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The Saint Detective Magazine, April 1957

· April 1957

The Saint Detective Magazine, April 1957
This April 1957 issue of *The Saint Detective Magazine* features six mystery stories alongside editorial content. Leslie Charteris's "The Perfect Sucker" opens the magazine: Simon Templar encounters Irving Jardane, a wealthy, heavily-equipped fisherman and owner of Transamerican Transport trucking company, at an Oregon fishing camp. Sax Rohmer contributes "The Turkish Yataghan"; Dorothy L. Sayers offers "The Cave of Ali Baba"; T.S. Stribling provides "The Man in the Shadows"; Melville Davisson Post supplies "The Mark on the Window"; and August Derleth presents "Adventure of the Triple Kent." Additional pieces include James E. Gunn's "Pill Roller," Rodolfo Walsh's "Shadow of a Dupe," and L.B. Dunham's "Death and a Salesman." Hans Stefan Santesson provides a crime-movie review section titled "What's New in Crime," and a new recurring feature, "The Saint's Ratings," appears for the first time.

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