Detective Fiction Weekly, July 7, 1928

# Detective Fiction Weekly, July 7, 1928

This issue features three serials spanning multiple installments: "The Crime Crew" by Wyndham Martyn (Part 1 of 6), concerning two master minds battling for riches; "The Blue Chrysanthemum" by Peter Perry (Part 3 of 5), in which a flower leads to murder; and "The Strange Voyage of the Albatross."

Novelettes and short stories include "The Clock Told" by Jobby Gedern, a novelette about confessing a crime; "When Dips Fall Out" by Thomas Topham, described as funny but not for the criminals involved; "Too Plausible" by Joseph W. Barry, about a perfect crime gone awry; and a story featuring a holdup.

True Stories section includes "Guillotined" by Robert W. Sneddon on five guilty and two innocent heads; "A Sinner At Seventy" by Alison Murphy concerning two murders for five hundred dollars; and "The Water Cure" by Robert Hoat. Features include "Character Revealed In Your Handwriting" by John Fraser and coverage of Detroit Patrolman Guyot W. Craig.