Black Cat Weekly #226

Here’s the complete lineup—

NOVELS

Murder of a Plaster Saint, by Robert Wallace [Phantom Detective series]

The Phantom Detective—masked pulp hero—makes his Black Cat Weekly debut.

Velda, by Ron Miller [Velda Bellinghausen, P.I. series]

The stunning conclusion of the first Velda novel! (Part 2 of 2.)

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“A Bridge Too Far,” by Hal Charles

Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!

SHORT STORIES

“Amanda Ross,” by Tom Milani [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

A chance meeting at a bar leads to a dangerous plan for justice.

“The Canadian: Death by the Barrel,” by J.F. Benedetto

A dead captain in a beer barrel. Three suspects. One Canadian.

“The Numbers Racket,” by Laird Long [Clint Magnum series]

A Chartered Accountant-in-training with fists of steel audits a communist scam.

“Heads Always Wins, Tails Never Loses,” by Katja Rammer

A lucky coin, a cold suit, and a job that reeks of danger…

“Topside,” by Philip E. High

Awake after a millennium, they must survive a transformed Earth.

“The Last Quarry,” by Bryce Walton

A hunter tracks the last of a thousand androids in a snowy city.

“The Forerunners,” by Norman Arkawy & Stanley Henig

Neville’s telepathy is growing, but so is the government’s interest in him.