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Three Story Volumes

1970

January 1970 (Cook 333) (yellow cover)
The Case of the Fabulous Fake by Erle Stanley Gardner 
Girl on a High Wire by Rae Foley
The Love-Death Thing by Thomas B. Dewey

February 1970 (Cook 334) (green cover)
The Young Can Die Protesting by Tobias Wells
I Came to a Castle by Velda Johnston
Decoy by Arthur Maling

March 1970 (Cook 335) (red/orange cover)
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
The Name's Death, Remember Me? by Stanton Forbes
A Problem in Angels by Leonard Holton

April 1970 (Cook 336) (blue cover)
Troubled Journey by Richard Lockridge
The Yellow Gold of Tiryns by Helena Osborne
Double Identity by George H. Coxe

May 1970 (Cook 337) (yellow cover)
All Grass Isn't Green by A.A. Fair
The Protege by Charlotte Armstrong
The Spanish Prisoner by Frank Gruber

June 1970 (Cook 338) (green cover)
Blueback by Bill Knox
The Phantom Cottage by Velda Johnston
Incident at 125th Street by J.E. Brown

July 1970 (Cook 339) (orange cover)
Jigsaw by Ed McBain
The Spoilers by Desmond Bagley
She Was Only the Sheriff's Daughter  by Stanton Forbes

August 1970 (Cook 340)
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Alp Murder by Aaron Marc Stein
Miss Seeton Draws The Line by Heron Carvic

September 1970 (Cook 341) (yellow cover)
Reardon by Robert L. Pike
Autumn Of A Hunter by Pat Stadley
What Did Hattie See? by Kelley Roos

October 1970 (Cook 342) (green cover)
Dinky Died by Tobias Wells
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
The Dead Sea Cipher by Elizabeth Peters

November 1970 (Cook 343)
The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake
Beyond This Point Are Monsters by Margaret Millar
Boomerang by Andrew Garve

December 1970 (Cook 344) (blue cover)
The Death of Me Yet by Whit Masterson
High Tide by P.M. Hubbard
Die Like a Man by Michael Delving

1971

January 1971 (Cook 345) (yellow cover)
El Rancho Rio by Mignon G. Eberhart
Mr. Crook Lifts The Mask by Anthony Gilbert
Hijacked by David Harper

February 1971 (Cook 346) (green cover)
The Taurus Trip by Thomas B. Dewey
Blood Money by Thomas B. Reagan
Manuscript for Murder by Richard Martin Stern

March 1971 (Cook 347) (orange cover)
The Saint in Pursuit by Leslie Charteris
A Calculated Risk by Rae Foley
Go-Between  by Arthur Maling

April 1971 (Cook 348)
Suddenly One Night by Kelley Roos
The Light in the Swamp by Velda Johnston
The Golden Years Caper by Robert Carson

May 1971 (Cook 349)
The Case of the Crimson Kiss by Erle Stanley Gardner 
The People on the Hill by Velda Johnston 
The Inside-Out Heist by Thomas B. Reagan

June 1971 (Cook 350)
A Plague Of Violence by Hugh Pentecost
Do Not Fold, Spindle Or Mutilate by Doris Miles Disney
The Green Hell Treasure by Robert L. Fish

July 1971 (Cook 351)
The Underground Man by Ross MacDonald
The Sad, Sudden Death Of My Fair Lady by Stanton Forbes
The Bonded Dead by M.E. Chaber

August 1971 (Cook 352)
Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here by Ed McBain
The Kidnapped Child by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
This Woman Wanted by Rae Foley

September 1971 (Cook 353)
A Fine And Private Place by Ellery Queen
Letter Of Intent by Ursula Curtiss
I Gave At The Office by Donald E. Westlake

October 1971 (Cook 354)
The Deadly Joke by Hugh Pentecost
Witch Miss Seaton by Heron Carvic
The Gravy Train by Whit Masterson

September/October 1971 (Cook IC-1)
Lemons Never Lie by Richard Stark
Three's A Crowd by Doris Miles Disney
Tenant For The Tomb by Anthony Gilbert

November 1971 (Cook 355)
The Late Bill Smith by Andrew Garve
The Baxter Letters by Dolores Hitchens
Jinx by Thomas Patrick McMahon

December 1971 (Cook 356) (blue cover)
The Other by Thomas Tryon
Inspector Grote Breaks An Egg by H.R.F. Keating
The Face In The Shadows by Velda Johnston

November/December 1971 (Cook IC-2)
Loophole by Arthur Maling
Rub-A-Dub-Dub by Robert L. Fish
Ominous Star by Rae Foley

1972

January 1972 (Cook 357) (yellow cover)
The Case of the Crying Swallow by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Foo Dog by Tobias Wells
Nemesis by Agatha Christie

(1972) (unlisted by Cook) (green cover)
A Fine And Private Place by Ellery Queen
The Case Of The Postponed Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner
Nemesis by Agatha Christie

February 1972 (Cook 358)
Slayground by Richard Stark
The Chandler Policy by Doris Miles Disney
A Conflict Of Interest by Brad Williams and J.W. Erlich

March 1972 (Cook 359)
Two Little Rich Girls by Mignon G. Eberhart
The Fly On The Wall by Tony Hillerman
Seafire by Bill Knox

March/April 1972 (Cook IC-3)
Bad Trip by Kelley Roos
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Dead Aim by Collin Wilcox

April 1972 (Cook 360) (blue cover)
Gideon's Art by J.J. Marric
If You Want To See Your Wife Again... by John Craig
The Mourning Tree by Velda Johnston

May 1972 (Cook 361)
The Case Of The Irate Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Phone Calls by Lillian O'Donnell
A Shadow Of Himself by Michael Delving

June 1972 (Cook 362)
The Saint And The People Importers by Leslie Charteris
Three Minutes To Midnight by Mildred Davis
The Gremlin's Grandpa by Robert L. Pike

(June 1972) (unlisted by Cook) red paper cover
The Case of the Fabulous Fake by Erle Stanley Gardner 
A Fine And Private Place by Ellery Queen
The Kidnaped Child by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe

July 1972 (Cook 363) (orange cover)
Maigret Sets a Trap by Georges Simenon
Be a Good Boy by Joan Fleming 
Birthday, Deathday by Hugh Pentecost

July/August 1972 (Cook IC-4) (red cover)
Woman With a Gun by George Harmon Coxe
The Other Maritha by Constance Leonard
The Mirror of Hell by Leonard Holton

August 1972 (Cook 364)
Wait For Death by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
Sleep Without Morning by Rae Foley
Death In A Sunny Place by Richard Lockridge

September 1972 (Cook 365) (yellow cover)
To Cache A Millionaire by Margaret Scherf
The Case Of Robert Quarry by Andrew Garve
A Person Shouldn't Die Like That by Arthur D. Goldstein

September/October 1972 (Cook IC-5)
Relentless by Brian Garfield
Take A Body by John Creasey
71 Hours by Michael Mason

October 1972 (Cook 366)
But I Wouldn't Want To Be There by Stanton Forbes
Murder's A Waiting Game by Anthony Gilbert
Five Pieces Of Jade by John Ball

November 1972 (Cook 367)
A Splinter Of Glass by John Creasey
The Kid Who Came Home With A Corpse by Hampton Stone
Flight Into Fear by Duncan Kyle

November/December 1972 (Cook IC-6)
A Rabble Of Rebels by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
Inspector Ghote Goes By Train by H.R.F. Keating
The Chickens In The Airshaft by Steve Franklin

December 1972 (Cook 368)
The Day Miss Bessie Lewis Disappeared by Doris Miles Disney
Sadie When She Died by Ed McBain
A Tough One to Lose by Tony Kenrick

1973

January 1973 (Cook 369) (yellow cover)
The Case of the Fenced-In Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner
The First Mrs. Winston by Rae Foley
Gideon's Men by J.J. Marric

January/February 1973 (Cook IC-7)
Lame Dog Murder by John Creasey
Avery's Fortune by William M. Green
Montezuma's Revenge by Harry Harrison

February 1973 (Cook 370)
Death Wish by Brian Garfield
Appointment With Yesterday by Celia Freeman
The Champagne Killer by Hugh Pentecost

March 1973 (Cook 371) (orange cover)
Why She Cries, I Do Not Know by Whit Matserson 
The Deadly Homecoming by Theodore George 
The Protectors by William Haggard

March/April 1973 (Cook IC-8)
A Die In The Country by Tobias Wells
Arson And Old Lace by Sylvia Angus
The Wilby Conspiracy by Peter Driscoll

April 1973 (Cook 372) (blue cover)
The Silent Witness by George Harmon Coxe
The Troublemaker by Jean Potts
Inspector West Takes Charge by John Creasey

May 1973 (Cook 373)
The Case Of The Postponed Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner
Alas Poor Father by Joan Fleming
The Finger by Aaron Marc Stein

May/June 1973 (Cook IC-9)
A Matter Of Confidence by Brad Williams & J.W. Erlich
Hanged For A Sheep by Rosemary Gatenby
Grave Doubt by Ivon Baker

June 1973 (Cook 374) (green cover)
Smokescreen by Dick Francis 
A Change of Heart by Helen McCloy 
A Wolf by the Ears by Roy Lewis

July 1973 (Cook 375) (orange cover)
Maigret and the Informer by Georges Simenon
Ransom by Jon Cleary
Only Couples Need Apply by Doris Miles Disney

July/August 1973 (Cook IC-10)
Stormtide by Bill Knox
The Croaker by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
The Roxburg Railroad Murders by K.C. Constantine

August 1973 (Cook 376) (blue cover)
Walking Dead Man by Hugh Pentecost
The Theft of the Magna Carta by John Creasey
Death in the Snow by Richard Martin Stern

September 1973 (Cook 377)
Murder In Waiting by Mignon G. Eberhart
The Night Hunters by John Miles
Inspector Ghote Trusts The Heart by H.R.F. Keating

September/October 1973 (Cook IC-11)
The Golden Soak by Hammond Innes
Blue Bone by Martin Woodhouse
Undercurrent by Bill Pronzini

October 1973 (Cook 378) (green cover)
The Undertaker Wind by Whit Masterson
A Life For A Death by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
A Palm For Mrs. Pollifax by  Dorothy Gilman

November 1973 (Cook 379) (orange cover)
Reckless Lady by Rae Foley
Conquest Before Autumn by Matthew Eden
Born to be Hanged by M.E. Chaber

November/December 1973 (Cook IC-12)
Sabotage by Owen John
Deal Me Out by J.S. Blazer
Be Home By Eleven by Amber Dean

December 1973 (Cook 380) (blue cover)
A Handy Death by Robert L. Fish & H.B. Rothblatt
Borrower Of The Night by Elizabeth Peters
The Notch On The Knife by William Haggard

1974

January 1974 (Cook 381) (yellow cover)
The Turquoise Lament by John D. MacDonald
The White Pavilion by Velda Johnston
Gideon's Press by J.J. Marric

January/February 1974 (Cook IC-13)
The Little Brothers by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
The Curious Affair Of The Third Dog by Patricia Moyes
The Locked Room by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo

February 1974 (Cook 382) (green cover)
The Devil to Play by Leonard Holton
Inspector West at Home by John Creasey
Brenda's Murder by Tobias Wells

March 1974 (Cook 383) (orange cover)
Maigret and the Bum by Georges Simenon
The Lost Victim by T.A. Waters
The Dark Side of the Island by Mark Hebden

(March 1974) (unlisted by Cook) (purple cover)
Maigret and the Bum by Georges Simenon
Locked Room by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
The Turquoise Lament by John D. MacDonald


March/April 1974 (Cook IC-14)
Peter's Pence by Jon Cleary
You Won't Let Me Finish by Joan Fleming
The Leavenworth Irregulars by William D. Blankenship

April 1974 (Cook 384)
The Beautiful Dead by Hugh Pentecost
The Thirteenth Trick by Russell Braddon
Jetstream by Austin Ferguson

May 1974 (Cook 385) (yellow cover)
Slay-Ride by Dick Francis
Curiosity Didn't Kill The Cat by M.K. Wren
The Lester Affair by  Andrew Garve

May/June 1974 (Cook IC-15)
In Connection With Kilshaw by Peter Driscoll
Bargain With Death by Hugh Pentecost
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith

June 1974 (Cook 386)
Murder With Mushrooms by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
Bank Job by Robert L. Pike
A Nice Little Killing by Anthony Gilbert

July 1974 (Cook 387) (orange cover)
Maigret Loses His Temper by Georges Simenon
I Came to the Highlands by Velda Johnston
The Threepersons Hunt by Brian Garfield

(July 1974) (unlisted by Cook)
Maigret and the Loner by Georges Simenon
Danger Money by Mignon G. Eberhart
Knockdown by Dick Francis


July/August 1974 (Cook IC-16)
The Man With Two Clocks by Whit Masterson
The Power Killers by Judson Philips
Meet A Dark Stranger by T.E. Huff

August 1974 (Cook 388)
The Inside Man by George Harmon Coxe
One O'Clock At The Gotham by Rae Foley
Don't Go Into The Woods Today by Doris Miles Disney

September 1974 (Cook 389) (yellow cover)
The Venice Train by  Georges Simenon
The Wager by Robert L. Fish
Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh

September/October 1974 (Cook IC-17)
The Painted Tent by Victor Canning
The Thing At The Door by Henry Slesar
A Pinch Of Snuff by Michael Underwood

October 1974 (Cook 390) (green cover)
Jimmy The Kid by Donald E. Westlake
The Brownstone House by Rae Foley
The Olmec Head by David Westheimer

November 1974 (Cook 391) (yellow cover)
The Judas Freak by Hugh Pentecost 
The Long Fuse by Alan White 
Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote by H. R. F. Keating

November/December 1974 (Cook IC-18)
Whitewater by Bill Knox
You're Never Too Old To Die by Arthur D. Goldstein
Mark One: The Dummy by John Ball

December 1974 (Cook 392) (blue cover)
Spy Story by Len Deighton
Hanged Man's House by E.X. Ferrars
Zurich/AZ 900 by Martha Albrand

1975

January 1975 (Cook 393) (yellow cover)
A Deadly Shade of Gold by John D. MacDonald 
Death of a Heavenly Twin by Anne Morice
Maigret and the Millionaires by Georges Simenon

(January 1975) (unlisted by Cook) (purple cover)
A Deadly Shade of Gold by John D. MacDonald 
Danger Money by Mignon G. Eberhart
Maigret and the Millionaires by Georges Simenon


February 1975 (Cook 394)
Danger Money by Mignon G. Eberhart
The Romanov Succession by Brian Garfield
The Horn Of Roland by Ellis Peters

March 1975 (Cook 395) (orange cover, yellow cover)
The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald
The House On The Left Bank by Velda Johnston
A Herald Of Doom by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe

March 1975 (unlisted by Cook) (orange cover)
The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald
Nightmare In Pink by John D. MacDonald
The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald


March 1975 (unlisted by Cook) (blue cover)
Leisure Dying by Lillian O'Donnell
Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker
The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald

March/April 1975 (Cook IC-19) (red cover)
Terror's Cradle by Duncan Kyle
Tell Them What's-Her-Name Called by Mildred Davis
Catnapped by The Gordons

April 1975 (Cook 396) (blue cover)
Gideon's Fog by J.J. Marric
The Dark Hill by Rae Foley
The Kinsmen by William Haggard

April 1975 (unlisted by Cook) (orange/red cover)
Gideon's Fog by J.J. Marric
Alive And Dead by E.X. Ferrars
The Big Call by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe


May 1975 (Cook 397) (yellow cover)
Hopscotch by Brain Garfield
Cry For Help by Doris Miles Disney
A Pride Of Dolphins by Mark Hebden

May/June 1975 (Cook IC-20)
Salt Is Leaving by J.B. Priestly
Whispering Caverns by Abigail Winter
The Kidnapping Of The President by Charles Templeton

June 1975 (Cook 398) (green cover)
Time of Terror by Hugh Pentecost
How To Live Dangerously by Joan Fleming
North Star by Hammond Innes

July 1975 (Cook 399) (orange cover)
Maigret And The Loner by Georges Simenon
Where Are Our Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
Trouble In Paradise by Robert L. Fish

July/August 1975 (Cook IC-21) (red cover)
All Other Perils by Michael Kirk
The Spreewald Collection by Donald Mackenzie
Omega-Minus by Ted Allbeury

August 1975 (Cook 400) (blue cover)
Knockdown by Dick Francis
The Guardian by John Hough, Jr.
A Nun In The Closet by Dorothy Gilman

September 1975 (Cook 401) (yellow cover)
The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. Macdonald
The Safe House by Jon Cleary
Alive And Dead by E.X. Ferrars

September/October 1975 (Cook IC-22)
Last Flight by Myrick Land
The Ghost Writer by Diana Carter
The Bengali Inheritance by Owen Sela

October 1975 (Cook 402)
The Big Call by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
The Baby Merchants by Lillian O'Donnell
A Three-Pipe Problem by Julian Symonds

November 1975 (Cook 403)
Honeymoon With Death by Hugh Pentecost
A Multitude Of Sins by M.K. Wren
The White Lie Assignment by Peter Driscoll

November/December 1975 (IC-23) (orange cover)
Bent Man by Arthur Maling
A Country Kind Of Death by  Mary McMullen
The Juror by  Michael Underwood

December 1975 (Cook 404)
Rally to Kill by Bill Knox 
Dead Run by Jack Foxx 
Done to Death by Sara Woods

1976

January 1976 (Cook 405) (yellow cover)
Maigret and the Man on the Bench by Georges Simenon
Catch the Saint by Leslie Charteris
No Place for Murder by George Harmon Coxe

January/February 1976 (Cook IC-24) (red cover)
Shake Hands Forever by Ruth Rendell
The Toy by Kage Booton
Dragons At The Gate by Robert L. Duncan

February 1976 (Cook 406) 
Death Sentence by Brian Garfield 
The Barclay Place by Rae Foley
Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker

February 1976 (unlisted by Cook) (blue cover)
Death Sentence by Brain Garfield
Danger Money by Mignon G. Eberhart
Nursery Tea and Poison by Anne Morice

March 1976 (Cook 407)
Nightmare In Pink by John D. MacDonald
Drowned Rat by E.X. Ferrars
Hark, Hark, The Watchdogs Bark by Tobias Wells

March/April 1976* (Cook IC-25) 
Nursery Tea and Poison by Anne Morice
80 Dollars To Stamford by Lucille Fletcher
The Scapegoat by Poul Orum

March/April 1976* (Cook IC-26) 
Nobody's Sorry He Got Killed by  Arthur Goldstein
My Brother's Killer by  Jean Potts
The Big Payoff by Janice Law

*Cook lists two Inner Circle volumes for March/April 1976

April 1976 (Cook 408) (blue cover)
Maigret and the Black Sheep by Georges Simenon
A Fix Life This by K.C. Constantin
A Blast of Trumpets by John Creasy as Gordon Ashe

(April 1976) (unlisted by Cook) (orange cover)
Maigret and the Black Sheep by Georges Simenon
The Baby Merchants by Lillian O'Donnell
High Stakes by Dick Francis


May 1976 (Cook 409) (yellow cover)
High Stakes by Dick Francis
Winifred by Doris Miles Disney
The Fourteen Dilemma by Hugh Pentecost

May/June 1976 (Cook IC-27) (red cover)
The Sea Kings's Daughter by Barbara Michaels
Gentleman Traitor by Alan Williams
Tourist Trap by Ted Stratton

June 1976 (Cook 410) (green cover)
Deadline: 2 a.m. by Robert L. Pike
Odds On Miss Seton by Heron Garvic
See How They Run by William M. Green

July 1976 (Cook 411) (yellow cover)
The Frenchman by Velda Johnston
High Stakes by Dick Francis
A Shadow Of Death by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe

1976 (unlisted by Cook) (orange cover)
The Frenchman by Velda Johnston
Ripoff by Arthur Maling
A Shadow of Death by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe


July/August 1976 (Cook IC-28)
A Big Wind For Summer by Gavin Black
The Black Jack Hijack by Charles Einstein
The Chameleon Curse by Donald Seaman

August 1976 (Cook 412)
Backlash by Judson Philips 
Where Helen Lies by Rae Foley 
The Kingsford Mark by Victor Canning

September 1976 (Cook 413) (yellow cover)
Maigret and the Apparition by Georges Simenon
Death of a Wedding Guest  by Anne Morice
A Sound of Lightning by Jon Cleary

September/October 1976 (Cook IC-29) (red cover)
The Z Papers by Geoffrey S. Simmons
A Remarkable Case Of Burglary by H.R.F. Keating
Night Cover by Michael Z. Lewin

October 1976 (Cook 414)
Leisure Dying by Lillian O'Donnell
Menaces, Menaces by Michael Underwood
My Life Is Done by Sara Woods

November 1976 (Cook 415) (orange cover)
Family Fortune by Mignon G. Eberhart
Die After Dark by Hugh Pentecost
A Death In The Life by Dorothy Salisbury Davis

November/December 1976 (Cook IC-30)
The Brandenburg Hotel by Pauline Glen Winslow
Gentle Albatross by Elizabeth Foote-Smith
Tumbleweed by Janwillem van de Wetering

December 1976 (Cook 416)
The Hatter's Phantoms by Georges Simenon
Put Out The Light by Rae Foley
The Barboza Credentials by Peter Driscoll

1977

January 1977 (Cook 417) (yellow cover)
Catch A Falling Spy by Len Deighton
Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers by Ellis Peters
More Tales Of The Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov

January/February 1977 (Cook IC-31)
Death In The Channel by John R.L. Anderson
Funny, Jonas, You Don't Look Dead by Mary McMullen
The Orion Line by Nicholas Luard

February 1977 (Cook 418) (green cover)
Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald
Home to Roost by Andrew Garve
The Terrorists by Per Wahloo & Maj Sjowall

(February 1977) (unlisted by Cook) (orange cover)
The Terrorists by Per Wahloo & Maj Sjowall
Family Fortune by Mignon G. Eberhart
Maigret And The Apparition by Georges Simenon

March 1977 (Cook 419) (orange cover)
Gideon's Drive by J.J. Marric
Ask For Me Tomorrow by Margaret Millar
Hellspout by Bill Knox

March/April 1977* (Cook IC-32) (red cover)
The Corpse On The Dike by Janwillem van de Wetering
Death Is Academic by Amanda Mackay
Slow Down The World by Jeffrey Ashford

March/April 1977* (Cook IC-33)
Walk-In by Virgil Scott & Dominic Koski
The Bric-A-Brac Man by Russell H. Greenan
Lend Me Your Ears by Aaron Marc Stein

*Cook lists two Inner Circle volumes for March/April 1977

April 1977 (Cook 420) (blue cover)
Mrs. Pollifax On Safari by Dorothy Gilman
A Plague Of Demons by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
A Corner Of Paradise by Leonard Holton

May 1977 (Cook 421) (yellow cover)
Deveron Hall by Velda Johnston
Hunter Of The Blood by Whit Masterson
Oh, Bury Me Not by M.K. Wren

May/June 1977 (Cook IC-34)
Never Say Die by Elizabeth Foote-Smith
Raven And The Ratcatcher by Donald MacKenzie
The Hatchet Man by William Marshall

June 1977 (Cook 422) (green cover)
A Travesty by Donald Westlake
Yesterday's Enemy by William Haggard
Murder With Malice by Michael Underwood

July 1977 (Cook 423) 
In The Frame by Dick Francis
Blood Flies Upwards by E.X. Ferrars
Murder In Mimicry by Anne Morice

July/August 1977 (Cook IC-35)
Dragonship by Michael Kirk
Case Closed by June Thompson
The Winter Spy by Paul Hennissart

August 1977 (Cook 424) (blue cover)
The Etruscan Smile by Velda Johnston
The Slippery Step by Rae Foley
Recoil by Brian Garfield

(1977) (unlisted by Cook) (orange cover)
Family Fortune by Mignon G. Eberhart
The Etruscan Smile by Velda Johnston
One Fearful Yellow Eye by John D. MacDonald


September 1977 (Cook 425) (yellow cover)
Maigret and the Spinster by Georges Simenon
Death of a Hawker by Janwillem Van der Wetring
The Doomsday Carrier by Victor Canning

(September 1977) (unlisted by Cook)
Maigret and the Spinster by Georges Simenon
An Exchange of Eagles by Owen Sela
The Tenth Life by Richard Lockridge


September/October 1977 (Cook IC-36)
Temple Dogs by Robert Duncan
A Dangerous Funeral by Mary McMullen
Catch Me, Kill Me by William H. Hallahan

September/October 1977 (Cook IC-37)
Schroeder's Game by Arthur Maling
The Motive by Harry Carmichael
Coil Of Serpents by Anne Stephenson

*Cook lists two Inner Circle volumes for September/October 1977

October 1977 (Cook 426)
Aftershock by Lillian O'Donnell
The Big Footprints by Hammond Innes
Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote by H.R.F. Keating

(October 1977) (unlisted by Cook) purple cover
Aftershock by Lillian O'Donnell
Lew Archer Private Investigator by Ross MacDonald
Police Chief by John Ball

November 1977 (Cook 427)
An Exchange Of Eagles by Owen Sela
Beauty Sleep by Hildegarde Dolson
Police Chief by John Ball

November/December 1977 (IC-38)
The Tunnel by Robert Byrne 
McGarr and the Politician's Wife by Bartholomew Gill 
Turkish White by Mel Arrighi

December 1977 (Cook 428)
Elope To Death by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe
Nobody's Perfect by Donald E. Westlake
The Genuine Article by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

1978

January 1978 (Cook 429) (yellow cover)
One Fearful Yellow Eye by John D. MacDonald
The Pretty Pink Shroud by E.X. Ferrars
The Japanese Corpse by Janwillem van de Wetering

January/February 1978 (Cook IC-39)
Raven And The Kamikaze by Donald Mackenzie
Gemini Trip by Janice Law
The Limbo connection by Derry Quinn

February 1978 (Cook 430)
The Tenth Life by Richard Lockridge
A Thief For Two by Sara Woods
Five Roads To Death by Judson Philips

March 1978 (Cook 431) 
Nine O’Clock Tide by Mignon G. Eberhart 
The Case Of The One-Penny Orange by E.V. Cunningham
Death By Bequest by Mary McMullen

(March 1978) (unlisted by Cook) (pink cover)
Nine O’Clock Tide by Mignon G. Eberhart 

Death of an Expert Witness by P. D. James
The Man With the President’s Mind by Ted Allbeury

March/April 1978* (Cook IC-40)
Pool Of Tears by John Wainwright
Operation Apricot by C.A. Haddad
Death In Darkness by Alex Whitney

March/April 1978* (Cook IC-41)
The Panama Paradox by Michael Wolfe
The Witch Hill Murder by Pauline Glen Winslow
The Vienna Elephant by Edwin Leather

*Cook lists two Inner Circle volumes for March/April 1978

April 1978 (Cook 432) (blue cover)
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic by Georges Simenon
The Watcher by Colin Wilcox 
Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James

(April 1978) (unlisted by Cook) (yellow cover)
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic by Georges Simenon
The Case of the Russian Diplomat by E.V. Cunningham
Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James


May 1978 (Cook 433)
The Blond Baboon by Janwillem van de Wetering
Scared To Death by Anne Morice
Death After Breakfast by Hugh Pentecost

May/June 1978 (Cook IC-42)
A Judgement In Stone by Ruth Rendell
Death Through The Looking Glass by Richard Forrest
Hostage To Death by Jeffrey Ashford

June 1978 (Cook 434)
A Killing In The Market by John Ball
Every Inch A Lady by Joan Fleming
Witchrock by Bill Knox

July 1978 (Cook 435)
The Hour Before Midnight by Velda Johnston
Lucky Devil by Arthur Maling
Crooked Wood by Michael Underwood

July/August 1978 (Cook IC-43)
The Spider-Orchid by Celia Freeman
The Enemy by Desmond Bagley
Copper's Gold by Pauline Glen Winslow

August 1978 (Cook 436) (blue cover)
Send for the Saint by Leslie Charteris
Nothing's Certain But Death by M.K. Wren
The Case of the Russian Diplomat by E.V. Cunningham

September 1978 (Cook 437)
The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald
Street Of The Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters
Vortex by Jon Cleary

September/October 1978* (Cook IC-44)
McGarr On The Cliffs Of Moher by Bartholomew Gill
An Amateur Corpse by Simon Brett
The Man With The President's Mind by Ted Allbeury

September/October 1978* (Cook IC-45)
The Croesus Conspiracy by Benjamin Stein
The Silver Castle by Erica Quest
Treasure Up In Smoke by David williams

*Cook lists two Inner Circle volumes for September/October 1978

October 1978 (Cook 438)
The Judas Goat by Robert Parker
Murders Anonymous by E.X. Ferrars
Sleeping Dogs by Frank Ross

(October 1978) (unlisted by Cook) (yellow cover)
The Japanese Corpse by Janwillem van de Wetering
Wait for What Will Come by Barbara Michaels
The Judas Goat by Robert Parker

November 1978 (Cook 439)
Murder By Proxy by Anne Morice
A Murder Arranged by Judson Philips
Counterstroke by Andrew Garve

November/December 1978 (Cook IC-46)
Under Orion by Janice Law
The Random Factor by Linda J. LaRosa & Barry Tannenbaum
Some Run Crooked by John Buxton Hilton

December 1978 (Cook 440)
Deadly Trap by Hugh Pentecost
Wait For What Will Come by Barbara Michaels
The Judas Goat by Robert Parker

(December 1978) (unlisted by Cook) (yellow cover)
The Japanese Corpse by Janwillem van de Wetering
Wait for What Will Come by Barbara Michaels
The Judas Goat by Robert Parker


(December 1978) (unlisted by Cook) (ochre cover)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin 
The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald 
Catch Me, Kill Me by William H. Hallahan

1979

1978/1979 (unlisted by Cook) (red cover)
Death In The Morning by Sheila Radley
Incident In Ireland by Noah Webster
The October Cabaret by Erica Quest

January 1979 (Cook 441) (yellow cover)
Maigret's Pipe by Georges Simenon
Raven Settles a Score by Donald MacKenzie
The Man With Fifty Complaints by Mary McMullen

(January 1979) (unlisted by Cook) (blue cover)
Maigret's Pipe by Georges Simenon
Hour Before Midnight by Velda Johnston
Last Will and Testament by Elizabeth X. Ferrars


February 1979 (Cook 442) 
Fire Storm by Robert L. Duncan
Last Will And Testament by E.X. Ferrars
Guaranteed To Fade by George Bagby

January/February 1979 (Cook IC-47)
The Thirteen Trumpeters by Lawrence Meynell
A Stench Of Poppies by Ivor Drummond
A Sprig Of Sea Lavender by J.R.L. Anderson

March 1979 (Cook 443)
The Bayou Road by Mignon G. Eberhart
Salvage Job by Michael Kirk
Keeper Of The Children by William H. Hallahan

April 1979 (Cook 444)
The Silver Dolphin by Velda Johnston
Anything But The Truth by Michael Underwood
Pursuit by Robert L. Fish

March/April 1979 (Cook IC-48)
The London Deal by  N. J. Crisp
Cop Cade edited by John Ball
Dead To Rites by Sylvia Angus

March/April 1979 (Cook IC-49)
Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod
Sherbourne's Folly by Nora Barry
Phoenix No More by Edwin Gage

May/June 1979 (Cook IC-50)
Murder Is Suspected by Peter Alding
The Menace Within by Ursula Curtiss
Lucky To Be Alive? by Alice Cromie

May 1979 (Cook 445) (green cover)
The Saint In Trouble by Leslie Charteris
Welcome To The Grave by Mary McMullen
Pangolin by Peter Driscoll

June 1979 (Cook 446) (yellow cover)
Maigret In Exile by Georges Simenon
The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling 
The Murder Of Miranda by Margaret Milber

July 1979 (Cook 447)

July/August 1979 (Cook IC-51)

August 1979 (Cook 448) (orange cover)
A Gross Carriage Of Justice by Robert L. Fish
In At The Kill by E. X. Ferrars
The Slow Gallows by Whit Masterson

September 1979 (Cook 449)
SS-GB by Len Deighton
Inspector Ghote Draws The Line by H.R.F. Keating
The Empty House by Michael Gilbert

September/October 1979 (Cook IC-52)
Peking Duck by Roger L. Simon
To Die A Little by Hamilton Jobson
Wycliffe And The Scapegoat by W.J. Burley

September/October 1979 (Cook IC-53)
The Anger Of Fear by Jeffrey Ashford
A Strange Place For A Murder by Clare Barroll
Invisible Green by John Sladek

October 1979 (Cook 450) (green cover)
Birdcage by Victor Canning 
Flyaway by Desmond Bagley 
Random Killer by Hugh Pentecost

November 1979 (Cook 451) 
Summer Of The Dragon by Elizabeth Peters
Why Murder? by Judson Philips
Live Bait by Bill Knox

November/December 1979 (Cook IC-54)
Death Of A Mystery Writer by Robert Barnard
The Mozart Score by Edwin Leather
Death In Albert Park by Leo Bruce

November/December 1979 (Cook IC-55) (red cover)
Death In The Morning by Sheila Radley
Incident In Iceland by Noah Webster
The October Cabaret by Erica West

December 1979 (Cook 452)
The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald
The Saint And The Templar Treasure by Leslie Charteris
Power Plays by Colin Wilcox

Two Story Volumes

1970 (yellow cover)
The Case Of The Fabulous Fake by Erle Stanley Gardner
All Grass Isn't Green by A.A. Fair

(green cover)
The Case Of The Fabulous Fake by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Kidnaped Child by John Creasey as Gordon Ashe

1971 (yellow cover)
The Case of the Crying Swallow by Erle Stanley Gardner
Nemesis by Agatha Christie

1971 (blue cover)
The Case of the Careless Cupid by Erle Stanley Gardner
A Fine and Private Place by Ellery Queen

(orange cover)
The Case of the Careless Cupid by Erle Stanley Gardner
Traps Need Fresh Bait by A.A. Fair

1972 (green cover)
The Case of the Irate Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner
Maigret and the Informer by Georges Simenon

1972 (red cover, green cover)
The Case Of The Fenced-In Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Theft of Magna Carta by John Creasey

(red cover)
The Case Of The Fenced-In Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner
Smokescreen by Dick Francis

1973 (yellow cover)
Maigret and the Informer by Georges Simenon
The Silent Witness by George Harmon Coxe

1973 (red cover)
The Case Of The Postponed Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case Of The Fenced-In Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner

1973 (orange cover)
The Case Of The Postponed Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner
Murder In Waiting by Mignon G. Eberhart

1973 (yellow cover)
Gideon's Press by J.J. Marric
Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh

(green cover)
Gideon's Press by J.J. Marric
Inspector West At Home by John Creasey

1974 (green/blue cover)
Spy Story by Len Deighton
Jimmy The Kid by Donald E. Westlake

(yellow cover)
The Case of The Crimson Kiss by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Saint And The People Importers by Leslie Charteris

(green cover)
The Case Of The Queenly Contestant by Erle Stanley Gardner
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

(blue cover)
The Case Of The Worried Waitress by Erle Stanley Gardner
Endless Night by Agatha Christie




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Independent Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA, January 26, 1975
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