Speed Detective began in 1934 under the title Spicy Detective, focusing on fast action stories, a bit provocative... perhaps a bit too provocative. Government and industry pressure finally caused Culture Publications to tone down their magazine beginning with the January 1943 issue. They even changed the company name to Trojan Publications. The contents weren't the only thing to change... the title was changed to Speed Detective. The magazine, in spite of its controversial reputation, attracted a surprising variety of top authors, including Robert Leslie Bellem, E. Hoffman Price, Hugh B. Cave, Norvell Page and Arthur Wallace. The February 1947 issue was the last of this long-running series. Speed Detective now returns with vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Speed Detective Novelettes
Star Dice
by Robert Leslie Bellem
Looking for a vanished Hollywood actress in a tough gambling joint is dangerous business — but Dan Turner knew a couple of tricks.
Doll House Murder
by E. Hoffmann Price
Pierre was small, but, he was as much a man as any other in New Orleans. When murder and Nazi spies came into his life...
Short Stories and Special Features
Canaries Don’t Croon
by Geoffrey North
Flagg took the long road to revenge, found just the girl to help him, then discovered murder as well!
Look For A Grave
by William Decatur
The lovely movie actress was willing to pay anything for his apartment — and finally did pay... in blood...
Easy Lettuce
by R.T. Maynard
He’d been in love, once, with the girl who had married this blackmailer...
Who Was He?
Blow Hot, Blow Cold...!