ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. December 1967. General score: ***
JON L. BREEN “The Austin Homicide Case.” A parody-pastiche of Pjilo Vance, who uncovers a assassin at a masquerade social gathering, Hilarious footnotes. (5)
JACOB HAY “Th Title of the Recreation,” A Russian faculty for spies sends a pair to pose as People. Anticipated ending, however with a haunting sense of unreality, (4)
JOHN DICKSON CARR “The Man Who Noticed the Invisible.” Colonel March. First revealed in The Strand Journal, April 1938, as “The New Invisible Man” by Carter Dickson. An unattainable state of affairs revealed as a magician’s trick. (3)
ANTHONY GILBERT “The Intruders.” After terror, a twist makes the whole lot OK for the outdated woman, however fortunately? The fear is actual. (4)
CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG “Extra Than One Form of Luck.” A would-be killer finds that he makes his personal unhealthy luck. (2)
G. C. EDMUNDSON “A Query of Translation.” It could assist the reader to have information of each Spanish and Italian. (3)
EDWARD D. HOCH “The Spy Who Didn’t Exist.” An obscure piece of information helps Rand decipher a calendar code. (3)
AGATHA CHRISTIE “The Journey of the Egyptian Tomb.” Hercule Poirot. First revealed in The Sketch, September 26, 1923. Perception within the supernatural is a strong drive, one Poirot should face, However why does he pretend being poisoned? (2)
JOHN HOLT “Quantity One.” First story. A “sensible” joke on a paroled con backfires into homicide. (5)
PHYLLIS BENTLEY “Miss Phipps Goes to the Hairdresser.” If the wig wasn’t apparent, I don’t know what was. A waste. (1)
URSULA CURTISS “Change of Local weather.” An elaborate buildup is ruined by an editor’s notice which explains the entire story. Local weather as a homicide weapon. (3)
JOE GORES “File #1: The Mayfield Case.” Daniel Kearny Associates. Telling it because it isi n the personal eye sport: repossessing automobiles. (2)
— February-March 1969.
