ContentsРоджер Торри
Roger Denzel Torrey
(5 May
1901
–
11 January 1946)
Cadillac, Michigan
–
Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), Florida
Bibliography
Last
modified: 07.10.2012
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Series characters:
Dal Prentice [tough cop
of Magna City, hard-drinking Southern California police lieutenant]
George Killeen
[private detective, private 'tec in Los Angeles]
5 stories:
Private War (January 1934)
Off-Stage (March 1934)
Dangerous Crossing
(August 1935)
Border Blockade (August 1936)
Mail Racket (November 1936)
Johnny Carr (aka
Johnny Cass)
[hard-boiled private eye (typically tough and cynical shamus)]
5
stories:
Opals Are Unlucky (February
15, 1934) [called
"Johnny Cass"]
Hot Money (May 1, 1934) [called
"Johnny Cass"]
A Death in the Family (June
1, 1934)
Dice and No Dice (September 15, 1934)
The Jade Beast (December 1, 1934)
Mike O'Dell [bodyguard,
ex-wrestler]
4 stories:
Beginner's Luck (January 1935)
Win - Place - and Show (May 1935)
Nose Trouble (July 1935)
Too Much Action (July 1936)
Pat McCarthy [private
investigator,
he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who
dislikes cops]
&
Marge Chalmers [his
"sidekick"]
14
stories:
Jail Bait (October 1936)
The Irish Have It
(December 1936)
Murder's Never Funny
(February 1937)
Rat Runaround (May 1937)
Hay Ride (September 1937)
Sanitarium for Sale
(February 1938)
Murder Link (May 1938)
Death Plays Tag (August 1938)
Gardenia Kill (October 1938)
Concealed Weapon (December 1938)
Hay Time (August 1939)
Kill That Witness (October 1939)
Death Calls the Hand
(January 1940)
Murder for Your Money
(February 1940)
Shean Connell
[private investigator]
8
stories &
1 novel:
Hillbilly Stuff (June 1937)
Just a Nice Girl (August 1937)
One Good Turn (November 1937)
Relative Trouble (January 1938)
Murder Troup (December 1944)
She Sang of Murder (March 1946)
Where There’s Smoke There’s Murder (April 1946)
Gambler’s Payoff (June 1946)
novel: 42 Days for Murder (NY: Hillman-Curl,
1938
Hanigan & Irving
[Michael "Mickey" Hanigan
–
a West Coast P.I. & Irving Kowalski
–
his part-time assistant and cab driver] ~3 novellas &
8 stories:
Case for a Killer (17 July 1937)
The Meter Says Murder (11 December 1937)
You Only Hang Once (23 April 1938)
Labor Trouble (17 September 1938)
A Hunch For Hanigan (12 November 1938)
Suicide Story (15 April 1939)
Country Kill (27 May 1939)
A Bodyguard for Beano (26 August 1939)
No-Money Payoff (16 December 1939)
Murder Tips the Scales (24 February 1940)
Frame for a Killer (1 November 1941)
Bryant [a regular U.S. Army man, who
works in
a Southern CCC camp
(Civilian Conservation Corps camps created
in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide training for
young men unable to find jobs during the 1930s in the time of the Great
Depression.)]
4 stories:
Murder - For No Reason
(August 1940)
No Gashes Were Deep
(February 1941)
Snakes in the Grass
(June 1941)
Hell and High Water (April 1942)
John Ryan
[private detective]
~13 stories [written: by
Roger Torrey or as by John Ryan]:
He Whispered of Murder (January 1942)
as by John Ryan [*?*
John Ryan]
Murder Money (February 1943)
as by John Ryan [*?*
John Ryan]
Leave — For Murder (June 1943) [*?*
as by John Ryan]
Two Down, One To Go (September 1943) [*?*
as by John Ryan]
Marriage Means Murder (October 1943) [*?*
John Ryan]
Murder By Accident (November 1943) [*?*
as by John Ryan]
Somebody Stole My Gal (April 1944)
Ticket To Death (August 1944)
as by John Ryan [*?*
John Ryan]
Roll, Corpse, Roll (September 1944) [written: by
Roger Torrey on the contents page, but
as by John Ryan on the story's title page]
The Thieves Fell Out (October 1944)
as by John Ryan [*?*
John Ryan]
Bury The Dead (November 1944)
as by John Ryan [*?*
John Ryan]
Pick-Up Kill (December 1944)
as by John Ryan [*?*
John Ryan]
Dog Eat Dog (February 1946) [*?*
as by John Ryan]
|
Stories & Novellas: |
| Police Business (January 1933, Black Mask [Pro Distributors Inc.; later - Fictioneers, Inc.]) Dal Prentice-1 |
| A Night in Menlo (March 1933, Black Mask) [western] |
| The Case-Hardened Samaritan. (April 1933, Black Mask) Dal Prentice-2 |
| Robbery-With Violence (June 1933, Black Mask) Dal Prentice-3 |
| Hospital Case (August 1933, Black Mask) Dal Prentice-4 |
| Murder in Jail (September 1933, Black Mask) Dal Prentice-5 |
|
Blackmail Is an Ugly Word
(October 1933, Black Mask)
Dal Prentice-6 aka: Blackmail's An Ugly Word (June 1937, True Gang Life [Associated Authors, Inc.]) |
|
Dal Prentice Thinks It Out / Black Mask Mystery no.6 (*?*
October 1933, Black Mask)
Dal Prentice-6+ [-- a one-page "readers mystery" with the solution given in the next issue] |
| Private War (January 1934, Black Mask) George Killeen-1 |
|
Clean Sweep (February 1934,
Black Mask)
Dal Prentice-7 (also in the coll.: "The Hard-Boiled Omnibus: Early Stories from Black Mask", ed. by Joseph T. Shaw, NY: Simon & Schuster, October 1946; reprinted: NY: Pocket Books [# 875], 1952); (also in the coll.: "The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action", ed. Maxim Jakubowski, NY: Carroll & Graf [Constable & Robinson in the UK], 2001) |
| Opals Are Unlucky (February 15, 1934, Dime Detective Magazine) as by R.D. Torrey Johnny Cass-1 |
| Off-Stage (March 1934, Black Mask) George Killeen-2 |
| Party Murder (April 1934, Black Mask) Dal Prentice-8 |
| Hot Money (May 1, 1934, Dime Detective Magazine) as by R.D. Torrey Johnny Cass-2 |
|
A Death in the Family (June
1, 1934, Dime Detective Magazine)
as by R.D. Torrey Johnny
Carr-1 *?* = A Death in the Family (January 1939, Candid Detective [Trojan Magazines, Inc.]) |
| Curtains for Five (July 1, 1934, Dime Detective Magazine) as by R.D. Torrey |
|
Dice and No Dice (September
15, 1934, Dime Detective Magazine)
as by R.D. Torrey Johnny
Carr-2 [--note: this issue also contains a photo & autobiographical profile by Torrey (page 140)] |
| The Breaks (September 1934, Black Mask) Dal Prentice-9 |
|
Law and Disorder
(November 1934, Black Mask)
Dal Prentice-10 [*see the same title (April 1941) - other story with main character - Johnny Riordan] |
| The Jade Beast (December 1, 1934, Dime Detective Magazine) as by R.D. Torrey Johnny Carr-3 |
| Beginner's Luck (January 1935, Black Mask) Mike O'Dell-1 |
| Win - Place - and Show (May 1935, Black Mask) Mike O'Dell-2 |
| Dead Men Can Talk (June 1935, Black Mask) Dal Prentice-11 |
| Nose Trouble (July 1935, Black Mask) Mike O'Dell-3 |
| Dangerous Crossing (August 1935, Black Mask) George Killeen-3 |
| Too Much Action (July 1936, Black Mask) Mike O'Dell-4 |
| Border Blockade (August 1936, Black Mask) George Killeen-4 |
| Jail Bait (October 1936, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge Chalmers)-1 |
| Earrings of Agony (November 1936, Ten Detective Aces [Magazine Publishers, Inc./Ace]) |
| Mail Racket (November 1936, Black Mask) George Killeen-5 |
| Back Alley (5 December 1936, Detective Fiction Weekly [Red Star News Co./Munsey]) [novella] |
| The Irish Have It (December 1936, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy-2 |
| Trigger Man (December 1936, Star Detective [Western Fiction Pub. Co. / Red Circle]) |
| High Homicide (January 1937, Ten Detective Aces) |
| Hit and Smash (January 1937, Pocket Detective Magazine [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) |
| Murder Frame (January 1937, Black Mask) |
| The Boy and the Butcher (January/February 1937, Knockout Magazine [Popular Publications, Inc.]) |
| Crooked Wheels (February 1937, Detective And Murder Mysteries [Associated Authors, Inc.]) |
| Justice Borrows Bullets (February 1937, Secret Agent X [Periodical House, Inc./Ace]) |
| Murder's Never Funny (February 1937, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge Chalmers)-3 |
| Always a Lady (March 1937, Black Mask) |
| Double Gamble (20 March 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) |
| Triple Cross (March 1937, Star Detective Magazine) |
| Rat Runaround (May 1937, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge Chalmers)-4 |
| The Race Racket (1st June 1937, The Shadow [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) |
| Hillbilly Stuff (June 1937, Black Mask) Shean Connell-1 |
| Ten Grand Trade (26 June 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) |
| Case for a Killer (17 July 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) Hanigan & Irving-1 [novel *?] |
| Death in the Hallway (July 1937, The Whisperer [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) |
| Without a Badge (31 July 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) |
| Dark Corners (August 1937, Pocket Detective Magazine) |
| Grudge Grappler (August 1937, Dime Sports Magazine [Popular Publications, Inc.]) |
| Just a Nice Girl (August 1937, Black Mask) Shean Connell-2 |
| Protection Plus (August 1937, True Gang Life) |
| The Hard Way (4 September 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] |
| Hay Ride (September 1937, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy & Co -5 |
| Sweet Charity (September 1937, Detective And Murder Mysteries) |
| Payment Arranged (23 October 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] |
| Blackmail (6 November 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] |
| A Corpse Came Calling (November 1937, Detective And Murder Mysteries) |
| License for Murder (November 1937, Five-Novels Monthly [Dell Publishing Co., Inc.]) [novella] |
| Maybe It's Murder (20 November 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly) |
| One Good Turn (November 1937, Black Mask) Shean Connell-3 |
|
Wrong Number (November
1937, Double Detective [Frank A. Munsey Co./Popular]) (also in the coll.: "100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories", ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, NY: Barnes & Noble, 1997) |
|
The Meter Says Murder (11
December 1937, Detective Fiction Weekly)
Hanigan & Irving-2 [*Irving Kowalski is referred to as Borowski in this story.] |
| Relative Trouble (January 1938, Black Mask) Shean Connell-4 |
| Sanitarium for Sale (February 1938, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge Chalmers)-6 |
| There’s Blood on My Hands (February 1938, Detective Short Stories [Manvis Publications, Inc./Red Circle]) |
| Account Closed (March 1938, Double Detective) |
| Murder School (March 1938, Private Detective Stories [Trojan Publishing Corp.]) |
| Night Club (March 1938, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| Blood of the Beast (April 1938, Detective Short Stories) |
| Three Little Maids from School (April 1938, Romantic Detective [Trojan Publishing Corp.]) [novella] |
| You Only Hang Once (23 April 1938, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] Hanigan and Irving-3 |
|
Contact Man (May 1938, Private
Detective Stories) [*? reprinted: Contact Man (March, 1941, Dime Detective Magazine)] *??? |
| Murder Link (May 1938, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge Chalmers)-7 |
| Murder Made in Reno (Spring 1938, Detective Book Magazine [Fiction House, Inc.]) |
| No Sale (June 1938, Romantic Detective) |
| One Step Behind (June 1938, Double Detective) |
|
Gun Trap For a Money-Killer
(July 1938, Star Detective)
as by John Ryan (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) [misspelling: Gun-Trap For a Money Killer] |
| Money Makes Trouble (July 1938, Detective Short Stories) |
|
No Pockets in a Shroud
(July 1938, Private Detective Stories) [*?* = also reprinted: (February 1946, Two Book Mystery Magazine [Golden Willow Press/Trojan] digest) [NB!: No Pockets in a Shroud (1937) - a novel by Horace McCoy] |
| Death Plays Tag (August 1938, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy-8 |
|
Two Dead Men (August 1938,
Romantic Detective) as by John
Ryan [novella] (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) [?character: John Linehan] |
| Clay Pigeon (September 1938, Private Detective Stories) |
|
Labor Trouble (17 September
1938, Detective Fiction Weekly)
[short
novel]
Hanigan and Irving-4 [NOTE: This long novelette is one a series featuring a West Coast private detective named Hanigan. He's teamed with Irving Kowalski, his part-time assistant and cab driver. Irving calls him "Chief".] |
| Troopers Die Hard (September 1938, Detective Yarns [Blue Ribbon Magazines, Inc./Double Action]) |
| A Dead Man Forgets (October 1938, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| Family Affair (October 1938, Romantic Detective) |
| Rub Down (October 1938, Private Detective Stories) |
| Hole Card (October 1938, Double Detective) |
| Gardenia Kill (October 1938, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy-9 |
| See No Evil (October 1938, Candid Detective [Trojan Magazines, Inc.]) |
| A Hunch for Hanigan (12 November 1938, Detective Fiction Weekly) Hanigan and Irving-5 |
| The Lady or the Lug (November 1938, Private Detective Stories) |
|
Bodyguard (December 1938,
Private Detective) [novella] (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
|
Concealed Weapon (December
1938, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge
Chalmers)-10 (also in the coll.: "The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s", ed. by Otto Penzler, NY: Vintage/Black Lizard, 2007); (also in the coll.: "Pulp Fiction: The Dames", ed. by Otto Penzler, UK: Quercus, 2008) |
| House Party (December 1938, Romantic Detective) |
|
Dance Act (January
1939, Private Detective Stories) [novella] (also in the coll.: "The Frankie and Johnny Murder: Two Tales of Murder and Intrigue", 2004) (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
|
A Death in the Family (January
1939, Candid Detective [Trojan Magazines, Inc.]) *?* = A Death in the Family (June 1, 1934, Dime Detective Magazine) as by R.D. Torrey Johnny Carr-1 |
| Beginning With Murder (February 1939, Romantic Detective) |
| Blackmail Blast (February 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| Stake-out — At the Morgue (February 1939, Complete Detective [Western Fiction Publishing Co./Red Circle]) |
| Girl in Trouble (March 1939, Spicy Detective Stories [Culture Publications, Inc./Trojan.]) as by John Ryan |
|
Joker in the Deck (March
1939, Candid Detective [Trojan Magazines, Inc.]) (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
|
Vacation with Murder (March
1939, Private Detective Stories) [*NB: wrong title (in some sources) for this issue: Dead Man's Knock (Mar' 39, Private Detective Stories) see: March 1941, Private Detective Stories. |
| Murder on the Highway (April 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| Suicide Story (April 15, 1939, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] Hanigan and Irving-6 |
| Country Kill (May 27, 1939, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novel *?] Hanigan and Irving-7 |
| Road Show (May 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| Maid For Trouble (June 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| House Cop (July 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| A Bodyguard for Beano (August 26, 1939, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] Hanigan and Irving-8 |
| Hay Time (August 1939, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge Chalmers)-11 |
| On Guard (August 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| Road House Affair (September 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
|
Cook to Order (October
1939, Spicy Detective) as by
John Ryan (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
| Kill That Witness (October 1939, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy-12 |
| Lost and Found (October 1939, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| Murder With a Backfire (October 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| Fire Test (November, 1939, Dime Detective Magazine) |
| Thirty Grand Reward (November 1939, Black Mask) |
| Tough Baby (November 1939, Private Detective Stories) |
| No-Money Payoff (16 December 1939, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] Hanigan and Irving-9 |
|
The Platinum Peke (December
1939, Private Detective)
[novella] (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
|
Wanted — One Watch
(December 1939, Private Detective)
as by John Ryan (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
|
Death Calls the Hand
(January 1940, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (&
Marge Chalmers)-13 [--with a letter from Torrey regarding background of story (page 81 of this issue)] |
|
Hotel Help (January 1940,
Private Detective) (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
| Appointment with Murder (February 1940, Private Detective Stories) [novella] |
| The Perfumed Murder (February 1940, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| The Kill (February 1940, Double Detective) |
| Lock, Stock and Barrel (February, 1940, Dime Detective Magazine) |
| Murder for Your Money (February 1940, Black Mask) Pat McCarthy (& Marge Chalmers)-14 |
| Murder Tips the Scales (24 February 1940, Detective Fiction Weekly) [novella] Hanigan and Irving-10 |
| Black and White (March 1940, Black Mask) |
| Girl Trouble (March 1940, Private Detective Stories) |
| Bad Samaritan (April 1940, Private Detective Stories) |
| The Vanishing Miss Vance (April 1940, Black Mask) |
| Blind Man's Bluff (April 1940, Black Mask) as by Samuel Drake |
|
Life -
Or Death? (April 1940, Double Detective) (also in: High Adventure, #70, 2003 [ed. Adventure House]) |
|
Mansion of Death (25 May
1940, Detective Fiction Weekly) (also in the coll.: "The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s", ed. by Otto Penzler, NY: Vintage/Black Lizard, 2007); (also in the coll.: "Pulp Fiction: The Dames", ed. by Otto Penzler, UK: Quercus, 2008) |
| Taxi Trouble (May, 1940, Dime Detective Magazine) [novel *?] |
| Winner Take Nothing (May 1940, Private Detective Stories) [novel ?*] |
| Too Many Angles (June 1940, Black Mask) |
| Murder Backstage (August 1940, Private Detective Stories) |
| Murder - For No Reason (August 1940, Black Mask) Bryant-1 |
| Angel Without Wings (September 1940, Private Detective Stories) |
| Forest Blockade (September 1940, Spicy-Adventure Stories [Culture Publications, Inc./Trojan.]) as by Sam Drake |
|
Three Dead Men (September
1940, Thrilling Detective [Metropolitan Magazines, Inc./Thrilling])
[novella] (also in: Popular Detective, September 1950) |
| Candidate for a Killing (October, 1940, Dime Detective Magazine) |
| Nominated or Murder (October 1940, Private Detective Stories) |
| Murder on the Third Floor (November 1940, Private Detective Stories) |
| The Mill Pond Murders (December 1940, Private Detective Stories) |
| Murder — the Hard Way (January 1941, Spicy Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| Case of the Doomed Debutante (February 1941, Detective Short Stories) |
| Little Miss Fortune (February 1941, Spicy Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
|
Murder for Rent (February
1941, Private Detective Stories)
[*main character - James
Halloran, P.I., 1st person narrator] |
| Murder in the Backwoods (February 1941, Spicy-Adventure Stories) as by Sam Drake |
| No Gashes Were Deep (February 1941, Black Mask) Bryant-2 |
| Dead Man's Knock (March 1941, Private Detective Stories) |
| Death on Duty (April 1941, Detective Short Stories) |
|
One Escort — Missing or Dead
(April 1941, Lone Wolf Detective [Ace Magazines, Inc.]) [*?* One Escort: Missing or Dead] |
|
Law and
Disorder (April 1941, Black Mask) [*featuring - Johnny Riordan in Miller's Landing; see the same title (November 1934) - other story with main character - Dal Prentice] |
|
Foreign Affair (May 1941,
Private Detective Stories) (also in: Private Detective (Canada), March 1943) |
| Murder With a Song (May 1941, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| See You In Jail (June 1941, Detective Short Stories) |
| Snakes in the Grass (June 1941, Black Mask) Bryant-3 |
| Blind Death (August 1941, Spicy-Adventure Stories) as by Sam Drake |
| Murder by Mail (October 1941, Private Detective Stories) |
| Frame for a Killer (1 November 1941, Detective Fiction Weekly) Hanigan and Irving-11 |
| Beach Murder (January 1942, Spicy-Adventure Stories) as by John Ryan |
| A Corpse Will Call For You (January 1942, Detective Short Stories) |
|
He Whispered
of Murder (January 1942, Private Detective Stories)
as by John Ryan [*?*
John Ryan] (also in: Private Detective Stories [Canadian edition], February 1943) |
| Murder With Music (January 1942, Private Detective Stories) |
| Murder's Never Easy (March 1942, Private Detective Stories) [novel ?*] |
| Coast Guard Capture (April 1942, Private Detective Stories) as by Sam Drake |
|
Hell and High Water (April
1942, Black Mask) Bryant-4 [--with a letter from Torrey regarding background of story (pages 8 and 129 of this issue)] |
| Tommy-Gun Wedding (April 1942, Detective Short Stories) |
|
Death Picks the Unknown Blonde
(June 1942, Detective Story Magazine [Street & Smith Publications,
Inc.]) (also in: All Fiction Detective Stories Annual, 1943 [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) |
| The Countess and the Killer (July 1942, Private Detective Stories) |
|
Lady Killer (August
1942,
Detective Story)
[*main character
–
(*?*Matt Keogh)
Mart Keogh, P.I., 3rd
person narrator] |
|
The Frankie and Johnny Murder (September 1942,
Private Detective Stories) (also in the coll.: "The Frankie and Johnny Murder: Two Tales of Murder and Intrigue", 2004) |
| Death Has An Escort (October 1942, Private Detective Stories) [novel ?*] |
| Hanging Evidence (October 1942, Private Detective Stories) as by Sam Drake |
| Dead Girls Can't Talk (November 1942, Spicy Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
|
No Blackout for Murder
(November 1942, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine) (also in: All Fiction Stories, 1946 [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) |
| Double Trouble (December 1942, Private Detective Stories) [novel ?*] |
| Paper Pay-Off (January 1943, Speed Detective [Trojan Publishing Corp.]) as by John Ryan |
| Three Women and A Corpse (January 1943, Private Detective Stories) [novella] |
| Dame in Dutch (February 1943, Speed Detective) as by John Ryan |
| Murder Before Breakfast (February 1943, Speed Detective) |
| Murder Money (February 1943, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan [*?* John Ryan] |
| Patent on Murder (March 1943, Speed Detective) |
| Plan For Murder (March 1943, Private Detective Stories) |
| Death Comes Double (May 1943, Private Detective Stories) |
|
Death Wears a Ring (May
1943, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine)
[novella] (also in: Detective Story Magazine (UK), January 1944) |
|
Leave — For Murder (June
1943, Speed Detective) John Ryan
[*?*
as by John Ryan] [NOTE: In this one John Ryan is in the Military Police. Says he was previously a private detective. In the stories that follow he is NOT in the army.] |
| Murder Bars No Holds (July 1943, Private Detective Stories) |
| Death Dice (September 1943, Speed Mystery [Trojan Publishing Corp.]) |
| Two Down, One to Go (September 1943, Private Detective Stories) John Ryan [*?* as by John Ryan] |
| Marriage Means Murder (October 1943, Private Detective Stories) [*?* John Ryan] |
| Cabana Killing (November 1943, Speed Detective) as by John Ryan |
|
Death in the Pool (November
1943, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine) (also in: All Fiction Stories, 1945; Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK), May 1956) |
| Murder By Accident (November 1943, Private Detective Stories) John Ryan [*?* as by John Ryan] |
|
Murder Follows Suicide
(November 1943, Speed Detective) (also in the coll.: "Private Detective Stories", Pulp Tales Press, September 2007) |
| Clean-Up Kill (December 1943, Super Detective [Trojan Publishing Corp.]) |
| Cop Killer (December 1943, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| Two Men Missing (December 1943, Private Detective Stories) |
| Murder At Chantilly (December 1943, Super Detective) as by John Ryan |
| Hot Wires (January 1944, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| Murder Camp (January 1944, Speed Detective) |
| Murder in a Motel (January 1944, Speed Detective) as by John Ryan |
|
Double-Cross Marks the Spot
(February 1944, Super Detective) (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
|
Please Locate Murder
(February 1944,
Super-Detective) [novella] aka: The Quires Matter: A McGowan For Hire Mystery. (Black Dog Books, 2006 [76-pages chapbook])
[*main character: Terrance
McGowan, New York City P.I. |
|
Her Name Was Murder
(February 1944, Detective Story Magazine)
[novella] (also in: All Fiction Detective Stories Annual, 1945 [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) (also in: Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK), v 4 # 1, June 1957) |
| You Can Hang But Once (March 1944, Hollywood Detective [Trojan Publishing Corp.]) |
| M Stands For Murder (April 1944, Super Detective) |
|
Somebody Stole My Gal
(April 1944, Private Detective Stories [vol. 14, #5])
John Ryan [NOTE: John Ryan & his companion/bodyguard - bull terrier Toby.] |
|
A Murder For Teacher
(May 1944, Speed Detective)
[*main character - John Keogh, P.I., 1st person narrator] |
|
Death Does the Jitterbug
(June 1944, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine [Canadian
edition])
[novella] (also in: Detective Story Magazine (UK), September 1944) (also in: Detective Story Annual, 1946 [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) |
| The Missing Mr. Link (July 1944, Speed Detective) |
| Numbered Death (August 1944, Hollywood Detective) |
| Black Murder (August 1944, Private Detective Stories) |
| Ticket to Death (August 1944, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan [*?* John Ryan] |
| Arson Angle (September 1944, Speed Mystery) as by John Ryan |
| Death Wins the Lottery (September 1944, Speed Mystery [Trojan Publishing Corp.]) [novella] |
| Death is Elected (September 1944, Super Detective) |
|
A Fool for Publicity
(September 1944, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine) [novella] (also in: Detective Story Magazine (UK), November 1944) |
|
Roll, Corpse, Roll
(September 1944, Hollywood Detective)
John Ryan [*NOTE: This one says Roger Torrey on the contents page, but "John Ryan" is the author on the story's title page.] |
| Death Joins the Strike (October 1944, Super-Detective) [novella] |
| Path to the Death House (October 1944, Private Detective Stories) |
| The Thieves Fell Out (October 1944, Speed Detective) as by John Ryan [*?* John Ryan] |
| Old Lady in the Lake (November 1944, Private Detective Stories) |
| Bury the Dead (November 1944, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan [*?* John Ryan] |
| Death Child (December 1944, Private Detective Stories) as by Sam Drake |
| Death is a Rebel (December 1944, Super Detective) |
| Easy-Money Charlie (December 1944, Private Detective Stories) |
| Pick-Up Kill (December 1944, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan [*?* John Ryan] |
|
Murder Troupe
(December 1944, Detective Story Magazine)
Shean Connell (also in: All Fiction Detective Stories Annual, 1946 [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) |
| The Sheriff Gets Knifed (December 1944, Speed Detective) |
| Death on River Road (January 1945, Hollywood Detective [Springfield, Massachusetts]) |
| Fishing for Death (January 1945, Hollywood Detective) as by John Ryan |
| Fools Die First (January 1945, Private Detective Stories) |
| Murder Fools Nobody (January 1945, Speed Mystery) as by John Ryan |
| Delayed Death (February 1945, Private Detective Stories) |
| For Fifty Grand (February 1945, Speed Detective) |
| Charnel House (March 1945, Super Detective) |
| The Suicide Murder (March 1945, Private Detective Stories) |
| Murder Was My Business (April 1945, Super Detective) |
| Peralta Pay-Off (April 1945, Private Detective Stories) |
| I Find Murder (June 1945, Speed Detective) |
| The Bookie Bets on Murder (July 1945, Super-Detective) |
|
Death's Hand is Black
(August 1945, Hollywood Detective)
[*main character - Pete
Halloran, P.I., 1st person narrator] |
| Red Hot Murder (August 1945, Speed Detective) [novel ?*] |
| Taxi Kill (August 1945, Private Detective Stories) as by Sam Drake |
| Printer's Ink Runs Red (October 1945, Speed Detective) |
| Excursion to Murder (November 1945, Super Detective) |
| The Stiff in the Solitary (November 1945, Super Detective) as by Ace Baldwin |
| Justifiable Homicide (December 1945, Private Detective Stories) |
| Two Little Men (January 1946, Super-Detective) [novella] |
| Dog Eat Dog (February 1946, Speed Detective) John Ryan [*?* as by John Ryan] |
|
She Sang of Murder (March
1946, Detective Story Magazine) Shean
Connell (also in : "Detective Story Annual, 1948" [ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith]) |
| Stake-Out Kill (March 1946, Super Detective) |
| The Cemetery Slaying (April 1946, G-Men Detective [Beacon Magazines, Inc./Thrilling]) |
| Overseas Payoff (April 1946, Hollywood Detective) as by John Ryan |
|
Where There’s Smoke There’s
Murder (April 1946, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine)
[novella] Shean
Connell (also in: Detective Story Magazine (UK), November 1951) |
| Bear Killing (May 1946, Private Detective Stories) |
| The Contesse and the Killer (May 1946, Speed Detective) as by Sam Drake |
| Death-House Double-Cross (May 1946, Super Detective) as by John Ryan |
| Talent for Murder (May 1946, Super Detective) |
|
Gambler’s Payoff (June
1946, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine)
Shean Connell (also in: All Fiction Detective Anthology, 1948 [Street & Smith Publications, Inc.]) (also in: Detective Story Magazine (UK), January 1952) |
| Live Wire (June 1946, The Phantom Detective [Standard Magazines, Inc./Thrilling]) |
| Death Takes the Pot (July 1946, Private Detective Stories) [novella] |
|
A Will For Murder (July
1946, Super Detective)
as by John Ryan (also in the coll.: "Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas", 2009) |
| Pyre for a Corpse (August 1946, Speed Detective) [novella] |
| Double, Double, Here Comes Trouble (September 1946, Super Detective) |
|
They Carried Him Out
(October 1946, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine)
[novel
?*] (also in: Detective Story Magazine (UK), November 1950) |
|
The Barefaced Murder
(December 1946, Detective Story Magazine) (also in: "Detective Story Annual, 1949"[ed. Daisy Bacon, Street & Smith]) |
| Murder Runs in the Family (December 1946, Private Detective Stories) as by John Ryan |
| Bullets Backstage (January 1947, Hollywood Detective) as by John Ryan |
| Time to Kill (February 1947, Speed Detective) as by John Ryan |
| Gun in Hand (March 1947, Super Detective) as by John Ryan |
| Island Strangler (March 1947, Popular Detective [Beacon Magazines, Inc./Thrilling]) |
| Goal for a Gunman (May 1947, Super Detective) as by John Ryan |
|
Novel: |
|
42 Days for Murder (NY:
Hillman-Curl, 1938 [a "Clue Club Mystery" #23])
Shean Connell aka: Forty-Two Days for Murder (Dennis McMillan Publications, Berkeley [Tucson, & Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.], 1988) |
|
Collections: |
|
The Frankie and Johnny Murder:
Two Tales of Murder and Intrigue (Black Dog Books, 2004 [68-pages
chapbook]) [2 stories] Contents: Dance Act; The Frankie and Johnny Murder. |
|
Bodyguard and Other Crime
Dramas (Black Dog Books [Normal, Illinois], 2009)
[11 stories] Contents: Two Dead Men [novella] Cook to Order Bodyguard [novella] Joker in the Deck Dance Act [novella] Wanted — One Watch The Platinum Реke [novella] Hotel Help Gun Trap For a Money-Killer Double-Cross Marks the Spot A Will For Murder. [--
214 pages paperback; with an Introduction by Ron Goulart & bibliography
by Tom Roberts and Joel Lyczak. |
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NB!
Men's Mart (October 1948, Argosy, pages: 5-9)
as
by
John Ryan [pictorial story]
- It was not Roger Torrey who penned it.
Thanks to
Bill
Halvorson for additional information and
his kind help!
I'm grateful to Richard
Moore & George Tuttle
for biographical data!
Big thanks to
Evan
Lewis
for new info about series characters!
And thanks to Joel Lyczak (and
Tom Roberts
also)
for
some indications!
© 2006, Vladimir
Matuschenko
(составитель
библиографии Владимир
Матющенко).