Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 30

: # Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, Vol. IV No. 30 (January 1967) This issue features ten stories spanning mystery, crime, and detection. "The Prison Breakers" by Edgar Wallace opens the magazine: Alexander Barnes, a society figure, is convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of Cristoforo Supello despite evidence of self-defense. Barnes is secretly working for British Intelligence to intercept a trafficked government treaty. His superior, Bland, confronts the Home Secretary and Assistant Commissioner Goldring, ultimately securing Barnes's release through pressure from higher government authority, though Barnes must serve his sentence. Other stories include Miriam Allen deFord's "A Question of Graffiti," George Bernard Shaw's "The Miraculous Revenge," and works by Nigel Morland, Norman Macleod, C.M. Macleod, Paul Tabori, Alistair Allen, Morris Cooper, and James Pattinson. Features include crime reporting, a crossword puzzle, book reviews, and contributor profiles.