The Saint Detective Magazine

Detective and Mystery Stories This November 1956 issue features a diverse lineup of mystery and detective fiction. The title story, Craig Rice's novelette "No, Not Like Yesterday," follows John J. Malone at the funeral of Alvin "the Pike" Peake, a retired racket king, where Malone nostalgically compares the modern gang funeral to those of earlier decades—fewer flowers, less pageantry—while tension fills the cemetery as police worry about potential violence. Other featured stories include G.K. Chesterton's "The Resurrection of Father Brown," Lawrence Treat's "A Man Named Smith," Louis Golding's "The Impeccable Mr. Devereux," Lawrence G. Blochman's "Toast to Victory," and Leslie Charteris's Saint story "The Man Who Liked Toys." The magazine's editor notes that the issue includes established authors alongside newcomers Allan Beekman and Will Oursler, promising "all good clean fun, even with corpses."