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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
All these stories in this collection were previously published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and copyrighted as follows:
“The Return of Schlock Homes” © 1964 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of the Big Plunger © 1965 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of the Widow’s Weeds” © 1966 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of the Perforated Ulster” © 1967 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarters” © 1967 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler’s Mother” © 1968 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Advneture of the Dog in the Knight” © 1969 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of the Briary School” © 1972 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Advneture of the Hansom Ransom” © 1973 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of the Great Train Robbery” © 1973 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“The Adventure of Black, Peter” © 1974 by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
The Memoirs of Schlock Homes 1974 by Robert L. Fish
Cover design by Jason Gabbert
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