Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1948

About this issue

This February 1948 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine contains a complete Nero Wolfe novelette by Rex Stout entitled "Help Wanted, Male," plus twelve additional stories. Featured works include Dorothy L. Sayers's "The Poisoned Dow '08" (featuring Montague Egg), Lillian de la Torre's "The Black Stone of Dr. Dee" (starring Dr. Sam Johnson), O. Henry's "The Clarion Call" (Detective Barney Woods), and Roy Vickers's "The Lady Who Laughed" (Department of Dead Ends). Additional crime stories include Cornell Woolrich's "That's Your Own Funeral," Arnold Bennett's "The Case of the Cockfosters Emeralds," Octavus Roy Cohen's "Light in the Window," and Guy Gilpatric's "Yeggs Florentine." The issue also features rogue tales: Clifford Ashdown's "The Adventures of Romney Pringle" and Lemuel De Bra's "A Life—A Bowl of Rice."