The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index: Items by Author: Page 419

Lang, Valentine (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Gold Is King, (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine January 1934
• * The Greystone Murder, (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine June 1934
• * The Home-Run Murder, (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine April 1934
• * Stroke of Death, (nv) Black Book Detective Magazine February 1934
• * The Turf Murder, (na) Black Book Detective Magazine March 1934

Langbein, August Friedrich (Ernst) (1757-1835) (about) (chron.)
• * The Irreconcilable Man, (ss) The German Novelists ed. Thomas Roscoe, H. Colburn, 1826
• Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #28, November 1966; translated from the German by Thomas Roscoe.

Langdon, David (1914-2011) (about)
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• * Meet David Langdon, (bg) Suspense (UK) September 1960

Langdon, John (Franklin Coasten) (1913-1980); used pseudonym Rex Russell (chron.)
• * The Blue Men, (na) Two Complete Detective Books #63, July 1950, as by Rex Russell

Lange, George (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * City Hunters, (ss) Manhunt May 1956
• Giant Manhunt #8, 195? (var.1)
• * A Date with Harry, (ss) Manhunt July 1956
• * A Time for Dying, (nv) Murder March 1957

Lange, Walter (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Witness Chair, (cl) Fifteen Detective Stories October 1953

Langelaan, George (1908-1972) (about) (chron.)
• * Arabian Night, (nv) Suspense (UK) October 1960
• * Armchair Detective, (ss) Suspense (UK) November 1959
• * The Devil His Due, (ss) Suspense (UK) May 1959
• * The Informer, (ss) Suspense (UK) October 1958
• * I Rescued a Harem Wife, (ts) Suspense (UK) August 1960
• * The Killer, (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1959
• * The Only Way Out, (nv) Suspense (UK) April 1960
• * Yes, I Like Villains!, (ar) Suspense (UK) January 1961

Langella, Frank (A., Jr.) (1938- ) (about)
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• * [photo of Frank Langella as Sherlock Holmes], (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1988

Langen, Gilbert (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * The Deadly Dame, (ss) True Gang Life February 1935

Langer, H. C.; [i.e., Hedwig Langer] (1905-1969); used pseudonyms Beech Allen & Milton Burns (chron.)
• * Cheese It!, (ss) Racketeer and Gangland Stories June 1932
• * Code of Gentleman Joe, (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine June/July 1931
• * Common Scents, (ss) The Shadow Magazine May 15 1935, as by Beech Allen
• * Death Is Spelled with a “P”, (ss) Nick Carter Magazine December 1935, as by Milton Burns
• * Death of a Hero, (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries May 1938, as by Beech Allen
• * Death Throws the Switch, (ss) The Shadow Magazine April 15 1935, as by Beech Allen
• The Shadow Magazine (Canada) October 1 1935, as by Beech Allen
• * The Devil Hates Women, (na) Black Book Detective Magazine June 1936, as by Beech Allen
• * Died in the Wool, (ss) Nick Carter Magazine September 1935, as by Beech Allen
• * Double Jeopardy, (ss) Racketeer and Gangland Stories July 1932
• * Gang Justice, (nv) Gangster Stories February 1930
• * Ghost Clue, (ss) Ten Detective Aces April 1938, as by Beech Allen
• * Heat, (ss) The Shadow Magazine April 15 1936, as by Beech Allen
• * Hell on Earth, (ss) Greater Gangster Stories May 1934
• * Kid Sherlock, (ss) Ten Detective Aces January 1938, as by Beech Allen
• * The Light Cure, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 2 1936, as by Beech Allen
• * The Magistrate Racket, (ss) Racketeer Stories April 1930
• * Murder by Degrees, (ss) The Shadow Magazine February 1 1936, as by Beech Allen
• * Murder to Music, (ss) Nick Carter Magazine February 1935, as by Beech Allen
• * Off the Record, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1941, as by Beech Allen
• Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine (UK) November 1941, as by Beech Allen
• * Proof in Plaster, (ts) International Detective Cases April 1936, as by Beech Allen
• * Seal of Doom, (ss) Nick Carter Magazine November 1935, as by Beech Allen
• Nick Carter Magazine (Canada) December 1935, as by Beech Allen
• * Snitch Makes His Moll, (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine October 1931
• * Sweepstakes, (ss) Complete Gang Novel Magazine March 1932
• * Tragedy of Errors, (ss) Nick Carter Magazine April 1935, as by Beech Allen
• * Tunnel Law, (ss) The Shadow Magazine August 15 1936, as by Beech Allen
• * Winner Loses All, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly April 18 1936, as by Beech Allen

Langford, Elizabeth (fl. 1990s-2000s) (chron.)
• * For My Grandmother, (pm) Futures #12, December 1999/January 2000

Langford, William A. (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Big-House Bait, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1938
• * A Bluff in Time, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine February 1939
• * Death on Parade, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine November 1940
• * The Devil’s Coronet, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine April 1938
• * The Haunting Clue, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine August 1938
• * The Phantom Clue, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine August 1939
• * Portrait of Vengeance, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine April/May 1939
• * Shakedown Antidote, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine June 1939
• * Sound Defects, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine November 1938; possibly a reprint of “Framed to Hang” by Howard Nile (Secret Agent X, November 1935).

Langille, Cody (fl. 2000s-2010s) (about) (chron.)
• * The Scratch, (ss) Suspense Magazine November 2011

Langley, Charles (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Crossing the Bar, (vi) Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers #17, October/November 2000
• * A Family Matter, (vi) Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine March/April 2007
• * I Remember Rollo, (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #25, Spring 2002

Langley, Robert (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * A Question of Morality, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958
• John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) July 1959

Langlinais, M. Pepper (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * A.B.C., (ss) Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #35, Fall 2004

Langmaid, Kenneth (Joseph Robb) (1902-1985); used pseudonym Kenneth Laing (chron.)
• * No Flower, No Funeral, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by Kenneth Laing
• John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) March 1958, as by Kenneth Laing

Langtry, Dick (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * The Hunchback Escapes, (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories June 1941
• * Police Vendetta, (ss) Red Hood Detective Stories July 1941
• * Sinister Playwright, (ss) Stirring Detective and Western Stories April 1941

Lanham, Bob (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Overruled, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1991

Lanham, Edwin (Moultrie) (1904-1979) (chron.)
• * Asphodel, (ss) Collier’s June 10 1944
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) #14, August 1948
• Ellery Queen’s Anthology #10, 1966

Lanier, M. S. (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * The Passing of Peter Quinn, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 20 1916

Lanier, Roger (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Murderers Get No Sleep, (na) World Wide Detective Stories December 1941

Lanigan, Susan (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Gymnopedie No. 1, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2012

Lankford, Terrill (Lee) (1959- ) (about) (chron.)
• * Current Events, (ss) Hardboiled #44, February 2012
• * Detour Drive, (nv) Hardboiled #40, May 2009
• * Jenny’s Little Problems, (ss) Hardboiled #42, December 2010
_____, [ref.]
• * Books to Be on the Lookout For: Terrill Lee Lankford by Gary Lovisi, (br) Hardboiled #38, August 2008

Lankstead, James (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * The Long Walk Home, (ss) London Mystery Selection #121, June 1979

Lannette (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Footsteps, (uw) New Mystery v6 #1, 1998; fragment, High School Student Winner of the Monterey Bouchercon28 Mystery Writing Contest.

Lansbury, [Dame] Angela (Brigid) (1925-2022) (about)
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• * Angela: A Chat with Angela Lansbury, Star of Stage, Screen and Television by Peter Christian, (ar) Mystery Magazine July 1981
• * [photo of Angela Lansbury] by Peter Papadopolous, (cv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1989

Lansdale, Joe R(ichard Harold) (1951- ) (chron.)
• * Black as the Night (with Lewis Shiner), (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1979
• * Boys Will Be Boys, (nv) Hardboiled #3, Winter 1985/1986
• * By Bizarre Hands, (ss) Hardboiled #9, Winter/Spring 1988
• * Drive-In Date, (ss) Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest, 1991
• Hardboiled #15, February 1993
• * Escape Artist, (vi) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1980
• * The Full Count, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine June 1978
• * Huitzilopochtli, (ss) Skullduggery June 1980
• * The Job, (ss) Razored Saddles ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto, Dark Harvest, 1989
• Hardboiled #17, February 1994
• * Long Gone, Forever, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1978
• * The Mummy Buyer, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1981
• * Night Drive, (ss) Skullduggery April 1980
• * Old Charlie, (ss) The Saint Magazine August 1984
• * One Blonde, Well Dead, (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1979
• * A Right to Be Dead (with Bill Crider), (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #3, 1981
• * Rumble Tumble, (ex) Subterranean Press, 1998
• Crime Time v2 #3, 1999
• * Santa at the Café, (ss) The Strand Magazine #32, 2010
• * The Soul Ghoul, (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981
• * This Little Piggy (with Dan Lowry), (ss) Skullduggery Summer 1981
• * Three Dead Deadbeats (with Robert Fester), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1980
• * The Watering Shed, (ex) Full Bleed v2, 2018
• Suspense Magazine Summer 2020
_____, [ref.]
• * The Bard of East Texas by Cameron Ashley, (ar) Crime Factory #9, March 2003
• * A Conversation with Edgar Award-Winning Author Joe R. Lansdale by Jan Stevens, (iv) Mystery Tribune #17, January/February 2022
• * Drive-ins and Steam Shovels by Mark Campbell, (iv) Crime Time #43, 2005
• * Honky Tonk Samurai by Steven E. Steinbock, (br) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2016
• * Interview with Joe R. Lansdale by Tom Piccirilli, (iv) The Big Click #1, March 2012
• * Joe R. Lansdale by Barry Forshaw, (iv) Crime Time #12, 1998
• * Late Night Screening by L. Scott José, (iv) Crime Factory Horror Factory 2012
• * Mike Shayne Mystery Makers, (bg) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981
• * Mucho Mojo: A Hap and Leonard Graphic Novel by Steven E. Steinbock, (br) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2022
• * Pulp Fictions: Steve Holland talks to Joe R. Lansdale! by Stephen Holland, (iv) Crime Time #2, 1996
• * Salute to Joe Lansdale by Russell James, (ar) Crime Time #43, 2005
• * Texas Gothic by Mark Timlin, (ar) A Shot in the Dark #5, September 1995

Lansing, Carol (fl. 1920s) (about) (chron.)
• * The Crystal Gazer, (ss) Ghost Stories March 1927
• Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1927
• * The Modern Kidnapper, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine August 1927

Lansing, John; house pseudonym
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• * Meet the Fourth Gunman by Patrick Whitehurst, (iv) Suspense Magazine May/June/July 2018

Lansing, Mort; pseudonym of Edwin Truett Long (1904-1945) (chron.)
• * Behind the Green Door, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1937
• * Cat’s Paw, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories June 1936
• Private Detective Stories February 1938, as "C-Note Frame", by Dale Boyd
• * Cat That Killed, (nv) Spicy Mystery Stories January 1936
• * Cherchez La Femme, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories April 1935
• * Eyes of Maltha, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1935
• * Gila God, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories June 1935
• Spicy Mystery Stories January 1941, as "The Devil’s Punchbowl", by Max Neilson
• * Green Eyes, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories May 1936
• * Hot Ice, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories January 1937
• Super-Detective November 1942, as "Hot Brand", by Max Neilson
• * A Hundred Grand, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories October 1935
• * Killer’s Price, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories November 1936
• * Lunatic’s Limbo, (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories September 1936
• * Murder for Exercise, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories April 1937
• * Pair of Tramps, (ss) Private Detective Stories June 1937
• * 24 Hours to Go, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1937
• * Winners’ Payoff, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories December 1936

Lant, Guy (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Auction, (ss) London Mystery Selection #79, December 1968

Lantigua, John (1947- ) (about) (chron.)
• * The Avenging Angel, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2018
• Black Cat Weekly #40, 2022
• * The Cry of the Condor, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2021
• * The Cuban Prisoner, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2018
• * Death and the Coyote, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2021
• * The Gentleman from Shanghai, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2015
• * The Harder They Fall, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2020
• * In the Time of the Voodoo, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2017
• * In the War Zone of the Heart, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2020
• * The Jaguar at Sunset, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2016
• * The Man from Scotland Yard Dances Salsa, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2020
• * The Rafter, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2003
• * The Revenge of the Puma, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2019
• * The Sunday Assassin, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2022
• * The Underground Man, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2019

LaPaglia, Jane (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Roxy’s Corner, (vi) Suspense Magazine November 2009

Lapena, Shari (1960- ) (about)
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• * Interview with Shari Lapena, (iv) The Strand Magazine #64, 2021

LaPerma, Josena (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * The Flunky, (ss) Mystery Digest April 1959

Lapham, David (1970- )
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• * Stray Bullets by Paul Duncan, (ar) Crime Time #4, 1996

LaPierre, Janet (1933- ) (chron.)
• * Da Capo, (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1999
• * Family Gathering, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1999
• * Luminarias Make It Christmas-y, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1996

Lapira, Vicki (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * The Rendezvous, (vi) Mystery Time Spring/Summer 2000

LaPlant, Don (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Animal Control, (ss) Thuglit #19, September/October 2015

LaPlante, Steven (fl. 1980s) (chron.)
• * Business Sense, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1985

LaPrade, George L. (1922-2006) (about) (chron.)
• * The Weakest Link, (ss) Tightrope! August 1960

Larch, Mrs. C. A. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * [letter], (lt) Clues Detective Stories March 1938

Larcinese, Lanny (fl. 2010s-2020s) (about)
_____, [ref.]
• * A Master of Noir by Weldon Burge, (iv) Suspense Magazine Winter 2021

Lardner, Rex (1918-1998) (chron.)
• * Reasonable Facsimile, (na) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960

Lardner, Ring(gold) W(ilmer) (1885-1933) (about) (chron.)
• * Claude Diphthong, Student of Crime, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1954
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) August 1954
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) #88, October 1954
• * Haircut, (ss) Liberty March 28 1925
• Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly #2, August 1945
• * Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One, (ss) Cosmopolitan July 1929
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) #124, May 1963
• Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) July 1963
• * There Are Smiles—, (ss) Cosmopolitan April 1928
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1989

Lardo, Vincent (1931- ) (chron.)
• * Satan Rides the 5:15, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2010

Large, John (fl. 1970s-1990s) (chron.)
• * Consultation, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1996
• * Credit Where Credit Is Due, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977
• * A Dangerous Thing, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1984
• * Detectiverse:
  * ___ Credit Where Credit Is Due, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977
  * ___ A Dangerous Thing, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1984
  * ___ Frame and Fortune, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1975
  * ___ The Marksma’am, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978
  * ___ Wed Herring, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1984
• * Frame and Fortune, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1975
• * It Could Happen, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1989
• * The Marksma’am, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978
• * Of Vice and Men, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1990
• * Passing Remark, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1989
• * Street Smarts, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1988
• * Undercover Cop, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1991
• * Wed Herring, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1984

Lariar, Lawrence; [born Lawrence Rosenblum] (1908-1981) (about) (chron.)
• * Brotherhood Week Message, (ms) The Phantom Detective Spring 1953
• * Now You See Me…, (ss) Detective Tales May 1950
• Detective Tales (Canada) May 1950