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Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #1, #210, July 1958] (35¢, 128pp, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Black Path of Fear · Cornell Woolrich · n. Doubleday 1944
104 · Funny Name · Algis Budrys · ss
108 · Run Into Trouble · Lawrence Treat · ss
120 · The Well-Liked Victim · Craig Rice · ss
126 · Sporting Blood · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Collier’s Jul 21 1951

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #2, #211, September 1958] (35¢, digest)

Project: Murder · James M. Fox · n. (r)
Night Call · Paul W. Fairman · ss
The Willow Tree · Jack Thomas · ss
Teletype · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s Mar 16 1956

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #3, #212, November 1958] (35¢, digest)
The cover lists “The Deadliest Art” by Robert Bloch and it is unclear what relationship that bears to the two stories listed below.

Wish You Were Dead · Helen McCloy · n. Random House 1948, as She Walks Alone
The Ungallant Hunter · Robert Bloch · ss
The Fast Fix · Robert Bloch · ss
The End of the Line · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Shadow Mystery Aug/Sep 1948
Mystery Puzzle · Vito Zambiglioni · ss
"I’ll Take Care of You" · George Johnson · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #4, #213, January 1959] (35¢, digest)

The Almost Dead · William Herber · n. J.B. Lippincott 1957
The Date · Stella Ripley · ss
Prophet and the Damned · Fletcher Flora · ss
Ay Yi, said the Parson · Lee Hays · ss
The Cure · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy Oct 1957

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #5, #214, March 1959] (35¢, digest)

Wings of Death · Brandon Bird · n. (r)
Never Look Back · Avram Davidson & Chester Cohen · ss
Account Settled · Robert Zacks · ss
The Intruders · Evan Hunter · ss Adventure Apr 1954

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #6, #215, May 1959] (35¢, digest)

The Man on the Cliff · Andrew Garve · n. Collins 1954, as The Riddle of Samson; abridged.
Manners with Murder · Richard Howells Watkins · ss
Monday’s Washday · Lee Hays · ss
Getting Rid of George · Robert Arthur · ss
A Clear Case of Horticulture · Dion Henderson · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #7, #216, July 1959] (35¢, digest)

The Dying Fall · Henry Wade · n. Constable 1955; abridged.
The Night of the Earthquake · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
Weapon of Fear · Joseph Whitehill · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #8, #217, September 1959] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (35¢, 132pp, digest)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

5 · First Class Murder [David Madden] · Doris Miles Disney · n. Doubleday 1956, as Unappointed Rounds; abridged.; illustrated by John Giunta
102 · Mousetrapped · Neill C. Wilson · vi
106 · Silhouette of a Killer · T. E. Brooks · ss This Week Sep 22 1957
113 · Pour on Water · Lee Hays · ss
118 · The Visitor · Richard Winkler · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #9, #218, November 1959] (35¢, digest)

The Grasshopper Murders · Maurice Procter · n. (r)
Is There a Doctor in the House? · Ruth Chessman · ss
The Reality of Unreality · Ed Lacy · ss
Death at Dawn · Stanley Rosen · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v2 #1, #219, January 1960] (35¢, digest)

The Man Who Didn’t Fly · Margot Bennett · n. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1955
The D.A.’s Reputation · Joseph R. Marshall · ss
Nine Roses for the Commissar · Oscar Schisgall · ss
Till Death Do Us Part · Robert Bloch · ss
A Small Favor · Arthur Porges · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v2 #2, #220, March 1960] (35¢, digest)

Death of an Old Sinner · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · n. Scribner’s 1957
Bagged · Steve April · ss
How to Write a Detective Story · G. K. Chesterton · ar G.K.’s Weekly Oct 17 1925
Left Hand of Justice · Norman Daniels · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v2 #3, #221, May 1960] (35¢, digest)

Man in Ambush [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Harry Martineau] · Maurice Procter · n. Hutchinson 1958
The Money Master · Steve April · ss
Twenty Minutes of Daylight · Stephen Barr · ss
Just for Kicks · Stewart Pierce Brown · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v2 #4, #222, July 1960] (35¢, digest)

Sting of Death · Shelley Smith · n. (r)
Skin-Deep · Robert Bloch · ss
Emergency Call · William G. Bogart · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v2 #5, #223, September 1960] (35¢, digest)

Blood and Judgment · Michael Gilbert · n. Hodder & Stoughton 1959
Memory Man · Norman Daniels · ss
The Double Booby Trap · H. Peterson · ss
Heat · Arthur Porges · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v2 #6, #224, November 1960] (35¢, digest)

Spooked Murder · Manville Chapman · ss
Duet · Norman Daniels · ss
Personal Appearance · Robert L. Fish · ss
The Lady Regrets · James M. Fox · n. Coward-McCann 1947

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v3 #1, #225, February 1961] (35¢, digest)

Murder in Haiti [Bertram Lynch; Robert Deane] · John W. Vandercook · n. Macmillan US 1956
Cat and Mouse · Kermit Rolland · ss Argosy (UK) Apr 1953
The Case of the Unhurried Thief · Paul F. Serpas · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v3 #2, #226, April 1961] (35¢, digest, cover by Alfred Taggart)

Murder in Eden [Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte] · Arthur W. Upfield · n. Heinemann 1957, as Bony Buys a Woman
The Solid Gold Brick · Richard M. Gordon · ss
The Pit and the Bottle · Arthur Porges · ss
A Note for the Milkman · Avram Davidson · ss

Betty Fedora (about)

Betty Fedora [#1, 2015] ed. Kristen Valentine ($7.99, 134pp, tp)
Subtitled “Kickass Women in Crime Fiction”. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Temptation · Colleen Quinn · ss
8 · Pearls in a Pigsty · Marie S. Crosswell · ss
28 · Cheeks · Albert Tucher · ss
38 · Javon · Michele Calabrese · ss
57 · Already Seen · Kristen Valentine · nv
80 · Secrets · Michelle Lehmann · ss
89 · Going Off the Deep End · Tess Makovesky · ss
96 · The Detail Woman · John H. Dromey · ss
101 · Working Stiff · Joanna Schroeder · ar
104 · A Kiss of Death · Parineeta Singh · ss
111 · Ten Things I Hate About My Wife · Patti Abbott · ss

Betty Fedora [#2, (November) 2015] ed. Kristen Valentine ($7.99, 152pp, tp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

Introduction · Kristen Valentine · ed
1 · Heads Will Roll · Shane Simmons · ss
15 · Last Chance Saloon · Tess Makovesky · ss
23 · Lucifer · Colleen Quinn · ss
37 · Mannish Water · Thomas Pluck · ss
55 · Luxury to Die For · Albert Tucher · nv
77 · A Diet Rich in Noir · Lara Alonso Corona · ss
95 · Burden of Proof · John H. Dromey · ss
103 · All Things Violent · Nikki Dolson · nv
125 · Sensible Sleaze · Sarah M. Chen · ss

Betty Fedora [#3, Fall 2016] ed. Kristen Valentine ($7.99, 128pp, tp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Breadcrumbs · Victoria Weisfeld · ss
21 · The Sign · Preston Lang · ss
37 · Her Colours · Louisa Barnes · ss
49 · The Game of Six Brothers · Colleen Quinn · ss
57 · Trouble in Avalon · Lauren Buckingham · nv
79 · Maisy & Jim · Graeme Maughan · ss
91 · Confessions from a Roller Derby Queen · Lori Wolf · ss
111 · The Life You Save Won’t Be Your Own · Patricia Abbott · ss

Betty Fedora [#4, 2017] ed. Kristen Valentine ($7.99, 94pp, tp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · On the Line · Lauren Buckingham · ss
17 · Dark Star · Colleen Quinn · ss
25 · The Dying Season · Joan Leotta · ss
39 · A Life Worth Living · Irena Ioannou · ss
45 · The Dancing Corpse · Faith Allington · ss
59 · Crocodile Tears · Shane Simmons · ss
71 · Breakup · Preston Lang · ss
85 · Nests · Josie Turner · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine (about)
Big-Book Detective Magazine was launched as a companion to Big-Book Western Magazine, but was much less successful, lasting for a mere eight issues.

Publishers:

Fictioneers, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL: Big-Book Detective Magazine

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v1 #1, December 1941] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Line-Up · [The Editors] · cl
11 · Mayor of Hell · David Manners · nv
30 · Bait for the Hot Seat · Caary Paul · nv
57 · I’ll Be Seeing You—Dead! · Jack Starr · ss
66 · Murder Meets the 8:15 · O. B. Myers · ss
79 · Deadly Weapon · Calvin L. Boswell · ss
88 · Bullets Are My Bounty! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
96 · Death on the Hoof · Jim Kjelgaard · ss
104 · Phantom Man-Hunter · Donald S. Aitken · nv

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v1 #2, February 1942] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · The Line-Up · [The Editors] · cl
10 · Murder Is News · Russell Gray · ss
30 · The Corpse Wore Red · Daniel Winters · ss
42 · A Bullet for the Kid · T. T. Flynn · ss
52 · Give Me a Day! · Jackson Gregory, Jr. · ss
72 · Murder’s Not My Line · W. T. Ballard · ss
88 · Death Demands His Cut · Ray P. Shotwell · ss
104 · The Devil’s Ante · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
112 · Five Grand for Buddy · David Crewe · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v1 #3, April 1942] (15¢, pulp)

D as in Dead · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
The Merry Wives of Murder · Ric Hasse · ss
Thus Spake the Corpse · Francis K. Allan · ss
Play It Smart, Pal! · C. G. Tahney · ss
The Queen Is Dead · Arthur Macom · ss
Dig My Grave Deep · Ray P. Shotwell · ss
Two-Gun Cupid · Lew Ort · ss
Without Benefit of Jury · James Harry Martin · ss
Murder Ward · Lee E. Wells · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v1 #4, June 1942] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Line-Up · [The Editors] · cl
10 · The House That Death Built · Ray P. Shotwell · nv
40 · For Sale—One Life! · Leonard B. Rosborough · ss
50 · Death in Cupid’s Alley · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss
69 · Enter—Pat Petunia · Day Keene · ss
79 · The Phantom Plowman · David Crewe · ss
90 · Waldo Jones and the Killers · Russell Gray · ss
102 · Bring Back My Body to Me · Stewart Sterling · nv

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v2 #1, August 1942] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · The Line-Up · [The Editors] · cl
11 · I Hunt My Hangman · Herman Landon · ss
28 · Trail of the Lonesome Crime · Robert Turner · ss; illustrated by Hal Stone
39 · Weep for the Killer · Francis K. Allan · ss
48 · Little Man, You’re Dead · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
65 · I.O.U.—One Murder · David Crewe · ss
75 · Bon Voyage—with Bullets · Logan C. Claybourne · ss
86 · Death Gets a Mickey · Jerry B. Tyler · ss
98 · Wolf! Wolf! · Ray P. Shotwell · ss
108 · So I Killed Him · Lance Kermit · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v2 #2, October 1942] (15¢, pulp)

Five Dumb Men and the Highfish · Joel Townsley Rogers · ss
Dance at My Funeral · D. L. Champion · ss
You’re Next · Francis K. Allan · ss
One-Way Flight · Edward S. Williams · ss
Encore for Death · Ray P. Shotwell · ss
One Ticket to Hell · David Crewe · ss
Wish You Were Dead! · Henry Norton · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v2 #3, December 1942] (15¢, pulp)

Murder Wrote the Music · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss
No Match for Murder · Greta Bardet · ss
Beautiful but Dead · Ray P. Shotwell · ss
Two Biers, Please · Robert Turner · ss
Death Is My Teacher · Fredric Sinclair · ss
Lucky Stiff · David Crewe · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v2 #4, February 1943] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · The Line-Up · [The Editors] · cl
12 · Nine Dead Men and a Girl · Russell Gray · nv
36 · Death Comes Back · William Brandon · ss
49 · Underworld Lingo Lesson · John D. Fitzgerald · qz
50 · The Wind Moans Murder · J. J. des Ormeaux · nv
72 · Footprints in the Sands of Crime · Robert W. Sneddon · ts
80 · The Turn in the Road · Francis K. Allan · ss
89 · Cop Killer · John Peters · ss
102 · The Corpse Came Calling · Paul Allenby · nv

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) (about)
Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine, this actually lasted longer than its parent magazine, reprinting from other magazines in later issues.

Publishers:

Popular Publications; Toronto, Ontario: Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada)

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