10 Story Detective, July 1942

# 10-Story Detective, July 1942

This issue contains ten crime stories across varied themes. The cover story "Crime on His Hands" by H.Q. Masur follows a small-town youth learning criminal methods through a murder case. Norman A. Daniels's "Taken for a Slay Ride" depicts an invisible threat beyond police control. Maurice Phillips's "Deck of Death" involves death dealt through cards, while Robert Turner's "Filmtown Fadeout" centers on a screen star drawn into a homicide scenario. Additional stories include J. Lane Linklater's "Homicide Landmark," where a detective abandons his post for answers about an apparent suicide; George Beltz's "Design for a Rub-Out," featuring Inspector Donovan investigating a killer seeking self-incrimination; and "Satan's Scandal Sheet" by Russell Gray, where Lieutenant Durkee confronts a crime wave. The remainder features tales by Guy Fleming, David M. Norman, and Vincent Hartnett.