The Saint Detective Magazine, March 1958

# Content Description

This March 1958 issue of The Saint Detective Magazine features detective and mystery fiction by established authors. The lead story, "The Better Mousetrap" by Leslie Charteris (the Saint's creator), concerns jewel thief Daniel Tench, a former circus acrobat who specializes in stealing valuables from European hotels. When Tench falls from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, directly below Simon Templar's (the Saint's) window, the protagonist becomes entangled with French police investigation. Other contents include "Death Beside the Pyramids" by Sir Philip Gibbs; "The Rooking of Raffles" by Barry Perowne, featuring the famous fictional thief; "Song of Murder" by Lawrence Treat; "The Dorrington Inheritance" by August Derleth; and "Publisher Parmil Has Disappeared" by Hugh Wiley. The issue also includes a lexicographic feature discussing "serendipity" and the patron saint of thieves, with reader responses.