The theme was MURDER SHE WROTE, the long-running TV series starring ANGELA LANSBURY as JESSICA FLETCHER in the corpse-strewn CABOT COVE. The theme could also describe AGATHA CHRISTIE and DOROTHY L. SAYERS.

First prize R.A. Towle, Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Runners-up M.F. O’Brien, London N12; John M. Brown, Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffordshire

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