The Saint Detective Magazine, December 1955

This December 1955 issue of Saint Detective Magazine, edited by Leslie Charteris, features seven stories. The lead novella is "Death at My Elbow" by George Fielding Eliot, about an ex-military analyst turned mystery writer depicting a private vendetta against a powerful criminal combination. Kathleen Norris contributes "The Prisoner's Base," praised for hard-hitting realism. Freeman Wills Crofts offers "The Sunken Suitcase," an Inspector French story involving a hotel employee caught in circumstantial evidence requiring meticulous police work. Sax Rohmer's "The Blue Rajah Diamond" returns the fantastic detective Moris Klaw in a tale of a 300-carat diamond, astral phenomena, and ancient evil. William Campbell Gault, an Edgar Award winner, provides "Who's Buying Murder?"—described as "slam-bang" pulp about an ex-prizefighter. Charteris himself contributes "The Well-Meaning Mayor," a Simon Templar adventure where the Saint confronts a criminal whose schemes harm an innocent young woman. Additional stories include "Died Laughing" by Peter Harris, "Good Night, Officer" by J.A.S. Coppard, "In the Ditch" by Philip G. Chadwick, and "Chained" by John Jakes.