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Mystery [v2 #2, March 1981] ed. Thomas Godfrey (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto)

2 · Inside Mystery · [The Readers] · lc
4 · Legwork · Paul Bishop · cl
5 · Thank You Mr. President · Anon. · ar [Ronald Reagan]; a nostalgic look at the mystery and suspense films of Ronald Reagan.
6 · Interview: Stephen King · Joyce Lynch Dewes · iv
10 · The Vorpal Blade · Edward D. Hoch · ss; given as by Edward G. Hoch.
14 · Break a Neck, Break a Leg: The Mystery on Stage · Tim Kelly · cl
18 · World of Mystery · Anon. · cl
19 · Inspector Lestrade’s Lament · Michael Hodel · pm
23 · Special Holmes-Watson 100th Anniversary Section · Anon. · si
24 · An Irregular History [Sherlock Holmes] · Sean M. Wright · ar
26 · Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes: The Creator versus the Creation [Sherlock Holmes] · Jack Tracy · ar [Arthur Conan Doyle]
29 · The Gasfitters Ball · [Various] · pi
30 · Some Touch of the Artist · R. L. Hall · ar
34 · The Worcester Enigma [Sherlock Holmes] · James Mines · ss
39 · Why Sherlock Holmes? Nostalga for the Absolute [Sherlock Holmes] · Nancy Senter · ar
40 · Current Holmes · [Various] · br
40 · My Good Name [Sherlock Holmes] · Lucy Chase Williams · vi
42 · Acrostic · Anon. · pz
43 · Demon in a Lunchbox · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ar
47 · T.V. Review · Donald Carew · mr
48 · Perchance to Dream · Michael Seidman · ss
55 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br
59 · Mystery Moviegower · Thomas Godfrey · mr

Mystery [v2 #3, May 1981] ed. Thomas Godfrey (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto)

2 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc
4 · Legwork · Paul Bishop · cl
6 · The President and the Mystery Story · Marvin Lachman · ar
10 · The Case of the Empty Fortune Cookies [Ace Carpenter] · Hamilton T. Caine · ss
16 · TV Reviews · Lorin Brennan · rv
18 · Mean Streets Revisited · Ray Zone · ar
20 · World of Mystery · Anon. · cl
23 · Under the Jack Knife · Mike Hodel · cl
24 · Mystery on Stage · Tim Kelly · cl
25 · The Maltese Puzzle · Anon. · pz
26 · The Mystery of Alfred Hitchcock · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ar [Alfred Hitchcock]
30 · Alfred Hitchcock on Television · David Steier · ar [Alfred Hitchcock]
32 · The Quotable Hitchcock · [Various] · ms [Alfred Hitchcock]
34 · Profile: Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine · Paul Taublieb · ar
36 · Hitchcock the Anthologer · Norman LeValley · ar [Alfred Hitchcock]
38 · The Alfred Hitchcock Theater · Anon. · ar [Alfred Hitchcock]
40 · The Night Shift · Melissa Sitter · ss
44 · Mystery Moviegoer · Thomas Godfrey · mr
47 · Surveillance · [Various] · br
50 · The Wearing of the Green · James Mines · ss

Mystery Magazine
Title changed from Mystery.

Publishers:

Mystery Magazine Inc.; Glendale, Los Angeles, CA: Mystery Magazine

Editors:

Thomas Godfrey - Editor: Mystery Magazine, Jul 1981.
Paul Bishop - Editor: Mystery Magazine, Sep 1981 – Jan 1982.
John Knoerle - Editor: Mystery Magazine, Apr 1982.
John Stevenson - Editor: Mystery Magazine, Jul 1982.

Mystery Magazine [v3 #1, #7, July 1981] ed. Thomas Godfrey (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $2.00, 64pp+, quarto, cover by Don Diekmann)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

2 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc
4 · Legwork · Paul Bishop · cl
8 · Women in Detective Fiction · Michele Slung · ar
16 · A Conversation with Joan Kahn · Robert Randisi · iv
18 · Lady Cop · Paul Bishop · ar
20 · [cartoon] · Martinez · ct
23 · A Visit with Dame Ngaio Marsh · John Ball · ar [Ngaio Marsh]
26 · Mrs. Craggs and a Certain Lady’s Townhouse [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · ss; illustrated by Gary Palmatier
29 · Past Masters [Robert L. Fish; Philip MacDonald] · Anon. · ob
30 · Holmes and the Ladies · Michael Hodel · ar; given as “Holmes and the Women” in the Table of Contents.
32 · Angela: A Chat with Angela Lansbury, Star of Stage, Screen and Television · Pete Christian · ar [Angela Lansbury]; illustrated by Albert Hirschfeld
36 · Surveillance · [Various] · br
40 · Writers for the Record · Joseph Estrada · cl
42 · TV Reviews · Lorin Brennan · rv
44 · Mystery Moviegoer · Thomas Godfrey · mr
48 · World of Mystery · Anon. · cl
51 · Under the Jack Knife · Sean Michael Wright · cl
52 · Mystery Contest · Anon. · pz
53 · The Ladies of the Tube · Paul Bishop · ar
55 · Treachery · Elizabeth Davis · ss; illustrated by Michael Anderson
60 · [cartoon] · Martinez · ct
62 · [cartoon] · Martinez · ct

Mystery Magazine [v3 #2, #8, September 1981] ed. Paul Bishop (Glendale, CA, $2.00, 64pp+, quarto)
Subtitled “Special Frisco Issue”.

2 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc
4 · Legwork · Paul Bishop · cl
6 · San Francisco Mysteries · Don Herron · ar
14 · Tiger, Tiger · John Lutz & Bill Pronzini · ss
18 · Anthony Boucher · Francis Nevins · ar [Anthony Boucher]; includes bibliography.
20 · The Great Mystery Series No. 1: Collin Wilcox · Jeff Pierce · cl [Collin Wilcox]
24 · Mystery Puzzle · Anon. · pz
26 · An Exile Comes Home—Interview and Profile of W.R. Burnett · David Wilson · iv
30 · World of Mystery · Anon. · cl
34 · Michael Hodel and Sean Wright’s... Under the Jack Knife · Mike Hodel · cl
36 · Writers for the Record · [Various] · cl; responses from various writers to the question “Who are the great series characters appearing today?”.
38 · Surveillance · Dorothy B. Hughes · br
42 · Joe Gores Clears Up Some Mysteries · Erik Jendresen · iv
45 · The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of: A Hammett Update · Erik Jendresen · ms
45 · Semi-Mean · Kenneth Hill · pm
47 · Mystery Moviegoer · Thomas Godfrey · mr
50 · TV Reviews · Lorin Brennan · rv
52 · Suicidio! · Albert Herring · ss
55 · Mystery on Stage · Tim Kelly · cl

Mystery Magazine [v3 #3, #9, January 1982] ed. Paul Bishop (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $2.00, 64pp+, quarto)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

2 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc
4 · Legwork · Paul Bishop · cl
8 · Stockholm ’81: The Third International Crime Writers Congress · Chris Steinbrunner · ar
12 · The Great Mystery Series No. 2: James Bond · Richard Knudson · cl
16 · Nicolas Freeling · Richard P. Greenfield · iv
24 · Mystery Writers of America Awards Presentation July 31, 1981 · Anon. · ms
24 · World of Mystery · Anon. · cl
26 · Gridlock · Michael Seidman · ss; illustrated by Dave Kennedy
32 · Dick Francis · Paul Bishop · ar [Dick Francis]
36 · [cartoon] · E. B. Wagner · ct
37 · The Mike Mist Minute Mist-ery [Mike Mist] · Max Collins · cs; illustrated by Terry Beatty
38 · Crime Fiction in Canada · Noah Stewart · ar; illustrated by Dave Kennedy
42 · Writers for the Record · [Various] · cl
44 · Surveillance · [Various] · br
48 · Under the Jack Knife · Mike Hodel · cl
50 · Mystery Moviegoer · Thomas Godfrey · mr
52 · Take the Other Guy · Mike Hodel · ss; illustrated by Ian Lindsey
60 · Mystery Puzzle · Anon. · pz
62 · [cartoon] · E. B. Wagner · ct

Mystery Magazine [v4 #1, #10, April 1982] ed. Paul Bishop (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $1.95, 96pp+, digest, cover by Thomas Warkentin)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

4 · Legwork · Paul Bishop · cl
8 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc
9 · An Interview with Lawrence Block · Robert J. Randisi · iv
20 · The Hardboiled Comedians [Jonathan Latimer] · David Wilson · iv
30 · Murder Among the Magnolias · William M. Vatavuk · ar; given as “Murder Amid the Magnolias” in the Table of Contents.
40 · Brian Garfield Interview · Joyce Lynch Dewes · iv
52 · Some Reflections on the Death of Robert · Erica Laurents · ss; illustrated by Dave Kennedy
61 · Robber’s Roost [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss; illustrated by Ian Lindsey
72 · Take the Other Guy · Mike Hodel · ss Mystery Magazine Jan 1982; reprinted due to production (layout) errors in the previous issue.; illustrated by Ian Lindsey
78 · Under the Jack Knife · Sean Michael Wright · cl
82 · World of Mystery · Anon. · cl
85 · Bouchercon’s Beer City Blast · Chris Steinbrunner · ms
89 · Surveillance · [Various] · br
92 · Mystery Moviegoer · Thomas Godfrey · mr

Mystery Magazine [v4 #2, #11, July 1982] ed. John Stevenson (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $1.95, 96pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

4 · Legwork · Paul Bishop · cl
8 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc
9 · The Psycho Man: An Interview with Robert Bloch · Ray Zone · iv
19 · Death Is the Star: The Hollywood Mystery Novel, and Why It Continues to Fascinate · Hal W. Peat · ar; illustrated by Kelly Hume
30 · The Night Watch · Michael Seidman · ss
38 · Death in a Blue Steel Case: The Gun in Detective Fiction · Loren D. Estleman · ar; given as “Death Is a Blue Steel Case: The Gun in Detective Fiction” in the Table of Contents.
43 · Women of Mystery · Sheila Merritt · ar
46 · The Great Mystery Series : Matt Helm · Andy East · cl
54 · Mystery Moviegoer · Thomas Godfrey · mr
56 · Johnny Bright, Jimmy Cagney, and the Push Heard ’Round the World · David Wilson · ar
65 · The Mike Mist Minute Mist-ery [Mike Mist] · Max Collins · cs; illustrated by Terry Beatty
66 · Reviews · [Various] · br
67 · The Million Dollar Broad · John Stevenson · ss
78 · Under the Jack Knife · Sean Michael Wright · cl
83 · [cartoon] · E. B. Wagner · ct
85 · Kaminsky Critique: The Toby Peters Series · Jeff Pierce · ar [Stuart M. Kaminsky]
92 · The Marlowe Movies · John Knoerle · ar

Mystery Adventure(s) (Magazine) (about)
--- see under New Mystery Adventures.

Mystery and Detection (about)
One of several pulp reprint magazines issued by World’s Work as a spin-off from the Master Thriller series where the first Tales of Mystery and Detection had appeared in March 1934.

Publishers:

The World’s Work (1913) Ltd.; Kingswood, Surrey: Mystery and Detection

Mystery and Detection [#1, 1934] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

5 · The Horror at Staveley Grange · “Sapper” · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Sep 1922
21 · The Moth · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette Mar 28 1895, as “A Moth—Genus Novo”
27 · The Pikestaffe Case · Algernon Blackwood · nv Tongues of Fire, Jenkins 1924; probably previously appeared in Cassell’s Magazine between 7/23 and 9/23.
45 · The Queen’s Square [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 1932; Hangman’s Holiday, Gollancz 1933
56 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Mar 1922
63 · An Echo · H. Russell Wakefield · ss They Return At Evening, Phillip Allan 1928
71 · The Fugitive of Adelphi Terrace [Major Forester] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s Nov 12 1927
80 · The Accident · Oliver Onions · ss Widdershins, Secker 1911
89 · The Seventh Man · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts, Scribner’s 1900
96 · The Naturalist at Law [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Flynn’s Weekly Dec 11 1926
111 · The Honour of Israel Gow [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 25 1911, as “The Strange Justice”

Mystery and Detection [#2, 1934] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · The Man with the Canine Teeth [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine Jun 1921
13 · The Last Bouquet · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Last Bouquet, John Lane 1933
26 · Mr. Ponting’s Alibi [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s Weekly Feb 5 1927
40 · The Wrong Shape [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 10 1910
50 · Gone Bedu · E. R. Morrough · ss The London Mercury Jun 1927, as by Abu Nadaar
57 · With a Dash [Major Forester] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s Dec 31 1927
68 · The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday, Gollancz 1933
82 · The Criminologists’ Club [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Collier’s Mar 25 1905
93 · The Wardrobe · A. M. Burrage · ss
99 · The Missing Husband [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Sep 18 1926
113 · The Catherine Ruby · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · nv Duchess Laura: Certain Days of Her Life, Ward 1929, as “The Day of the Catherine Ruby”

Mystery and Detection [v1 #3, April 1935] (1/-, 124pp+, pulp)

5 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence, Nash 1908
34 · The Case of Allan Mandeville · Sydney Horler · nv
63 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 1923
70 · A Wastrel’s Romance [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv The Novel Magazine Aug 1910, as “The Willowdale Mystery”
91 · The Man Who Was Acquitted [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Law of the Four Just Men, Hodder & Stoughton 1921
101 · Quietly...Comfortably · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · nv Harper’s Bazaar Apr 1930
111 · The Little House [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Oct 9 1926

Mystery and Detection [v1 #4, May 1935] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

5 · The House in Greek Street · Sydney Horler · na
41 · The Old Lag [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv The Singing Bone, Hodder 1912
60 · The Knight Errant · Thomas Burke · ss Colour May 1916
67 · To Burn a Candle · A. M. Burrage · ss
73 · The Wind Glass · Margery Allingham · ss The Sovereign Magazine Jul 1924
85 · The Lion Party [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Oct 2 1926
99 · The Decoy · Algernon Blackwood · ss Lloyd’s Magazine Dec 1919, as “The Substitute”
112 · Kind Miss Glint · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine Nov 1927

Mystery and Detection [v1 #5, June 1935] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp)

3 · The Echo of a Mutiny [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine Sep 1911, as “Death on the Girder”
24 · The Quiet Lady [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly Oct 16 1926
40 · The Happy Travelers [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss Again the Three Just Men, Hodder 1928
46 · What Might Have Happened · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss
58 · The Sins of Prince Saradine [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 22 1911
70 · The Prescription · Marjorie Bowen · ss The London Magazine Jan 1929
81 · The Reprieve [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine Oct 1929
100 · The Paw · Thomas Burke · ss Limehouse Nights, Grant Richards 1916
107 · Confession · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Century Magazine Mar 1921

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