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Super Detective, November 1945
Super Detective, November 15 [date], Feature: "Excursion to Murder" This bimonthly pulp magazine features a complete novelette by Roger Torrey titled "Excursion to Murder." The plot involves sabotage of an excursion boat, initially suspected to be deliberate industrial espionage by a business rival, but the situation becomes increasingly serious as the lives of numerous passengers hang in the balance. The issue also includes shorter fiction: "Each Man Kills" by Edwin Truett (beginning at page 4) concerns Putnam McManus, the unromantic, methodical head of Missing Persons division, described as patient and psychologically shrewd. Additional stories include "No Witnesses" by Lew Merrill, "Sheriff-Tooth" by Hugh Speer, "The Stiff in Solitary" by Ace Baldwin, and "Stilts for the Savage" by Harold de Polo. The issue offers detective, crime, and mystery fiction across its pages.