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Mystery Puzzle of the Month [No. 2, 1949] (Pearl Publishing Co.)
Original short story distributed with a jigsaw.

· The Case of the Duplicate Door [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss

Mystery Puzzle of the Month [No. 3, 1949] (Pearl Publishing Co.)
Original short story distributed with a jigsaw.

· Pictures Don’t Lie [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss

Mystery Puzzle of the Month [No. 4, 1949] (Pearl Publishing Co.)
Original short story distributed with a jigsaw.

· Case of the Lonely Heart [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss

Mystery Stories (US, 1927) (about)
--- see under Mystery Magazine (1917).

Mystery Stories (UK) (1930s) (about)
A companion title to Mystery and Detection, Mystery Stories was a mixture of new stories and reprints, but drew mostly from lesser-known British sources or American pulps.

Publishers:

The World’s Work (1913) Ltd.; Kingswood, Surrey: Mystery Stories.

Mystery Stories [#1, March 1936] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · The Girl Out of the Night · Donovan Maule · nv

44 · After Dinner · D. Frances Young · ss

55 · Night Lines in Norfolk · John Frederick · ss

63 · Rich Man, Poor Man, “G” Man, Thief! · William Corcoran · ss Mystery September 1935

81 · The Black God · John Halstead · ss

91 · The Ring Murder · Keith Ayling · ss

98 · The Hunt in the Fog · C. J. Ingram, K.C. · ss

110 · Deliver—or Else · Oscar Schisgall · ss

Mystery Stories [#2 (1936?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · The Thirteenth Mummy · Garnett Radcliffe · na

51 · The Millions I Might Have Had · Conrad Conroy · ss

65 · The Perfect Forgery · W. Robert Mills · nv; given as by W.H. Mills Roberts on the story itself.

92 · The Bridge of Silence · John Longworth · ss

96 · The Command to Kill · Frederick Nobel · ss

Mystery Stories [#3 (1936?)] (World’s Work (1913) Limited, 1/-, 128pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

3 · The Haystack Fires Mystery · John Creasey · nv

43 · Dirge · Hector Bolitho · ss (r)

49 · A Deal in Rice · Ray Carr · ss

58 · The Sword Strikes Twice · Oscar Schisgall · ss

77 · The Cat · Malcolm Tarver · ss

88 · Raven House · R. G. Ralph · ss

98 · The Rat’s Accomplice · Garnett Radcliffe · nv

120 · “Creeping Jenny” · Frederick Graves · ss

125 · Was It Fate? · Conrad Conroy · vi

Mystery Stories [#4 (1936?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · The Horror of Manley’s Island · Geoffry H. Clark · ss

16 · Strange Freight · W. E. Johns · ss Wings (UK) Winter 1935

24 · What the Slippers Revealed · Conrad Conroy · ss

33 · Murder on Principle · Guy Sherringham · ss

43 · The Dead Hand of Si Davit · Edmund Snell · ss

51 · Tracey Takes the Count [Inspector Collier] · W. Robert Mills · na

85 · The Doubler · G. D. Martineau · ss

92 · The Stolen Cross · Walter Ripperger · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine March 1936

Mystery Stories [#5 (1936?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

2 · The Island of Ho Pin · Geoffry Clark · ss

15 · The After Peak · Malcolm Tarver · ss

28 · The Man Who Hated Earth Worms [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine July 1921

36 · The Green Check Jacket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s March 28 1925

52 · The Kidnappers · Gordon K. Wellman · nv

80 · The Call from the Vacant House · Stuart Bachan · ss

87 · Murder Will · Walter Ripperger · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1936

Mystery Stories [#6 (1937?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Masque of Death · J. Allan Dunn · nv Detective Action Stories August 1931

29 · Rex v. Burnaby [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Flynn’s December 27 1924

44 · The Twenty-Third Corpse · Oscar Schisgall · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 2 1937 (+2)

89 · Red-Headed Woman · James Clifton Peters · ss

96 · The Whispering Man [Supt. Robert Budd] · Gerald Verner · na The Thriller #322, April 6 1935

Mystery Stories [#7 (1937?)] (World’s Work (1913) Limited, 1/-, 128pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

3 · The River Pirates · Robert W. James · nv; given as by Robert W. Jones on the cover.

24 · The Garden of Horror · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss

36 · The Man Who Was Happy [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine October 1921

45 · Mrs Huegesson’s Pet · Barnard Stacey · ss

51 · The Thumping Men · Walter Ripperger · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine April 1936

119 · The Elixir of Death · Benson Herbert, M.Sc. · ss

Mystery Stories [#8 (1937?)] (World’s Work, 1/-, 127pp, pulp)
Subtitled “A Selection of Thrilling Tales of England by British Writers”.
Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

3 · Mystery Mill · Gerald Verner · nv

43 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933

54 · The Mad Scientist · William K. MacDonald · ss

69 · The Masterpiece Plot [Inspector Collier] · W. Robert Mills · nv

108 · The Mystery of the Gary Tor Hotel · B. Rolliott · ss

120 · The Daddy Long Leg · Francis Alcock · ss

Mystery Stories [#9 (1937?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

2 · The Abominable Snowman of Katayadu · Garnett Radcliffe · ss

10 · Old Anthony’s Ghost · F. A. M. Webster · ss Lloyd’s Story Magazine February 1922

19 · Redouble-Cross in Hollywood · Sinclair Gluck · nv

45 · Budna Kills a Leopard and Captures a Dacoit Chief · F. T. Ashcroft · nv

61 · If I Were a Detective · Oscar Schisgall · nv Clues Detective Stories October 1937

84 · Four Men of Crime · Walter Ripperger · nv

117 · The Seal of the Beast · Michael Annesley · ss The Blue Magazine May 1925

Mystery Stories [#10 (1937?)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by W. J. Roberts)

3 · Wer’wolf · B. S. Henderson · nv

25 · Ghost Driving on the Great West Road · R. R. Money · ss

38 · Black Kiss · M. J. Ware · ss

44 · The Master of the Allenby · Francis H. Sibson · ss

57 · Stronger than Duty · P. K. Sen Gupta · ss

63 · Death at the Mosque of Omar · R. Thurston Hopkins · nv

81 · For Service Rendered · Martin Cutler · ss

90 · The Face and the Doctor · Max Brand · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 22 1937 (+1)

Mystery Stories [#11, 1937/1938] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · The Coffin of Li Chu-Fung · Marlinspike · ss; given as by Marlinespike on the cover.

13 · Just a Swine · Digby Stone · ss

21 · Thos. Hopkins—Viceroy · Francis H. Sibson · ss

32 · Second Chances · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

38 · For the Underdog · Francis Dickie · nv

64 · A Dame Gets By · H. F. Grey · na

104 · Flowers on a Grave [C. O. Ponder] · Walter Ripperger · nv Double Detective November 1937

Mystery Stories [#12 (1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Curfew Royale Club [Inspector Miller] · W. Robert Mills · na

54 · Liege Lord · Robert E. Pinkerton · nv Argosy March 5 1938

76 · The Killings at Clegg Hall · George Bellairs · ss

82 · The Persian Zaronta · M. J. Ware · ss

87 · The Sahib with Half a Face · Scott Yorke · ss

94 · Death in the Fog · H. F. Gray · ss

100 · To Kill a Snake · Sinclair Gluck · nv Argosy July 16 1938, as “Red Sky Over China”

Mystery Stories [#13 (1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · In the Wake of Shark Gotch [Shark Gotch] · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss

18 · Peter’s Web · Martin Cutler · ss

28 · Mr. Tetlow Has an Adventure · H. C. Warnes · ss

35 · An Hour in She-Devil Bay · Richard Howells Watkins · ss Adventure July 1937

48 · Spades Are Trumps · Leonard B. Johnson · ss

52 · Uncanonized Bones · Paul Rorke · ss

64 · Found by Night · G. Casey · ss

70 · The Duel of Shadows [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1934

82 · The Cardboard Clue · Walter Ripperger · nv

Mystery Stories [#14, Spring 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

5 · Hell Bent for Aves · R. H. Watkins · nv Argosy October 16 1937

27 · No Second Sunset · M. J. Ware · ss

41 · The Hand from Earth · E. Powys Medd · ss

48 · The Wreck Under the Cliffs · Malcolm Tarver · ss

58 · Gun Cotton and the Running Killer [Gun Cotton] · Rupert Grayson · ss

73 · Free to Run · Rea Gordon · ss

85 · Pearls for a Life · Norman de la Rue · ss

94 · Death in the Dunes · Zeytoumian Reis · ss

103 · Hobo Fighter · Robert Murray · ss

Mystery Stories [#15 (1939)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

5 · Derelict Decoy [Inspector Miller] · W. Robert Mills · na

55 · Christmas Eve · Robert Murray · ss

67 · Nerve · Roger Graham · ss

74 · Adron’s First Case · Samuel W. Taylor · ss Country Home Magazine November 1938

81 · Sentinel Farm · Edward Burke-Roche · ss

90 · Terror at Redford · Martin Brook · ss

99 · It’s Hell to Be Shot · Eric Frank Russell · ss

107 · The Best Laid Plans · Marshall Weighell · ss

113 · Finger-Prints of Revenge · H. F. Grey · ss

Mystery Stories [#16 (1939)] (1/-, pulp)
Issue not indexed.

Mystery Stories [#17 (1939)] (1/-, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Shabby Adventurer · Norman de la Rue · ss

Mystery Stories [#18, 1939] (1/-, pulp)

· The Affair of the Three Turtles [Carter DeRaven] · Walter Ripperger · nv Double Detective March 1938

· Marley’s Masterpiece · Henry Rawle · ss

· Extremes Meet · Percy C. Clarke · ss

· The Last Chapter · E. Burke-Roche · ss

· The Practical Joke · Herbert Nicolson · ss

· The Road to Vandricourt · Roger Ellis · ss

· Night of Terror [Old Town Detective Agency] · Judson P. Philips · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 25 1939

· The Scarabs · George Arnold · ss

· The Doctor Gave a Verdict · G. M. Butler · ss

Mystery Stories [#19, 1939] (1/-, pulp)

· To the Confusion of Ah Lee · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail February 1928

· Another Man’s Poison · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss

· Murder of the Ancients [Old Town Detective Agency] · Judson P. Philips · nv Detective Fiction Weekly April 22 1939

· Dawn’s Disciple · J. Farquharson Lawrence · ss

· The Night Hawk · F. D. Bruce · ss

· The End of the Racket · H. M. Dixon · ss

· Appointment at Tev · John Storme · ss

· Heberden’s Dam · I. S. Hammond · ss

· What Happened to Mrs. Stanton · Verne Fletcher · ss

· A Flight from Fancy on the Route des Alpes · [uncredited] · ss

Mystery Stories [#20, 1939] (1/-, pulp)

· The Toast of Death · Charlton Robertson · ss

· Spite of Thunder · Alan Griff · ss

· Tonight at Eight · E. H. Thackeray · ss

· Black Panther · Roger Graham · ss

· Death in the Mountains · George Bellairs · ss

· Twelve Years After · John Arundel · ss

· Horror in the Fog · Russell Annabel · ss

· The Immortal Voice · James MacFie · ss

· New Corner · L. T. C. Rolt · ss

· The Inca’s Ruby · A. M. Tarver · ss

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