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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#104, February 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 128pp, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Ghost of a Ghost [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1955
12 · Hildegarde and the Spanish Cavalier [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1955
29 · Once Is Once Too Many [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1955
49 · The Cockroaches of Baghdad [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Nov 29 1952, as “The Web Caught the Spider”
64 · The Man in the Empty Chair [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 22 1929, as “The Dead Harlequin”
84 · “Well?” · Rebecca Weiner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1955
88 · Let Run, or Catch? · Mabel Seeley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1955
99 · £5000 for a Confession · L. J. Beeston · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1955
107 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ss The Atlantic Monthly Apr 1873
124 · No Nickel and Dime Stuff · Willard Marsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1955

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#105, March 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the January 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story from the August 1953 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Striding Folly [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1935
13 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New Dec 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”
18 · The Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss Argosy (UK) Sep 1955
29 · The Other Arrow · F. M. Barratt & Jack Finney · ss Collier’s Oct 18 1952, as “Diagnosis Completed”
40 · The 24-Caret Heel · Cyril Hare · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
48 · Cold Money [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 20 1952
54 · A Hansom in the Night [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
70 · The Heel of Achilles O’Shay · Clayton Fox · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
80 · Roll Out the Barrel · Geoffrey Household · ss 1952
89 · Will You Always Be Helping Me? · Thomas Walsh · ss Woman’s Home Companion Sep 1940, as “Boy from Home”
101 · The Deadly Cycle · Arthur Gordon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
106 · The Hedge Between · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Conflict—Stories of Suspense Fll 1953, as “Meredith’s Murder”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#106, April 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest, cover by George Salter)
Partial reprint of the February 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the September 1955 and January 1956 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Johnny Cinderella · Joseph Petracca · ss Collier’s Oct 25 1952
14 · The Lion’s Tooth [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard Aug 10 1955
19 · Not a Drum Was Heard · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s Jun 12 1920
28 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1956
43 · Strictly from Hollywood · Steve April · vi Collier’s Jan 24 1953
47 · Turtle Race · Paul W. Fairman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1955
57 · Get Off My Back! · Saul Levinson · ss Man’s Life 1953, as “Hick Law”
67 · A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine Dec 1954, as “The Body in the Hall”
109 · A Woman of Principle [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#107, May 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the March 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Man Who Explained Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · na The Housewife Jan 1956 (+2), as “Ministry of Miracles”
42 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952
56 · The Compleat Murderess · Virginia Jones · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1956
61 · Jack of Diamonds [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1956
80 · Lucky Cop · Steve Fisher · ss 1939; possibly a reprint of Fisher’s “Lucky” (Detective Fiction Weekly, June 3, 1939).
89 · Of More Value than Sparrows [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss 1929
100 · Banks Are Never Wrong · John D. Hess · ss Esquire Sep 1952, as “The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks”
112 · Murder on the Waterfront · Budd Schulberg · ss Collier’s Oct 1 1954

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#108, June 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the April 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story from the January 1954 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Black Kitten · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
15 · A Matter of Justice · Hugh Pentecost · na Collier’s May 2 1953 (+1), as “The Case of the Killer Dogs”
57 · Compliments of Caliph Bernie [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
68 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1899
77 · The Disappearance of Captain Harwell [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Nov 1925, as “A Man of Magic”
92 · Dangerous Widows [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jan 18 1953
102 · Chance Is Sometimes an Enemy · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s Mar 11 1939
117 · Sing a Song of Sixpence [Edward Leithen] · John Buchan · ss London Pall Mall Magazine Feb 1928

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#109, July 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 128pp, digest)
Partial reprint of the May 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Alibi on the Steve Allen Show · O. H. Leslie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
9 · The Sidewalk · Steve Allen · ss Fourteen for Tonight, Henry Holt 1955
16 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week Nov 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles”
23 · The Metal Ribbon [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
40 · Ice Storm · Jerome Barry · ss Collier’s Jan 10 1953
54 · Business Trip · Elliot West · ss Collier’s May 2 1953, as “The Assassin”
72 · Crime of the Century · St. John Ervine · ss (r)
85 · The Six Golden Nymphs [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
102 · Gifts to My People · Michael Forrestier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956
112 · One of the Family · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#110, August 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the June 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Blessington Method · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
13 · A Telegram for Miss Phipps [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
38 · The Hollow Family · Theodore Mathieson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
46 · Murder in the Rain [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jun 7 1953, as “The Rain Dripped Death”
56 · “Who Was My Quiet Friend?” · Bret Harte · ss The Sun Sep 9 1877
63 · Try It My Way · Frederick Nebel · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
78 · Journey Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956; translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936).
88 · The Boy and the Book [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
102 · To Break the Weave · Walt Sheldon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
113 · “I Killed John Harrington” · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Jun 12 1937, as “Light in Darkness”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#111, September 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Partial reprint of the July 1956 (US) issue, plus two stories from the March 1956 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post Jul 24 1954 (+1)
15 · The Customs of the Country [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
33 · The Double Clue [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Dec 5 1923
42 · Dapper Johnny Brown · Ruth McKenney · ss Collier’s May 17 1952
55 · Murder Weaves a Pattern [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Jul 18 1953, as “Death Was the Tempter”
70 · The Cream of the Jest · Fredric Brown · ss New Detective Magazine Jul 1949, as “Last Curtain”
80 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r); translated from the French.
88 · Snowball in July [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Aug 31 1952, as “The Phantom Train”
96 · From the Mouse to the Hawk · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
109 · Van Bibber’s Burglar [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Gallegher, and other stories, Scribner 1891
117 · To Bury a Friend · Stanley Anton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#112, October 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 128pp+, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · You Don’t Argue with the Captain · Donald McNutt Douglass · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1956
12 · The Flaw in the System · Jim Thompson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1956
19 · The Tired Horse · Ben Hecht · ss Esquire Sep 1954
23 · Date to Die [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Oct 17 1954
32 · The Great Game [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine Sep 1928, as “Colonel Braxton Hears the Silent Voices”
45 · It Could Happen to Anyone · Marc Brandel · ss 1955, as “The Hasty Act”
50 · Weak Spot · W. C. King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1956
57 · The Boy and the Money Box [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
74 · The Cellini Salt-cellar [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
78 · You Are Going to Die · Bethel Laurence · ss Today’s Woman Mar 1951, as “The Call”
89 · A Toy for Jiffy [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956
102 · What’s His Line? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard Jul 11 1955
106 · A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1956
111 · Don’t Believe a Word She Says · William Lindsay Gresham · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#113, November 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the September 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the May 1949 (US) and October 1955 issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · A Bad Time of Day · Wade Miller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
13 · The Waiting Thing Inside · Theodore Sturgeon & Don Ward · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
28 · Hanging the Hangman · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Collier’s Aug 25 1951
32 · Only on Rainy Nights [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956
45 · Code of the Underworld · Robert Carson · ss Collier’s Nov 8 1952
49 · Cut, Cut, Cut! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Dec 28 1952, as “The Myna Bird Mystery”
55 · Three Cups of Tea · Christopher LaFarge · ss Rex Stout’s Mystery Monthly May 1947
65 · Girl in Trouble · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1956, as “?”
106 · Red Dawn [Jo Gar] · Raoul Whitfield · ss Black Mask May 1931, as by Ramon Decolta
121 · The Mystery of Keesh · Jack London · ss Holiday Magazine for Children Jan 1904, as “Keesh: The Bear Hunter”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#114, December 1956] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the October 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · One-Tenth Man · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
14 · Mr. Hyde-de-Ho · Veronica Parker Johns · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
50 · A Hanging Matter · Verne Athanas · ss Esquire Jul 1952
55 · The Secret Darkness · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s May 25 1946, as “The Horsehair Trunk”
64 · The Boy and the Law [from The Golden Summer; Danny Nathan] · Daniel Nathan · ex Little, Brown 1953
80 · Miami Papers Please Copy · Rufus King · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1956
98 · You Can Take So Much · Frederick Nebel · ss Woman’s Home Companion Dec 1940, as “If You Can Take It”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#115, January 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest)
Partial reprint of the November 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the November 1955 and February 1956 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Women—Pests or Poison · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Mar 19 1938, as “Hot Money”
16 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1940
19 · The Pedlar’s Revenge · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Collier’s Jul 25 1953
32 · Deputy Sheriff · James M. Ullman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
41 · The Thousand Mile Shot · John F. Suter · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
63 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1940, as “A Guest in the House”
77 · Find the Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Nov 14 1923, as “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook”
89 · Driver’s Seat [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 25 1951, as “Lady, You’re Dead!”
95 · The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s · David Alexander · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956
109 · The World’s Second Detective · Jacques Barzun · ar Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1956 [Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#116, February 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 112pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the December 1956 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the August 1956 and November 1956 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Diplomatic Crisis; or, Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [Did It Happen?] · Orson Welles · ss The Evening Standard Mar 18 1955, as “Fifi and the Chilean Truffle”
6 · Tiger in the Glass · Robert Sherman Townes · ss Esquire Aug 1952, as “Nothing Too Much”
21 · Before It Is Too Late [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week Feb 2 1936, as “Triangle at Rhodes”
41 · Stroke of Twelve · John B. Starr · ss 1946
44 · Bedtime Story · J. M. Stern · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956; given as by J.B. Stern.
49 · Danger—Women at Work · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
57 · Square-O-Rooney · Joseph Whitehill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
73 · The Ikon of Elijah · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1956
87 · The Man Who Knew · Frederick Nebel · ss Liberty Mar 9 1940, as “Bet Your Life”
96 · The Iron Box · John Savage · ss Collier’s Feb 7 1953

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