The Saint Detective Magazine, July 1957

# The Saint Detective Magazine, July 1957

This July 1957 issue of The Saint Detective Magazine, edited by Leslie Charteris, contains eight stories of varying lengths. Lawrence G. Blochman's "The Sign of the Thunderbolt" opens the issue: in Darjeeling, India, Frederick Elliston—president of the American Society for Buddhist Research—plans an expedition to Tibet to film the Devil Dance Festival. Police Commissioner Lal Purana Siswalik mediates a contentious conference where Elliston pressures for departure, while Tibetan monk Kong La objects on religious grounds, having petitioned the Commissioner to block the expedition, claiming Westerners will commercialize and ridicule Lamaism. Additional contributions include John Buchan's "Sing a Song of Sixpence," Edgar Wallace's "The King's Brahm" (involving butterfly collecting), Arthur Somers Roche's "Crooked Play," William Campbell Gault's "Blood of the Innocent," Ruthven Todd's "Cover Her Face," Morris West's "Saints on the Sidewalk," Lewis H. Patrick's "One White Sheep," and Alan E. Nourse's "Matinee for Murder."