List of Ace Mystery Letter-Series Single Titles
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Ace Books
have published hundreds of mystery
titles, starting in 1952. Most of these were Ace Doubles (dos-à-dos
format), but they also published a few single volumes. Between 1952 and 1968, the books had a letter-series identifier; after that date they were given five digit numeric serial numbers. There were a total of 17 letter-series mystery
titles.
The list given here gives a date of publication; in all cases this refers to the date of publication by Ace, and not the date of original publication of the novels. For more information about the history of these titles, see Ace Books
, which includes a discussion of the serial numbering conventions used and an explanation of the letter-code system.
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
have published hundreds of mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
titles, starting in 1952. Most of these were Ace Doubles (dos-à-dos
Dos-à-dos binding
In bookbinding, a dos-à-dos binding is a binding structure in which two separate books are bound together such that the fore edge of one is adjacent to the spine of the other, with a shared lower board between them serving as the back cover of both...
format), but they also published a few single volumes. Between 1952 and 1968, the books had a letter-series identifier; after that date they were given five digit numeric serial numbers. There were a total of 17 letter-series mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
titles.
The list given here gives a date of publication; in all cases this refers to the date of publication by Ace, and not the date of original publication of the novels. For more information about the history of these titles, see Ace Books
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
, which includes a discussion of the serial numbering conventions used and an explanation of the letter-code system.
D and S Series
- S-083 MY Arnold DrakeArnold DrakeArnold Drake was an American comic book writer and screenwriter best known for co-creating the DC Comics characters Deadman and the Doom Patrol, and the Marvel Comics characters the Guardians of the Galaxy, among others....
The Steel Noose (1954) - S-097 MY Norman Hershman (as Norman Herries) Death Has 2 Faces (1955)
- D-411 MY Bob McKnight Swamp Sanctuary
G Series
- G-510 MY Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (as Charlotte Armstrong) The Case Of The Weird Sisters (1965)
- G-514 MY Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (as Charlotte Armstrong) Something Blue
- G-540 MY Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (as Charlotte Armstrong) A Little Less Than Kind (1965)
- G-546 MY Helen Reilly Compartment K (1965)
- G-548 MY Rohan O'GradyRohan O'GradyRohan O'Grady is the pen name of the Canadian novelist June Skinner .- Writing History :Between 1961 and 1970, Skinner published four novels as O'Grady. Her fifth and final work, The May Spoon, was released in 1981 and credited to A. Carleon...
Let's Kill Uncle (1965) - G-549 MY Ursula Curtiss The Iron Cobweb (1965)
- G-555 MY Ursula Curtis The Wasp (1963)
- G-557 MY Ursula Curtiss Out of the Dark
- G-561 MY Ursula Curtiss Widow's Web (1965)
- G-565 MY Ursula Curtiss The Deadly Climate (1965)
H Series
- H-61 MY Elizabeth Salter Death In A Mist (1968)
- H-80 MY Margaret Summerton (as Jan Roffman) With Murder In Mind (1968)
- H-93 MY Delano AmesDelano AmesDelano Ames was an American writer of detective stories. Ames was the author of some 20 books, many of them featuring a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named 'Dagobert and Jane Brown'. A later series of novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard, who...
The Man in the Tricorn Hat - H-97 MY Delano AmesDelano AmesDelano Ames was an American writer of detective stories. Ames was the author of some 20 books, many of them featuring a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named 'Dagobert and Jane Brown'. A later series of novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard, who...
The Man With Three Jaguars