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The Roman Candles

by John Bell Clayton

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1954, pp. 99-101

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  Issues of 1953 = 11 Issues, 158 Articles
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  Issues of 1954 = 11 Issues, 155 Articles
  1. [+]
    January 1954 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Maigret's Christmas by Georges Simenon, pp. 3-43
    2. The Disappearance of Captain Harwell by Agatha Christie, pp. 44-56
    3. Murder by Jury by Michael Gilbert, pp. 57-64
    4. The Glamorous Opening by Q. Patrick, pp. 81-84
    5. The Way I Killed Him by Oscar Schisgall, pp. 101-120
    6. The Dark Night by Melville Davisson Post, pp. 128-139
    7. The Attacker by Morton Wolson, pp. 65-80
    8. Try to Remember by Lillian King, pp. 85-91
    9. One Wicked Impulse! by Walt Whitman, pp. 92-100
    10. The Pariah by Thomas Burke, pp. 121-125
    11. The Curse of Stonewall Jackson by Will Stanton, pp. 140-144
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 126-127 - 8 Reviews
      1. Some Women Won't Wait by A.A. Fair
      2. The Doctor Was a Dame by Seldon Truss
      3. Justice Has No Sword by Max Franklin
      4. The Big Ear by Stewart Sterling
      5. Stand Up and Die by Richard Lockridge and Frances Lockridge
      6. Tweak the Devil's Nose by Richard Deming
      7. The Devil's Current by Kem Bennett
      8. Crook's Tour by Bruno Fischer
    13. Cover painting by Emsh
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    February 1954 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. The Girl Who Married a Monster by Anthony Boucher, pp. 11-25
    2. The Bird House by William March, pp. 26-38
    3. The Street of the Buzzards by Dennis Wiegand, pp. 39-47
    4. A G Is a G by David Vincent Sheehan, pp. 48-51
    5. Pass the Bottle by Hayden Howard, pp. 52-64
    6. Conversation at an Inn by Phyllis Bentley, pp. 74-80
    7. Ghost of Greenwich Village by Donald McNutt Douglass, pp. 81-90
    8. The Survivor by Ralph Norman Weber, pp. 91-92
    9. London Nights' Entertainment by Youngman Carter, pp. 93-107
    10. Junie-No-Name by Zelda Popkin, pp. 113-128
    11. The Unstoppable Man by Michael Gilbert, pp. 3-10
    12. Food for Thought by Victor Canning, pp. 108-112
    13. The Man Who Punished Himself by Roy Vickers, pp. 129-141
    14. Sherlock Holmes First Editions by Ellery Queen, pp. 65-73
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 142-146 - 8 Reviews
      1. A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
      2. No Vacation for Maigret by Georges Simenon
      3. Heir Presumptive by Henry Wade
      4. Haze of Evil by Kenneth Lowe
      5. Ready or Not by Ione Sandberg Shriber
      6. Murder in Bright Red by Frances Crane
      7. Prescription: Murder by Doris Miles Disney
      8. Ellery Queen's Awards: Eighth Series by Ellery Queen
    16. Cover painting by Kirberger
  3. [+]
    March 1954 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. ? by Guy de Maupassant, pp. 3-8
    2. The Mystery of the Five Money Orders by T.S. Stribling, pp. 9-23
    3. Murder at Eleven by A.A. Milne, pp. 24-34
    4. The Swami of Northbank by Lawrence G. Blochman, pp. 35-47
    5. The Superfluous Clues by H.C. Bailey, pp. 48-64
    6. Life and Death in the Scillies by Julian Symons, pp. 76-80
    7. The Neat Man by Michael Gilbert, pp. 90-98
    8. A Piece of Life by Jack London, pp. 102-115
    9. The Man Who Could Not Die by Raphael Hayes, pp. 65-75
    10. Ashes by Julia Peterkin, pp. 81-89
    11. The Roman Candles by John Bell Clayton, pp. 99-101
    12. The Last Bus Home by Cornell Woolrich, pp. 116-141
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 142-146 - 8 Reviews
      1. Another Man's Life by Matthew Head
      2. The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout
      3. Dreadful Hollow by Nicholas Blake
      4. Uninvited Guest by George Harmon Coxe
      5. Target in Taffeta by Ben Benson
      6. Intruder from the Sea by Gordon McDonell
      7. The Naked Angel by Jack Webb
      8. Murder at Midyears by Marion Mainwaring
    14. Cover painting by Milton Glaser
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    April 1954 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Double Image by Roy Vickers, pp. 5-33
    2. Peters, Detective by Eden Phillpotts, pp. 46-58
    3. Miser's Gold by Ellery Queen, pp. 81-85
    4. The Night Calhoun Was Off Duty by Thomas Walsh, pp. 96-105
    5. The Flitterbat Lancers by Arthur Morrison, pp. 113-131
    6. Death and Canasta by Q. Patrick, pp. 132-135
    7. Tall Stroy by Margery Allingham, pp. 138-146
    8. Triple Cross by John D. MacDonald, pp. 34-45
    9. The Pale Sergeant by Henry Myers, pp. 59-64
    10. April Fool by Mark Van Doren, pp. 65-69
    11. Will You Make a Bet With Death? by John Dickson Carr, pp. 70-80
    12. President Sam Houston: Detective by James C. Brough, pp. 86-95
    13. The Bookhawker by Lance Sieveking, pp. 106-112
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 136-137 - 8 Reviews
      1. Blood on the Boards by William Campbell Gault
      2. Shepherd's Crook by E.C.R. Lorac
      3. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister by Erle Stanley Gardner
      4. Christmas at Candleshoe by Michael Innes
      5. The Saint in Europe by Leslie Charteris
      6. Vicious Circuit by John Langdon
      7. Curtain for a Jester by Frances Lockridge and Richard Lockridge
      8. The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
    15. Cover Art by George Salter
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    May 1954 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. The Trumpet Sounds by Mary Roberts Rinehart, pp. 3-19
    2. The Judgment of En-Lil by Miriam Allen deFord, pp. 25-33
    3. Chain of Witnesses by Phyllis Bentley, pp. 34-51
    4. The Crate at Outpost 1 by Matthew Gant, pp. 52-57
    5. Mom in the Spring by James Yaffe, pp. 65-80
    6. The Talking Calf by Hugh Pentecost, pp. 89-123
    7. A Trip to Czardis by Edwin Granberry, pp. 58-64
    8. My Watch by Mark Twain, pp. 124-126
    9. Right in the Heart by William Holder, pp. 20-24
    10. Louisville Blues by Albert Johnston, pp. 81-88
    11. The House Party by Stanley Ellin, pp. 127-141
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 142-146 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Waikiki Widow by Juanita Sheridan
      2. The Cuckoo Line Affair by Andrew Garve
      3. Journey to Nowhere by Nedra Tyre
      4. The Red Bishop by Howard Mason
      5. The Content Assignment by Holly Roth
      6. Hear No Evil by Stephen Ransome
      7. The Red Jaguar by Jason Manor
      8. Too Many Cousins by Douglas G. Browne
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    July 1954 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. The Case of the Irate Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner, pp. 3-15
    2. The Tuesday and Friday Thefts by Phyllis Bentley, pp. 16-25
    3. The Persistent House-Hunters by Bechhofer Roberts, pp. 51-64
    4. A Case of Catnapping by A.H.Z. Carr, pp. 65-75
    5. The Long, Thin Man by Charles B. Child, pp. 82-94
    6. The Couple Next Door by Margaret Millar, pp. 110-122
    7. On the Very Street You Live by Fred Charap, pp. 26-31
    8. The Black Ruby by William D. Gent, pp. 32-37
    9. The Detective by Kristin Field, pp. 38-39
    10. Eddy Takes Vanishing Lessons by Todd Capp, pp. 40-41
    11. Somebody Has to Make a Move by Ben Benson, pp. 42-50
    12. Wild Goose Chase by John Ross Macdonald, pp. 123-141
    13. Boy for Tea by Ward Greene, pp. 76-81
    14. The New Administration by Melville Davisson Post, pp. 95-107
    15. Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot, pp. 108-109
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 142-146 - 8 Reviews
      1. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
      2. The Case of the Fugitive Nurse by Erle Stanley Gardner
      3. The Girl in the Cage by Ben Benson
      4. Docken Dead by John Trench
      5. The Better to Eat You by Charlotte Armstrong
      6. Death Walks the Woods by Cyril Hare
      7. The Taming of Carney Wilde by Bart Spicer
      8. The Case of the Burnt Bohemian by Christopher Bush
    17. Cover Art by George Salter
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    August 1954 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. Find the Innocent by Roy Vickers, pp. 3-33
    2. Autopsy and Eva by Stuart Palmer and Craig Rice, pp. 34-53
    3. On Edge by Pat Frank, pp. 65-68
    4. GI Story by Ellery Queen, pp. 81-87
    5. Heat Spell by John L. Hayward, pp. 102-107
    6. Anything New on the Strangler? by James M. Ullman, pp. 110-146
    7. Claude Diphthong, Student of Crime by Ring Lardner, pp. 54-64
    8. By His Own Act by Emily Jackson, pp. 88-98
    9. The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove by Don Marquis, pp. 69-74
    10. The Silver Protector by Ellis Parker Butler, pp. 75-80
    11. How It Happened by A. Conan Doyle, pp. 99-101
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 108-109 - 8 Reviews
      1. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
      2. The Lonesome Badger by Frank Gruber
      3. Diamonds for Danger by David E. Walker
      4. Tears for the Bride by Robert Lee Martin
      5. Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand
      6. The Business at Blanche Capel by Bryan Morgan
      7. Dead By Now by Margaret Erskine
      8. The Evil of Time by Evelyn Berckman
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    September 1954 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Diamonds in Paradise by Ellery Queen, pp. 3-7
    2. When Are People Going to Learn? by John F. Suter, pp. 65-74
    3. The Customer Is Not Always Right by Michael Gilbert, pp. 123-126
    4. The Man Out of the Rain by Philip MacDonald, pp. 8-28
    5. Murder Plays Through by Hugh Pentecost, pp. 29-64
    6. The Unexpected by Jack London, pp. 81-95
    7. Bad Check by Hodding Carter, pp. 96-98
    8. You Know What, Teacher? by Zenna Henderson, pp. 134-146
    9. A Posteriori by Helen Simpson, pp. 75-80
    10. Do a Dame a Favor? by Norbert Davis, pp. 99-122
    11. Best of Friends by Babette Rosmond, pp. 127-131
    12. Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 132-133
    13. Cover by Salter
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    October 1954 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Debt of Honor by Cornell Woolrich, pp. 3-14
    2. The Crooked Figures by Phyllis Bentley, pp. 65-73
    3. The Dog and the Horse by Voltaire, pp. 99-101
    4. Mom Sheds a Tear by James Yaffe, pp. 110-123
    5. The Dipping of the Candlemaker by Hayden Howard, pp. 126-146
    6. There Are No Snakes in Hawaii by Juanita Sheridan, pp. 24-54
    7. Payment in Full by Dion Henderson, pp. 55-64
    8. Socrates Solves a Murder by Breni James, pp. 74-80
    9. The Big Tipper by Hartzell Spence, pp. 81-88
    10. The Mark of the Flail by L.J. Beeston, pp. 15-23
    11. The Man Who Feared the Water by Margery Sharp, pp. 89-98
    12. Banquet and a Half by Lee Hays, pp. 102-106
    13. Duello by Stephen Barr, pp. 107-109
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 124-125 - 8 Reviews
      1. Cold Poison by Stuart Palmer
      2. A Policeman at the Door by Carol Carnac
      3. Quiet Under the Sun by Kevin FitzGerald
      4. The Other Side of the Wall by Seldon Truss
      5. The Blind Spot by John Creasey
      6. Evil in the House by Elbur Ford
      7. Have a Lovely Funeral by A.T. Hopkins
      8. High Rendezvous by Kathleen Moore Knight
    15. Cover by Emsh
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    November 1954 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Due Process by Harry Miner, pp. 3-10
    2. The Army of Little Ears by Charles B. Child, pp. 22-34
    3. How Does Your Garden Grow? by Agatha Christie, pp. 52-64
    4. The Man With the Blue Ears by Lawrence G. Blochman, pp. 108-123
    5. The Candy Kid by Erle Stanley Gardner, pp. 81-105
    6. I Always Get the Cuties by John D. MacDonald, pp. 124-130
    7. Only a Chinago by Jack London, pp. 11-21
    8. Hail and Farewell by Peter Godfrey, pp. 35-40
    9. The Suicide of Kiaros by L. Frank Baum, pp. 41-51
    10. Whistle While You Work by William Link and Richard Levinson, pp. 65-71
    11. Mrs. Jellison by Sara Henderson Hay, pp. 72-80
    12. Taste by Roald Dahl, pp. 131-146
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 106-107 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Fugitive Eye by Charlotte Jay
      2. His Name Was Death by Fredric Brown
      3. No Love Lost by Margery Allingham
      4. Terror on Broadway by David Alexander
      5. The Third Skin by John Bingham
      6. A Rag and a Bone by Hillary Waugh
      7. Hawk Watch by Brandon Bird
      8. The Third Bullet by John Dickson Carr
    14. Cover by Kirberger
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    December 1954 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Something That Happened in Our House by Cornell Woolrich, pp. 3-25
    2. The Spirit of the Place by Phyllis Bentley, pp. 26-36
    3. The Man Who Utterly Vanished by Margery Allingham, pp. 65-69
    4. Death Before Breakfast by Q. Patrick, pp. 81-84
    5. The Accused by Ellery Queen, pp. 107-119
    6. Nine to One You'll Hang by Roy Vickers, pp. 122-141
    7. Fools for Luck by Peter B. Kyne, pp. 37-51
    8. Two-Bit Gangster by Thomas Millstead, pp. 52-64
    9. The Law Is the Law by Liam O'Flaherty, pp. 70-80
    10. Follow the Leader by Dorothy Dunn, pp. 95-106
    11. The Ninth Circle by Robert Lewis, pp. 85-94
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      Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills, pp. 120-121 - 7 Reviews
      1. Go, Lovely Rose by Jean Potts
      2. The Watcher at the Door by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
      3. Dead Man's Shoes by Michael Innes
      4. The Moon Gate by Carroll Cox Estes
      5. Thin Air by Howard Browne
      6. Made for Murder by Fenn McGrew
      7. The Case of the Silken Petticoat by Christopher Bush
    13. Index to Volume Twenty-Four, pp. 142-146
    14. Cover by Dirone Photography
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