Homicide Tally
About this ebook
HOMICIDE TALLY
by Harold Q Masur
From the Original Manuscript
for Ten Detective Aces, December 1941
6400 Words
Hard-nosed lawyer, Carew, tumblers to a case when a nightclub songbird comes to a bad end.
This is taken from the original manuscript as typed by Masur so does not reflect any edits may or ma not made by the editor. This edition includes 21 partial scans from the manuscript with type-over and whatnot to give a feel for Masur's writing process.
PLUS 2 BONUS STORIES!
Ten Detective Aces, March 1941
COFFIN CANDY
by Harold Q Masur
as by Hal Quincy
Author of “Murder's Bargain Day,” etc.
The most precious jewels are not nearly so valuable as life—which was as cheap to Hedrick as . . . .
A sweet tooth bites a killer.
1400 Words
Ten Detective Aces, February 1941
THE PHANTOM WITNESS
by Harold Q Masur
as by Clark Frost
D. A. Mathew Sturgeon was all primed to step into the governor’s shoes. But Fate suddenly made him prosecute for murder the only witness to his own gun-laden youth.
1700 Words
In addition to the 21 scans from the manuscript, this edition includes illustrations to the 2 bonus stories, and the 3 pulp covers to the stories.
About the author
Harold Q. Masur was an American lawyer and author of mystery novels, most of them featuring his lawyer character, Scott Jordan, who behaved like a private eye, similar to Perry Mason He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1934 and practiced law between 1935 and 1942.
