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Private Detective Stories [v13 #6, November 1943] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Murder by Accident [John Ryan] · Roger Torrey · nv
24 · Murder’s Not Rationed · Lee E. Wells · nv
48 · Death Fruit · Arthur M. Oliver · nv
86 · Copper’s Comeback · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
98 · Bad Water · Justin Case · ss
Silly Statutes of the States · Anon. · ms
Boiler Room Bandits · Anon. · ms
Some Dope on Dice · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v14 #1, December 1943] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Two Men Missing · Roger Torrey · ss
16 · Reprieve · L. G. Blochman · ss
30 · It’ll Be Quiet Soon · Robert A. Garron · ss
42 · Triple Play · Geoffrey North · ss
50 · Cop Killer · John Ryan · ss
60 · Hangman’s Chain · Hugh B. Cave · ss
68 · A Corpse Can’t Croon · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
78 · Cain Killed Abel [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · nv

Private Detective Stories [v14 #2, January 1944] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Dated for the Kill · Geoffrey North · na
34 · Die, Die, Black Sheep · Henry Norton · ss
45 · Anti-Rat Commandos · Anon. · ms
46 · Hot Wires · John Ryan · ss
57 · The Mosquito Who Wasn’t There · Anon. · ms
58 · Ollie Goes Ice Fishing [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
68 · The Lady Lied · John A. Saxon · ss
80 · Railroad to Hell · Felix Webb · ss
96 · The Ten Big Bills · Herbert Koehl · ss

Private Detective Stories [v14 #3, February 1944] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Death’s Backyard [Cliff Cragin] · E. Hoffmann Price · na
49 · Don’t Forget Your Change · Anon. · ms
50 · Come Die with Me · Henry Norton · nv
68 · Benjy Takes a Holiday · Donald C. Cameron · ss
78 · Steps to Crime · Dale Clark · nv
99 · Police Efficiency in Washington · Anon. · ms
100 · Birdie Gets Her Ride · Harold de Polo · ss

Private Detective Stories [v14 #4, March 1944] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Today Macauley Dies · Robert A. Garron · na
51 · The Knife of Dread · Anon. · ms
52 · P.D. File 213 · Dale Clark · ss
59 · Chiselry—On the Grand Scale · Anon. · ms
60 · Ollie Meets a Kidnaper [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
70 · Out of This World · Day Keene · ss
82 · Death’s Wife · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
93 · “18 to 26 Only” · Anon. · ms
94 · He Made a Record · Zeta Rothschild · ar
106 · Strictly Legal · Anon. · ms
108 · Mad Roman Hoilday · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v14 #5, April 1944] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Somebody Stole My Gal [John Ryan] · Roger Torrey · nv
36 · Killer, Come Back to Me · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
44 · The Man Died Twice · George A. McDonald · nv
70 · Red Runs the River · Henry Norton · nv
90 · The Seeing Eye · Lew Merrill · ss
End of the Oldest Skin Game · Anon. · ms
How to Die of Old Age · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v14 #6, May 1944] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Murder Wears a High Hat [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · na
26 · Brunette Beautician [Jeff Dargan] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv
44 · Ollie Gets His Evidence [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
54 · Special Effect · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
64 · Curse of the Tremaines [Dr. Gabriel] · Hugh Speer · ss
78 · Death on a Platter · Andrew Holt · nv
96 · Pistol-Packin’ Gran’ma · Laurence Donovan · ss

Private Detective Stories [v15 #1, June 1944] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · An Orchid for a Killer [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · na
33 · Kidnaper Convicted by Knife-Blade · Anon. · ms
34 · Open Season · Edward Anhalt · nv
54 · The Filthy Weed · Robert A. Garron · ss
66 · One Corpse Too Many · Geoffrey North · nv
92 · No Safety in Numbers · Edward S. Williams · ss
106 · Murder That Boomeranged · Zeta Rothschild · ar

Private Detective Stories [v15 #2, July 1944] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Argentina Slay Ride [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · nv
32 · Take the Guy Home · Don James · nv
52 · Death Buys Black Gas · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
62 · No Fish Scales [Chan Buzzell] · Harold de Polo · ss
70 · More Murders That Boomeranged · Zeta Rothschild · ar
92 · Damascus Gun · Dale Clark · ss
104 · For the Love of Murder · Howard Peck · ss
Chimney at No. 21 · Anon. · ms
Truth Serum · Anon. · ms
Dectective Plays a Hunch · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v15 #3, August 1944] (15¢, 96pp, pulp)

4 · Black Murder · Roger Torrey · nv
39 · Expressions May Not Betray Them · Anon. · ms
40 · Stripes for the Sleuth · Dale Clark · ss; illustrated by Sokoli
50 · An Eye for an Ear · George A. McDonald · ss
62 · There Shall Be No Morning · Edward Ronns · nv
82 · Ticket to Death [John Ryan] · John Ryan · ss

Private Detective Stories [v15 #4, September 1944] (15¢, pulp)

4 · You’ll Die Laughing [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv
28 · Heir to Homicide · Rex Whitechurch · ss
34 · Murder vs. Marriage [Joe Bunt] · Laurence Donovan · ss
54 · The Dead Can Kill [Cupid Cain] · William Decatur · nv
78 · Copper with a Grouch · Harold de Polo · ss
The Unknown Eye · Anon. · ms
Termites for Dessert · Anon. · ms
Bees for Britain · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v15 #5, October 1944] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Path to the Death House · Roger Torrey · nv
32 · Attar of Homicide · Donald C. Cameron · ss
44 · Death Goes Begging · Francis K. Allan · nv
68 · Riddle of the Plucked Peacock · Geoffrey North · nv
96 · Origins of Police Nomenclature · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v15 #6, November 1944] (15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Old Lady in the Lake · Roger Torrey · nv
35 · “Murder!” They Cried · R. Stewart Schenley · qz
36 · Kill Me Again [“Bumps” McCarthy] · Laurence Donovan · nv
56 · Go Ahead—Jump! [Clarence Sneed] · Robert A. Garron · ss
68 · Brain-Buster · Lew Merrill · ss
76 · Bury the Dead [John Ryan] · John Ryan · nv

Private Detective Stories [v16 #1, December 1944] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Easy-Money Charlie · Roger Torrey · nv
36 · Pick-Up Kill [John Ryan] · John Ryan · ss
48 · Ollie Uses Kerosene [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
58 · Collect for the Corpse · Rex Whitechurch · ss
64 · Death Child [Sam Drake] · Sam Drake · ss
76 · The Tell-Tale Arm [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · ss
Industrial Insurors Battle Racketeers · Anon. · ms
Science Unmasks Killer · Anon. · ms
The Professor Reads the Bones · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v16 #2, January 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Richard Lillis)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · A Straw for the Thirsty · Robert A. Garron · ss
18 · Fools Die First · Roger Torrey · nv
48 · Knockout · Donald C. Cameron · ss
58 · Hundred Dollars from Hades · Rex Whitechurch · ss
66 · The Mouse with Red Legs · Geoffrey North · ss
72 · Murder in Paradise · Wyatt Blassingame · ss
82 · Planted Fingerprints · Lew Merrill · ss

Private Detective Stories [v16 #3, February 1945] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Dog in the Manger [Victor “Vik” Mlada] · Robert A. Garron · ss
22 · Killer’s Cross-Up · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
32 · The Man with Two Faces · David Carver · ss
42 · Ollie Plays with Fingerprints [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
48 · Delayed Death · Roger Torrey · na
93 · Movies for Murderer’s Row · Howard Peck · ar
London Racket · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v16 #4, March 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Suicide Murder · Roger Torrey · nv
30 · Temper, It’s Terrible · Dale Clark · nv
50 · Action in Manhattan · Geoffrey North · ss
58 · Chan Handles an Axe [Chan Buzzell] · Clark Nelson · ss
75 · Ollie Hears a Cricket [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss

Private Detective Stories [v16 #5, April 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Peralta Pay-Off [John Ryan] · Roger Torrey · na
36 · Feathers · Clive Trent · ss
44 · Breakfast in Bed [Timothy Tappan Sloane] · Wallace Kayton · nv
70 · Home-Town Soldier · Lew Merrill · nv
95 · Crooks Who Reached Ripe Old Age · Anon. · ar

Private Detective Stories [v16 #6, May 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 98pp+, pulp)
Given as v16 #5 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

4 · Death’s Dark Garden · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na
44 · Killer Takes All · George A. McDonald · nv
68 · Ollie Sets a Trap [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
79 · Persistence · Anon. · ms
93 · Murder in the Death Cell · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v17 #1, June 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

4 · Whipsaw [Honest John Carmody] · E. Hoffmann Price · na
34 · That Killer Is Mine · Wallace Kayton · nv
56 · Button, Button · Lew Merrill · ss
67 · The Sleepy Killer · Anon. · ms
68 · The Precipice · Ray Cummings · ss
76 · No-Account Dog · Geoffrey North · ss

Private Detective Stories [v17 #2, July 1945] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Stranglers Walk Softly · Geoffrey North · nv
30 · One Born Every Murder · Rex Whitechurch · ss
38 · Ollie Tries Ice-Skating [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
50 · Murder for Millions [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · nv Clues Detective Stories Mar 1938

Private Detective Stories [v17 #3, August 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

4 · Burial Plot [Victor “Vik” Mlada] · Robert A. Garron · nv
32 · Taxi Kill [Sam Drake] · Sam Drake · ss
46 · Postponed Verdict · Lew Merrill · ss
54 · Models for Murder · W. T. Ballard · nv
72 · Decision · Ray Cummings · ss

Private Detective Stories [v17 #4, September 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

4 · Skeleton in the Closet · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na
28 · Don’t Worry About Me · Edward Ronns · nv
42 · Proxy Murder [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · ss
50 · Soldier’s Return · Henry Norton · ss
58 · Fungus and Arsenic · Victor Rousseau · ss

Private Detective Stories [v17 #5, October 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Riddle of the Runaway Rat · Geoffrey North · nv
24 · The Right to Kill · Henry Norton · ss
32 · Affair on Buzzard’s Island · Day Keene · ss
50 · Postscript to a Honeymoon · Elizabeth Starr · ss
54 · Murder c/o Susan · Donald C. Cameron · ss
64 · Black Record · David Carver · nv
95 · Chemistry Aids Homicide Cops · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v17 #6, November 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · You Can’t Cheat Death · Laurence Donovan · na
26 · Double Switch · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
34 · The Shadowy Thing · Ray Cummings · ss
39 · The Man Nobody Knew · Elizabeth Starr · ss
44 · Let ’Er Buck [Smith & Wesson Humphrey] · Wallace Kayton · nv
94 · M.O. Solves Crimes · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #1, December 1945] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Justifiable Homicide · Roger Torrey · nv
30 · Death on My Hands [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · ss
48 · Ghoul of My Dreams · Henry Norton · ss
56 · Dark Destiny · Elizabeth Starr · ss
64 · Bright Dummy · Ray Cummings · ss

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