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The Headmaster

Written by Michael Gilbert

Published in the UK magazine Argosy, 06/1962. Also printed as Melodrama in Three Acts in 3 issues of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US - Aug 1963, UK - Dec 1963, & AUS - Feb 1964), then in the magazine Ellery Queen's Anthology #19 (Mid-Year 1970). Plus printed with the known title in 2 editions of the anthology Alfred Hitchcock's Daring Detectives (Random House - 1969 & 1982). Printed in the collection Game Without Rules.
The disappearance of a barrister named John Craven is cause for alarm by his friends which include Mr. Calder and Calder's boss, Mr. Fortescue. Craven had been investigating a mysterious man known as the Headmaster and now that Craven has vanished, Calder and Craven's sister go looking. The Headmaster is not pleased.


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