Hollywood Detective, April 1944

This issue of Hollywood Detective (April 1944, Vol. 3, No. 6) contains three crime fiction pieces alongside instructional articles and advertisements. The lead book-length novel is "Prescription for Death" by R. T. Maynard, involving a kidnapping of a woman connected to the protagonist Hank. The feature novelette "Pistol-Packing Premiere" by Robert Leslie Bellem stars private eye Dan "Hawkshaw" Turner, hired to oversee a film production's security. "Homicide Policy" by Harley L. Court follows Nick Macklin, a disabled Marine returning to insurance investigation work, who becomes entangled in a case involving stolen emeralds, a murdered butler, and a wealthy producer. Arthur Feldman's "Cut Out for the Hangman" describes a violent confrontation using unconventional weapons. A photo-story "Corpse from the Sky" by Bellem and Barreaux also features Turner. Special articles cover "Conquerors of Cold," "Odds of Chuang," and "Protection for the Dead."