Mystery and Crime Various: Mystery Book Magazine Sampler. V1. 8 Jan 2012

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Mystery Book Magazine/Giant Detective
Mystery Book Magazine started life as a high quality digest magazine that achieved very positive reviews, but disappointing sales. It started as a monthly in 1945, dropped back to a bi-monthly in schedule in 1947 and then in August 1947 dropped to a quarterly schedule and changed to a pulp format. After three years, with its fortunes failing, it changed its name dramatically to Giant Detective but folded after a mere two issues under that name.

KILLER'S HIGHROAD—ROBERT J. HOGAN

When truck driver Pete Hennessey investigates the hit-and-run death of playboy Ronnie Dykeman, he runs into a hotbed of evil and crime!

A STITCH IN CRIME—RICHARD BRISTER

Mr. Trimble was just a meek little tailor until that fateful day when Blackie Vain held him up for the sake of a change of clothes!