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The Saint Detective Magazine, August 1955

· August 1955

The Saint Detective Magazine, August 1955
Catalog Description This August 1955 issue of *The Saint Detective Magazine* contains six short stories edited by Leslie Charteris. The featured stories include Damon Runyon's "Johnny One-Eye," a comedic tale of Broadway characters; C.S. Forester's nautical mystery "The Turn of the Tide," a departure from his Hornblower series; "The Hampstead Murder" by Christopher Bush, described as a British mystery; "The Sacrificial Lamb" by William Campbell Gault; Van Wyck Mason's "The Port of Peril," set in Havana with contemporary Central American elements; and Charteris's "The Golden Frog," the lead Saint adventure. The latter follows confidence man Professor Humphrey Nestor and his associate Alice in Panama, depicting their con schemes targeting wealthy travelers. Additional stories by Sax Rohmer, Hugh Wiley, Peter Harris, and Michael Innes appear in contents. The issue also features a Rosicrucian advertisement promoting mental creativity techniques.

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