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Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [June 1943] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Case of the Beardless Corpse [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)] · Richard Foster · nv Double Detective March 1943

· Next Stop—Murder! · Peter Richards · ts Double Detective March 1943

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 8, October 1943] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· One Little Bottle of Murder · David Manners · ss Detective Fiction Weekly February 1 1941, as “The Corpse in the Bottle”

· Dead Man’s Clue · Frederick C. Painton · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 25 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 9, December 1943] (pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· He Looked Like Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 8 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 10, February 1944] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· Of Time and Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 15 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 11, April 1944] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge. Note that the Davis/Brandon story, “High Dough”, at least, is abridged from its original appearance.

2 · Freak Cases from the Desk Sergeant’s Blotter · The Editor · ms (r)

4 · The Black Spot [Captain McGrail] · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly April 26 1941

12 · Murder Comes Home · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 19 1941

16 · High Dough · William E. Brandon · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 10 1941; abridged and given as by Frederick C. Davis, who might be the real author.

22 · The Vixen of Greed · James W. Booth · ar Detective Fiction Weekly May 10 1941

31 · Ill Wind · Charles Ingerman · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

39 · It’s All in the Angle [Happy McGonigle] · Paul Allenby · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

51 · The Sundial’s Secret · Robert W. Sneddon · ar Detective Fiction Weekly April 12 1941

58 · They’re Off and You’re Out · Wally Wood · ar Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

63 · Death Receives a Telegram · L. Ernenwein · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

65 · Cruise Ship Murder · Frederick C. Painton · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 13, August 1944] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 80pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · Murderer’s Last Smoke · Joel Townsley Rogers · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 2 1941

19 · Personal Touch · John J. McPhaul · ss Detective Fiction September 3 1941

20 · Mr. Simpson Meets a Killer · Don James · ss Detective Fiction August 20 1941

28 · Groomed for Murder · Dale Clark · ss Detective Tales October 1943

37 · The Two-Cent Kill · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 26 1941

47 · The Deadly Role · Ralph Oppenheim · ss Detective Fiction September 3 1941

55 · Mr. Pettibone Shoots It Out [Oliver Pettibone] · Donald G. Cormack · ss Detective Fiction September 3 1941

64 · Guarding New York’s Millions · Kenneth P. Wood · ar Detective Fiction Weekly June 28 1941, as “Guarding New York’s Billions”

67 · The Revolt of Widow Murphy · William Campbell Gault · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 24 1941

73 · Maestro for the Dead · Henry Norton · ss Detective Tales November 1943

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 14, October 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

2 · Testing your Crime I.Q. · [uncredited] · qz (r)

4 · A Trick for Halloran · Victor Maxwell · nv New Detective Magazine November 1943

22 · Dope Dictators · James W. Booth · ar Detective Fiction November 1 1941

34 · The Crimes of Joseph Wall · Theodore Roscoe · ss (r)

54 · A Great Whirring of Wings · Day Keene · ss Dime Detective Magazine November 1943

61 · Murder Wins an Oscar · Kent Richards · ss Detective Fiction November 15 1941

71 · The Deadly Meek [Captain McGrail] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction November 1 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 15, December 1944] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

2 · Crime Oddities · Various · ms (r)

4 · Satan Lies Silent · David V. Reed · nv Argosy April 15 1942

24 · The Corpseless Murder · Zeta Rothschild · ts Detective Fiction March 7 1942

32 · The Ghost in the Wires · William Edward Hayes · ss Detective Fiction April 1942

42 · The McGrabb Bag · Alfred Bester · ss Detective Fiction October 1 1941

50 · Bait for a Killer · Philip Ketchum · ss Detective Fiction January 24 1942

57 · Somebody’s Going to Die · Lawrence Treat · ss Detective Fiction February 21 1942

65 · You Can Only Hang Once · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Detective Fiction January 10 1942

73 · When Murder Is Legal · William B. Hart · ar Detective Fiction January 24 1942

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 16, February 1945] (Popular Publications, 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Seven Mile House · Max Brand · na Argosy October 4 1941 (+3)

58 · Rendezvous with Death · Robert Turner · ss Detective Tales January 1944

68 · The Night Devil · Walter C. Brown · ss Argosy April 5 1941

83 · The Last Laugh · Stallard Jones · ss Flynn’s Detective November 1942

86 · Copper’s Night Out [Casey Mason] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction February 21 1942

95 · Inspector Quiz Asks · [uncredited] · qz (r)

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 17, April 1945] (15¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Problem in Palm Springs [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na The Saint Goes West by Leslie Charteris, Doubleday Crime Club, 1942, as “Palm Springs”
based on the photo-strip “The Saint Goes West: The Mystery of the Palm Springs Playboy” (Life, May 19, 1941).

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 18, June 1945] (pulp)
Issue not indexed.

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 19, October 1945] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· A Trick for Halloran · Victor Maxwell · nv New Detective Magazine November 1943

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 20, December 1945] (15¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· The ABC Deaths · Frederick C. Davis · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 11 1933

Big-Book Detective (UK) (about)
British reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine.

Publishers:

Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd.; 14 Lever Street, Manchester 1: Big-Book Detective (UK).

Big-Book Detective (UK) [#1, n.d. (1942?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the December 1941 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Mayor of Hell · David Manners · nv Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

16 · Bait for the Hot Seat · Caary Paul · nv Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

34 · I’ll Be Seeing You—Dead! · Jack Starr · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

40 · Murder Meets the 8:15 · O. B. Myers · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

47 · Deadly Weapon · Calvin L. Boswell · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

55 · Bullets Are My Bounty! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

62 · The Line-Up · The Editor · cl Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

Big-Book Detective (UK) [#2, n.d. (1942?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1942 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Murder Is News · Russell Gray · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

16 · Murder’s Not My Line · W. T. Ballard · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

31 · Death Demands His Cut · Ray P. Shotwell · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

44 · The Devil’s Ante · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

52 · The Corpse Wore Red · Daniel Winters · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

· Five Grand for Buddy · David Crewe · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

The Big Click (about)
An electronic magazine of crime fiction with an emphasis on noir, confessional, weird and “literary” fiction that depict and interrogate crime and social trespass.

The Big Click [Issue 1, March 2012] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Martin Varga)
Details taken from magazine website.

· March Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Angel of Hospitality · Ken Bruen · ss

· Triangulation · Anonymous-9 · ss

· Burglar Blues · Tom Piccirilli · ar

· Interview with Joe R. Lansdale · Tom Piccirilli · iv [Ref. Joe R. Lansdale]

The Big Click [Issue 2, May 2012] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Timo Eichenhorst)
Details taken from magazine website.

· May Editorial · The Editors · ed

· The Mermaid’s Melody · Tom Piccirilli · ar

· Point Doom · Dan Fante · ex

· The Man Who Loved Birds · Mar Preston · ss

The Big Click [Issue 3, July 2012] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by John Warwood)
Details taken from magazine website.

· July Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Being Thrawed · Tom Piccirilli · ar

· Note from Earth · Jim Nisbet · ss

· In the Shank of the Night · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss

The Big Click [Issue 4, September 2012] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Barbara Idrizović)
Details taken from magazine website.

· September Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Plague of Stairs · Tom Piccirilli · ar

· Altar Boys · Marc E. Fitch · ss

· Moose Season · Joseph Tomaras · ss

The Big Click [Issue 5, November 2012] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Jeremiah Tolbert)
Details taken from magazine website.

· November Editorial · The Editors · ed

· [seven skull-and-crossbones symbols] · Daphne Gottlieb · ar [Ref. Aileen Wuornos]

· Lost and Found · Andrea Gibbons · ss

· Bluebeard’s Ghost · Ray Banks · ss

The Big Click [Issue 6, January 2013] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook)
Details taken from magazine website.

· January Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Pure Southern · James Robert Smith · ss

· Big Davey Joins the Majority · Barry Graham · ss

· Denny · Kit Reed · ss Edison’s Frankenstein ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2009

The Big Click [Issue 7, March 2013] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Thodoris Markou)
Details taken from magazine website.

· March Editorial · The Editors · ed

· A Glance at Modern Japanese Kōgaigata Hanzai (Suburban Crime Drama) · Raechel Dumas · ar

· Easy Off · Sean Craven · ss

· Snow · Ekaterina Sedia · ss

The Big Click [Issue 8, May 2013] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Maria Raia)
Details taken from magazine website.

· May Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Noir: The Marxist Art Form · Barry Graham · ar

· The Fifth Witness · Tony Mason · ss

· Through the Fish-Eye Lens · Joe Clifford · ss

The Big Click [Issue 9, July 2013] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Bianca Dente)
Details taken from magazine website.

· July Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Crime Fiction—The Perennial Punk Rock of Literature · Barry Graham · ar

· Bragging Rights · Jason Ridler · ss

· You Are Watching · Ann Sterzinger · ss

The Big Click [Issue 10, September 2013] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Mark Uit Utrecht)
Details taken from magazine website.

· September Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Something Else · Barry Graham · ar

· Late Night on Route 17 · Libby Cudmore · ss

· The Lost City of Emory Winters · Christina Scholz · ss

The Big Click [Issue 11, November 2013] ed. Jeremiah Tolbert (Jeremiah Tolbert, $2.99, ebook, cover by Laura Salonen)
Details taken from magazine website.

· November Editorial · The Editors · ed

· Stopping Blood: Boxing and Noir · Barry Graham · ar

· Bradigan’s Skin · Brian Thornton · ss

· Caimano-Man · Marc E. Fitch · ss

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