London Mystery Magazine #10

About this issue

This British periodical features a diverse array of detective and mystery fiction. The lead story "I Hate Violence" by W. Stanley Moss presents Rupert March, a plainclothes policeman patrolling the dock district after a week in his first plain-clothes assignment, preparing to report his case solved. The issue opens with "The Felon's Lot," a Gilbertian poem by Sagittarius satirizing modern psychology's influence on criminal justice. Additional stories include "Writer's Witch" (Joan Fleming), "Mystery in Athens" (Kathleen Freeman), "The Stone of Destiny" (Philip Audley), "No Laughing Gas Man" (Ivy Matthews), "Meet Dr. Fitzbrown—II" (Mary Fitt), and "The Rainmaker" (Roy Pearson). Kenneth Walker contributes "Apparitions and Hallucinations," a non-fiction piece. The magazine also includes "The Invisible Worm" (Geoffrey Grigson), "The Same Place Twice" (Glynne W. Rowland), a Sherlock Holmes exhibition announcement, and serialized content celebrating the 1951 Festival of Britain. A humor column by Clorinda concludes the contents.