The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Date: Page 475

Ronowski, Al (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Wait Watcher, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1993
• Jelly John and the Big Boom-Bah, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v2 #2, 1995

Ronson, Stanley Arthur (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Self-Defense, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 21 1938
• Judge Sherlock Retires, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly July 2 1938

Roof, Katharine Metcalf (1871-1950s); used pseudonym Katherine Metcalf (about) (items)
• Held for Ransom, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 21 1918
• The Girl with the Muff, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 6 1918
• The Will of Elisa Taggart, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 20 1918
• No Place to Go, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 16 1920
• The Haunted House, (pm) Flynn’s Weekly June 4 1927
• Footsteps, (pm) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction December 10 1927
• The Clock, (ar) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction December 17 1927
• Mr. Dolph Assists a Poodle, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1943
• Midnight, (pm) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1948

Rook, Ben (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Loomis, (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly February 15 1930

Roome, Frank B. (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Swann’s Song, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 9 1981
• Dead Man’s Walk, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 24 1982

Rooney, David A. (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Down the Primrose Path, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1997
• Raise the Tectonic!, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 1998
• The Dead Lettercarrier Office, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1998

Rooney, Philip (1909-1960) (items)
• The Last of the Highwaymen, (ar) Scientific Detective March 1945

Roos, Audrey (Kelley) (1912-1982); used pseudonym Kelley Roos (items)
• Made Up to Kill [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with William Roos), (n.) Dodd, Mead, 1940, as by Kelley Roos
• Death Waits in the Darkroom [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with William Roos), (na) The American Magazine September 1941, as by Kelley Roos
• The Case of the Beautiful Body [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with William Roos), (na) The American Magazine April 1943, as by Kelley Roos
• Death Is a Trouper [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with William Roos), (na) The American Magazine December 1946, as by Kelley Roos
• The Other Man’s Shoes (with William Roos), (nv) Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1948, as by Kelley Roos
• Case of the Lonely Heart [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with William Roos), (ss) Mystery Puzzle of the Month #4, 1949, as by Kelley Roos
• Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with William Roos), (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #74, January 1950, as by Kelley Roos
• Waltz with Death (with William Roos), (nv) Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1950, as by Kelley Roos
• Final Performance [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with William Roos), (na) The American Magazine May 1951, as by Kelley Roos
• Deadly Detour (with William Roos), (na) The American Magazine August 1952, as by Kelley Roos
• The Case of the Hanging Gardens (with William Roos), (na) The American Magazine July 1954, as by Kelley Roos

Roos, Kelley; pseudonym of Audrey & William Roos (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items)
• Made Up to Kill [Haila & Jeff Troy], (n.) Dodd, Mead, 1940
• Death Waits in the Darkroom [Haila & Jeff Troy], (na) The American Magazine September 1941
• The Case of the Beautiful Body [Haila & Jeff Troy], (na) The American Magazine April 1943
• Death Is a Trouper [Haila & Jeff Troy], (na) The American Magazine December 1946
• The Other Man’s Shoes, (nv) Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1948
• Case of the Lonely Heart [Haila & Jeff Troy], (ss) Mystery Puzzle of the Month #4, 1949
• Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #74, January 1950
• Waltz with Death, (nv) Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1950
• Final Performance [Haila & Jeff Troy], (na) The American Magazine May 1951
• Deadly Detour, (na) The American Magazine August 1952
• The Case of the Hanging Gardens, (na) The American Magazine July 1954

Roos, William (1911-1987); used pseudonym Kelley Roos (items)
• Made Up to Kill [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with Audrey Roos), (n.) Dodd, Mead, 1940, as by Kelley Roos
• Death Waits in the Darkroom [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with Audrey Roos), (na) The American Magazine September 1941, as by Kelley Roos
• The Case of the Beautiful Body [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with Audrey Roos), (na) The American Magazine April 1943, as by Kelley Roos
• Death Is a Trouper [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with Audrey Roos), (na) The American Magazine December 1946, as by Kelley Roos
• The Other Man’s Shoes (with Audrey Roos), (nv) Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1948, as by Kelley Roos
• Case of the Lonely Heart [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with Audrey Roos), (ss) Mystery Puzzle of the Month #4, 1949, as by Kelley Roos
• Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with Audrey Roos), (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #74, January 1950, as by Kelley Roos
• Waltz with Death (with Audrey Roos), (nv) Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1950, as by Kelley Roos
• Final Performance [Haila & Jeff Troy] (with Audrey Roos), (na) The American Magazine May 1951, as by Kelley Roos
• Deadly Detour (with Audrey Roos), (na) The American Magazine August 1952, as by Kelley Roos
• The Case of the Hanging Gardens (with Audrey Roos), (na) The American Magazine July 1954, as by Kelley Roos

Roosevelt, Theodore L. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Mr. Jaguar, My Bedfellow, (ts) Black Mask (UK) July 1936

Roper, Anthony (fl. 1930s) (items)
• The Secret of the Hindu Death Ring, (ss) The Illustrated Detective Magazine August 1931
• Murders on the Doorstep, (ss) Alibi January 1934

Roper, David (fl. 1990s) (items)
• The Bloody Manuscript, (ss) Mystery Time Spring/Summer 1994

Ropes, Patience (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Lethe Water, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine December 1925

Rops, Eustache (fl. 1920s) (items)
• “Go Out and Find My Wife!”, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine November 1926
• How I Saved the Life of Mussolini, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine March 1927
• Gift of a Persian Cat, (ss) Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1927

Roquevert, Germaine (fl. 1980s) (items)
• Best Friend, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1982
• The Key to Albert’s Closet, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1987

Rordan, Art (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Little Darling of Lust!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories May 1960
• I, the Executioner!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories July 1960
• Night of the Slasher!, (ss) Off Beat Detective Stories March 1961

Rordon-Cooper, G. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Mystery of the Great Embankment Hotel, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine July 1923

Rorhus, Suzanne Berube (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Golden Ganesh, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2013
• Cletus Vanderbilt and the Theft of Lord Ashbury, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2016

Rorke, Paul (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items)
• Uncanonized Bones, (ss) Mystery Stories #13, 1938
• Long Grey Fields, (ss) The Master Thriller Series #32, 1939

Ros, Ceonydd (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Spiders, (ss) Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #18, 2015

Ros, Duncan (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The End of the Road, (ss) The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine October 2019

Rosaire, Forrest (1902-1977); used pseudonyms Gene Gary & J.-J. des Ormeaux (about) (items)
• Murderers’ Night, (ss) Black Mask April 1930, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Dago Trick, (ss) Black Mask September 1930, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Cross by Ximado [Jack McGuire], (nv) Black Mask February 1932, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Devil Suit [Jack McGuire], (nv) Black Mask July 1932, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Grab the Loot, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly January 13 1934
• The Faceless Horror, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine February 1 1934, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Cabinet of Doctor Cleeo, (nv) Dime Detective Magazine June 1937, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Letters of Mystery, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1938, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• I Am the Beast!, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine April 1938, as by Gene Gary
• Nitroglycerin News, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1938, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Thing That Walked, (nv) Clues Detective Stories September 1938, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Flesh Creeper, (nv) Clues Detective Stories October 1938, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Death’s-Head Cat, (nv) Clues Detective Stories November 1938, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Drowned Dim Eyes, (nv) Clues Detective Stories December 1938, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Terror Crawls Crimson, (nv) Clues Detective Stories January 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Scarlet Snow, (nv) Clues Detective Stories February 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Sinister Serum, (nv) Clues Detective Stories March 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Poisoned Bowl, (nv) Clues Detective Stories April 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• [letter], (lt) Clues Detective Stories April 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Blood That Walked, (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly May 20 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Damnable D, (nv) Clues Detective Stories May 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Astral Assassin, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Murder’s Messenger Boy, (na) Detective Tales December 1939, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Squeeze Gently to Kill, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine October 1940, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Holiday Homicide, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1941, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Albino Affair, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1941, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Green and Ghastly Twig, (ss) Black Mask March 1941, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Eight of Blood, (na) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1941, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Blitzkrieg in Blue, (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1941, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Who Stole the Corpse?, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries May 1942, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• Murder for Me!, (ss) 10 Story Mystery Magazine June 1942, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux
• The Wind Moans Murder, (nv) Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1943, as by J.-J. des Ormeaux

Rosamilia, Armand (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items)
• Swamp People, (ss) Dark Yonder #10, August 2025

Rosan, Shira (1950- ); used pseudonym S. J. Rozan (items)
• Body English [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1992, as by S. J. Rozan
• Birds of Paradise [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1994, as by S. J. Rozan
• Hoops [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith], (nv) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1996, as by S. J. Rozan
• Cooking the Hounds, (ss) Canine Crimes ed. Jeffrey Marks, Ballantine, 1998, as by S. J. Rozan
• Hunting for Doyle, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1999, as by S. J. Rozan
• Motormouth, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2001, as by S. J. Rozan
• Going Home, (ss) The Mysterious North ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet, 2002, as by S. J. Rozan
• Sports: I Love This Game, (ms) Crimespree Magazine #3, October/November 2004, as by S. J. Rozan
• Conversation with Kate Stine, (iv) Crimespree Magazine #12, May/June 2006, as by S. J. Rozan [Ref. Kate Stine]
• Sunset, (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books, 2006, as by S. J. Rozan
• Silverfish, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009, as by S. J. Rozan
• New Day Newark, (ss) New Jersey Noir ed. Joyce Carol Oates, Akashic Books, 2011, as by S. J. Rozan
• Golden Chance, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2012, as by S. J. Rozan
• Chin Yong-Yun Meets a Ghost [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2015, as by S. J. Rozan
• Chin Yong-Yun Stays at Home [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith], (ss) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2017, as by S. J. Rozan
• e-Golem, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2017, as by S. J. Rozan
• Chin Yong-Yun Helps a Fool [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith], (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2018, as by S. J. Rozan
• Sister of Mercy, (vi) Rock and a Hard Place Summer/Fall 2019, as by S. J. Rozan
• Left for Dead, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2019, as by S. J. Rozan
• Saddest Recipe Cookbook (with Paul J. Garth, Lindsey Heatherly & Jan Stevens), (ms) Rock and a Hard Place #5, Winter/Spring 2021, as by Paul J. Garth, Lindsey Heatherly, S. J. Rozan & Jan Stevens
• [photography], (pt) Rock and a Hard Place #5, Winter/Spring 2021, as by S. J. Rozan
• The Killing of Henry Davenport [Sherlock Holmes] (with John Shen Yen Nee), (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2023, as by John Shen Yen Nee & S. J. Rozan

Rosborough, Leonard B. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items)
• Very Unsympathetic, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly March 7 1936
• Eye of Allah, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly May 16 1936
• Steele Preferred, (ss) The Phantom Detective December 1936
• The Amphibian Ghost, (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries February 1937
• Workmanship, (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries April 1937
• A Lesson in Astronomy, (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries May 1937
• Sky Pilot, (ss) Detective and Murder Mysteries July 1937
• Blood Will Tell—Plenty, (ss) Top-Notch Detective September 1938
• Bullet Proof Judas, (ss) Detective Yarns December 1938
• My Gun Speaks Softly, (ss) Complete Detective February 1939
• Satan, Be Yourself!, (ss) Top-Notch Detective March 1939
• Kill, Inc., (nv) Complete Detective May 1939
• Twice Dead, Twice Guilty, (ss) Detective Short Stories September 1941
• You Built a Frame for Me, (ss) Detective Short Stories November 1941
• For Sale—One Life!, (ss) Big-Book Detective Magazine June 1942
• Three for Tea, (ss) Mammoth Detective March 1943
• Corpse in Ice, (ss) Mammoth Detective November 1943
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, (ss) Mammoth Detective August 1944
• Murder on the Air, (nv) Mammoth Detective March 1946
• Never Crowd a Mouse!, (ss) Mammoth Mystery June 1946
• You Do It with Guns, (na) Mammoth Detective November 1946
• Kilroy Was Here!, (nv) Mammoth Detective February 1947
• It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog, (ss) Mammoth Detective May 1947
• The Frameup, (ss) F.P. Detective Stories November 1951

Rosborough, Mary Freels (1896-1997) (about) (items)
• Murder in the Fishbowl, (na) Detective Tales September 1943

Roscoe, George R. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• A Perfect Crime, (ss) Hush September 1930

Roscoe, John (1921-1983?) (about) (items)
• For Better or Murder, (ss) Private Eye December 1953

Roscoe, Ted; see under Theodore Roscoe

Roscoe, Theodore (1906-1992) (about) (items)
• Sharp Sabres, (ss) Soldier Stories April 1929
• Legend of the Legion, (ss) Soldier Stories May 1929
• Diamonds and Dirks, (ss) Soldier Stories September 1929
• And a Red Goattee, (ss) The Underworld Magazine June 1930
• Dead Man’s Gold, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly June 4 1932
• The Man Who Went to Hell, (sl) Detective Fiction Weekly July 27 1940, etc.
• The Grouch of Goree [Until You Are Dead, Dead, Dead], (na) Detective Fiction Weekly February 22 1941
• Seven Men, (n.) Detective Fiction Weekly April 12 1941, etc.
• Mary Had a Little Jam [Until You Are Dead, Dead, Dead], (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly June 7 1941
• Terror at Marriner’s Tavern [Until You Are Dead, Dead, Dead], (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly July 19 1941
• Murder on the Palisades [Until You Are Dead, Dead, Dead], (ar) Detective Fiction September 17 1941
• Ghost on Lonesome Hill [Four Corners], (nv) Argosy December 27 1941
• Murder Monsters Betray Money-Mad Wife, (ia) Flynn’s Detective September 1942
• Secret of the Cardiff Giant, (nv) Flynn’s Detective October 1942, etc.
• Until You Are Dead, Dead, Dead!, (ar) New Detective Magazine May 1943
• My Lady of Death, (ar) Flynn’s Detective Fiction June 1943
• Till Death Do Us Part, (sl) Flynn’s Detective Fiction July 1943, etc.
• The Case of the Durable Man, (ar) Flynn’s Detective Fiction October 1943
• The Man Who Died Twice, (ar) Flynn’s Detective Fiction November 1943
• The Case of the Inside Man, (ar) Flynn’s Detective Fiction December 1943
• Murder in the Worst Degree, (ar) New Detective Magazine January 1944
• The Crimes of Joseph Wall, (ss)
• The Devil’s Telephone, (ts) The American Weekly
• The Web of Death, (ts) The American Weekly

Rose, A. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• A Substitute for Blood, (ss) The Black Mask November 1922
• [front cover], (cv) The Black Mask February 1923

Rose, Alvin Emanuel (1903-1983); used pseudonym Alan Pruitt (about) (items)
• The Case of the Disappearing Corpse, (ss) G.P. Detective Stories #21, October 1948, as by Alan Pruitt
• The Disappearing Corpse, (ss) Crime Story Magazine June 1952, as by Alan Pruitt

Rose, Billy; [born William Samuel Rosenberg] (1899-1966) (items)
• Beyond All Doubt, (vi) Collier’s July 19 1947
• The Old Psychol-o-magee, (vi) 1947
• D.O.A., (vi) 1948
• Detective Story, (vi) 1949

Rose, Carolyn J. (fl. 1990s-2000s) (items)
• Two Hearts as One, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1991
• Editorial Decision, (ss) Dogwood Tales 1996
• Black Gloves, (ss) Murderous Intent Winter 1997
• Stunt Double, (ss) Murderous Intent Spring 1997
• Silent Treatment, (ss) Murderous Intent Summer 1997
• The Craving, (vi) Murderous Intent Winter 1998
• Time and Punishment, (ss) Murderous Intent Spring 1998
• Appointment with Emil, (ss) Murderous Intent Summer/Fall 1998
• Cover-Up, (ss) Murderous Intent Winter 1998
• Winter Getaway, (ss) Murderous Intent Spring 1999
• Hostage Situation, (ss) Murderous Intent Fall 1999