Three detective novels in one magazine... that's what Triple Detective promised readers. And it didn't fail, either. Each issue offered three complete novels, or perhaps novelets would be a more accurate description, showcasing gritty detective adventures, accompanied by several short stories. The series of magazines was quite popular with readers, lasting 35 issues and running from Spring 1947 to Fall of 1955, long after many pulp magazines had folded. The magazine was published by Best Publications (aka, Standard Magazines, aka Thrilling Publications) and it gave its readers a wide variety of detective fiction that few other magazines could match. Triple Detective returns in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Three Mystery Novels
The Uncomplaining Corpses
by Brett Halliday
When Michael Shayne tries to help out a hard-up friend by tossing an easy if shady assignment his way, he little expects to find himself labelled a killer — but from his good intentions stems a dark and mysterious menace!
Winter Kill
by Steve Fisher
They shared office space in a dingy Manhattan building and lived on their pipe dreams — but a human sword of Damocles hung over their heads and only Johnny Ryan had spirit enough to put up a fight against their danger!
Even Bishops Die
by Charles Saxby
Slaughter and satire blend in a brilliant mystery of the British West Indies involving an Anglican prelate, a titled governor — and a smart and dangerously gorgeous American divorcee who upsets the Colonial applecart!
The Readers’ Jury — A Department