 · Headquarters · The Chief · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#29, November 1930] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) Iodined Fingers · Carl H. Claudy · n. Lady Luck Steps In · Madelon St. Denis · ss The Witness for the Defense · L. T. Flint · ss Roped · John Forbes · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#30, December 1930] (Novel Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Killings in Carter Cave · Kenneth Duane Whipple · n. 114 · The Power of the Underworld · Frank Ziegler · ar 116 · The Three Sisters in Black · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 130 · Find the Child · Joseph Tyson · ss 132 · The Pathfinder · Arthur Wynne · ss 134 · Last Laugh · H. J. Carl · ss 139 · New York’s New Police Commissioner · Samuel Evans · ar 140 · Ancient Police System Recalled · James McCoy · ar 144 · Headquarters · The Chief · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#31, January 1931] (Novel Magazine Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Keys of Death · David A. Piatt · n. 108 · Solved by a Sunapee Salmon · Harold Standish · ss 115 · C. Zinker Goes West · Emmett B. Hargett · ss; given as by Emmet B. Harget. 121 · Clue of the Empty Battle · Madelon St. Denis · ss 130 · More Amusing Than Murder · Harold de Polo · ss; possibly “More Amazing Than Murder”. 138 · Dip’s Holiday · Harry J. Carl · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#32, February 1931] (Radio-Science Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Murder Across the Footlights · Madelon St. Denis · n. 81 · The Touch · John Forbes · ss 89 · The Picture Racket · Omer Henry · ss 94 · The Conchitoula Assignment · John Gavin · ss 104 · Netted · Harold de Polo · ss 114 · Safe Blowers’ Defeat · James M. Barnes · ar 116 · Mystery of the Manhattan Well · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 123 · The Lotus of Ubasti · Philip L. Coffin · ss 131 · Patrolman Riley’s Warning · Edward Owen · ar 138 · How the Chemist Pursues the Criminal · Walter Raleigh · ar

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#33, March 1931] (Radio-Science Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Murder Tree · Leslie McFarlane · n. 121 · Enough Rope to Hang a Man · Harry M. Lynch · ss 128 · The Baffling X · Charlton L. Edholm · ss 137 · X Marks the Spot · John Paul Jones · ss 140 · Officer Jim Has His Troubles · Anthony Wayne · ss 144 · How Fortunes Have Been Found · Orville H. Kneen · ar

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#34, April 1931] (Radio-Science Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Mystery of the Private Car · Edwin Dial Torgerson · n. 117 · The Fate of Amy Robsart · Alvin F. Harlow · ar 126 · The Dead Man Smiles · Mark Plum · ss 134 · Uneasy Money · Hubert La Due · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#35, May 1931] (Radio-Science Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Skeleton at the Feast [Kenneth Carlisle] · Carolyn Wells · n. 104 · Ivory O’Toole, Wise Grifter [Ivory O’Toole] · Mark Mellen · ss 111 · The Corpse in the Dumbwaiter · Jonathan Eddy · ss 121 · Ash Friday · G. R. Taggart · ss; given as by G.R. Taggert. 125 · Night Club Riddle [Inspector Frayne] · Harold de Polo · ss 135 · Detectives and Their Methods in the Philippines and Cuba · C. A. Freeman · ar

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#36, June 1931] (25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) 6 · The Clock Struck 13 · George Henry Daugherty · na 95 · Electric Ballots [“Big Scar” Guffman] · Henry Leverage · ss 102 · Dictionary of Thieves’ Argot · Don Charles · ms 103 · Southdown Mutton · L. Patrick Greene · ss Argosy All-Story Weekly Sep 7 1929 113 · The Big Palookah · William A. Ucker · ss 119 · Crime of Circumstance · Charles G. Booth · ss 124 · Ivory O’Toole, Wise Guy [Ivory O’Toole] · Mark Mellen · ss; probably not the same as the story of the same name in the August 1931 issue. 131 · Double Double Cross · W. W. Van Dale · ss 137 · Our National Dependence Upon the Police · U. V. Wilcox · ms

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#37, July 1931] (Radio-Science Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) Details supplied by Steve Lewis. 8 · The Murders at Hillside · Virginia Anne Rath · n.; illustrated by Parkhurst 105 · A Vacant Lieutenancy · Jonathan Eddy · ss 113 · The Human Vampire · Karl Nemmel · ar 118 · Jake Gets a Break · Leonard A. Hopkins · ss 122 · Shots from Nowhere · Eddy Orcutt · ss 134 · Ivory O’Toole, Wise Hombre [Ivory O’Toole] · Mark Mellen · ss 142 · Police Problems · U. V. Wilcox · ms

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#38, August 1931] (Radio-Science Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Perfumed Death · Madelon St. Denis · n. 100 · Proxy · Forbes Parkhill · ss 111 · The Jest of the Three Kings · Clarence Woodbury · ss 120 · Ivory O’Toole, Wise Guy [Ivory O’Toole] · Mark Mellen · ss; probably not the same as the story of the same name in the June 1931 issue. 125 · White Feet · Roy Churchill · nv

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#39, September 1931] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) The Navy Murders · Mary & Whitman Chambers · n. Ollie Makes an Arrest [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss Soldiers in France · M. Owen Atkinson · ss Murder in St. Andrews · Homer Nearing · ss Ivory O’Toole’s Partner [Ivory O’Toole] · Mark Mellen · ss On Cue · James Meighan · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#40, October 1931] (25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) Mississippi Mystery · Carl Clausen · n.; given as “The Mississippi Murders” on the cover. The Briar · Henry Leverage · ss Telling Tales May 1920 Straws · Warren Kimsey · ss The Man on the Floor · Edward S. Pilsworth · ss Ivory Saves a Life [Ivory O’Toole] · Mark Mellen · ss A Thin White Band · E. H. Shaffer · ss The Revealing Seance · Homer Kingsley · ss Loony Pete’s Murder Case · H. M. Appel · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#41, November 1931] (Teck Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Lewis. 8 · Blows in the Dark · John T. McIntyre · n.; illustrated by Leo Morey 85 · The Almost Perfect Crime · Ward Andrus Scranton · ss 95 · The Subway Murders · Jack Martin · ss 114 · The Doctor Crippen Case · Ray Torr · ar 115 · Final Extra! · Samuel Davenport · vi 117 · Steps of Death · James W. Poling · ss 132 · Rat Poison · James Moynahan · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#42, December 1931] (Teck Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · The Fort Terror Murders [Capt. (Col.) Hugh North] · F. V. W. Mason · n. 105 · A Piece of Paper · Tip Bliss · ss 113 · Stool Pigeons · Captain Frank Peabody · cl 120 · New Shoes · William A. Ucker · ss 128 · A Gift of Emeralds · R. G. Dixon · ss 135 · The Borden Axe Murder · Ray Torr · ar 136 · Joe White Checks in with the Dope · Don Charles · ss 139 · Chicago Nocturne · John Paul Jones · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#43, January 1932] (Teck Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by H. L. Parkhurst) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · The Whispering Ghost · Stephen Chambers · n. 114 · Adam’s Applesauce · Earle Ferris · ss 123 · Killing at Sunrise · H. M. Appel · ss 132 · Stool Pigeons · Captain Frank Peabody · cl 139 · Dictionary of Thieves’ “Argo” · Don Charles · ms

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#44, February 1932] (Teck Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 8 · The Scarzi Murder · R. G. Dixon · na 88 · Stool Pigeons · Captain Frank Peabody · cl 99 · Blackmail · William A. Ucker · ss 104 · Against Orders · Allen Glasser · ss 112 · Solving the Perfect Crime · Ray Torr · ts 114 · Understudy · R. C. Pitzer · ss 121 · Fingers of Death · Fred H. Thompson · ss 137 · A Lady’s Comb · Howard Swain · ss

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#45, March 1932] (Teck Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Murder at the Red River Inn · Daniel G. Mainwaring · n. 67 · The House of Horrors · Celia Keegan · nv 102 · Lieutenant Becker · Ray Torr · ar 104 · The Little Things [“Pop” Hanson] · William A. Ucker · ss 112 · White Death [Tom Burke] · R. G. Dixon · ss 120 · The Valve of Doom · John Leal · ss 127 · Smart (?) Crooks · Schuyler Grey · cl

Complete Detective Novel Magazine [#46, April 1932] (Teck Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Kidnap Club [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · n. 72 · Forty Fronts [Joe Daly] · Richard Tasker Wells · ss 80 · Smart (?) Crooks · Schuyler Grey · cl 89 · Fool Proof · H. R. Jorgensen · ar 96 · Rough Stuff · Don H. Thompson · ar 101 · Quick Work [Tom Burke] · R. G. Dixon · ss 109 · Cut in Haste · H. A. Keller · ss 118 · Not as Premeditated · John Leal · ss 128 · Memoirs of a Police Informer · Chile Acuna (as told to Ray Torr) · cl