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John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #14, October 1957] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 3 · The Helping Hand · Leslie Wilde · ss 10 · A Test for Murder · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch Sep 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path” 17 · Preserving the Evidence [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard Sep 18 1952 22 · The Crime of Allan Nunn May · Alan Moorehead · ts The Traitors: The Double Lives of Fuchs, Pontecorvo and Nunn May, Alan Moorehead, Hamish Hamilton 1952 40 · The Bayswater Holdup · Rosemary Weir · ts 46 · Find Inspector West [Part 4 of 4; Roger West] · John Creasey · sl 66 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1951 72 · The Murder of Alec d’Antiquis · Sir Harold Scott · ts Scotland Yard, Sir Harold Scott, Andre Deutsch 1954, as “Alec d’Antiquis” 78 · The Woman Turned to Salt [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv 100 · Book Reviews · John Creasey · br 102 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine Sep 1902

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #15, November 1957] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 3 · The Chief Witness [Roger West] · John Creasey · nv 18 · Trail of the Disappearing Diplomats · Eric Ambler · ts 29 · The Riddle of the Double Negative [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1947 40 · The Murder of Stanley Setty · Peter Beveridge · ts Inside the C.I.D., Peter Beveridge, Evans Brothers 1957 47 · No Flower, No Funeral · Kenneth Laing · ss 50 · One Morning They’ll Hang Him [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1950 65 · Dead Men’s Shoes · Kathleen A. Holker · ss 69 · The Secret of Fort Bayard [G.7] · Georges Simenon · ss (r); translated from the French (“Le Secret du Fort Bayard”, Détective, November 21, 1929 & December 5, 1929). 74 · Haigh, the Acid Bath Murderer · Sir Harold Scott · ts Scotland Yard, Sir Harold Scott, Andre Deutsch 1954, as “The Haigh Case” 82 · You Can’t Take It with You · Granville Wilson · ss 89 · The Trial of Reginald Ivor Hinks · F. Tennyson Jesse · ts Comments on Cain, F. Tennyson Jesse, William Heinemann 1948 109 · Book Reviews · James Dillon White · br

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #16, December 1957] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 3 · Strike for Death [Part 1 of 4; Roger West] · John Creasey · sl 27 · The Lady from Florence · Nigel Balchin · ss 32 · The Last of Canaris · Ian Colvin · ts Chief of Intelligence, Ian Colvin, Victor Gollancz 1951 45 · The Killer Looked Away · W. T. Warriner · ss 52 · The Murder of Elsie Cameron · Lord Jowitt · ts Some Were Spies, Lord Jowitt, Hodder & Stoughton 1954 67 · Money for Danger · Alan Kennington · ss 80 · The Tuesday Night Club [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine Dec 1927 90 · The Bath Chair Murder · G. H. Totterdell · ss Country Cop, G. H. Totterdell, George G. Harrap 1956 97 · The Tall Man · Tom Johnson · ss 102 · The Black, Black Bull · Christopher Miller · ss 106 · A Matter of a Tenner · Stephen Spencer · ss 110 · Book Reviews · John Creasey · br

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #17, January 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 5 · Mr. Vinnery Stayed Upstairs · Louis Golding · ss Mario on the Beach, and other tales, Hutchinson 1956 15 · Death of the Jade Bride · Sax Rohmer · ts The American Weekly Sep 7 1952 19 · Detective’s Wife · Herbert Harris · ss 24 · Strike for Death [Part 2 of 4; Roger West] · John Creasey · sl 50 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull Nov 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 58 · The Baffling Case of Pontecorvo · Alan Moorehead · ts The Traitors: The Double Lives of Fuchs, Pontecorvo and Nunn May, Alan Moorehead, Hamish Hamilton 1952 76 · The Man Who Was Drowned · James Pattinson · ss 86 · The Body Snatchers · Jack Smith-Hughes · ts Eight Studies in Justice, Jack Smith-Hughes, Cassell & Co. 1953 102 · Thread of Life · Will Oursler · ss Mystery Book Magazine Spr 1949 105 · Book Reviews · John Creasey · br 110 · Crime Books of the Month · Anon. · bi

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #18, February 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) size now 5½" x 7¾"—slightly smaller. Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 5 · Curtains for Me · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Oct 3 1951 9 · In the Shadow [Did It Happen?] · W. Stanley Moss · ts The Evening Standard 195? 13 · One Reckless Moment · J. M. Stewart · ss 22 · Death in Room 66: The Fox Case · Lord Jowitt · ts Some Were Spies, Lord Jowitt, Hodder & Stoughton 1954 40 · Wash, Set—and Murder [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard 1949, as “The Case of the Faulty Drier” 47 · The Poisoner · Felix Kivell · ss 54 · The Hand in the Sand · Ngaio Marsh · ts My Favourite True Mystery, ed. Ernest V. Heyn, Heinemann 1956 58 · Strike for Death [Part 3 of 4; Roger West] · John Creasey · sl 82 · The Brides in the Bath · Douglas G. Browne & E. V. Tullett · ts Bernard Spilsbury: His Life and Cases, Douglas G. Browne & E. V. Tullett, Harrap 1951 95 · Black Beauty of West Camp · James Pattinson · ss 105 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 110 · Crime Books of the Month · Anon. · bi

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #19, March 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 5 · Crime Does Pay [Did It Happen?] · George Mikes · ts The Evening Standard 195? 10 · Answer to a Prayer · Denys Val Baker · ss Selected Stories, Staples 1944 16 · Scheme to Defraud · Marc Brandel · ss Cosmopolitan Nov 1955 29 · Spy for Germany [Part 1 of 2] · Erich Gimpel · sl Robert Hale 1957; translated from the German (Spion für Deutschland, Süddeutscher Verlag, 1956). 56 · The Black Veil [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine Sep 1929 73 · Death Keeps a Secret · Manning Coles · ts 78 · Strike for Death [Part 4 of 4; Roger West] · John Creasey · sl 102 · The Woman on the Phone · Hugh M. Lowe · ss 105 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 110 · Crime Books of the Month · Anon. · bi

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #20, April 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 5 · Money Is Honey [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · nv Butcher’s Dozen, Crime Writers Association, Heinemann 1956 23 · Is This the Perfect Crime? · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar The American Weekly Oct 21 1945 26 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss Collier’s Feb 10 1945 39 · Spy for Germany [Part 2 of 2] · Erich Gimpel · sl Robert Hale 1957; translated from the German (Spion für Deutschland, Süddeutscher Verlag, 1956). 63 · Wait Till I Die · Gavin Holt · ss 71 · The Man I Didn’t Kill [Part 1 of 2] · Norman Deane · sl Hurst and Blackett 1950 96 · The Woman of Mystery · Maurice Zolotow · ss 101 · The Queen · L. B. Gordon · ss 106 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 110 · Crime Books of the Month · Anon. · bi

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #21, May 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 5 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1949; translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 29 · The Letter and the Law [Did It Happen?] · John Gunn · ar The Evening Standard May 24 1955 34 · A Knock at the Door · Clare Leward · ss 39 · The Case of the Morphine Murderer · Richard B. Morris · ts 56 · The Man I Didn’t Kill [Part 2 of 2] · Norman Deane · sl Hurst and Blackett 1950 85 · The Specialty of M. Duclos · Oliver La Farge · ss The New Yorker Apr 29 1950, as “La Spécialité de M. Duclos” 90 · The Lost Ambassador · Milward Kennedy · ts 95 · The Skull in the Rubble [Professor Luther Bastion] · Gavin Holt · ss A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Hutchinson 1935, as “The Aztec Skull”; rewritten from “The Aztec Skull” published as by Charles Rodda (Flynn’s, June 13, 1925). 110 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #22, June 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 5 · Cop’s Gift · Rex Stout · ss What’s New Dec 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 9 · Murder by Television · Peter Beveridge · ts 17 · The Sacrifice · Denys Val Baker · ss 31 · The Fantasia Murder · Cyril Ray · ts 39 · The Hand · Gerald Villiers · ss 42 · The Baron and the Blue Diamond [Part 1 of 2; John Mannering (The Baron)] · Anthony Morton · na Star Weekly Nov 29 1952 86 · The Baccarat Case · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations, E. W. Fordham, Constable 1951 99 · Out of the Grave · Martin Downes · ss 107 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 109 · Mrs. Wipple Cleans Up · Anon. (by S. L. Jackson) · ss

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #23, July 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 4 · The Gangster · Peter Cheyney · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1953 9 · Huntsman in the Snow · P. F. Latham · ss 17 · The Moneymaker · Murray Teigh Bloom · ar Money of Their Own, Murray Teigh Bloom, Weidenfled & Nicolson 1957 33 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 35 · The Ship of Sleepless Men · Anthony Abbot · ss 42 · The Baron and the Blue Diamond [Part 2 of 2; John Mannering (The Baron)] · Anthony Morton · na Star Weekly Nov 29 1952 94 · The Murder of P.C. Edgar · Peter Beveridge · ts 100 · Delayed Action · Alan Kennington · ss 106 · An Occupational Hazard · John Valentine · ss

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v1 #24, August 1958] ed. John Creasey (John Creasey, 2/-, 112pp, large digest) 4 · The Grand National Case [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956 24 · The Hero Murderer · Milward Kennedy · ar 28 · The Other Gun · Terry Harknett · ss 32 · First a Murder · Michael Halliday · na Stanley Paul & Co. 1948 84 · The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations, E. W. Fordham, Constable 1951 90 · In the Red · Colin Robertson · ss 94 · The Training of a Detective · Peter Beveridge · ar 102 · The Avon Emeralds · Joe Piddock · ss 107 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 110 · The Open and Shut Case · Stephen Paul · vi

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v2 #1, September 1958] ed. John Creasey (John Creasey, 2/-, 112pp, large digest) ifc. · Shivers from the Past · John Creasey · ed 4 · You Need the Luck for the Job · Josephine Bell · nv 22 · Poison by the Way · Gustav Schenk · ar The Book of Poisons, Gustav Schenk, Rinehart & Co. 1955; translated from the German (Das Buch Der Gifte, Safari-Verlag, 1954). 24 · The Man Who Was Charles the First · P. W. Summers · ss 41 · The Druce Case · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations, E. W. Fordham, Constable 1951 54 · The Maharajah of Mumble-Mumble [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 58 · So Soon to Die · Jeremy York · na Cosmopolitan Aug 1955 104 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 106 · Death of a Tramp · Herbert Harris · ss

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v2 #2, October 1958] ed. John Creasey (John Creasey, 2/-, 112pp, large digest) ifc. · Taking Crime Seriously · John Creasey · ed 5 · A Date with a Spider · Vida Derry · ss 16 · Exit Edward · John Valentine · ss 20 · The Murderer Who Talked Too Much · Philip Lindsay · ts The Mainspring of Murder, Philip Lindsay, John Long 1958 28 · The Toff Takes Shares [Richard Rollison (The Toff)] · John Creasey · nv 87 · The Murder of Mrs. Fox · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations, E. W. Fordham, Constable 1951 96 · Poodle in a Dustbin · J. M. Stewart · ss 101 · Ze Truth, Ze ’Ole Truth...in Engleesh [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 104 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 107 · The Burglar’s Buttons · Anon. · ss; the author was to be revealed as the result of a competition, but this doesn’t seem to have happened.

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v2 #3, November 1958] ed. John Creasey (John Creasey, 2/-, 112pp, large digest) ifc. · Classics of Crime · John Creasey · ed 4 · The $600,000,000 Plot · Murray T. Bloom · ts Money of Their Own, Murray Teigh Bloom, Weidenfled & Nicolson 1957 28 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart 1842 42 · Portrait of Barbara · P. F. Latham · ss 51 · They Saw a Gnome in the Strand [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 54 · Lavender · John Valentine · ss 59 · By Person or Persons Unknown · George Burnett · ss 70 · The Appeal of Murder · Philip Lindsay · ts The Mainspring of Murder, Philip Lindsay, John Long 1958 72 · The Seventh Step · Stephen Phillips · ss 79 · So Fair...and yet So Deadly · Gustav Schenk · ar The Book of Poisons, Gustav Schenk, Rinehart & Co. 1955; translated from the German (Das Buch Der Gifte, Safari-Verlag, 1954). 82 · A Question of Morality · Robert Langley · ss 86 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 88 · A Good Job—for Corpses · Molly Lefebure · ar Evidence for the Crown, Molly Lefebure, William Heinemann 1955 102 · Hair of His Head [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss The Evening Standard 1950 107 · Harpoon Gun · Trevor Donne · ss

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v2 #4, December 1958] ed. John Creasey (John Creasey, 2/-, 110pp, large digest) 4 · The Death Game [from Cat and Mouse] · Michael Halliday · ex Hodder & Stoughton 1955 54 · All’s Fair · Hugh Maxwell Lowe · ss 59 · Raffles of the River · Ex. Supt. Fred Cherrill of the Yard · ts Cherrill of the Yard, Fred Cherrill, Harrap 1954 69 · Hand of Glory [Peter Trevor] · Frank King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1947 89 · The Day Our Thomas Went to London [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 92 · Tuesday Night at Cico’s · Lewis Stedman · ss 100 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br 102 · The Begum’s Jewels · David Rowan · ts Famous European Crimes, ed. Anon., Frederick Muller 1956

John Creasey Mystery Magazine [v2 #5, January 1959] ed. John Creasey (John Creasey, 2/-, 112pp, large digest) ifc. · News for the New Year · John Creasey · ed 4 · After the Event [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958, as “Rabbit Out of a Hat” 25 · New Year Resolution · Kennedy Grant · ss 30 · The Monkey’s Paw...in Real Life... · Ex. Supt. Fred Cherrill · ts Cherrill of the Yard, Fred Cherrill, Harrap 1954 38 · The Passenger · Ernest Dudley · ss Choice of Weapons, ed. Anon., Hodder & Stoughton 1958 45 · The Battle Against Crime Goes On [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 48 · Case of a Lifetime · Molly Lefebure · ar Evidence for the Crown, Molly Lefebure, William Heinemann 1955 69 · Including Murder · Samuel Elkin · ss 80 · The Man Who Almost Stole a Country · Murray Teigh Bloom · ts Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine Dec 1955 106 · The Sleeve · L. A. G. Strong · ss Choice of Weapons, ed. Anon., Hodder & Stoughton 1958