Private Detective Stories, May 1944

This issue of Private Detective Stories (Vol. 14, No. 6) centers on the complete novel "Murder Wears a High Hat" by George A. McDonald, featuring detective Cupid "Killer" Cain. Cain receives orders to locate missing diplomat Maurice Nevel within twenty-four hours; Nevel has vanished under circumstances suggesting the involvement of the supposedly-deceased spy Madame Sable, who operates from Washington's diplomatic circles. Investigation reveals Nevel was abducted from the street while boarding a taxi. The issue also includes novelettes by E. Hoffmann Price and Andrew Holt, and short stories by Harold de Polo, Robert Leslie Bellem, Hugh Speer, and Laurence Donovan, spanning detective, mystery, and general crime fiction genres.