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# 10-Story Detective, September 1942

This issue contains ten crime and detective stories. The lead novelette, "Murder Hires a Press Agent" by Robert Turner, involves a murder announced through a newspaper. "Crime in the Wacks' Museum," a novelette by Norman A. Daniels, features Sergeant Jarvis pursuing a phantom killer. Other stories include "The Elusive Corpse" by David M. Norman, "Dead Man's Snare" by Henry Bela Bachrach, "Memo from the Big House" by Richard L. Hobart, "Rattlesnake Technique" by Vincent Hartnett, "The Laughing Widow" by Edward James, "Better Than Bullets" by H.Q. Masur, "Death Takes the Bus" by J. Lane Linklater, and "Detour to the Morgue" by Ronald Henderson. Fredric Brown contributes "Satan's Search Warrant." Stories involve homicides, theft, pickpocketing, detective work, and criminal schemes across various settings.