Ace Books published 135 mystery Ace doubles between 1952 and 1965 in dos-a-dos format.
Genres and Collectability
Ace published science fiction, mysteries, and westerns, as well as books not in any of these genres. Collectors of these genres have found the Ace doubles an attractive set of books to collect, because of the unusual appearance of the dos-a-dos format.
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.
D Series
D-1 MY Samuel W. Taylor The Grinning Gismo / Keith Vining Too Hot For Hell (1952) D-3 MY Mel Colton The Big Fix / Kate Clugston Twist the Knife Slowly (A Murderer in the House) (1952) D-5 MY Eaton R. Goldthwaite The Scarlet Spade / Harry Whittington Drawn To Evil (1952) D-7 MY Stephen Ransome I, the Executioner (False Bounty) / Harry Whittington So Dead My Love! (1953) D-9 MY Michael Morgan Decoy / Sherwood King If I Die Before I Wake (1953) D-11 MY Day Keene Mrs. Homicide / William L. Stuart Dead Ahead D-15 MY William S. Burroughs (as William Lee) Junkie / Maurice Helbrant Narcotic Agent (1953) D-16 MY Edmond de Goncourt and J. De Goncourt Germinie / Paul Bourget Crime D'Amour (1953) D-17 MY William Campbell Gault (as Roney Scott) Shakedown / Howard Fast (as Walter Ericson) The Darkness Within D-19 MY Hal Braham (as Mel Colton) Never Kill A Cop / Leslie Edgley Fear No More (1953) D-21 MY John N. Makris Nightshade / Lester Dent High Stakes (1953) D-23 MY Louis Trimble (as Stuart Brock) Bring Back Her Body / Richard Sale Passing Strange (1953) D-27 MY Bruno Fischer The Fingered Man / Hal Braham (as Mel Colton) Double Take (1953) D-29 MY Ross Laurence The Fast Buck / J. F. Hutton Dead Man Friday D-33 MY Carl G. Hodges Murder By The Pack / Frank Kane About Face D-37 MY Marvin Claire The Drowning Wire / Will Oursler Departure Delayed (1953) D-40 MY Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish) Waltz Into Darkness / Malden Grange Bishop Scylla D-41 MY Day Keene Death House Doll / Thomas B. Dewey Mourning After (1953) D-45 MY Martin L. Weiss Dead Hitches A Ride / Leslie Edgley Tracked Down (1954) D-47 MY Joe Barry Kiss And Kill / Richard Powell On The Hook (1954) D-49 MY Dan Cushman Tongking! / Charles Grayson Golden Temptress D-51 MY Emmett Mcdowell Switcheroo / Lawrence Treat Over The Edge (1954) D-55 MY Robert Turner The Tobacco Auction Murders / Michael Stark Kill-Box D-57 MY A. S. Fleischman Counterspy Express / M. V. Heberden (as Charles L. Leonard) Treachery In Trieste (1954) D-59 MY Robert Bloch Spiderweb / David Alexander The Corpse In My Bed (1951) D-63 MY Harry Whittington You'll Die Next! / Frederick C. Davis Drag The Dark D-71 MY John Creasey (as Gordon Ashe) Drop Dead! / Margaret Scherf The Case Of The Hated Senator (1954) D-77 MY Leigh Brackett (as George Sanders) Stranger At Home / Stephen Marlowe Catch The Brass Ring (1954) D-81 MY John A. Saxon Liability Limited / Sheldon Stark Too Many Sinners D-89 MY Stephen Marlowe Turn Left For Murder / Ruth Wilson and Alexander Wilson Death Watch (1955) D-101 MY Jack Karney Knock 'Em Dead / Hal Braham (as Mel Colton) Point Of No Escape D-109 MY Dale Clark Mambo To Murder / Sterling Noel I See Red (1955) D-115 MY Harry Whittington One Got Away / Cleve F. Adams Shady Lady (1955) D-123 MY Gil Brewer The Squeeze / Frank Diamond Love Me To Death (1955) D-129 MY Day Keene The Dangling Carrot / Norman C. Rosenthal Silenced Witnesses (1955) D-135 MY Milton K. Ozaki Maid For Murder / Rene Brabazon Raymond (as James Hadley Chase) Dead Ringer (1955) D-147 MY Gregory Jones Prowl Cop / Norman Herries My Private Hangman (1956) D-149 MY Ronald Kayser (as Dale Clark) A Run For The Money / Mark Macklin The Thin Edge Of Mania (1955) D-157 MY Louis Trimble Stab In The Dark / Jonathon Gant Never Say No To A Killer D-167 MY Milton K. Ozaki Never Say Die / John Creighton Destroying Angel (1956) D-170 MY Day Keene Flight By Night / Lawrence Goldman Black Fire D-177 MY Stephen Marlowe (as C.H. Thames) Violence Is Golden / Robert Turner The Girl In The Cop's Pocket (1956) D-185 MY Daniel Mainwaring (as Geoffrey Homes) Build My Gallows High / Harry Whittington The Humming Box (1956) D-189 MY Lawrence Treat Weep For A Wanton / Stephen Marlowe Dead On Arrival (1956) D-195 MY Robert Colby The Quaking Widow / Dudley Dean Macgaughy (as Owen Dudley) The Deep End D-197 MY James Byron TNT For Two / Charles Weiser Frey (as Ferguson Findley) Counterfeit Corpse (1956) D-201 MY Harry Whittington Across That River / Nathaniel E.