by Helen Reilly
Man with the Painted Head. Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. Magazine appearance: Detective Novel Magazine, Spring, 1948.
Murder in the Mews*. Doubleday Crime Club, 1931; hardcover reprint: Collier, n.d. Paperback reprints: Detective Novel Classic #23, ca.1943; Popular Library #259, ca.1950; Macfadden, 1966; Manor, 1974. Advance magazine appearance: serialized in Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, June 20, June 27, July 4, July 11, July 18, July 25, 1931.
The Doll’s Trunk Murder. Farrar & Rinehart, 1932; hardcover reprint: Grosset & Dunlap; n.d. Paperback reprint: Popular Library #211, 1949. Magazine appearance: Triple Detective, Winter, 1948. Comment: The notorious “bondage” cover on the paperback edition was done by well-known pulp artist Rudolph Belarski.
McKee of Centre Street*. Doubleday Crime Club, 1934; hardcover reprint: Sun Dial Press, 1943. Paperback reprint: Popular Library #33; ca.1944.
The Line-Up*. Doubleday Crime Club; 1934; hardcover reprint: Sun Dial Press, 1942. Paperback reprints: Macfadden, 1967; Manor, 1977.
Dead Man Control*. Doubleday Crime Club, 1936; hardcover reprint: Sun Dial Press: 1937. Paperback reprints: Macfadden, 1964; Manor, 1974.
Mr. Smith’s Hat*. Doubleday Crime Club, 1936; hardcover reprint: Sun Dial Press, n.d. Paperback reprints: Popular Library #48, ca. 1945; Macfadden, 1968; Manor, 1977.
File on Rufus Ray. William Morrow & Co., 1937. Oversized cardboard folder. Crimefile #2: “This file contains the complete dossier of a crime, with every clue and item of evidence preserved in its original, physical form, exactly as it might have been received at Police Headquarters. The crime was a murder. The police solved it. Can You?” Included are facsimiles of “evidence” such as letters, confetti, cigar ashes, button, photographs, telegrams, etc. The solution is included in a sealed envelope.
All Concerned Notified*. Doubleday Crime Club, 1939; hardcover reprint: Sun Dial Press, 1940. Paperback reprints: Century #29, 1945; Macfadden, 1964; Manor, 1974. Advance magazine appearance: Cosmopolitan, May, 1939.
Dead for a Ducat*. Doubleday Crime Club,1939. Paperback reprint: Popular Library #56, 1945.
Death Demands an Audience*. Doubleday Crime Club, 1940; hardcover reprint: Sun Dial Press, 1941. Paperback reprints: Popular Library #7, ca.1943; Macfadden, 1967; Manor, 1974.
Murder in Shinbone Alley*. Doubleday Crime Club, 1940; hardcover reprint: Sun Dial Press, 1941. Paperback reprints: Popular Library #20, ca.1944; Macfadden, 1964; Manor, 1974.
The Dead Can Tell*. Random House, 1940. Paperback reprint: Dell #17, ca.1943, mapback.
Mourned on Sunday*. Random House, 1941. Paperback reprint: Dell #63, ca.1944, mapback.
Three Women in Black*. Random House, 1941. Paperback reprints: Dell #114, ca.1946, mapback; Dell #709, 1953.
Name Your Poison*. Random House, 1942; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #148, ca.1947, mapback.
The Opening Door*. Random House, 1944. Paperback reprints: Dell #200, ca.1947, mapback; Dell #917, ca.1956; Ace Double #G518, ca.1965, bound with Follow Me. Advance magazine appearance: serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 6, Nov 13, 1943.
Murder on Angler’s Island*. Random House, 1945; hardcover reprints: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d.; Collier [Front Page Mystery], n.d.; Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #228, ca.1948, mapback. Magazine appearance: Detective Novel Magazine, June 1946.
The Silver Leopard*. Random House, 1946; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #287, ca.1949, mapback. Magazine appearance: Mystery Book Magazine, Jan 1947.
“The Phonograph Murder*.” Short story, Collier’s, Jan 25, 1947. Reprinted: The Saint Mystery Magazine, March 1955.
The Farmhouse*. Random House, 1947; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #397, ca.1950, mapback.
“Dark Exit.” Novelette, Mystery Book Magazine, Fall 1948. Note: See the entry for “Black Reminder” below.
“Perilous Escort.” Novelette, Short Stories, October 25, 1948. Reprinted as “The Perilous Journey,” Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, May 1962.
“Black Reminder.” Story, Mystery Book Magazine, Spring 1949. Note: Both this story and “Dark Entry” may have been expanded to later novels, but which, if any, is not known. Whether Inspector McKee appears in either or both is also unknown.
Staircase 4*. Random House, 1949; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #498, ca.1951, mapback.
Murder at Arroways*. Random House, 1950; hardcover reprint: Mystery Guild [book club], n.d. Paperback reprint: Dell #576, ca.1952, mapback. Appeared serially in several newspapers as “The Black Ring.”
Lament for the Bride*. Random House, 1951; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #621, ca.1952, mapback.
The Double Man*. Random House, 1952; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #732, ca.1953.
The Velvet Hand*. Random House, 1953; hardcover reprint: Mystery Guild, n.d. [book club]. Advance newspaper appearance: Star Weekly [Toronto], Dec 20, 1952. No paperback edition.
Tell Her It’s Murder*. Random House, 1954; hardcover reprints: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]; Walter J. Black, n.d. Paperback reprint: Bestseller Mystery #B-201, n.d. [unabridged].
Compartment K*. Random House, 1955; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprints: Ace #G-546, ca.1963; Macfadden, 1971; Manor, n.d.
The Canvas Dagger*. Random House, 1956; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprints: Bantam #1858, 1959; Ace Double #G-531, ca.1965, abridged, bound with Not Me, Inspector; Macfadden, 1970; Manor, 1974.
Ding Dong Bell*. Random House, 1958; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprints: Ace Double #G-528, ca.1965, bound with Certain Sleep; Macfadden, 1971, Manor, 1974.
Not Me, Inspector*. Random House, 1959; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Ace Double #G-531, ca.1965, abridged, bound with The Canvas Dagger; Macfadden, 1971.
Follow Me*. Random House, 1960; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in1volume]. Paperback reprints: Ace ca. #G518, 1965, bound with The Opening Door; Macfadden, 1971. Advance newspaper appearance: Star Weekly [Toronto], May 21, 1960.
Certain Sleep*. Random House, 1961; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprints: Ace Double #G-528, ca.1965, bound with Ding Dong Bell; Macfadden, 1971; Manor , 1974. Advance newspaper appearance: Star Weekly [Toronto], June 17, 1961.
The Day She Died*. Random House, 1962; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprints: Ace #G-536, ca.1965; Macfadden, 1970.
Books written as by Kieran Abbey.
Run with the Hare. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1941. Comment: Extremely scarce. The two copies listed on ABE are priced at $175 and $300 respectively.
And Let the Coffin Pass. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. Comment: Also very scarce, but the three copies listed on ABE range in price from $49.50 to only $70.
Beyond the Dark. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1944; hardcover reprint: Detective Book Club, n.d. [3-in-1 volume]. Paperback reprint: Dell #93, ca.1945, mapback.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: The Round Man
Chapter Two: Warning From an Old Love
Chapter Three: Up Against a Stone Wall
Chapter Four: A Ghost of a Case
Chapter Five: Death by Invitation?
Chapter Six: New Fears
Chapter Seven: The White Pills
Chapter Eight: Missing Fortune
Chapter Nine: A Pushing Hand
Chapter Ten: Shadows of Doubt
Chapter Eleven: The Search
Chapter Twelve: Second Corpse
Chapter Thirteen: The Blood-Stained
Envelope
Chapter Fourteen: Aftermath of Two Murders
Chapter Fifteen: Ex-Wedding Gift
Chapter Sixteen: The Long Finger of Suspicion
Chapter Seventeen: The Third Murder
Chapter Eighteen: Pieces of a Puzzle
Chapter Nineteen: Through a Window
Chapter Twenty: The Bloody Coat
Chapter Twenty-One: Four Dead, One to Go
Chapter Twenty-Two: Confessions by Two
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