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1942

PictureApril 1942, Cook 1
April 1942 (Cook 1)
The Case Of The Empty Tin by Erle Stanley Gardner
Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie
A Pinch Of Poison by Frances & Richard Lockridge
(click for more information about c.1969 reissue editions) 

May 1942 (Cook 2)
With This Ring by Mignon G. Eberhart
The Mighty Blockhead by Frank Gruber
The D.A. Cooks A Goose by Erle Stanley Gardner

June 1942 (Cook 3)
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Double or Quits by A.A. Fair
The Rio Casino Intrigue by Van Wyck Mason

July 1942 (Cook 4)
The Unconscious Witness by Austin Freeman
Death On The Aisle by Frances & Richard Lockridge
Lady Killer by Elisabeth S. Holding

August 1942 (Cook 5)
Black Orchids by Rex Stout
Tinsley's Bones by Percival Wilde
The Six Iron Spiders by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

September 1942 (Cook 6)
Name Your Poison by Helen Reilly
Folio On Florence White by Will Oursler
Phantom Lady by William Irish

October 1942 (Cook 7)
The Case Of The Drowning Duck by Erle Stanley Gardner
Fear Comes To Chalfont by Freemont Wills Crofts
Mystery In The Woodshed by Anthony Gilbert

November 1942 (Cook 8) (green dust jacket)
The Affair of the Splintered Heart by Clifford Knight
Ringed With Fire by Alice Campbell
Death Rings a Bell by Cortland Fitzsimmons

December 1942 (Cook 9)
Hanged For A Sheep by Frances & Richard Lockridge
Bats Fly At Dusk by A.A. Fair
Cue For Murder by Helen McCloy

1943

PictureOctober 1943, Cook 19
January 1943 (Cook 10) (purple dust jacket)
The Yellow Violet by Frances Crane
The Gift Horse by Frank Gruber
Blue Murder by Harriet Rutland

February 1943 (Cook 11)

Wolf In Man's Clothing by Mignon G. Eberhart
The Shudders by Anthony Abbot
A Body For Bill by Ione Sandberg Shriber

March 1943 (Cook 12)
The Case Of The Smoking Chimney by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Attic Room by Katherine Wolffe
She Died A Lady by Carter Dickson

April 1943 (Cook 13)
Nothing Can Rescue Me by Elizabeth Daly
Murder Wears A Mummer's Mask by Brett Halliday
Final Appearance by Jeannette Covert Nolan

May 1943 (Cook 14)
Affair Of The Jade Monkey by Clifford Knight
A Corpse By Any Other Name by R.A.J. Walling
Corpses At Indian Stones by Philip Wylie

June 1943 (Cook 15) (orange dust jacket)
The Case of the Buried Clock by Erle Stanley Gardner
Headlong For Murder by Merlda Mace
To Catch a Thief by Daphne Sanders

July 1943 (Cook 16)
Do Not Disturb by Helen McCloy
The Rat Began To Gnaw The Rope by C.W. Crafton
Court Of Shadows by Giles Jackson

August 1943 (Cook 17)
Death Takes a Bow by Frances & Richard Lockridge
Fall Guy For Murder by Lawrence Goldman
Painted for the Kill by Lucy Cores

September 1943 (Cook 18)
Evidence of Things Seen by Elizabeth Daly
Dark Duet by Peter Cheney
A Lady in a Million by Susannah Shane

October 1943 (Cook 19)
The Pink Umbrella by Frances Crane
Cats Prowl At Night by A.A. Fair
The Woman In Red by Anthony Gilbert

November 1943 (Cook 20) (green dust jacket)
The Case Of The Drowsy Mosquito by Erle Stanley Gardner
Motto For Murder by Merlda Mace
The Affair Of The Fainting Butler by Clifford Knight

December 1943 (Cook 21) (blue dust jacket)
Blood on the Black Market by Brett Halliday
The Great Yant Mystery by A.B. Cunningham
The Blackbirder by Dorothy B. Hughes

1944

PictureJuly 1944, Cook 28
January 1944 (Cook 22) (yellow dust jacket)
Murder with Love by Garland Lord
X Marks the Dot by Muriel Stafford
The Stars are Dark by Peter Cheyney

February 1944 (Cook 23) 
The D.A. Calls A Turn by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Applegreen Cat by Frances Crane
Invitation To Murder by Ione Sandberg Shriber

March 1944 (Cook 24) (blue dust jacket)
The Goblin Market by Helen McCloy
Deadline at Dawn by William Irish
Killing the Goose by Frances & Richard Lockridge

April 1944 (Cook 25)
He Wouldn't Kill Patience by Carter Dickson
You Only Hang Once by H.W. Roden
Fire Will Freeze by Margaret Millar

May 1944 (Cook 26)
Arrow Pointing No Where by Elizabeth Daly
The Hornet's Nest  by Bruno Fischer
The Deaths Of Lora Karen by Roman McDougald

June 1944 (Cook 27) (orange dust jacket)
The Delicate Ape by Dorothy B. Hughes
Six Silver Handles by Geoffrey Homes
The Deep Blue Sea by Raymond Knotts

July 1944 (Cook 28)
The Man With the Lumpy Nose by Lawrence Lariar
The Case of the Crooked Candle by Erle Stanley Gardner
Beyond the Dark by Kieran Abbey

August 1944 (Cook 29)
The Corpse Without A Clue by R.A.J. Walling
The Black Path Of Fear by Cornell Woolrich
Death Strikes At Heron House by Kerry O'Neil

September 1944 (Cook 30)
The Book Of The Dead by Elizabeth Daly
Button Button by Marion Bramhall
A Date With Danger by Roy Vickers

October 1944 (Cook 31)
Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr
Intrigue For Empire by Kathleen Moore Knight
Give 'Em The Ax by A.A. Fair

November 1944 (Cook 32)
Five Bullets by Lee Thayer
The Amethyst Spectacles by Frances Crane
The Affair Of The Dead Stranger by Clifford Knight

December 1944 (Cook 33)
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde by Erle Stanley Gardner
Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout

1945

PictureLife, July 30, 1945
January 1945 (Cook 34) 
Too Busy to Die by H.W. Roden
Too Much Poison by Anne Rowe
Crime on my Hands by George Sanders

February 1945 (Cook 35)
Blood Upon The Snow by Hilda Lawrence
They Never Say When by Peter Cheney
Pattern For Murder by 

March 1945 (Cook 36) (blue dust jacket)
The Indigo Necklace by Frances Crane
Orchids To Murder by Hulbert Footner
Death At The Door by Anthony Gilbert

A revised cover design started in April 1945, which would last until color covers were introduced in 1959. The April 1945 cover has a script DBC on the front and at the top of the spine. 

April 1945 (Cook 37) (yellow dust jacket)
Stream Sinister by Kathleen Moore Knight
Murder On Angler's Island by Helen Reilly
Payoff For The Banker by Frances & Richard Lockridge

May 1945 (Cook 38)
Murder Is My Business by Brett Halliday
Crime Wind by Marion Holbrook
Whatever Goes Up by Bertram Millhauser

June 1945 (Cook 39) (orange dust jacket)
The Outsiders by A.E. Martin
Fatal Purchase by Anne Rowe
One Angel Less by H.W. Roden

July 1945 (Cook 40) (blue dust jacket)
The Case of the Golddigger's Purse by Erle Stanley Gardner
Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh
Pearls Before Swine by Margery Allingham

August 1945 (Cook 41)
Out Of Control by Baynard Kendrick
Too Many Suspects by John Rhode
An Eye For An Eye by Oliver Bayer

September 1945 (Cook 42)
The Murderer is a Fox by Ellery Queen
Dread Journey by Dorothy B. Hughes
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson

October 1945 (Cook 43) (orange dust jacket)
You'll Be Sorry! by Samuel Rogers
The Lost Caesar by Ruth Fenisong
Four Past Four by Roy Vickers

November 1945 (Cook 44) (blue dust jacket)
Port Of Seven Strangers by Kathleen Moore Knight
Sinister Errand by Peter Cheney
Up To The Hilt by Anne Rowe

December 1945 (Cook 45)
The Girl With the Frightened Eyes by Lawrence Lariar
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife by Erle Stanley Gardner
Dark Prophecy by Marjorie Alan

1946

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January 1946 (Cook 46)
The One That Got Away by Helen McCloy
The Double Take by Roy Huggins
The Fifth Man by Manning Coles

February 1946 (Cook 47) (blue dust jacket, orange dust jacket)
The D.A. Breaks A Seal by Erle Stanley Gardner
Murder Within Murder by Frances & Richard Lockridge
The Pavilion by Hilda Lawrence

March 1946 (Cook 48) (orange dust jacket, blue dust jacket)
Whisper Murder! by Vera Kelsey
Death Lifts The Latch by Anthony Gilbert
Somewhere In The House by Elizabeth Daly

April 1946 (no Cook listing)

May 1946 (no Cook listing)


June 1946 (Cook 49)
The Innocent Mrs. Duff by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
Death In The Limelight by A.E. Martin
The Trouble At Turkey Hill by Kathleen Moore Knight

July 1946 (Cook 50)
He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
The Unsuspected by Charlotte Armstrong
Crows Can't Count by A.A. Fair

August 1946 (Cook 51) (orange dust jacket)
Dead at the Take-Off by Lester Dent
Go Down Death by Sue Brown Hays
Benefit Performance by Richard Sale

September 1946 (Cook 52)
Five Passengers From Lisbon by Mignon G. Eberhart
Wake For A Lady by H.W. Roden
The Murder In The Stork Club by Vera Caspary

October 1946 (Cook 53)
The Case of the Backward Mule by Erle Stanley Gardner
Honolulu Story by Leslie Ford
My Late Wives by Carter Dickson

November 1946 (Cook 54)
The Cinnamon Murder by Frances Crane
As Good As Dead by Thomas B. Dewey
The Wrong Way Down by Elizabeth Daly

December 1946 (Cook 55)
The White Dress by Mignon G. Eberhart
The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout
The Hollow by Agatha Christie

Free volume offered in November 17, 1947 ad in Life Magazine (also offered in 1946)
(unlisted by Cook) (orange dust jacket)
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde by Erle Stanley Gardner


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1947

January 1947 (Cook 56) (blue dust jacket)
Lady To Kill by Lester Dent
Punch With Care by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
The Case Of The Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley Gardner

February 1947 (no Cook listing)

March 1947 (Cook 57)
By Hook or Crook by Anthony Gilbert
The Shadowy Third by Marco Page
The Whispering Death by Roy Vickers

April 1947 (Cook 58) (green dust jacket)
The Sleeping Sphinx by John Dickson Carr
Beagle Scented Murder by Frank Gruber
Death of a Doll by Hilda Lawrence

May 1947 (Cook 59) (red dust jacket)
Two Clues by Erle Stanley Gardner
Overdue For Death by Z.H. Ross
The Chinese Doll by Wilson Tucker

June 1947 (Cook 60)
Another Woman's House by Mignon G. Eberhart
Cheer For The Dead by Eli Colter
Shadow For A Lady by J. Lane Linklater

July 1947 (Cook 61)
The Case Of The Fan-Dancers Horse by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Silver Leopard by Helen Reilly
Bedeviled by Libbie Block

August 1947 (Cook 62)
The Woman In Black by Leslie Ford
Murder On The Purple Water by Frances Crane
Ghost Of A Chance by Kelley Roos

September 1947 (Cook 63) (red dust jacket)
The Farmhouse by Helen Reilly
Fools Die on Friday by A.A. Fair
Dark Interlude by Peter Cheney

October 1947 (Cook 64)
Too Late For Tears By Roy Huggins
Murder On The Purple Water By Frances Crane
The Whispering Master By Frank Gruber

November 1947 (Cook 65)
The Case of the Lazy Lover by Erle Stanley Gardner
Untidy Murder by Frances & Richard Lockridge
Let the Tiger Die by Manning Coles

December 1947 (Cook 66)
Black Opal by J. Lane Linklater
I Found Him Dead by Gale Gallagher
Dead and Dumb by Edmund Crispin

1948

January 1948 (Cook 67) (orange dust jacket)
The Blank Wall by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
Death in the Wrong Room by Anthony Gilbert
Search for a Scientist by Charles Leonard

February 1948 (Cook 68) (blue dust jacket)
Too Many Women by Rex Stout
Night Walk by Elizabeth Daly
Draw The Curtain Close by Thomas B. Dewey

March 1948 (Cook 69) (yellow dust jacket)
There is a Tide by Agatha Christie
T as in Trapped by Lawrence Treat
Borderline Murder by Alan Amos

April 1948 (Cook 70) (green dust jacket)
Lethal Lady by Rufus King
Nightfall by David Goodis
Root Of Evil by Eaton K. Goldthwaite

May 1948 (no Cook listing)

June 1948 (no Cook listing)


July 1948 (Cook 71)
Dance Without Music by Peter Cheyney
The Case of the Lonely Heiress by Erle Stanley Gardner
Explosion by Dorothy Cameron Disney

August 1948 (Cook 72)
The Missing Widow by Anthony Gilbert
The Scarlet Feather by Frank Gruber
I Want to Go Home by Richard & Frances Lockridge

September 1948 (Cook 73) (yellow dust jacket)
The Book of the Lion by Elizabeth Daly
The Whip by Sara Elizabeth Mason
No Tears for the Dead by Rae Foley

October 1948 (Cook 74)
The Devil's Stronghold by Leslie Ford
Rendezvous In Black by Cornell Woolrich
The Case Of The Vagabond Virgin by Erle Stanley Gardner 

November 1948 (Cook 75)
The D.A. Takes a Chance by Erle Stanley Gardner
She Walks Alone by Helen McCloy
Voice Out of Darkness by Ursula Curtiss

December 1948 (Cook 76)
The Fourth Postman by Craig Rice
Among Those Absent by Manning Coles
The Lock and the Key by Frank Gruber

1949

January 1949 (Cook 77) (yellow dust jacket)
The Witness for the Prosecution (and Three Blind Mice) by Agatha Christie
Murder is Served by Frances & Richard Lockridge
Dark Abyss by Clifford Knight

February 1949 (Cook 78)
Black Cypress by Frances Crane
Bedrooms Have Windows by A.A. Fair
The Hollow Needle by George Harmon Coxe

March 1949 (Cook 79)
Dark Wanton by Peter Cheney
The Face Of Hate by Theodora DuBois
The Case Of The Dubious Bridegroom by Erle Stanley Gardner

April 1949 (Cook 80)
More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham
Spin Your Web Lady by Richard & Frances Lockridge
The Innocent Bottle by Anthony Gilbert

May 1949 (Cook 81) (yellow dust jacket)
Dying Echo by Kathleen Moore Knight
Duet of Death by Hilda Lawrence
The Darker the Night by Herbert Brean

June 1949 (Cook 82) (green dust jacket)
Lady Killer by George Harmon Coxe
Girl From Nowhere by Rae Foley
Place For A Poisoner by E.C.R. Lorac

July 1949 (Cook 83) (orange dust jacket)
Staircase Four by Helen Reilly
Dead Lion by John & Emery Bonett
The Dark River by Philip Clark

August 1949 (Cook 84)
The Hangman's Tree by Dorothy Cameron Disney
Dig Me Later by Miriam-Ann Hagen
The Leather Duke by Frank Gruber

September 1949 (Cook 85)
House of Storm by Alice Campbell
He Didn't Mind Danger by Erle Stanley Gardner
Trial and Terror by Stuart Palmer

October 1949 (Cook 86) (green dust jacket)
Deadly Duo by Margery Allingham
The Stalking Man by Wilson Tucker
The Gun in Daniel Websters Bust by Margaret Scherf

November 1949 (Cook 87)
And Dangerous To Know by Elizabeth Daly
The Man Nobody Saw by Peter Cheney
The Flying Red horse by Frances Crane

December 1949 (Cook 88) (blue dust jacket)
The D.A. Breaks An Egg by Erle Stanley Gardner
Hangover House by Sax Rohmer
Shark River by Richard Powell
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June 1949, Cook 82
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December 1949, Cook 88

Two Story Volumes

1949
Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout
Booby Trap by Rex Stout

1949
The Clue Of The Runaway Blonde by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Clue Of The Hungry Horse by Erle Stanley Gardner

1949
The Witness For The Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie
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Life, July 25, 1949

Single Story Volumes

1948
The Case Of The Fan-Dancers Horse by Erle Stanley Gardner

1948
The Case Of The Half-Wakened Wife by Erle Stanley Gardner

1948
The Case Of The Crooked Candle by Erle Stanley Gardner

1948
The Case Of The Lonely Heiress by Erle Stanley Gardner

1948
The Case Of The Lazy Lover by Erle Stanley Gardner

1948
The Case Of The Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley Gardner


1948
The Face Of Hate by Theodora Dubois 


1948
Voice Out Of Darkness by Ursula Curtiss
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Life, January 19, 1948
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Life, July 26, 1948
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