Best known for his groundbreaking science fiction work, author Ray Cummings also dabbled in the detective fiction genre. Writing primary for Popular Publications in the mid-1930s, Cummings was in the right place at the right time to pen a series for Popular’s Detective Tales magazine featuring the rotund, middle-aged investigator Uncle Tubby. Collected for the first time are all ten stories from the series.
Written by Ray Cummings, illustrated by Monroe Eisenberg and Harry Smilkstein
The Complete Cases of Uncle Tubby (The Dime Detective Library) by Ray Cummings contains the following stories:
- “Shadow of a Killer”
- “Case of the Whistling Death”
- “Shoes for a Corpse”
- “The Poison Specialist”
- “Death’s Water-Clock”
- “Ruby of Red Desire”
- “The Corpse Looks at Murder”
- “Curtains for the Killer”
- “The Butcher Leaves No Clue”
- “Homicide Test”
