The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Crockett, Charlotte (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Crossword Puzzle, (pz) Black Cat Mystery Quarterly #4, 1981

Crockett, Dave (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Death Grip, (ss) Dime Detective Magazine June 1952

Crockett, Linda (1943- ); also known as Linda Crockett Gray (about) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 2003

Croft, Bernard (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Afternoon at Avignon, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #23, 1955
• Don’s Delight, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #26, September 1955

Croft, Michael (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items)
• Death Took the Call, (ss) Mystery Monthly June 1976
• Illegal Entry, (ss) Mystery Monthly September 1976

Croft, W. E. R. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Mocking Clew, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 21 1927
• Under the Stain, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 4 1927
• Ready to His Hand, (ss) Crime Mysteries #1, August 19 1927
• A Toast to the Victim, (ss) Crime Mysteries #3, September 16 1927
• All the Way Back, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 1 1927

Croft-Cooke, Rupert (1903-1979); used pseudonym Leo Bruce (about) (items)
• Brain Wave, (ss) Pharaoh and His Waggons and Other Stories by Rupert Croft-Cooke, Jarrolds, 1937
• Murder in Miniature [Sgt. Beef], (ss) The Evening Standard September 6 1950, as by Leo Bruce
• I, Said the Sparrow [Sgt. Beef], (ss) The Evening Standard October 6 1951, as by Leo Bruce
• In a Naughty World, (ss) The New Strand April 1962
• Bateman’s, (ar) The New Strand May 1962 [Ref. Rudyard Kipling]
• Tangerine Night, (ss) The New Strand July 1962

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) (about) (items)
• The Greuze, (nv) Pearson’s Magazine December 1921
• Ingots of Gold, (sl) Flynn’s Weekly August 7 1926, etc.
• The Starvel Hollow Tragedy, (n.) William Collins, 1927
• The Vertical Line, (ss) The Illustrated London News November 20 1935
• A New Zealand Tragedy, (ar) The Anatomy of Murder by The Detection Club, Bodley Head, 1936
• The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Holly Leaves November 21 1937
• The Affair at Little Wokeham [Insp. Joseph French], (ex) Hodder & Stoughton, 1943
• The Hunt Ball Murder, (ss) Todd, 1943
• Mr. Sefton, Murderer, (ss) Mr. Sefton, Murderer by Freeman Wills Croft, Polybooks, 1944
• Crime on the Footplate [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard December 28 1949
• The Two Bottles [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard January 26 1950
• The 8.12 from Waterloo [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard February 23 1950
• The Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard August 9 1950
• The Medicine Bottle [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard September 18 1950
• The Ruined Tower [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard May 26 1951
• The Raincoat [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard October 30 1951
• The Oversight [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #97, December 1951
• Ebb Tide, (ss) The Evening Standard March 20 1952
• Fingerprints [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard March 29 1952
• Gull Rock [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard April 15 1952
• The Footbridge [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard April 23 1952
• The Two Calls, (ss) The Evening Standard June 7 1952
• Tea at Four [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard September 9 1952
• The Broken Windscreen [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Evening Standard January 3 1953
• Unbreakable Alibi [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #114, May 1953
• Two Birds with One Spanner [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #117, August 1953
• The Sunken Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French], (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine December 1955

Croghan, Bryan (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• Flight Westward, (ss) The Phantom Detective Winter 1952

Cromarty, (Robert?) Noel (1920?-2001?) (about) (items)
• Uncommon in That Part of the Country, (ss) London Mystery Selection #80, March 1969
• The Silversmith, (vi) London Mystery Selection #81, June 1969

Crombie, Charles (Exeter Devereux) (1880-1967) (about) (items); also known as Chas./Charles J. Crombie.
• [front cover], (cv) The Detective Magazine #16, June 22 1923
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Detective Magazine #16, June 22 1923

Crombie, Michael; possibly a pseudonym of James Ronald (1905-1972) (items)
• Death Goes A-Riding, (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine August 1932

Crompton, Richard E. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• With Drawl, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1984

Crompton, Steven S. (fl. 1980s-1990s) (items)
• [illustration(s)] (with Gary Kato), (il) Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly Fall 1995

Cronin, George (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Everybody Knows, (ss) Hardboiled #44, February 2012

Cronin, James E. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Man Who Found the Money, (ss) Manhunt February 1954

Cronin, Jeremiah (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Better Watch Out, (ss) The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine April 2023

Cronin, Jerry (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Dress for Success, (ss) The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine April 2017
• It’s All Relative, (ss) Mystery Weekly August 2018

Cronkhite, Lisa M. (fl. 2010s) (items)
• A Change in Plans, (vi) Suspense Magazine February 2010

Crook, George T. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items)
• Secret Guardians of the King, (ar) The Detective Magazine #1, November 24 1922
• Women Harpies of the Card Table, (ar) The Detective Magazine #2, December 8 1922
• Scotland Yard’s “Big Four”, (ar) The Detective Magazine #3, December 22 1922
• The Romance of Fingerprints, (ar) The Detective Magazine #6, February 2 1923
• How to Become a Detective, (ar) The Detective Magazine #8, March 2 1923
• Scotland Yard’s Private Press, (ar) The Detective Magazine #14, May 25 1923
• The Cavalry of “The Force”, (ar) The Detective Magazine #20, August 17 1923
• After the Arrest, (ar) The Detective Magazine #26, November 9 1923
• The Long Arm of the Law, (ar) The Detective Magazine #28, December 7 1923

Crook, J. H. (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Kept In, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956

Crooker, Herbert (Beidler) (1893-1960) (about) (items)
• The Hollywood Murder Case, (n.) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #21, March 1930

Crooks, Raymond (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Middle-Man, (nv) Manhunt September 1965

Crookshank, A. C. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• R. Enticknap—Furniture Dealer, (vi) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1923

Crosby, Alanson (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items)
• The Million-Dollar Plot, (sl) Real Detective April 1932, etc.

Crosby, Bing; [i.e., Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr.] (1903-1977) (about) (items)
• Let’s Keep Our Eyes on the Ball, (ms) The Phantom Detective February 1944

Crosby, Dan (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Fake As Its Namesake, (ss) Mystery Magazine July 2023
• The Three Thieves, (ss) Mystery Magazine February 2024

Crosby, Guy (fl. 1950s) (items)
• A Friend of Stanley’s, (ss) Manhunt August 1958

Crosby, Hal (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• The Face of Death!, (ss) Sure-Fire Detective Stories April 1958
• The Lady Was Furious!, (ss) Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine October 1958
• Too Dumb to Die!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1959
• Gang Girl’s Revenge!, (ss) Web Detective Stories December 1959
• Take My Slug, Killer!, (ss) Web Detective Stories February 1960
• The Devil Is a Darling!, (nv) Web Detective Stories June 1960

Crosby, Harry C. (1925-2009); used pseudonym Christopher Anvil (items)
• The Highway Maniac, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1965, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Spy [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1965, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Hostage [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• Warped Clue, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Killer [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• Key to the Crime [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Shell Scott Mystery Magazine September 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Defector [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Problem Solver and the Burned Letter [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Hand from the Past [Richard Verner, heuristician], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1972, as by Christopher Anvil
• The Drop of a Pin, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1974, as by Christopher Anvil

Crosby, Lee; pseudonym of Ware Torrey Budlong (1905-1967) (items)
• Terror by Night [Eric Hazard], (n.) Dutton, 1938

Crosby, Walter (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Police Court Advocacy, (ar) The Detective Magazine #12, April 27 1923

Crose, Susan Lynn (1951- ); used pseudonym Lisa Jackson (items)
• Born to Die [Montana], (ex) Suspense Magazine August 2011, as by Lisa Jackson

Cross, Alan W. (fl. 1960s) (items)
• The Rut of Death, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine April 1965

Cross, Alfred W. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Larger Than Life, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1998

Cross, Amanda; pseudonym of Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1926-2003) (items)
• Tania’s No Where [Kate Fansler], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987
• Once Upon a Time [Kate Fansler], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1987
• Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987
• My Year with Dixie Carter, (ar) The Armchair Detective Summer 1991 [Ref. Dixie Carter]
• The Capricorn Moment, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2000

Cross, Breanda (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Death by Fermentation, (vi) Bullet #1, 2004
• The Valentine’s Day Massager, (ss) Bullet #3, 2005
• Too Many Cooks Spoil the Plot, (ss) Bullet #6, 2006

Cross, E(lizabeth) A(nne) (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Doctor Betty, (vi) Yankee Shorts #18, 1942

Cross, Elizabeth Anne (fl. 1940s) (items)
• And One for All, (ss) Yankee Romance Shorts #8, 1943

Cross, Gail (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2009
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2010
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2010
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2011
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2011
• [front cover], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2011

Cross, Hal (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Redheads Spell Danger [Ken “Rackets” Daly], (ss) Private Detective Stories February 1949
• Blackmail Bait [Ken “Rackets” Daly], (ss) Hollywood Detective June 1949

Cross, James; pseudonym of Hugh Jones Parry (1916-1997) (items)
• The Five-Minute Millionaire, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1965
• The hkzmp gsv bzmp Case [Sebastian Nonesuch], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966
• The Man Who Called Himself James Cross [Sebastian Nonesuch], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1967
• A Matter of Probabilities, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1968

Cross, Kathryn; pseudonym (fl. 2000s) (items)
• The Cat Came Back, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2003

Cross, Laurence (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The White Chalet [Tommy Lumb], (n.) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine October 1928, etc.

Cross, Lee (fl. 1950s) (items)
• The Weird Squad, (ss) The London Mystery Magazine #15, April/May 1952

Cross, Maris (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Don’t Gamble with Death, (ss) Westend Detective #35, 195?

Cross, Mason; pseudonym of Gavin Bell (1979- ) (about) (items)
• Expiry Date, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2015

Cross, Monte (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Hoods (with Robert D. Smith), (ss) New Mystery v1 #2, 1992, as by Monte Cross & Jack Dolphin

Cross, Ronald Anthony (1937-2006) (about) (items)
• The Exchange, (ss) Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine August 1974

Cross, Sam (fl. 1940s) (items)
• A Sucker Is Born, (ms) Mammoth Detective September 1947

Cross, Wheddon (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items)
• Hands Across the Sea, (ss) London Mystery Selection #74, September 1967

Crossen, Forest (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Mystic Curse of Gold, (ar) Complete Detective Novel Magazine #71, June 1934

Crossen, Kendell Foster (1910-1981); used pseudonyms Bennett Barlay, M. E. Chaber, Richard Foster & Kent Richards (about) (items)
• The Aaron Burr Murder Case, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly September 2 1939
• John Brown’s Body, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly December 16 1939
• Death Is a Tourist, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly December 30 1939, as by Bennett Barlay
• The Case of the Happy Undertaker [Mortimer Death], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly February 3 1940, as by Bennett Barlay
• One Dollar—One Corpse, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly February 24 1940, as by Bennett Barlay
• Satan Comes Across, (sl) Detective Fiction Weekly March 9 1940, etc., as by Bennett Barlay
• Homicide on the Hook, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly March 23 1940
• The Green Lama [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective April 1940, as by Richard Foster
• Croesus of Murder [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective May 1940, as by Richard Foster
• Babies for Sale [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective June 1940, as by Richard Foster
• The Wave of Death [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective July 1940, as by Richard Foster
• The Red Rooster of Death [Mortimer Death], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly August 10 1940, as by Bennett Barlay
• The Man Who Wasn’t There [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective August 1940, as by Richard Foster
• Death’s Head Face [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective September 1940, as by Richard Foster
• The Case of the Clown Who Laughed [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective October 1940, as by Richard Foster
• A Shield and a Club, (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories November 1940
• The Cat and the Foil [Johnny “Mad” Hatter], (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly December 14 1940
• The Case of the Invisible Enemy [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective December 1940, as by Richard Foster
• A Vision of Murder, (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories December 1940
• The Case of the Mad Magi [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective February 1941, as by Richard Foster
• The Parson Returns, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly March 22 1941
• Prest-o Change-o Murder [Mortimer Death], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly April 12 1941, as by Bennett Barlay
• The Ears of Loretta, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly April 19 1941
• Fifty to One Is Murder, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly April 26 1941, as by Bennett Barlay
• The Case of the Vanishing Ships [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective April 1941, as by Richard Foster
• The Miniature Murders, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 17 1941
• The Crime in the Wastebasket, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941, as by Bennett Barlay
• Too Late for Murder [Mortimer Death], (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 14 1941, as by Bennett Barlay
• Axe for the Parson, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 21 1941
• The Case of the Fugitive Fingerprints [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective June 1941, as by Richard Foster
• Three on a Murder, (nv) Double Detective June 1941, as by Kent Richards
• Murder as a Fine Art, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly July 12 1941
• Trouble with Twins [Johnny “Mad” Hatter], (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly July 19 1941
• And So to Murder, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly August 2 1941
• The Case of the Crooked Cane [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective August 1941, as by Richard Foster
• The Case of the Hollywood Ghost [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (na) Double Detective October 1941, as by Richard Foster
• Murder Wins an Oscar, (ss) Detective Fiction November 15 1941, as by Kent Richards
• My Kid Brother—A Killer?, (ss) All Star Detective December 1941
• The Laughing Buddha Murders, (nv) Flynn’s Detective Fiction January 1943
• Blonde Trouble, (ss) Baffling Detective Mysteries March 1943, as by Kent Richards
• The Case of the Beardless Corpse [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)], (nv) Double Detective March 1943, as by Richard Foster
• Murder Goes Overboard, (ss) Baffling Detective Mysteries March 1943, as by Richard Foster
• An Angle to Murder, (ss) Baffling Detective Mysteries May 1943, as by Bennett Barlay
• The Case of the Curious Heel [Jason Jones & Necessary Smith], (na) Baffling Detective Mysteries May 1943
• Death’s Key Ring, (ss) Baffling Detective Mysteries May 1943, as by Richard Foster
• All Dressed Up, (ss) Baffling Detective Mysteries July 1943
• A Killer’s Number, (ss) Baffling Detective Mysteries July 1943, as by Richard Foster
• The Crime in the Envelope, (ss) Banner Mysteries March 1945, as by Bennett Barlay
• A Long Time Dead, (nv) New Detective Magazine March 1945
• Mystery Quiz, (qz) Banner Mysteries April 1945
• The Gnome’s Gneiss, (nv) Startling Stories May 1952
• The Jelly Roll Heist [Milo March], (nv) Popular Detective September 1952, as by M. E. Chaber
• Anything for a Thrill, (na) Popular Detective November 1952, as by M. E. Chaber
• Death Bait, (na) Mobsters December 1952
• The White Death [Dan Fowler], (na) G-Men Detective Winter 1953, as by Richard Foster
• The Death Makers, (na) Mobsters February 1953, as by M. E. Chaber
• Murder for Madame [Milo March], (nv) Popular Detective Fall 1953, as by M. E. Chaber
• The Agile Algolian [Manning Draco], (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1954
• Precinct 23, (na) Triple Detective Winter 1954, as by M. E. Chaber
• A Hearse of Another Color [Milo March], (n.) Rinehart, 1958, as by M. E. Chaber

Crossley, Amy (fl. 1970s) (items)
• The Abominable Ad Man, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979

Crossley, Barbara (1952- ) (items)
• Right Between the Eyes, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1995
• Pass the Poison, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1995
• GSOH, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1995

Crosswell, Marie S. (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• Cinders, (ss) Thuglit #7, September/October 2013
• Pearls in a Pigsty, (ss) Betty Fedora #1, 2015

Crosswhite, E(lwyn) B(reckenridge) (1897-1964) (about) (items)
• Flies in the Web, (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction September 10 1927
• The Dead Man Tells a Tale, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories September 1927
• The Silent Voice, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories October 1927
• The Has-Been, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories April 1928
• The Yellow Cat, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories July/August 1928
• Professional Pride, (ss) Mystery Stories October 1928
• Accusing Fingers, (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories March 1929
• Purple Testimony, (ss) Mystery Stories April 1929
• The Murder in the Museum, (nv) Five-Novels Monthly August 1929
• Jepthah Was a Judge, (ss) Clues March 1934