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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #2, #159, February 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Always Open and Shut [Tim Ferguson; Willie Klein] · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Dec 2 1939, as “Stick-Up”
16 · The Withered Heart · Jean Potts · ss
26 · Her Last Bow [Stately Homes] · Arthur Porges · ss
31 · The Perfect Model · Margery Sharp · ss
43 · The Morning After · O. H. Leslie · ss
48 · Immune to Murder [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine Nov 1955
83 · The Apartment Hunter · Jack & Mary McDonald · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
89 · Letter Writing as a Fine Art · Martin Dardis · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
96 · Sherlock Holmes and the F.B.I. · Thomas M. McDade · ar
104 · The Forbidden Dollar · C. Y. Lee · ss Writer’s Digest 1954
108 · The Three D’s · Ogden Nash · ss Harper’s Bazaar Apr 1948, as “Victoria”
111 · The Dacey Affair [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #3, #160, March 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Greenshaw’s Folly [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Star Weekly Nov 3 1956 (+2)
22 · Cause for Suspicion [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty Feb 1 1947
34 · The Perfect Crime · Alberto Moravia; translated by Angus Davidson · ss; translated from the Italian (“Il Delitto Perfetto”, Racconti Romani, Bompiani, 1954).
40 · Murder on St. Valentine’s Day [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Apr 4 1954, as “The Valentine Murder”
48 · The Holy Man · Avram Davidson · ss
55 · Light in Darkness · Roland F. Lee · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
65 · Payment in Kind · A. H. Z. Carr · ss 1934
79 · Ogne ’54 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss
83 · The Perfect Alibi · Patricia Highsmith · ss
97 · Who Killed Cock Robin, Jr. · Joseph Zderad · pz
99 · No Way to Win [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine Oct 1926, as “The Survivor”
108 · M Is for the Many · Henry Slesar · ss
118 · Daddy-O · Pat Stadley · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #4, #161, April 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

6 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss; first prize winner in EQMM’s twelfth annual contest.
15 · Money to Burn · Margery Allingham · ss She Mar 1957, as “The Psychologists”
24 · Doc Em Lies · Richard Connell · ss
37 · Arlie and the Vampires · Elizabeth Gane · ss
43 · Fill the Night with Murder · Victor Canning · ss John Bull Jan 28 1956, as “Midnight on the Lagoon”
49 · Mr. Diamond’s Diamonds · Marvin Rossman · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
65 · Sunday in Our Town · Margie Swann · ss
69 · The Girl I Left Behind Me · Muriel Spark · ss
73 · A Time to Mourn [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss
87 · If You Know How [Henry Montague Bohun; Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Sep 22 1955, as “An Appealing Pair of Legs”
92 · Country Caper · Robert Sheckley · ss
97 · College Copper · Steve April · ss
101 · The Most Obstinate Man in Paris [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv; translated from the French (“Le Client le plus obstiné du monde”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malchanceux, Presse de la Cite, 1947).
130 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #5, #162, May 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · You Bet Your Life [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss
18 · Who’s the Blonde? · John D. MacDonald · ss Collier’s Aug 9 1952
32 · Three Times Loser · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Sep 15 1954, as “Twm Carney”
36 · Nobody Can Ask That [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week Apr 8 1956, as “Too Early for Murder”
41 · The Kachina Dolls [Dean Weathergay] · Alvin Pevehouse · nv; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
57 · So Refreshing! · Brèni Pevehouse · ss
67 · The Mischief-Maker · Arthur Gordon · ss
73 · That’s Just Too Bad · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s Nov 30 1940, as “Something to Remember”
86 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
87 · So I Can Forget · De Forbes · ss
95 · The Unluckiest Murderer · Cyril Hare · ss This Week 1951, as “Murderer’s Luck”
100 · The Crapshooter · John Steinbeck · ar New York Herald Tribune 1943
103 · Don’t Crowd Your Luck [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · nv
125 · Symbol of Authority · Henry Slesar · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v29 #6, #163, June 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest)
Given as No. 162 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · And Already Lost... · Charlotte Armstrong · ss
16 · Never Kill a Cop · Clifford Knight · ss
30 · The Bottled Wife · Michael Fessier · ss Esquire Feb 1952, as “The Strange Case of the Bottled Wife”
39 · The Downshire Terror · Andrew Garve · ss
44 · Collector’s Item · Michael Kelly · ss 1952
51 · Five Letter Word · Jeanne Sakol · ss
56 · The Hound of the Wellingtons [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Feb 6 1955, as “Murder by Night”
66 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
68 · Never Anything but Trouble · Robert Twohy · ss
78 · The Tallest Man in the World · Janet Green · nv 1956
100 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss
105 · The Silver Cones · Leslie Bigelow · ss
114 · The Mad Killer · Henry Slesar · ss
118 · Dig That Crazy Grave! · Robert Bloch · ss
130 · Index to Volume 29—January-June 1957 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #1, #164, July 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Miracles Do Happen [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss
12 · A Matter of Public Notice · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv
27 · The Mayor Calls His Family · Manly Wade Wellman · ss
37 · Shock Tactics [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week May 15 1955, as “Thy Brother Death”
46 · Command Performance · J. Burne Sargent · ss
55 · You Can’t Run Away · Ray Chesson · nv
84 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
85 · Macagony’s Fist · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win 1937/’38, as by P. J. Gahagan
89 · The Man at the Latch · Jacqueline Cutlip · ss
101 · The Servant Problem [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1942, as “The Perfect Maid”
111 · The Serafina Caper [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss
125 · The Doe and the Gantlet · Pat Stadley · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #2, #165, August 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · An End to Fear · Hugh Pentecost · nv
24 · Cottage for August · Thomas Kyd · ss
33 · To Remember You By · Rufus King · ss
42 · The Two Deaths of Dr. Kang · Victor Canning · gp (r)
_42 · Death in China [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard Feb 20 1956, as “The Six Deaths of Dr. Kang”
_46 · Death in Australia [Dr. Kang] · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard Feb 21 1956, as “Shadow in the Dark”
50 · The French Key · Avram Davidson · ss
60 · Paid in Full · Rose Finnegan · ss
72 · The Dog That Came to the Funeral · John Collier · ss
81 · Never the Twain · Andrew Salmond · ss
95 · The Portuguese Instructor · Michael Forrestier · ss
101 · Gladstone’s Candlestick [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard Aug 12 1955
106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
107 · What’s the Percentage? · William Holder · ss
119 · Driving Lesson · F. L. Wallace · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #3, #166, September 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by Barry Waldman)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · The Faith of Aaron Menefee · Stanley Ellin · ss
16 · Snap Shot [Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · ss
27 · Not—Tonight—Danger [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Helen McCloy) · ss This Week Nov 28 1954, as “Dead Man’s Code”
36 · The Glass Room [Anthony J. Quinn] · Morton Wolson · ss
43 · Home from Camp · Bob Van Scoyk · vi
47 · A Gun Is a Nervous Thing · Charlotte Armstrong · nv The American Magazine Aug 1955, as “Ride with the Executioner”
86 · Mathematical Murder · Cecil Curtis · vi
89 · Man of the Week · Charles M. Swart · ss
97 · The Doctor and the Silver Plate · Margery Allingham · ss This Week Feb 27 1955, as “The Great London Jewel Robbery”
104 · A True Blue Friend · Millicent Sherwood · vi
106 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
107 · The Town Is Waiting · Joseph Whitehill · ss
121 · Bull in a China Shop · C. B. Gilford · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #4, #167, October 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Lilith, Stay Away from the Door · B. J. R. Stolper · nv
20 · Crime in Rhyme · Robert Bloch · ss
29 · He Swung and He Missed · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury Jul 1942
36 · The High, Warm Place · William O’Farrell · ss
43 · The Cat and the Chestnut [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1932, as “The Case of the Distressed Lady”
51 · Out of the Midst of the Fire · Evans Harrington · ss
62 · A Way with Women · Nicholson Williams · ss
75 · The Fatal Secret · Daniel Webster · vi The Boston Book, Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature, ed. James Thomas Fields, Tickner, Reed, and Fields 1850
77 · The Last Week · A. Harris · ss
83 · The Mind Reader · Fred Berkenhoff · ss; in EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”.
88 · EQMM’s Detective Directory · Robert P. Mills · br
89 · Pattern for Murder [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week Nov 6 1955, as “There’s Death for Remembrance”
102 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
114 · Malice in Wonderland [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · nv

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #5, #168, November 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

3 · Cop on the Prowl · Thomas Walsh · ss
15 · Sock Finish · Robert Bloch · nv
33 · Power of the Moon · Arthur Gordon · ss
39 · The Wrightsville Heirs [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Better Living Jan 1956 (+1)
49 · Where There’s a Will · Gilbert Schechtman · ss
53 · Once a Thief [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Jul 1933, as “The Pearl of Price”
63 · The Real Sugar · Ed Lacy · ss Esquire Apr 1951
67 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br
68 · Stop Being a Sucker · G. C. Edmondson · ss
82 · Wages of Crime · Dashiell Hammett · ss Brief Stories Feb 1923, as “The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody” by Peter Collinson
87 · Miss Phipps Goes to School [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss
105 · Road Hog · James M. Ullman · ss
111 · Third Degree · Cecil Curtis · ss

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v30 #6, #169, December 1957] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · Agree—or Die [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · ss
15 · Village Tragedy [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1931, as “Death by Drowning”
30 · Personal Interview · Henry Slesar · ss
35 · Nine Hours Late on the Opening Run · Herbert Brean · nv Exciting Detective Win 1941, as “Death Buys a Ticket” by William Beggarate
50 · Man in a Closet · Patricia Knowlton · ss
54 · The Darkened Stair · Shirley Barker · ss
69 · Kill or Be Killed · Ogden Nash · ss Collier’s Oct 25 1947, as “The Other Mind Reader”
71 · The Liquidation of Pickle Fat · John Barden · ss
75 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br
76 · The Birdwatcher [Detective-Inspector Ellis McKay] · L. A. G. Strong · nv
97 · The Man Who Cut Off His Nose · Marvin Rossman · ss
102 · An Old Japenese Custom · Walter J. Winn · ss
113 · Death and the Rising Star [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Better Living Jun 1955
129 · Index to Volume 30—July-December 1957 · Anon. · ix

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v31 #1, #170, January 1958] ed. Ellery Queen (Mercury Publications, 35¢, 130pp+, digest, cover by G. S. Eisenberg)
Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

5 · Suddenly It’s Midnight · Whit Masterson · na
25 · Murder at the Dog Show · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss
36 · Rabbit Out of a Hat [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv
55 · Cause of Accident · Robert P. Stewart · ss; winner of the Hospitalized Veterans Contest.
62 · Now I Lay Me Down · Ruth Doyle · ss
69 · Saint-Germain the Deathless [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss
85 · Best Mysteries of the Month · Anthony Boucher · br
86 · The Hungry Look · Matthew Gant · ss
97 · Operation Cryptic [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss; replaces Patrick Petrella by Patrick Peters as a secondary character.; revised from “Voyage Into Illusion” (Argosy (UK), July 1957).
109 · Conversation Piece · Guy Nedmon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (UK) Dec 1957

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