ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE November 1948. Cover by George Salter. Overall rating: **½

ROY VICKERS “The Death Position Enigma.” Department of Dead Ends story, Coincidence and a mistake combine to help solve an old murder case, Inverted detection. (2)

GEORGES SIMENON “L Chateau de L’Arsenic.” A curious doctor takes it upon himself to investigate a chateau about which rumors are flying. (3)

LESLIE CHARTERIS “Salt on His Tail,” The Saint salts a mine twice. Unbelievably obvious. (1)

JOSEPH SHEARING “Love-in-a-Mist.” An aged spinster allows her secret love to get away with murder. (3)

RONALD KNOX “The Motive,” First appeared in the Illustrated London News, December 1937, A John Dickson Carr “best,” Suicide as a motive for murder, (4)

THOMAS WALSH “Getaway Money.” Drake helps save an old friend’s son from a murder rap. (3)

FULTON OURSLER “The Thrill Is Gone.” First appeared in Collier’s, 1942. A daring man discovers that his wife really didn’t kill her first husband, (4)

M. P. SHIEL & JOHN GALSWORTHY “A Case for Deduction.” A challenge to the reader is the weirdest combination of circumstances that could be believed only if true. (0)

MIRIAM BRUCE “Dear Louisa.” A series of letters from a woman having troubles with her son. (2)

CORNELL WOOLRICH “Johnny on the Spot.” 1936. An attempt to go straight gets Johnny into trouble with gang, and it is up to his girl friend to stop then in time. Real suspense/ (4)