Detective Weekly #310

About this issue

This issue of Detective Weekly (No. 310, January 28, 1939) features two primary crime narratives. The lead story concerns Violette Nozière, a troublesome Parisian girl who, desperate for money, uses her medical knowledge to poison her parents with Veronal. She stages a dramatic gas-leak discovery but is ultimately caught and convicted of murder. The second major story, "The Man Who Couldn't Quit," is a thriller by Berkeley Gray featuring famous detective Sexton Blake. It details Sir Roger Powers's attempt to withdraw from a criminal combine orchestrated by the sophisticated Count Otto Von Stennig, a financial swindler who utilizes Powers's exceptional engraving skills in elaborate forgery schemes. Powers's rebellion meets with threats of violence from Von Stennig and associates Colonel Brant and Carl Valder, establishing high-stakes criminal intrigue.