The Saint Mystery Magazine

Catalog Note: The Saint Mystery Magazine, July 1959 This issue, edited by Leslie Charteris, presents mystery and crime fiction from established and contemporary authors. "The Perfect Crime" by Charteris features the Saint (Simon Templar) observing a court judgment favoring a Manchester moneylender named James Deever. The Saint recognizes Deever as a cunning operator who exploits legal loopholes to trap borrowers in escalating debt through mortgages, discounted checks, and complex financial transfers—technically legal but ruinous. Lawrence Treat contributes "Ice Cold Murder," described as modern crime fiction. Additional stories include Chesterton's "The Chief Mourner of Marne," "The Man Who Knew Women" by Robert Bloch, "A Very Small Homicide" by Evan Hunter, and Stuart Palmer's "Riddle of the Tired Bullet" featuring Hildegard Withers. The issue also includes "Beginner's Slope," a scholarly essay analyzing G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown character.