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Frederick C Davis
(1902 - 1977)aka Murdo Coombs, Stephen Ransome
Frederick Clyde Davis (1902-1977) was an American pulp writer. He was educated at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and became a professional writer at the age of 22. Davis wrote several novels featuring his series detective, Professor Cy Hatch. He also wrote as Murdo Coombs, Stephen Ransome and Curtis Steele. Books under his own name were published in the UK as by Stephen Ransome. Other series characters were Schyler Cole and Luke Speare.
Series
Cyrus Hatch
1. Coffins for Three (1938)
aka One Murder to Many
2. He Wouldn't Stay Dead (1939)
3. Poor, Poor Yorick (1939)
4. The Graveyard Never Closes (1940)
5. Let the Skeletons Rattle (1944)
6. Detour to Oblivion (1947)
7. Thursday's Blade (1947)
8. Gone Tomorrow (1948)
1. Coffins for Three (1938)
aka One Murder to Many
2. He Wouldn't Stay Dead (1939)
3. Poor, Poor Yorick (1939)
4. The Graveyard Never Closes (1940)
5. Let the Skeletons Rattle (1944)
6. Detour to Oblivion (1947)
7. Thursday's Blade (1947)
8. Gone Tomorrow (1948)
Luke Speare (as by Stephen Ransome)
1. The Dealdly Miss Ashley (1950)
2. Lilies in Her Garden Grew (1951)
3. Tread Lightly, Angel (1952)
4. Drag the Dark (1953)
5. Another Morgue Heard from (1954)
aka Deadly Bedfellows
6. Night Drop (1955)
1. The Dealdly Miss Ashley (1950)
2. Lilies in Her Garden Grew (1951)
3. Tread Lightly, Angel (1952)
4. Drag the Dark (1953)
5. Another Morgue Heard from (1954)
aka Deadly Bedfellows
6. Night Drop (1955)
Barcello (as by Stephen Ransome)
1. The Night, The Woman (1963)
2. One-man Jury (1964)
3. Alias His Wife (1965)
4. The Sin File (1965)
5. The Hidden Hour (1966)
6. Trap # 6 (1971)
1. The Night, The Woman (1963)
2. One-man Jury (1964)
3. Alias His Wife (1965)
4. The Sin File (1965)
5. The Hidden Hour (1966)
6. Trap # 6 (1971)
Novels
Death Checks In (1939) (as by Stephen Ransome)
aka Whose Corpse?
A Shroud for Shylock (1939) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Hearses Don't Hurry (1941) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Deep Lay the Dead (1942)
A Moment of Need (1947) (as by Murdo Coombs)
False Bounty (1948) (as by Stephen Ransome)
aka I , the Executioner
The Deadly Miss Ashley (1950) (as by Stephen Ransome)
The Frazer Acquital (1955) (as by Stephen Ransome)
High Heel Homicide (1955)
The Men in Her Death (1956) (as by Stephen Ransome)
So Deadly My Love (1957) (as by Stephen Ransome)
I'll Die for You (1959) (as by Stephen Ransome)
The Unspeakable (1960) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Warning Bell (1960) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Some Must Watch (1961) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Without a Trace (1962) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Meet in the Darkness (1964) (as by Stephen Ransome)
aka Whose Corpse?
A Shroud for Shylock (1939) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Hearses Don't Hurry (1941) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Deep Lay the Dead (1942)
A Moment of Need (1947) (as by Murdo Coombs)
False Bounty (1948) (as by Stephen Ransome)
aka I , the Executioner
The Deadly Miss Ashley (1950) (as by Stephen Ransome)
The Frazer Acquital (1955) (as by Stephen Ransome)
High Heel Homicide (1955)
The Men in Her Death (1956) (as by Stephen Ransome)
So Deadly My Love (1957) (as by Stephen Ransome)
I'll Die for You (1959) (as by Stephen Ransome)
The Unspeakable (1960) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Warning Bell (1960) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Some Must Watch (1961) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Without a Trace (1962) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Meet in the Darkness (1964) (as by Stephen Ransome)
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Frederick C Davis
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007)
Forty-Five of the Best Stories to Come Out of the Pulps During Their Golden Age
edited by
Otto Penzler
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