Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 17, No. 4, April 1972

Dear Reader:

I am sorry — but not very — if the stories within should interfere with your spring cleaning. After all, it may be to your advantage to keep up with the best of the new in matters that are not swept under the rug, but are brought out for close inspection.

A number of charming (in their own way) personages are dealt with in a straightforward manner herein. Captain Leopold cleans up his share in A Melee of Diamonds by Edward D. Hoch, and so it goes, to Jack Ritchie’s novelette, Let Your Fingers Do the Walking, in which an efficient private investigator ultimately finds a limit to Ma Bell.

You will observe no dust on these stories. Every one is new, as you always expect and invariably get between these covers. Speaking of covers, if you wish to pull the bedding over your head at some point within, remember it is wiser to remain alert to your surroundings.

Good reading.

Alfred Hitchcock