The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #5, January 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Identical to the UK issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · Murder on New Year’s Eve [Carole Thorne; Miles Shenton] · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na The American Magazine October 1937, as “Exit Before Midnight” 36 · The Case Is Altered [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine December 1938 49 · The Dauphin’s Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #61, December 1948 60 · The Nine Pound Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947 67 · Chance Is a Great Thing · E. C. R. Lorac · ss The Evening Standard August 8 1950 72 · Know Your Favourite Author—Mary Roberts Rinehart · [uncredited] · bg MacKill’s Mystery Magazine January 1953 [Ref. Mary Roberts Rinehart] 74 · The Drowning of Edgar Foley [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 18 1952 79 · The Under Dog [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Mystery Magazine April 1 1926

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #6, February 1953] (6d, 128pp, digest) Identical to the UK issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Dead Harlequin [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine March 1929 20 · Dinner for Two [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #62, January 1949 25 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949 37 · The Sands of Thyme [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard June 27 1952 45 · The Suitcase [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard August 9 1950 51 · Hold Back My Gallows · Nigel Morland · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine February 1953 58 · The Third Bullet [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · na Hodder & Stoughton, 1937, as by Carter Dickson; abridged.

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #1, April 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the March 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Philosopher · Peter Cheyney · ss The Telegraph (Brisbane) May 5 1936 7 · The Man Who Hid His Breakfast · Mary Roberts Rinehart · na Episode of the Wandering Knife by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Rinehart, 1950 34 · Who’s Your Lady Friend? · Peter Fraser · ss The Evening Standard February 6 1951 37 · Chance Encounter · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Evening Standard February 13 1951 41 · The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 56 · This Will Kill You · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950 61 · Permanent Policeman · E. C. R. Lorac · ss The Evening Standard June 18 1951 65 · Dead Man’s Hand · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1951 69 · The Lost Scientist · Lord Dunsany · ss The Evening Standard November 21 1950 73 · The Clue of the Hungry Horse [Sheriff Bill Eldon] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Country Gentleman February 1947

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #2, May 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the April 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Case of the Discontented Soldier [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan August 1932 15 · A Photographic Memory · Peter Fraser · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine April 1953 18 · The Green Goods Man [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News November 21 1932, as “The Very Green Goods Man” 33 · The Other Hangman · John Dickson Carr · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 45 · Imperious Caesar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard September 20 1952 48 · The Mug’s Game · Nicolas Bentley · ss The Evening Standard May 16 1952 51 · The Case of the Honorary Mother-in-Law [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #111, February 1953, as “The Man Who Could Not Hold Women” 73 · Shadow of the Noose · John Creasey · vi The Evening Standard June 30 1950 76 · Before I Die [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine April 1947

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #3, June 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the May 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Mystery of the Blue Jar · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1924 17 · Bread Upon the Waters · Peter Cheyney · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine May 1953 24 · Find the Lady · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard December 21 1950 29 · No Cry of Murder [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week June 29 1952 38 · The Clue of the Double Lover [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine May 1953 54 · Death on a First Night · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss The Evening Standard June 20 1951 58 · The Smart Detective [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine June 1936, as “The Saint and the Siren” 74 · Petty Cash · Nicolas Bentley · ss The Evening Standard January 23 1951 80 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #98, January 1952 translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951).

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #4, July 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the June 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 18 · The Gangster · Peter Cheyney · ss The Evening Standard June 27 1951 23 · Know Your Favourite Author—John Creasey · [uncredited] · bg MacKill’s Mystery Magazine June 1953 [Ref. John Creasey] 24 · The Talking Gun [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · nv MacKill’s Mystery Magazine June 1953 57 · The Perfect Butler · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express January 21 1935 63 · The Vampire of the Village [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Strand Magazine August 1936; No. 1 in “The Great Detectives”. 78 · The Golden Mean [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard July 29 1952 85 · The Case of the Crying Swallow [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine August 1947

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #5, September 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the July 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Listerdale Mystery · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine December 1925, as “The Benevolent Butler” 16 · The Five Thousand Pound Kiss [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News November 6 1932, as “The Star of Mandalay” 28 · Beginner’s Luck · Nicolas Bentley · ss The Evening Standard October 27 1951 32 · The Case of the Twelve Minute Grave [Insp. Kyle] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #107, October 1952, as “The Twelve-Minute Grave” 50 · Know Your Favourite Author—Nigel Morland · [uncredited] · bg MacKill’s Mystery Magazine July 1953 [Ref. Nigel Morland] 51 · The Medicine Bottle [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard September 18 1950 57 · Death on a Holiday [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · nv (r); No. 2 in “The Great Detectives”. 82 · Death Before Breakfast [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week March 11 1951 85 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #6, October 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the August 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Mistress in the House · Margery Allingham · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1938 14 · Three Sovereigns [Sgt. Bobby Owen] · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard October 17 1950 18 · The Clue of the Red Wig · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine December 1940 40 · Gull Rock [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard April 15 1952 48 · The Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face”; No. 3 in “The Great Detectives”. 70 · Know Your Favourite Author—Georges Simenon · [uncredited] · bg MacKill’s Mystery Magazine August 1953 [Ref. Georges Simenon] 71 · Death Took a Ghost · Nigel Morland · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine August 1953 80 · Beware of the Trains [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Daily Sketch December 1949 90 · The Incredible Theft [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na The Daily Express April 6 1937 (+5) expanded from “The Submarine Plans” (The Sketch, November 7, 1923).

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v3 #1, November 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the September 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Man from the Sea [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · nv Britannia and Eve October 1929 23 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine March 1947 26 · Mr. Sefton, Murderer · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Mr. Sefton, Murderer by Freeman Wills Croft, Polybooks, 1944 47 · The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1910; No. 4 in “The Great Detectives”. 84 · The Borderline Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 92 · Lester Leith, Financier [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction January 1943, as “Something Like a Pelican”

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v3 #2, December 1953] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the October 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · Death in the Sun [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · nv Mrs. Warrender’s Profession by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1938 40 · Harlequin’s Lane [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · nv The Story-teller May 1927 57 · Holmes’ College Career · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar MacKill’s Mystery Magazine October 1953 70 · The X-Plan [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard February 7 1952 74 · Background to Murder: The Case of Neville Heath · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine October 1953 94 · The Footbridge [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard April 23 1952 98 · The Quiet Lady [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly October 16 1926; No. 5 in “The Great Detectives”. 118 · The Man Who Was Milligan · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1923

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v3 #3, January 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the November 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Key of Life · Sir Philip Gibbs · nv Britannia and Eve February 1930 (+2) 49 · The Girl in the Train · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine February 1924 64 · Dr. Watson’s Christian Name · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar MacKill’s Mystery Magazine November 1953 68 · Background to Murder: The Case of Evraud & Bompard · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine November 1953 87 · He Was Asking After You · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News July 29 1936 92 · The Disappearance of Marie Severe [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923; No. 6 in “The Great Detectives”. 116 · Just a Small Case [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard February 26 1952 120 · The Ruined Tower [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard May 26 1951

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v3 #4, February 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the December 1953 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Mystery Mission · Sydney Horler · na The Thriller #30, August 31 1929 52 · The Bird with the Broken Wing [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie, Collins, 1930 67 · The Dog Day [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Mail June 7 1939 72 · The Red-Headed League · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar MacKill’s Mystery Magazine December 1953 81 · The Hunt Ball Murder · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Todd, 1943 91 · Accessory Before the Fact · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette September 2 1911 97 · The Earl’s Lipstick · Peter Fraser · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine December 1953 100 · Background to Murder: The Case of the Gentle Murderer · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine December 1953 123 · Clancarron Ball [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard March 19 1952

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v3 #5, March 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the January 1954 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · Death of a Bride · G. D. H. & M. Cole · na Death of a Bride by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Vallancey, 1945 57 · The Shadow on the Glass [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine October 1924 73 · The Unseen Door [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News August 5 1945 77 · Dr. Watson, Widower · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar MacKill’s Mystery Magazine January 1954 93 · The Motive · Ronald Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937 105 · Background to Murder: The Bywaters-Thompson Case · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine January 1954 123 · The Cave of Belarius [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · vi The Evening Standard January 2 1952

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v3 #6, April 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the February 1954 (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Toys of Death [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · na Mrs. Warrender’s Profession by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1938 53 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924 71 · A Proper Mystery · Margery Allingham · ss The Lights of Essex May 18 1942 77 · Background to Murder: Horror in Gardenholme Linn · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine February 1954 97 · Aristotle on Detective Fiction · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar MacKill’s Mystery Magazine February 1954 lecture delivered at Oxford, 5 March 1935. 109 · The Man with the Watches · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine July 1898, as “The Story of the Man with the Watches” 123 · Fingerprints [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard March 29 1952

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v4 #1, May 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the v4 #1, (March 1954) (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937 expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932). 56 · The Sexton’s Wife · Margery Allingham · ss The Master Thriller Series #4, 1934 70 · The Deferred Appointment · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette January 21 1911 75 · The Black Veil [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine September 1929 94 · Background to Murder: Arsenic and Young Love · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #1, 1954 116 · Error at Daybreak [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v4 #2, June 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the v4 #2, (April 1954) (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Mystery Man of Soho [Bob Fisher] · Margery Allingham · na The Thriller #217, April 1 1933 56 · Sleeping Car · Peter Cheyney · ss Natal Mercury July 1 1939, as “The Sleeping Glass” 61 · The Decoy · Algernon Blackwood · ss Lloyd’s Magazine December 1919, as “The Substitute” 77 · Mr. Pettiloe Cites a Case · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930 84 · The Black Doctor · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine October 1898, as “The Story of the Black Doctor” 99 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 109 · Background to Murder: The Acid Bath Murders · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #2, 1954

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v4 #3, July 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the v4 #3, (May 1954) (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · Murder in the Mews [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv Redbook Magazine September 1936 (+1) 41 · The Wink · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express January 5 1934 46 · The Traitress · Sydney Horler · nv The 20-Story Magazine February 1929 61 · The End of Count Rollo · Eden Phillpotts · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1925 77 · Fast Work · Peter Cheyney · ss Fast Work and Other Stories by Peter Cheyney, Bantam, 1948 82 · The Lost Special · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1898, as “The Story of the Lost Special” 97 · The Importance of Spelling · F. Tennyson Jesse · ar True Crime Detective Spring 1953 108 · Background to Murder: The Innocence of Florence Maybrick · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #3, 1954

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v4 #4, August 1954] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Reprint of the v4 #4, (June 1954) (UK) issue. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Red-Haired Death · Sydney Horler · nv The Destroyer and The Red-Haired Death by Sydney Horler, Hodder and Stoutghton, 1938 45 · The Correspondents · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News June 26 1937 52 · He Preferred Them Sad · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News November 29 1937 58 · Dead Man’s Evidence [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News November 11 1945 62 · A Matter of Habit · Peter Cheyney · ss Love with a Gun and Other Stories by Peter Cheyney, Polybooks, 1943 68 · Lord Peter and Harriet · Marie W. Hartmann · ar MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #4, 1954 72 · An Interesting Development · Peter Fraser · ss The Evening Standard 78 · Ebb Tide · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard March 20 1952 83 · The Raincoat [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1951 87 · The Tide Runs Strongly · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard May 26 1952 91 · The Murderous Holly · Kem Bennett · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #4, 1954 96 · The White Witch of Curzon Street · Sydney Horler · nv The 20-Story Magazine January 1929 110 · Background to Murder: The Loves of Mrs. Rattenburg · Nigel Morland · cl MacKill’s Mystery Magazine v4 #4, 1954