Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.
Mystery Book Magazine was a bid to cash in on the post-war mystery boom. Each issue featured a full-length mystery novel written by a top-notch mystery writer. It made its debut in 1945, but due to poor sales, it changed from monthly to bi-monthly and in 1947 to quarterly. In 1950, in an effort to boost sales, it changed its name to Giant Detective. Two issues later, it ceased publication. During its 34-issue, 6-year run, it presented some top rated mysteries for its pulp readers, from the best writers in the field, including four original Michael Shayne mysteries by Brett Halliday. Mystery Book Magazine returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
A Complete Novel
The Deadly Weekend
By Fredric Brown
While Sweeney risks his neck to unravel the odd and baffling case of the screaming Mimi, terror hovers over Chicago — and a maniacal and mysterious “ripper” succeeds in claiming four lethal victims!
Complete Novelet
The Dog Died First
By Bruno Fischer
Strangely enough, the only chance Dot Hall has to escape the death chair is to convince the police authorities — that she has killed!
Swift Flows The River — Short Story
By Brett Halliday
Carson calmly waited for Nature to provide him with a murder alibi
Payoff — Short Story
By Will Oursler
The kid’s old man knew who the killers were — and how they operated
Devil’s Cherry — Short Story
By O.B. Myers
When Detective Nick Bray looks for a lipstick, he finds — a murder!
Blackmail In Three Acts — Short Story
By Tom Parsons
Playwright Cort Blackston gets tangled up in his own dramatic plot
Buzzard’s Wings — Short Story
By Frank Richardson Pierce
This murder victim obligingly buys his own coffin — and climbs in!
Date With The Warden — Short Story
By Robert Thomas Allen
A smart game warden knows which men and animals are to be trusted
Good Crimes Are Coming — Feature
By The Editor
Dr. Jekyll Or Dr. Hyde? — Feature
By Jackson Hite
The World Does Change! — Feature
By Simpson M. Ritter
Dinner With The Benders — Feature
By Leo Marr
Smuggling Via Canines — Feature
By Mark Knight
A Bargain In Crime — Feature
By Sam Sleuth
