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PERIL PRESS presents:

2 Short Stories of MURDER

by Craig Rice



Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, February 1956

THE AIR-TIGHT ALIBI

by Craig Rice

If young and beautiful Minnie Tucker had been unfaithful to her husband, you could hardly blame her. Felix Tucker, after all, had been a cruel man. But the fact that he beat his wife was not conclusive evidence that he might also have killed her. Besides, there were two other men in Minnie's life . . .

2200 Words



Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, October 1955

THE MURDERED MAGDALEN

by Craig Rice

Craig Rice, best known for such mystery fiction as her “Home Sweet Homicide” has also delved often into the realm of true crime. Here, in a tale possibly even stranger than many of her famous fictional stories. Miss Rice tells of a young prostitute whose determination to go straight led her, ironically, into a fiery death . . .

2200 Words



Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, October 1955

A PACKAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT

Feature

by Thomas P Ramirez

450 Words



Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, October 1955

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW!

Feature

by Dick Hyman

220 Words



Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, February 1956

CURIOUS CLUES

Feature

by Paul Steiner

140 Words



Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, February 1956

MYSTERY PUZZLE :

Death by Strangulation

by J. A. Kripper

560 Words



Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, October 1955

MYSTERY PUZZLE :

Murder on the Lake

by J. A. Kripper

680 Words



This edition includes the one illustration to one story and both covers of Mercury Mystery.
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