1965, Dell, mass market paperback edition, 224 pages. 17th annual collection, with some great authors here, Bruno Fischer, Jack Ritchie, Ross Macdonald, Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Deming, and more. Edited by Brett Halliday, creator of Michael Shayne.
A collection of twenty-five true crime stories culled from the pages of old pulp magazines features works by such masters of detective fiction as Jim Thompson, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Bloch, Ellery Queen, Harlan Ellison, and others. Simultaneous.