The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 3, May 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Mystery of the Blue Jar · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1924 17 · Bread Upon the Waters · Peter Cheyney · ss 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 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 [Vol. 2 No. 4, June 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 [Ref. John Creasey] 24 · The Talking Gun [Mrs. Palmyra Pym] · Nigel Morland · nv 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 [Vol. 2 No. 5, July 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 [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 [Vol. 2 No. 6, August 1953] (Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 [Ref. Georges Simenon] 71 · Death Took a Ghost · Nigel Morland · ss 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 [v3 #1, September 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 [v3 #2, October 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · Death in the Sun [Mrs. Elizabeth Warrender] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · nv Mother February 1937 40 · Harlequin’s Lane [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · nv The Story-teller May 1927 57 · Holmes’ College Career · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar 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 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 [v3 #3, November 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 68 · Background to Murder: The Case of Evraud & Bompard · Nigel Morland · cl 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 [v3 #4, December 1953] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 81 · The Hunt Ball Murder [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Holly Leaves November 21 1937, as “The Hunt Ball” 91 · Accessory Before the Fact · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette September 2 1911 97 · The Earl’s Lipstick · Peter Fraser · ss 100 · Background to Murder: The Case of the Gentle Murderer · Nigel Morland · cl 123 · The Clancarron Ball [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard March 19 1952

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v3 #5, January 1954] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 93 · The Motive · Ronald Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937 105 · Background to Murder: The Bywaters-Thompson Case · Nigel Morland · cl 123 · The Cave of Belarius [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · vi The Evening Standard January 2 1952

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v3 #6, February 1954] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 97 · Aristotle on Detective Fiction · Dorothy L. Sayers · ar 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 [v4 #1, (March 1954)] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 116 · Error at Daybreak [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine [v4 #2, (April 1954)] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 #3, (May 1954)] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 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 #4, (June 1954)] (1/-, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 2 · The Red-Haired Death · Sydney Horler · nv The Destroyer and The Red-Haired Death by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 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 72 · An Interesting Development · Peter Fraser · ss The Evening Standard October 20 1950, as “Surprise Development” 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 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 (US)   (about) US reprint edition of MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US). Initially these were just the UK editions with an overprinted price, but no issue was published in March 1953 and from April 1953 on there were specific US editions with the same volume/issue number but different cover dates (and, occasionally, different cover art). The title was changed on the cover only to MacKill’s for the last five issues.

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #4, December 1952] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Identical to the UK issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing. 2 · The Triangle at Rhodes [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week February 2 1936 21 · The Rope · Peter Cheyney · ss The Wireless Weekly June 28 1939 27 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 42 · The Cosy Nook Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #103, June 1952 59 · The Case of the Gifted Amateur [Sherlock Holmes] · J. C. Masterman · ss The Evening Standard January 18 1950 67 · Humbleby Agonistes [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard October 16 1950 73 · Know Your Favourite Author—Roy Vickers · [uncredited] · bg MacKill’s Mystery Magazine December 1952 [Ref. Roy Vickers] 74 · The Clue of the Runaway Blonde [Sheriff Bill Eldon] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Country Gentleman July 1945, as “Clues Don’t Count”

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