All-Story Detective, October 1949

# All-Story Detective, October 1949

This pulp detective magazine contains one novel and four novelettes centered on murder investigations. "A Corpse in Time" by Robert Martin (66 pages) concerns Walter's remains that begin moving while his widowed wives dispute burial arrangements. The novelettes include "Redheads Are Murder!" by T.W. Ford, featuring private investigator Max Lamb discovering his client's runaway wife embroiled with gangster Lou Fustin; "Swan-Song for a Sucker" by Frank Ward about a narrator attempting to manipulate a man's death; "Bodies by Night" by Robert P. Toombs involving mechanic Milt Clark investigating a homicidal ape story; and "Vulture in a Gilded Cage" by William Groppenbacher Jr., where Barnaby Jones pursues a killer. Three short stories follow, plus movie reviews of contemporary releases including The Big Steal, The Lady Takes a Sailor, and The Great Gatsby.