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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#23, December 1954] (1/6d, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Cop Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine February 1951

39 · The Spirit of the Place [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r)

49 · I Always Get the Cute Ones · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954, as “I Always Get the Cuties”

56 · Nine to One You’ll Hang · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1954

75 · The Man Who Utterly Vanished [Charley Luke; Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1954

80 · Mom in the Spring [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #126, May 1954

95 · The Accused [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Today’s Family February 1953, as “The Robber of Wrightsville”

107 · Subject to Review · Mary Adams Sarett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #68, July 1949

117 · Two-Bit Gangster · Thomas Millstead · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1954

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#24, January 1955] (1/6d, digest)

· Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine August 1945

· To the Man on Trail [The Malemute Kid] · Jack London · ss Overland Monthly January 1899

· Rehearsal for Murder · Ben Hecht · ss Redbook October 1951, as “Guilty!”

· The Medical Finger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #91, June 1951

· A Sudden Dread of…Nothing · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1955

· Exhibit A · William O’Farrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1955

· The Mark of the Flail · L. J. Beeston · ss (r)

· The Open Door · Rafael Sabatini · ss Redbook Magazine July 1935

· The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant September 1897

· Noel, Noel · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1955

· The Tougher They Come · Ben Ray Redman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#25, February 1955] (1/6d, digest)

· Socrates Solves Another Murder [Socrates] · Brèni James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1955

· The Significant Letter [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r)

· Mr. Peverill Returns for His Hat · Charles Alden Peterson · ss Town & Country January 1948

· Beyond the Shadow of a Dream [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1955

· Always Trust a Cop · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952

· The Body in the Pool · Rufus King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1955

· The Mystery of the Pocket Book · Joseph C. Lincoln · ss 1933

· You Can’t Change Sides · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s June 10 1939, as “The Key”

· The New Master · Lord Dunsany · ss The Little Tales of Smethers by Lord Dunsany, Jarrolds, 1952

· Follow the Leader · Dorothy Dunn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1954

· For Value Received [Lloyd Chalmers] · Richard Deming · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952

· Wake Up and Live · Michael Sands · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1955

· Pay-Off Girl · James M. Cain · ss Esquire August 1952

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [No. 26, March 1955] (1/6d, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

21 · The Girl in Electric Blue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch April 4 1923, as “The Mystery of the Plymouth Express”

32 · Ambitious Cop · William Fay · ss 1949

43 · Candid Witness · Frank Gruber · vi Black Mask July 1937

45 · The Swami of Northbank [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s July 15 1950

57 · Fatal Formula · Don Morse · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

58 · Raffles and the Princess Amen [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss John Bull May 1 1954

72 · The Pigeon Woman · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #104, July 1952

85 · The Face of the Assassin [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s April 19 1952, as “Death Danced in Baghdad”

96 · Glitter of Diamonds · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

106 · The Hand in the Dark · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine November 1918

113 · The Mirror of the Man · Jan Thompson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.

120 · You Can’t Love Two Women · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Forum 1929

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#27, April 1955] (1/6d, digest)

· Tiger in the Night · Eleazar Lipsky · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

· Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953

· A Matter of Scholarship · Anthony Boucher · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

· Rift in the Loot [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

· Alike Under the Skin · Hugh B. Cave · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

· The Unseen Door [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News August 5 1945

· Midnight at the Grand Babylon Hotel · Arnold Bennett · ss The Loot of Cities by Arnold Bennett, Thomas Nelson, 1917

· The Man in the White Mask · Alan E. Nourse · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

· An Ingenue of the Sierras · Bret Harte · ss The Idler May 1893

· By a Single Hair [Nick Carter] · Nick Carter · ss New York Weekly October 13 1894

· The Diminishing Circle · William Holder · ss 1948

· The Walk-Away Kid · Sylvia Farnham Bachrach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

· Nick Carter · Newman Levy · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#28, May 1955] (1/6d, digest)

· Beware the King of Clubs [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 21 1923, as “The Adventure of the King of Clubs”

· The Witch of Times Square [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week November 5 1950

· Dead Duck · Arthur Gordon · ss Esquire March 1952

· The Gentleman Caller · Veronica Parker Johns · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

· When a Man Murders [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine May 1954

· The Blonde Who Looked Like Trouble · Richard F. Barrett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

· Jury of One · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine January 1951, as “Tip-Off”

· (Untitled) · Fred Levon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#29, June 1955] (1/6d, digest)

· Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938

· Mom Makes a Wish [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955

· If You Want to Get Killed [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955

· The Haunted Policeman [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Harper’s Bazaar February 1938

· Morte d’Alain [King Arthur] · Maxey Brooke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #109, December 1952

· The Case of Mr. Pelham · Anthony Armstrong · ss Esquire November 1940

· That’s the Man! · Mary Brinker Post · ss Today’s Woman February 1947

· The Night Calhoun Was Off Duty · Thomas Walsh · ss 1938

· A Simple Incident [Andy Blair & Willie Perkins] · Lee Sheridan Cox · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [No. 30, July 1955] (1/6d, digest)

5 · What Would You Have Done? · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955

22 · Give a Man Rope · Stuart Cloete · ss Collier’s May 19 1951

32 · Life Begins at 2.15 · Willard Marsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955

37 · Raffles and the Death Date [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955

49 · Killers Three: The Letter · Fredric Brown · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955

50 · The Man Without an Enemy · John & Ward Hawkins · ss This Week October 26 1952, as “Girl in Trouble”

57 · Blue Murder [Don Free] · Raoul Whitfield · nv Black Mask September 1932
not the same as the story of the same name in the July 1928 issue.

75 · The Adventure of the Three R’s [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #34, September 1946

87 · Invitation to an Accident · Wade Miller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [No. 31, August 1955] (1/6d, digest)

5 · Stay Away from My Mother · Joseph Whitehill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1955

18 · This Will Do Nicely · Thomas Flanagan · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1955

29 · Sing a Song of Sixpence · Agatha Christie · ss Holly Leaves December 1929

41 · The Man Who Got Away with Murder · Armando Perretta · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1955

50 · The Perfect Crime · Fredric Brown · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955

50 · Callahan in Buttons · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s August 8 1936, as “Callahan’s Revenge”

61 · Stay on the Sidewalks, Kid · Saul Levinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1955

69 · London Night’s Entertainment · Margery Sharp · ss The Graphic November 28 1932

73 · La Spécialité de M. Duclos · Oliver La Farge · ss The New Yorker April 29 1950

79 · No Cry of Murder [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week June 29 1952

86 · La Grande Breteche · Honoré de Balzac; translated by George Burnham Ives · ss Little French Masterpieces by Honoré de Balzac, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [No. 32, September 1955] (1/6d, digest)

5 · For Men Only [Insp. Kyle] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955

36 · Murder at the Poe Shrine · Nedra Tyre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955

45 · How Does Your Garden Grow? [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Ladies’ Home Journal June 1935

56 · Turtle Race · Paul W. Fairman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955

64 · The Man Who Made People Mad · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955

73 · The Devil and Mr. Wooller · R. J. Tilley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.

79 · Star Witness · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Dime Detective Magazine August 1 1934

87 · The Splinter · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#33, October 1955] (1/6d, digest)

· Merlini and the Lie Detector [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1955

· The Little Doctor and the Slipper Fiend [Dr. Jean Dollent] · Georges Simenon; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955
translated from the French (“L’Amoureux aus Pantoufles”, Le Petit Docteur, Gallimard, 1943).

· The Six China Figures [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 7 1923, as “The Affair at the Victory Ball”

· The Wagstaff Pearls [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week September 21 1952

· Looking for a Diamond [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 4 1954, as “Dog in the Night-Time”

· A Test of Identity [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955
probably first in The (London) Evening Standard.

· The Stone on Abdul’s Head · D. MacClure · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955

· Tabloid News · Louis Bromfield · ss Random House, 1930

· Farewell to Kennedy · William Fay · ss The Elks Magazine 1950

· Two Can Play · Steve April · ss Collier’s June 7 1952

· “Well?” · Rebecca Weiner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955

· A Man Like His Daddy · Brian O’Sullivan · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955

· The Perfectionist · Donald McNutt Douglass · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#34, November 1955] (1/6d, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942

11 · Dream No More · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1955

28 · Near the Back of Beyond [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1955

39 · A Message to Herr Dietrich [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1955

42 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954

51 · Tom, Dick and Harry [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard August 6 1955

55 · Crazy Like a Fox [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1955

58 · It Might Be George · Charlotte Morris · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1955

70 · The Cockroaches of Baghdad [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s November 29 1952, as “The Web Caught the Spider”

81 · Murder Was Their Business · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947, as “The Retired Hangman”

92 · Only the Guilty Run · Vin Packer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#36, January 1956] (1/6d, digest)

· Striding Folly [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine July 1935

· The Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1955

· A Hansom in the Night [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss John Bull June 26 1954, as “Hansom for Raffles”

· The Heel of Achilles O’Shay · Clayton Fox · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1956

· Weak Spot · W. C. King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1956

· Roll Out the Barrel · Geoffrey Household · ss 1952

· First Time Machine · Fredric Brown · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1955

· Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”

· The Other Arrow · F. M. Barratt & Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 18 1952, as “Diagnosis Completed”

· Cold Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 30 1952

· Will You Always Be Helping Me? · Thomas Walsh · ss Woman’s Home Companion September 1940, as “Boy from Home”

· Get Off My Back! · Saul Levinson · ss Man’s Life 1953, as “Hick Law”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#37, February 1956] (1/6d, digest)

· The Letter · Thomas Kyd · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1956

· Johnny Cinderella · Joseph Petracca · ss Collier’s October 25 1952

· Strictly from Hollywood · Steve April · vi Collier’s January 24 1953

· The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 10 1955

· It Could Happen to Anyone · Marc Brandel · ss 1955, as “The Hasty Act”

· The Gentlest of the Brothers · David Alexander · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1956

· A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1954, as “The Body in the Hall”

· A Woman of Principle [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) [#38, March 1956] (1/6d, digest)

· The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952

· The Compleat Murderess · Virginia Jones · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1956

· Jack of Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1956

· The Man Who Explained Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · na The Housewife January 1956 (+2), as “Ministry of Miracles”

· Of More Value than Sparrows [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss 1929

· Banks Are Never Wrong · John D. Hess · ss Esquire September 1952, as “The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks”

· Lucky Cop · Steve Fisher · ss 1939
possibly a reprint of Fisher’s “Lucky” (Detective Fiction Weekly, June 3, 1939).

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