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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #20, January 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] This is identical to the regular January 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which is taken from the September 1943 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle. 1 · The Three Rembrandts [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #12, September 1943 translated from the French (Les 13 Mystères, 1932). 3 · The Chobham Affair · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine December 1930 13 · Death on Pine Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask September 1924, as “Women, Politics & Murder” 33 · The Case of the Drug Peddler [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine June 1940, as “The Horses of Diomedes” 46 · Rumor, Inc. [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 57 · A Victim of Amnesia · Arthur Somers Roche · ss The Elks Magazine September 1923 69 · Just an Old-Fashioned Murder [Sheriff Jeremy Dodd] · Ben Wilson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 77 · The Finger Man [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 92 · The Ace of Spades [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 98 · The Testimony of Dr. Farnsworth [Dr. Mark Farnsworth] · Francis Leo Golden · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 111 · A Matter of Form [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine May 1940

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #21, March 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] This is identical to the regular March 1945 issue. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle. 3 · Gay Falcon [Gay Stanhope Falcon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Strand Magazine January 1940 22 · The Mathematics of Murder [Inspector Evans] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 1944, as “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear” 38 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940 46 · The Riddle of the Twelve Amethysts [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945 60 · Cul de Sac [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945 73 · Dr. Sam: Johnson and Monboddo’s Ape Boy [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945 89 · The Murder of Lady Twickinham · Ed (Archie) Gardner · pl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945 first broadcast on the Chase & Sanborn show starring Gracie Fields, NBC radio, June 18, 1944. 92 · The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939, as “A Slice of Bad Luck” 99 · The Prince Who Was a Thief · Theodore Dreiser · ss Chains by Theodore Dreiser, 1927 115 · The Curious Incident of the Dog · Ralph Norman Weber · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945 118 · Something to Do with Figures · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #21A, April 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) [] This is identical to the regular Fall 1941 issue except for the addition of the first story which is taken from the May 1942 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle. 1 · Tell It to the Judge · Viola Brothers Shore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1942 5 · Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine October 1932 21 · The Question Mark [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938 42 · The Cablegram [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Adventure November 1 1932 58 · About the Perfect Crime of Mr. Digberry [Thatcher Colt] · Anthony Abbot · nv Cosmopolitan October 1940; given as by Anthony Abbott in the Table of Contents. 76 · Dime a Dance [Nick Ballestier] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask February 1938 98 · Wild Onions · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · ss Collier’s July 2 1938 110 · The Adventure of the Treasure Hunt [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss The Strand Magazine September 1935, as “Treasure Hunt”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #22, May 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] This is identical to the regular May 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which is taken from the September 1943 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle. 1 · Bottleneck · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s February 27 1937 5 · The Empty Flat [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine May 1939, as by Carter Dickson 18 · Leg Man [Burgess] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1943 39 · The Meaning of the Act [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine September 1939 52 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · H. H. Holmes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945 62 · Rogues’ Gallery · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Collier’s August 24 1935 65 · Pattern for Murder · Herzl Fife · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945 75 · The Liqueur Glass · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Smart Set March 1915 81 · Guess Who?: Henry Poggioli · Talbot C. Hatch · qz Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945 83 · The Case of the Merry Andrew [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine July 1936, as “The Cowboy of Oxford Street” 96 · The Quick and the Dead · Owen Cameron · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945 99 · The Statement of the Accused [Garron] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Story-teller August 1910, as “The Mystery of Room 666” 111 · Squeakie’s Second Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #22A, June 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] This is identical to the regular Winter 1942 issue except for the addition of the penultimate story which is taken from the May 1943 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle. 1 · The Sunningdale Mystery [Tuppence & Tommy Beresford] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch October 29 1924, as “The Sunninghall Mystery” 13 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938 32 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune April 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice” 48 · The Phantom Guest [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Winter 1942 72 · The Important Point [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s February 5 1938 79 · The Case of the Two Flutes [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv Mystery April 1934, as “The Phantom Flute Player” 101 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 113 · The Picture Collector · Franklin P. Adams · vi Liberty December 18 1937 116 · Goodbye Hannah · Steve Fisher · ss Double Detective December 1938

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #23, July 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] This is identical to the regular July 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which is taken from the January 1943 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle. 1 · Accused · Ruth Chessman · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 4 · The Mystery of the Chief of Police [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #23, July 1945 20 · Delayed Verdict [Evan Keith] · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Collier’s December 20 1941 32 · The Alarm Bell · Donald Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #23, July 1945 38 · Smash and Grab [Constable John Bragg] · Henry Wade · ss Here Comes the Copper by Henry Wade, Constable, 1938 50 · Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker December 16 1944; satire on the hard-boiled private eye. 57 · Mr. Bearstowe Says [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Saturday Book #3, 1943 72 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 89 · P. Moran, Fire-Fighter [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #23, July 1945 107 · The Tenth Clue [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask January 1 1924

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #23A, August 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Reprint of the Spring 1942 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1943 (US) issue. Details supplied by Charlotte Priddle. 1 · Dumb Yank · Karl Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine 1935 20 · The Good Friend [Chief-Inspector Parbold] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine March 1938 34 · Percival Bland’s Proxy [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1913 54 · Mrs. Macbeth · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine December 1935 64 · The Verdict · Frank Swinnerton · ss London Calling 1943 70 · The Adventure of the Frightened Star [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · pl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Spring 1942 85 · Code No. 2 · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine April 1916 99 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens” 109 · Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine September 1933

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #24, September 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] This is identical to the regular September 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which subsequently appeared in the November 1948 issue of the regular series. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 1 · The Thrill Is Gone · Fulton Oursler & Rupert Hughes · vi Collier’s 1942 4 · The White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life January 1925, as “Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder” 17 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1928 24 · The Labors of Hercules: The Stymphalian Birds, or The Case of the Vulture Women [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 17 1939, as “The Vulture Women”; given as “The Vulture Women” on the cover and “The Case of the Vulture Women” in the Table of Contents. 36 · The Wax-Work Cadaver [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #24, September 1945 50 · Two Sharp Knives · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s January 13 1934 62 · Will You Walk Into My Parlor? · John Dickson Carr · pl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #24, September 1945 74 · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s August 5 1933 84 · The Whistling Corpse · Ben Hecht · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #24, September 1945 88 · The Problem of the Emperor’s Mushrooms [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #24, September 1945 98 · The Adventure of Mr. Montalba, Obsequist [Mr. Mycroft] · H. F. Heard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #24, September 1945 115 · Perkins’ “First Case” [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #24, September 1945 ibc. · A Minute Mystery: The Case of the Globe-Trotter [Professor Joseph Fordney] · Roy Post & Austin Ripley · pz Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1943

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v6, #25, November 1945] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular November 1945 issue except for the addition of the first story which subsequently appeared in the May 1948 issue of the regular series. 1 · Award of Honor · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · vi Collier’s January 5 1935 4 · Mean Man’s Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 27 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 42 · Codeine (7 Per Cent) [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 47 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 1: Karmesin, Murderer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The People #3295, December 24 1944, as “Inscrutable Providence” 53 · The Adventures of Karmesin, 2: Karmesin, Jewel Thief [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spring 1939, as “Karmesin and the Raving Lunatic” 57 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 69 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” 75 · The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran” 88 · The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set October 1923 97 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 3 1940 102 · The Eye [Cliff Chandler] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 111 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Collier’s February 10 1945 128 · Index to Volume 6—1945 · [uncredited] · ix Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v7, #26, January 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular January 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which subsequently appeared in the January 1947 issue of the regular series. 1 · Goldfish [Carney] · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s July 8 1933 4 · The Mystery of the Sock and the Clock [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #26, January 1946 20 · The Labors of Hercules: The Girdle of Hippolyta, or The Case of the Missing Schoolgirl [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 10 1939, as “The Disappearance of Winnie King”; given as “The Case of the Missing Schoolgirl” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 30 · Ultra Violent [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Argosy January 1945 42 · Strictly Diplomatic [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine December 1939, as by Carter Dickson 56 · The Priest · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker April 7 1945 65 · The Magic Hat [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine October 1938, as “The Hat Trick” 80 · The Stolen Christmas Box [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #26, January 1946 97 · The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan May 1924 103 · The Parrot’s Beak [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine June 1936 slightly revised from the story of the same name (The Daily Mail, October 23, 1929) which did not feature the Department of Dead Ends. 111 · Squeeze Play [William S. Gray] · Leonard Thompson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #26, January 1946

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v7, #27, February 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular February 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which did not appear in any issue of the regular edition of EQMM. 1 · Habit · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s October 1 1927 4 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 16 · The Earring · William Irish · nv Flynn’s Detective Fiction February 1943, as “The Death Stone” by Cornell Woolrich 41 · The Labors of Hercules: The Hydra of Lernea, or The Case of the Gossipers [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week September 3 1939, as “Invisible Enemy”; given as “The Case of the Gossipers” on the cover and in the Table of Contents. 54 · The Comic Opera Murders [Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 66 · Cummings Monk [Cummings King Monk] · M. P. Shiel · ss The Pale Ape by M. P. Shiel, T. Werner Laurie, 1911, as “He Wakes an Echo”; slightly condensed. 79 · Broadway Murder [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s October 8 1938 86 · The Necklace · Jack Moffitt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 [Ref. Guy de Maupassant] a sequel to “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. 99 · Speaking of Crime · Howard Haycraft · cl Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 104 · Like Count Palmieri [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 116 · Mr. Simpson Goes to the Dogs [Mr. Simpson] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine June 1934

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces” [v7, #28, March 1946] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter) [] Details supplied by Douglas Greene. This is identical to the regular March 1946 issue except for the addition of the first story which did not appear in any issue of the regular edition of EQMM. 1 · A Little Knowledge · Peter B. Kyne · ss Collier’s January 1 1927 4 · Farewell to the Faulkners · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946 21 · The House in Turk Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask April 15 1924 37 · The Crime Collector · William Lindsay Gresham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946 42 · The Perfect Plan · James Hilton · ss Britannia and Eve September 1933 57 · P. Moran and the Poison Pen [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946 75 · A Death in the Stadium · Robert Nathan · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1927 78 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946 92 · The Garden of Smoke · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ss The Story-teller October 1919 108 · Mr. Briggs Was Right · Charles G. Norris · ss Collier’s October 30 1926 111 · The Man Who Was Murdered by a Bed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946