The Saint Detective Magazine, July 1956

# Catalog Description

Saint Detective Magazine, July 1956. Edited by Leslie Charteris. Featured contents include: "The Man Who Was Clever" by Leslie Charteris (a reprinted early Saint novelet from 1930-31, featuring vigilante Simon Templar outwitting race-course gangster Snake Ganning and his extortion gang through card-game trickery aboard a train, then elaborate subterfuge involving rented garages and switched cargo); "Death in New Guinea" by Myron David Orr; "Velvet Johnnie Went to Prison" by Peter Cheyney; "The Code of the Rat" by George Fielding Eliot; "The Banana Herder" by Lawrence G. Blochman; "The Three-Ball Combination" by Helen Nielson; "The Invisible Murderer" by Carter Dickson; and "The Inglorious Swindle" by Edwin Baird. Also includes "Toots for a Tooth" by Peter Fraser, crime column "What's New in Crime" by Hans Stefan Santesson. Charteris's editorial addresses readers' complaints about evolution in Saint stories, defending his improved craftsmanship over thirty years while reprinting an embarrassing early installment.