Murder Alibi - 2 Short Tales of Homicide

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.