The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #3, Whole No. 160, March 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Greenshaw’s Folly [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Star Weekly November 3 1956 (+2) 22 · Cause for Suspicion [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty February 1 1947 34 · The Perfect Crime · Alberto Moravia; translated by Angus Davidson · ss translated from the Italian (“Il Delitto Perfetto”, Racconti Romani, Bompiani, 1954). 40 · Murder on St. Valentine’s Day [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week April 4 1954, as “The Valentine Murder” 48 · The Holy Man · Avram Davidson · ss 55 · Light in Darkness · Roland F. Lee · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · Payment in Kind · A. H. Z. Carr · ss 1934 79 · Ogne ’54 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 83 · The Perfect Alibi · Patricia Highsmith · ss 97 · Who Killed Cock Robin, Jr. · Joseph Zderad · pz 99 · No Way to Win [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine October 1926, as “The Survivor” 108 · M Is for the Many · Henry Slesar · ss 118 · Daddy-O · Pat Stadley · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #4, Whole No. 161, April 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 6 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss; first prize winner in EQMM’s twelfth annual contest. 15 · Money to Burn · Margery Allingham · ss She March 1957, as “The Psychologists” 24 · Doc Em Lies · Richard Connell · ss 37 · Arlie and the Vampires · Elizabeth Gane · ss 43 · Fill the Night with Murder · Victor Canning · ss John Bull January 28 1956, as “Midnight on the Lagoon” 49 · Mr. Diamond’s Diamonds · Marvin Rossman · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 65 · Sunday in Our Town · Margie Swann · ss 69 · The Girl I Left Behind Me · Muriel Spark · ss 73 · A Time to Mourn [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss 87 · If You Know How [Henry Montague Bohun; Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 22 1955, as “An Appealing Pair of Legs” 92 · Country Caper · Robert Sheckley · ss 97 · College Copper · Steve April · ss 101 · The Most Obstinate Man in Paris [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv translated from the French (“Le Client le plus obstiné du monde”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malchanceux, Presse de la Cite, 1947). 130 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #5, Whole No. 162, May 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · You Bet Your Life [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss 18 · Who’s the Blonde? · John D. MacDonald · ss Collier’s August 9 1952 32 · Three Times Loser · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 15 1954, as “Twm Carney” 36 · Nobody Can Ask That [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week April 8 1956, as “Too Early for Murder” 41 · The Kachina Dolls [Dean Weathergay] · Alvin Pevehouse · nv; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 57 · So Refreshing! · Brèni Pevehouse · ss 67 · The Mischief-Maker · Arthur Gordon · ss 73 · That’s Just Too Bad · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s November 30 1940, as “Something to Remember” 86 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 87 · So I Can Forget · De Forbes · ss 95 · The Unluckiest Murderer · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951, as “Murderer’s Luck” 100 · The Crapshooter · John Steinbeck · ar New York Herald Tribune August 12 1943, as “Steinbeck Tells Dice Game Epic with a Mulligan Denouement” 103 · Don’t Crowd Your Luck [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · nv 125 · Symbol of Authority · Henry Slesar · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #6, Whole No. 163, June 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Given as No. 162 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · And Already Lost… · Charlotte Armstrong · ss 16 · Never Kill a Cop · Clifford Knight · ss 30 · The Bottled Wife · Michael Fessier · ss Esquire February 1952, as “The Strange Case of the Bottled Wife” 39 · The Downshire Terror · Andrew Garve · ss John Bull August 4 1956, as “The Man Who Wasn’t Scared” 44 · Collector’s Item · Michael Kelly · ss 1952 51 · Five Letter Word · Jeanne Sakol · ss 56 · The Hound of the Wellingtons [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week February 6 1955, as “Murder by Night” 66 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 68 · Never Anything but Trouble · Robert Twohy · ss 78 · The Tallest Man in the World · Janet Green · nv Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 100 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss 105 · The Silver Cones · Leslie Bigelow · ss 114 · The Mad Killer · Henry Slesar · ss 118 · Dig That Crazy Grave! · Robert Bloch · ss 130 · Index to Volume 29—January-June 1957 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #1, Whole No. 164, July 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Miracles Do Happen [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss 12 · A Matter of Public Notice · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv 27 · The Mayor Calls His Family · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 37 · Shock Tactics [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week May 15 1955, as “Thy Brother Death” 46 · Command Performance · J. Burne Sargent · ss 55 · You Can’t Run Away · Ray Chesson · nv 84 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 85 · Macagony’s Fist · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as by P. J. Gahagan 89 · The Man at the Latch · Jacqueline Cutlip · ss 101 · The Servant Problem [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine April 1942, as “The Perfect Maid” 111 · The Serafina Caper [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss 125 · The Doe and the Gantlet · Pat Stadley · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #2, Whole No. 165, August 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · An End to Fear · Hugh Pentecost · nv 24 · Cottage for August · Thomas Kyd · ss 33 · To Remember You By · Rufus King · ss 42 · The Two Deaths of Dr. Kang · Victor Canning · gp (r) _42 · Death in China [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 20 1956, as “The Six Deaths of Dr. Kang” _46 · Death in Australia [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard February 21 1956, as “Shadow in the Dark” 50 · The French Key · Avram Davidson · ss 60 · Paid in Full · Rose Finnegan · ss 72 · The Dog That Came to the Funeral · John Collier · ss 81 · Never the Twain · Andrew Salmond · ss 95 · The Portuguese Instructor · Michael Forrestier · ss 101 · Gladstone’s Candlestick [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 12 1955 106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 107 · What’s the Percentage? · William Holder · ss 119 · Driving Lesson · F. L. Wallace · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #3, Whole No. 166, September 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · The Faith of Aaron Menefee · Stanley Ellin · ss 16 · Snap Shot [Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · ss 27 · Not—Tonight—Danger [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Helen McCloy) · ss This Week November 28 1954, as “Dead Man’s Code” 36 · The Glass Room [Anthony J. Quinn] · Morton Wolson · ss 43 · Home from Camp · Bob Van Scoyk · vi 47 · A Gun Is a Nervous Thing · Charlotte Armstrong · nv The American Magazine August 1955, as “Ride with the Executioner” 86 · Mathematical Murder · Cecil Curtis · vi 89 · Man of the Week · Charles M. Swart · ss 97 · The Doctor and the Silver Plate · Margery Allingham · ss This Week February 27 1955, as “The Great London Jewel Robbery” 104 · A True Blue Friend · Millicent Sherwood · vi 106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 107 · The Town Is Waiting · Joseph Whitehill · ss 121 · Bull in a China Shop · C. B. Gilford · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #4, Whole No. 167, October 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Lilith, Stay Away from the Door · B. J. R. Stolper · nv 20 · Crime in Rhyme · Robert Bloch · ss 29 · He Swung and He Missed · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury July 1942 36 · The High, Warm Place · William O’Farrell · ss 43 · The Cat and the Chestnut [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan August 1932, as “The Case of the Distressed Lady” 51 · Out of the Midst of the Fire · Evans Harrington · ss 62 · A Way with Women · Nicholson Williams · ss 75 · The Fatal Secret · Daniel Webster · vi The Boston Book, Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature ed. James Thomas Fields, Tickner, Reed, and Fields, 1850 77 · The Last Week · A. Harris · ss 83 · The Mind Reader · Fred Berkenhoff · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”. 88 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br 89 · Pattern for Murder [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week November 6 1955, as “There’s Death for Remembrance” 102 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 114 · Malice in Wonderland [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #5, Whole No. 168, November 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Cop on the Prowl · Thomas Walsh · ss 15 · Sock Finish · Robert Bloch · nv 33 · Power of the Moon · Arthur Gordon · ss 39 · The Wrightsville Heirs [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Better Living January 1956 (+1) 49 · Where There’s a Will · Gilbert Schechtman · ss 53 · Once a Thief [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July 1933, as “The Pearl” 63 · The Real Sugar · Ed Lacy · ss Esquire April 1951 67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 68 · Stop Being a Sucker · G. C. Edmondson · ss 82 · Wages of Crime · Dashiell Hammett · ss Brief Stories February 1923, as “The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody” by Peter Collinson 87 · Miss Phipps Goes to School [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss 105 · Road Hog · James M. Ullman · ss 111 · Third Degree · Cecil Curtis · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #6, Whole No. 169, December 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Agree—or Die [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · ss 15 · Village Tragedy [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1931, as “Death by Drowning” 30 · Personal Interview · Henry Slesar · ss 35 · Nine Hours Late on the Opening Run · Herbert Brean · nv Exciting Detective Winter 1941, as “Death Buys a Ticket” by William Beggarate 50 · Man in a Closet · Patricia Knowlton · ss 54 · The Darkened Stair · Shirley Barker · ss 69 · Kill or Be Killed · Ogden Nash · ss Collier’s October 25 1947, as “The Other Mind Reader” 71 · The Liquidation of Pickle Fat · John Barden · ss 75 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 76 · The Birdwatcher [Detective-Inspector Ellis McKay] · L. A. G. Strong · nv 97 · The Man Who Cut Off His Nose · Marvin Rossman · ss 102 · An Old Japenese Custom · Walter J. Winn · ss 113 · Death and the Rising Star [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Better Living June 1955 129 · Index to Volume 30—July-December 1957 · [uncredited] · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #1, Whole No. 170, January 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by G. S. Eisenberg) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Suddenly It’s Midnight · Whit Masterson · na 25 · Murder at the Dog Show · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss 36 · Rabbit Out of a Hat [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv 55 · Cause of Accident · Robert P. Stewart · ss; winner of the Hospitalized Veterans Contest. 62 · Now I Lay Me Down · Ruth Doyle · ss 69 · Saint-Germain the Deathless [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss 85 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 86 · The Hungry Look · Matthew Gant · ss 97 · Operation Cryptic [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss; replaces Patrick Petrella by Patrick Peters as a secondary character. revised from “Voyage Into Illusion” (Argosy (UK), July 1957). 109 · Conversation Piece · Guy Nedmon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) #59, December 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #2, Whole No. 171, February 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Endicott’s Girl · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly February 19 1938 27 · The Goldfish Button · Anthony Gilbert · ss 40 · The Searching Cats [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week December 2 1956, as “Cat and the Killer” 47 · When a Wife Is Murdered · George Harmon Coxe · na 69 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Macmillan, 1922, as “Sleepy” translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888). 74 · The Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss 89 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br 90 · Voluntary Murder · Ernest Harrison · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) #60, January 1958 116 · The Smell of Big Time · Paul W. Fairman · ss Black Mask July 1948, as “Big-Time Operator” 121 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #3, Whole No. 172, March 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv 26 · Dear Lady · Thomas Walsh · ss 43 · Each Drop Guaranteed · Rufus King · ss 54 · Some Day They Will Get Me [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review January 1930, as “The Four Suspects” 66 · Suppose You Were on the Jury · Thomas Flanagan · ss 78 · Best Mysteries of 1957 · Anthony Boucher · br 81 · And the Desert Shall Blossom · Loren Good · ss 88 · No Place to Live [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week June 10 1956, as “The Man They All Hated” 96 · Circle of Guilt · Avram Davidson · ss 109 · Don’t Bet on Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly September 25 1937, as “You Bet Your Life”