Double Action Detective Magazine, September 1959

Double Action Detective Magazine, Issue 18 (September 1959) This issue features the detective team Simon Ark and his unnamed partner investigating cases in contemporary New York and Connecticut. "The Case of the Naked Niece," by Edward D. Hoch, depicts the detectives hired by Oscar Fammage to protect his niece June—a twenty-three-year-old woman who compulsively removes her clothing when emotionally distressed, a condition she attributes to childhood trauma. The detectives travel to Connecticut to safeguard her from police suspicion in the murder of Jim Elliot, found killed in his automobile. While their ostensible task is monitoring her behavior, Simon suspects Fammage himself knows more about the murder than disclosed. The issue also includes "Killer's Woman" by Tom Appel, a novelet exploring murder motivation through romantic entanglement. Additional content comprises true-crime features and short fiction. Period advertisements promote weight-gain treatments and Rosicrucian self-improvement courses.