"Are You a Detective?"

HERE'S one of those reader participation articles that show up in magazines from time to time. The answers are below the article, but you're on your honor not to cheat:

Source: "Are You a Detective?" by Larry Roberts, Coronet Magazine, June 1949, starting (HERE) and finishing (HERE).

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While we're in June 1949, let's look at the state of detective fiction in England at the time:

Source: "Hi-De-Homicide" by R. G. G. Price in Punch, June 29, 1949 (HERE).

References:

- "Mr. Cyril Hare's" (HERE) "When the Wind Blows" (HERE)

- "Mr. Michael Innes" (HERE) and The Journeying Boy" (HERE)

- "the new Ellery Queen" (HERE) "anthology To the Queen's Taste" (HERE)

- "David Lockwood's" (HERE) "Death Has Scarlet Candles" (HERE)

- "Miss Nancy Spain's" (HERE) "Death Goes on Skis" (HERE).

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