A complete book-length murder mystery novel in each pulp magazine... that's the basic concept that Thrilling Publications offered in Detective Mystery Novel Magazine. This magazine went through several name changes, as pulps were known to do. It began in 1935 as Thrilling Mystery, a weird menace magazine. As the public's tastes changed, so did the content of the pulp. The shudder tales were replaced by detective mysteries, and in Winter 1945 the title was changed to Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine. It lasted thirteen issues under this title, then changed to Detective Mystery Novel Magazine, a subtle but distinctive difference. Nine issues later, with the Winter 1949 issue, it became 2 Detective Mystery Novels Magazine. It closed after five more issues. During its "mystery novels" phase, it published some of best murder mysteries on the market. It outlasted its sibling publication, a similarly named Detective Novel Magazine, by two years, ceasing publication with the Winter 1951 issue. Detective Mystery Novel Magazine returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Featured Book-Length Novel Selection
The Criminal C.O.D.
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
There is nothing more deadly than a practical joke which goes wrong — as wealthy Jane Lennox learns when Asey Mayo, Codfish Sherlock, probes the murder of her father’s secretary!
Short Stories
The Unlamented Corpse
by Wayland Rice
Detective Don Hanley follows a grim and difficult trail of mystery.
Combination For Murder
by Anthony Tompkins
A quarter-million in pearls, a girl and an ex-con form this set-up...
Murder Marked
by Norman A. Daniels
When a star witness is killed, Mike Crane has to dig up a new one!
A Department
The Line-Up
by The Editor
An interesting get-together for our readers, writers and editor.
