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Triple Detective [v2 #1, Winter 1948] (25¢, pulp)

13 · Cottage Sinister · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Martha Mott Kelley) · n. Roland Swain 1931; abridged.
67 · King of the Coiners · Leo Marr · ss
70 · Thursday’s Blade [Cyrus Hatch] · Frederick C. Davis · n. Doubleday 1947; abridged.
128 · The Japim’s Nest · Arthur J. Burks · ss
132 · The Doll’s Trunk Murder · Helen Reilly · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1932; abridged.
182 · The Poe Method · Samuel Mines · ss

Triple Detective [v2 #2, Spring 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 194pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Readers] · lc
13 · Tickets for Death [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · n. Henry Holt 1941, as Tickets to Death; abridged.
65 · Operation Nickel · John L. Benton · ss
68 · Find My Killer · Manly Wade Wellman · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1947; abridged.
124 · The Night Before Murder · Steve Fisher · n. Hillman-Curl, Inc. 1939; abridged.
164 · The Troop K Hounds · Carol B. Colby · ss
170 · Tip from Tinian · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
178 · All Is Not Lettuce That’s Green · Allan K. Echols · ss

Triple Detective [v2 #3, Summer 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Readers] · lc
9 · She’ll Be Dead by Morning [Jim Steele] · Dana Chambers · n. The Dial Press 1940; abridged.
60 · The Black Goatee · Constance & Gwenyth Little · n. Doubleday 1947; abridged.
111 · Long Shot [Nick Bray] · O. B. Myers · ss
122 · The Twin Killing [Inspector Schmidt] · George Bagby · n. Doubleday 1947; abridged.
173 · Adventures of Inspector Cohen · Nat Schachner · ss
179 · Blonde Preferred · Ray Cummings · ss

Triple Detective [v3 #1, Fall 1948] (25¢, pulp)

13 · Poison in Jest · John Dickson Carr · n. Harper 1932; abridged.
67 · Peterman Genius · Mills Hopkins · ts
72 · Pop Goes the Queen · Bob Wade & Bill Miller · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1947; abridged.
114 · The Almost Perfect Murder · Jackson Hite · ts
118 · About the Murder of Geraldine Foster [Thatcher Colt] · Anthony Abbot · n. Covici-Friede 1930; abridged.
165 · Murder Stamp · Lewis Little · ss
176 · The Tell-Tale Turkey · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

Triple Detective [v3 #2, Winter 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Editor] · cl
13 · The Life Sentence [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · n. Macdonald 1946; abridged.
67 · The Literary Criminal · Simpson M. Ritter · ts
68 · How Like a God · Rex Stout · n. The Vanguard Press 1929; abridged.
112 · A Poser for Poe · Robert Wallace · ss
114 · Fear Death by Water [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · na

Triple Detective [v3 #3, Spring 1949] (25¢, pulp)

13 · Death Watch [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · n. Harper 1935; abridged.
46 · I’ll Kill You, I Suppose · Carroll John Daly · ss
62 · Murder in the Antique Shop [Asey Mayo] · Phoebe Atwood Taylor · na
103 · Clue by Candlelight · G. Wayman Jones · ss
106 · Fatal Step [Max Thursday] · Wade Miller · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1948; abridged.
139 · The Money Mad Sailor · Stacy Kent · ts

Triple Detective [v4 #1, Summer 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Editor] · cl
9 · Detour to Oblivion [Cyrus Hatch] · Frederick C. Davis · n. Doubleday 1947; abridged.
62 · Murder Is Overdone · Gene Sherry · ts
68 · Sinister Street [Quinny Hite] · Richard Burke · n. Ziff-Davis 1948; abridged.
112 · Three Notes of Death · John L. Benton · ss
116 · The Endless Night · Lester Dent · n. Doubleday 1948, as Lady Afraid; abridged.
155 · Man Into Bloodhound · Simpson M. Ritter · ar
156 · This Is a Holdup! · Mark Knight · ts

Triple Detective [v4 #2, Fall 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

9 · Cancelled in Red · Hugh Pentecost · na Argosy May 6 1939 (+4)
53 · The Wardrobe of Madam Dumollard · Will Barker · ts
57 · Beware the Fat Fox · William R. Honest · ss
62 · Hunch Payoff · Edward S. Sullivan · ss
66 · The Straw Men Murders · Alexander Campbell · n. A.P.B. 1946; abridged.
106 · A Case for McCoy · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss
110 · Court of Shadows · Dana Chambers · n. The Dial Press 1943, as by Giles Jackson; abridged.
161 · The Pitfalls of Forgery · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

Triple Detective [v4 #3, Winter 1950] (25¢, pulp)

11 · The Yellow Taxi [Dr. Hugh Westlake] · Jonathan Stagge · n. Doubleday 1942; abridged.
62 · I Found Him Dead · Gale Gallagher · n. Coward-McCann 1947; abridged.
103 · The Santa Claus Murders · Edward S. Sullivan · ss
105 · Last Visit · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss
108 · Murder at London’s Gate · John Creasey · na
160 · Screaming Death · Simpson M. Ritter · ts

Triple Detective [v5 #1, Spring 1950] (25¢, pulp)

11 · The Dead Don’t Care [Bill Crane] · Jonathan Latimer · n. Doubleday 1938; abridged.
50 · Case of the Feeble Rattlesnake · Stacy Kent · ts
56 · Murder One · Eleazar Lipsky · n. Doubleday 1948; abridged.
105 · You Made Me Die · Morris Cooper · ss
109 · Pere Du Crime · Simpson M. Ritter · ts
110 · The Red Gate · Richard Burke · n. Ziff-Davis 1947; abridged.

Triple Detective [v5 #2, Summer 1950] (25¢, pulp)

11 · The Diamond Feather · Helen Reilly · n. Doubleday 1930
54 · A Screen for Murder · E. C. R. Lorac · n. Doubleday 1948
91 · She Shot Her Man · Stacy Kent · ts
103 · Easy to Frame a Jailbird · Ray Cummings · ss
111 · The Olympian · W. H. Swanberg · ss
118 · Tavern of the Dead · Amber Dean · na

Triple Detective [v5 #3, Fall 1950] (25¢, pulp)

11 · Where the Snow Was Red [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · n. Dodd, Mead 1949; abridged.
53 · Murder Spends the Weekend [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss
58 · The Deadly Voyage [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Margaret Ludwig · na Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous, George Routledge & Sons 1940, as “The Sailors’ Rendezvous”; translated from the French (“Au rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas”, Fayard, 1931).
102 · One of the Gang · John S. Endicott · ss
106 · Murder Is Never Late [Lemmy Caution] · Peter Cheyney · na
146 · Mr. Bronson on the Nile · Edward S. Sullivan · ts
151 · Tommy Duff’s Big Case · Ray Cummings · ss

Triple Detective [v6 #1, Winter 1951] (25¢, pulp)

9 · The Saint and Mr. Teal [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na The Thriller Jun 16 1934, as “The Man Who Knew”
45 · Last Loot · Ray Cummings · ss
49 · Contract for Murder [Barney Forbes, P.I.] · Edward S. Ronns · ss
58 · Death Looks Down · Amelia Reynolds Long · n. Ziff-Davis 1944; abridged.
91 · Murder of an Admiral · Leo Marr · ss
94 · Slay Ride [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · n. Washburn 1950
153 · The Other Side of the Story · Harold Helfer · ms

Triple Detective [v6 #2, Spring 1951] (25¢, pulp)

9 · Death of a Countess [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Margaret Ludwig · na Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous, George Routledge & Sons 1940, as “The Saint-Fiacre Affair”; abridged.; translated from the French (“L’Affaire Saint-Fiacre”, Fayard, 1932).
54 · It Wasn’t the Cat · John L. Benton · ss
58 · Some Buried Caesar [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · n. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1939; abridged.
100 · The Face of Murder · Arthur J. Burks · ss
104 · The Backstage Mystery [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · na

Triple Detective [v6 #3, Summer 1951] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Readers] · lc
9 · Last Act for Murder · Margery Allingham · na Deadly Duo, Doubleday 1949, as “Last Act”
59 · The Register · Harold Helfer · ts
60 · Next Issue’s Novels · Anon. · ms
61 · Funny Money · Anon. · ms
62 · Mischief Done · Jack Sheridan · na Home & Van Thal 1948
91 · The Lady Was No Lady · Anon. · ms
109 · Speaking of Tricks · Anon. · ms
110 · Death at Cockcrow · Frederick C. Davis · na The American Magazine Feb 1942
131 · Murder in the Worst Degree · Anon. · ms
138 · Alias Sherlock Holmes · Anon. · ms
139 · Do You Feel a Chill? · Anon. · ms
145 · Pardon My Pistol · Anon. · ms

Triple Detective [v7 #1, Fall 1951] (25¢, pulp)

9 · Clock Without Hands · Gerald Kersh · nv Collier’s Oct 12 1946 (+2)
40 · Murder for the President’s Purse · Hugh Pentecost · na The American Magazine Aug 1949
74 · Invisible Witness · Norman A. Daniels · ss
83 · Who Killed the Parrot · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss
92 · The Case of the Hooded Hawk · Herbert Brean · na
124 · The Black Slipper · Harold Helfer · ts
127 · Too Beautiful to Hang · John Paul Jones · ss
136 · Squared · Benton Braden · ss

Triple Detective [v7 #2, Winter 1952] (25¢, pulp)

9 · Foxy Felons · Harold Helfer · ts
10 · A Key for Any Lock [Don Marko] · Stewart Sterling · na
40 · The Lady in the Morgue [Bill Crane] · Jonathan Latimer · n. Doubleday 1936; abridged.
97 · Walls Do Not a Prison, Et Cetera · Bess Ritter · ts
116 · The Paradise Canyon Mystery · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine Jul 1936

Triple Detective [v7 #3, Spring 1952] (25¢, pulp)

10 · Talk About Murder [Nick Blade] · Edward Churchill · na
50 · Mother Finds a Body [Gypsy Rose Lee] · Gypsy Rose Lee (ghost written by Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig) · n. Simon & Schuster 1942; abridged.
103 · After Midnight · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss
108 · Violence in Paradise · Harold Helfer · ts
110 · The Second Visitor [Jupiter Jones] · Timothy Fuller · nv The American Magazine Sep 1937

Triple Detective [v8 #1, Summer 1952] (25¢, pulp)

9 · A Bit of Sand · Harold Helfer · ts
10 · This Is My Blood · Dorothy Dunn · na
40 · The Fall Guy · Russ Davis · ss
48 · You’ll Die Laughing · Bruce Elliott · n. Five Star 1945; abridged.
108 · Six Little Wooden Men · Rufus Bakalor · ss
111 · Wait for Your Victim · Philip L. Ketchum · ss
118 · Murder in Her Stars · Leo Priestley · ss
120 · Hide the Evidence · Frederick C. Davis · nv Black Mask Apr 1939

Triple Detective [v8 #2, Fall 1952] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

9 · Meet Mrs. Murder · Harold Helfer · ts
10 · Homicide in Harlem · Dale Bogard · na
51 · Crime of Passion · Jack Benton · ts
54 · The Stars Spell Death [Dr. Hugh Westlake] · Jonathan Stagge · na Argosy Oct 28 1939 (+6)
112 · 3 Kills for 1 · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Jul 1942
135 · Now I’ll Take Over · William Oja · ss
137 · The Farmer’s Son · Morris Cooper · ss

Triple Detective [v8 #3, Winter 1953] ed. David X. Manners (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · E. J. Fuller · cl
9 · The Fleas That Solved a Murder · Harold Helfer · ar
10 · The Dead Doll · Bruce Elliott · na
27 · Women in Crime · Jack Benton · ar
33 · Cartoon Fun · Reamer Keller · ct
47 · Hold the Onions · Norman Renard · ar
71 · The Flight of Mr. Bunce · Rufus Bakalor · ss
73 · The Mystery Quiz · Joseph C. Stacey · qz
74 · Weapon Invisible [Don Marko] · Stewart Sterling · na
85 · The Homicidal Hound · Carter Critz · ar
108 · Walk Softly, Killer · Wilbur S. Peacock · na Mystery Book Magazine Mar 1947
145 · Funny Breaks · Bert Reichert · hu

Triple Detective [v9 #1, Spring 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Editor] · cl
9 · Sidelights on Crime · Bert Reichert · ms
10 · A Corpse for Caroline · Jeremy York · na
27 · Old Friends Meet · Mark Wall · ar
33 · Paid in Full · Walt Robbins · ar
39 · Amen · James Brand · ar
66 · Murder Bait · Philip Weck · ss
74 · Blonde Angel of Death · W. T. Ballard · nv Thrilling Detective Jun 1942
94 · Black Pudding Blues · Rufus Bakalor · ss
97 · Killer on the Loose · Walter Monaghan · ss
111 · Heart of Gold · Dave Dryfoos · ss
113 · Decisions · Jack Benton · ts
114 · The Lady’s Out for Blood! [Myro Catin] · Stewart Sterling · na
131 · Explanations · Harold Helfer · ts
145 · Treasure Alley · Norman Renard · ar

Triple Detective [v9 #2, Summer 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Editor] · cl
9 · The Mystery Quiz · Joseph C. Stacey · qz
10 · Softly Creep and Softly Kill! [Tony Lark] · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales Aug 1947
25 · Last Laugh · Stephen Baxter · ar
35 · One Good Turn— · Lew York · ar
45 · Dead Wrong · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
54 · Sucker for a Blonde · Ralph Wellner · ss
64 · Killer, What’s Your Name? · Frederick C. Davis · na Argosy Jan 10 1942
79 · Ah, Youth! · Mark Wall · ts
84 · The Corpse Came Back · Philip Weck · ss
93 · The Square Peg · Leonard F. Guttridge · ss
96 · Fiend in the Dark · Harold Helfer · ts
98 · All She Wants Is Money · Emmett McDowell · na
111 · Explanations · Jack Benton · ts
115 · Dear Mr. District Attorney— · Bart Lacey · ar

Triple Detective [v9 #3, Fall 1953] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

9 · The Man Who Changed Money · Sam Brant · ts
10 · The Screaming Blonde [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na
41 · Two White Beards · Harold Helfer · ts
45 · A Coffin in His Dreams · John D. MacDonald · na
79 · Rocks in His Head · D. S. Halacy, Jr. · ss
82 · The Sweetest Corpse in Town! [Tony Lark] · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales Apr 1948
111 · The Man Behind the Gun [Barney Brachen] · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss

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