From the August 31, 1940, issue of Publisher’s
Weekly: “Arcadia House, Inc., has announced the establishment of
two new imprints, one for the publication of detective fiction and one
for religious books. Detective novels will be published under the
imprint of Mystery House, with Sally Frances as editor in charge.
The following titles inaugurate the series: Clue in Two Flats, by R.L.F.
McCombs, August 26th; The Corpse
with the Listening Ear, by Laurence Dwight Smith, September
20th; Death in the Wheelbarrow,
by Jan Gordon, October 10th; Abandon
Hope, by Isabel Garland, October 22nd; Homicide Johnny, by Stephen Gould,
November 12th. Each book is priced at $2.00.”
1940
ROBERT AVERY
A Murder a Day!
JOHN DONAVAN
Case of the Violet Smoke
JAN GORDON
Death in the Wheelbarrow
STEPHEN GOULD
Homicide Johnny
R. L. F. COMBS
Clue in Two Flats
LAURENCE DWIGHT SMITH
The Corpse with the Listening Ear
1941
ANN CARDWELL
Crazy to Kill
RUTH GILBERT COCHRANE
Victoria Pruitt Goes to Town
MYSTERY HOUSE [1940-1948]
