Feature Novel, Complete In This Issue
Close To Murder
by Howard Prince
It was a bizarre setup for him, a private investigator, Monk Chapman decided — for he'd be investigating himself along with the regular cops, what with his dazzling and tempestuous sister dead so strangely and himself under suspicion, plus involvements with the underworld and an unknown fortune!
Outstanding Novelettes and Short Stories
The Persuader
by Walton Grey
At first glance it seemed certain that the oddly carved mysterious sticklike thing was virtually valueless — but it was the most macabre thing on earth, as Quirey began to realize in his quiet terror!
Bullet To Spare
by T.V. Faulkner
When a racketeer hires a private detective to protect him from his dangerous impulses, there’s trouble ahead — and certainly in this case there was.
Cheap Homicide
by Paul Hanna
Now that he was a special kind of big shot, Holmgren risked coming back to the town from which he had long ago been driven by thoroughly vicious gamblers — because it was a challenge and he liked tough challenges!
Forget The Kill
by Randolph Barr
It was amnesia, yes — but it was fated to tie in with hatred, venom, disaster and death, not to mention a hard-stuff detective named Vic Dodge.
Special Features
Dawn Of Death
by James Bennett
Good short collection 
