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At Home in the Dark ed. Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, May 2019, 978-1-59606-917-6, $40.00, 360pp, hc, oa, cover by Ken Laager)
Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the editor.
Details taken from publisher website.

· It’s Getting Dark in Here · Lawrence Block · fw

· Hot Pants · Elaine Kagan · ss

· The Eve of Infamy · Jim Fusilli · ss

· Night Rounds · James Reasoner · ss

· The Flagellant · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

· The Things I’d Do · Ed Park · ss

· Favored to Death · N. J. Ayres · ss

· Rough Mix · Warren Moore · ss

· This Strange Bargain · Laura Benedict · ss

· The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

· If Only You Would Leave Me · Nancy Pickard · ss

· Giant’s Despair · Duane Swierczynski · ss

· Whistling in the Dark · Richard Chizmar · ss

· O Swear Not by the Moon · Jill D. Block · ss

· Nightbound · Wallace Stroby · ss

· The Cucuzza Curse · Thomas Pluck · ss

· Cold Comfort · Hilary Davidson · ss

· Faun · Joe Hill · nv

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 ed. Lawrence Block (Houghton Mifflin, October 2001, 0-618-12492-6, $27.50, 349pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 20 mystery stories from 2000. Series editor Otto Penzler. Also available in tp (-12491-8, $13.00).

ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw

xiii · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in

1 · Things That Make Your Heart Beat Faster · Jennifer Anderson · nv The Missouri Review Spring 2000

25 · Lobster Night · Russell Banks · ss Esquire March 2000

43 · Prison Food · Michael Downs · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000

61 · In the Zone · Leslie Edgerton · ss High Plains Literary Review 2000

75 · The Paperhanger · William Gay · ss Harper’s Magazine February 2000

91 · A Book of Kells [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer 2000

111 · Erie’s Last Day [Larry Erie] · Steve Hockensmith · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2000

133 · Under Suspicion · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 2000

157 · Her Hollywood · Michael Hyde · ss Alaska Quarterly Review Fall/Winter 2000

169 · Family · Dan Leone · ss Literal Latté 2000

182 · Blood Sport · Thomas Lynch · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000

193 · Carnie · David Means · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000

202 · Tides · Kent Nelson · nv Georgia Review Summer 2000

228 · The Girl with the Blackened Eye · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000

239 · Easy Street · T. Jefferson Parker · nv ASAP Press, 2000

271 · The Big Bite [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv Shots Winter 1999

285 · Missing in Action [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2000

305 · The Face-Lift · Roxana Robinson · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 2000

318 · Big Ranch · John Salter · ss Third Coast 2000

327 · Push Comes to Shove · Nathan Walpow · ss A Deadly Dozen ed. Susan B. Casmier, Aljean Harmetz & Cynthia Lawrence, Uglytown, 2000

337 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

347 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2000 · [uncredited] · bi

Blood on Their Hands ed. Lawrence Block (Berkley, July 2003, 0425190358, $23.95, 340pp, hc, oa)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Original anthology of 19 stories.

ix · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in

1 · Her Last Gift · Brendan DuBois · nv

23 · JoJo’s Gold · Noreen Ayres · ss

35 · Black Heart and Cabin Girl · Shelley Costa · nv

59 · One of Us · Tom Savage · ss

71 · A Trail of Mirrors · Tracy Knight · ss

91 · Along for the Ride · Aileen Schumacher · ss

103 · Red Meat · Elaine Viets · ss

119 · The Maids · G. Miki Hayden · ss

137 · Guardian Angel · Elaine Togneri · ss

155 · The Day of the 31st · Henry Slesar · nv

181 · Another Night to Remember · William E. Chambers · ss

195 · The Trouble with Harry · Stefanie Matteson · ss

213 · Any Old Mother · Charlotte Hinger · ss

229 · Guile Is Where It Goes · Dan Crawford · ss

241 · Doppelganger · Rhys Bowen · ss

253 · Bloody Victims · Mat Coward · ss

269 · Safety First · Marcia Talley · ss

281 · No Man’s Land · Elizabeth Foxwell · ss

299 · The Lady from Yesterday · Jeremiah Healy · nv

Collectibles ed. Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, May 2021, 978-1-64524-045-7, $50.00, 320pp, hc, oa, cover by Ken Laager)
Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by the editor.
Details taken from publisher website.

· The Elephant in the Living Room · Lawrence Block · in

· The Evan Price Signature Model · Junior Burke · ss

· Blue Book Value · S. A. Cosby · ss

· Mysterious Obsession · Otto Penzler · ex The Mysterious Bookshop, 2019

· A Collector of Friends · Janice Eidus · ss

· Lost Shows · Lee Goldberg · ss

· Bar Wall Panda · Rob Hart · ss

· God Bless America · Elaine Kagan · ss

· Mysterious Obsession · Otto Penzler · ex The Mysterious Bookshop, 2019

· Resonator · Kasey Lansdale · ss

· The Skull Collector · Joe R. Lansdale · nv

· A Bostonian (in Cambridge) · Dennis Lehane · ss

· Miss Golden Dreams · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

· Mysterious Obsession · Otto Penzler · ex The Mysterious Bookshop, 2019

· The Green Manalishi with the Two-Prong Crown · Thomas Pluck · ss

· Devil Sent the Rain · David Rachels · ss

· Chin Yong-Yun Meets a Mongol [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · ss

· The Demise of Snot Rocket · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss

· Mysterious Obsession · Otto Penzler · ex The Mysterious Bookshop, 2019

· First Appearance · Alex Segura · ss

· Collecting Ackermans · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1977

The Darkling Halls of Ivy ed. Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, May 2020, 978-1-59606-965-7, $50.00, 328pp, hc, oa, cover by Ken Laager)
Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the editor.
Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.

9 · Something to Skip · Lawrence Block · fw

15 · Requiem for a Homecoming · David Morrell · ss

27 · An Even Three · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss

41 · Writing Maeve Dubinsky · Jane Hamilton · nv

65 · Alt-AC · Warren Moore · ss

77 · Einstein’s Sabbath · David Levien · ss

95 · The Degree · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

103 · Rounded with a Sleep · A. J. Hartley · ss

125 · The Reasoners · Ian Rankin · nv

153 · Noise Cancellation · Tom Straw · ss

167 · Monkey in Residence · Xu Xi · ss

179 · Bertie and the Boat Race [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales] · Peter Lovesey · ss Crime Through Time ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley, 1997

197 · That Golden Way · Owen King · nv

223 · With Footnotes and References · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss

237 · Penelope McCoy · Nicholas Christopher · ss

249 · Tess and Julie, Jule and Tess · Jill D. Block · ss

265 · Why She Didn’t Tell · John Lescroart · ss

277 · Foundational Education · Seanan McGuire · ss

289 · Goon #4 · Tod Goldberg · nv

Death Cruise ed. Lawrence Block (Cumberland House, 1999, 1-58182-007-0, $24.95, 408pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of 16 new and four reprint crime stories set on the open seas.

7 · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in

13 · Problem at Sea [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week January 12 1936

29 · Nine Points for Murder · Nancy Pickard · ss

45 · Hodegetria [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv

71 · Under My Skin · Chris Rippen · ss

89 · S.O.S. · John Lutz · ss

105 · Honeymoon Cruise · Richard Deming · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

123 · Rhine Ablaze · Jacques Toes · ss

143 · The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus · Arnaldo Correa · ss

163 · Lost and Found · Benjamin M. Schutz · nv

197 · The Wind & Mary · Piet Teigeler · ss

207 · The Theft of the Bingo Card [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1990

225 · Mutiny of the Bounty Hunter · Ralph McInerny · ss

237 · The Mermaid · Jacob Vis · ss

251 · Chess on Board · Erik Amdrup · ss

259 · A Cruise to Forget · Barbara & Max Allan Collins · nv

285 · Havanightmare · José Latour · ss

299 · Miscalculation · Jan Burke · nv

327 · The Deep Blue Sea · Ina Bouman · ss

347 · Rumpole at Sea [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv Rumpole à la Carte by John Mortimer, Viking, 1990

385 · The Time of His Life · Carolyn Wheat · ss

399 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Manhattan Noir ed. Lawrence Block (Akashic Books, April 2006, 1-888451-95-5, $14.95, 263pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

11 · Welcome to a Dark City · Lawrence Block · in

17 · The Good Samaritan · Charles Ardai · ss; set in Midtown.

36 · The Last Supper · Carol Lea Benjamin · ss; set in Greenwich Village.

46 · If You Can’t Stand the Heat · Lawrence Block · ss; set in Clinton.

58 · Rain · Thomas H. Cook · ss; set in Battery Park.

69 · A Nice Place to Visit · Jeffery Deaver · nv; set in Hell’s Kitchen.

106 · The Next Best Thing Bridge · Jim Fusilli · ss; set on the George Washington Bridge.

122 · Take the Man’s Pay · Robert Knightly · ss; set in the Garment District.

137 · The Laundry Room · John Lutz · ss; set on the Upper West Side.

151 · Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel · Liz Martínez · ss; set in Washington Heights.

168 · The Organ Grinder · Maan Meyers · ss; set on the Lower East Side.

187 · Why Do They Have to Hit? · Martin Meyers · ss; set in Yorkville.

196 · Building · S. J. Rozan · ss; set in Harlem.

213 · The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York · Justin Scott · ss; set in Chelsea.

229 · The Last Round · C. J. Sullivan · ss; set in Inwood.

242 · Crying with Audrey Hepburn · Xu Xi · ss; set in Times Square.

258 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics ed. Lawrence Block (Akashic Books, September 2008, 978-1-933354-57-6, $15.95, 273pp, tp, an) [Akashic Noir]

11 · It’s Been Noir Around Here for Ages · Lawrence Block · in

21 · Part I: The Old School

23 · Mrs. Manstey’s View · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1891; set in Greenwich Village.

37 · A Poker Game · Stephen Crane · ss Last Words by Stephen Crane, Digby, Long & Co., 1902; set in the East 40s.

41 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904; set in the Lower West Side.

50 · Spanish Blood · Langston Hughes · ss Metropolis December 29 1934; set in Harlem.

60 · Sailor Off the Bremen · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker February 25 1939; set in West Village.

73 · My Aunt from Twelfth Street · Jerome Weidman · ss The New Yorker August 12 1939; set in Alphabet City.

79 · Johnny One-Eye · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s June 28 1941; set on Broadway.

96 · The Last Spin · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt September 1956; set in Washington Heights.

107 · New York Blues · Cornell Woolrich · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1970; set in East 37th Street.

141 · Part II: The Poets

143 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845; set in West 84th Street.

150 · Selections from Chelsea Rooming House · Horace Gregory · pm Covici-Friede, 1930; set in Chelsea.

156 · Selections from the McSorley Poems · Geoffrey Bartholomew · pm Charlton Street Press, 2001; set in East Village.

167 · The Luger Is a 9 mm Automatic Handgun with a Parabellum Action · Jerrold Mundis · ss New Worlds #188, March 1969; set in Central Park.

178 · The Interceptor · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1972; set on the Upper West Side.

192 · Crowded Lives · Clark Howard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1989; set on Sixth Avenue.

210 · Young Isaac · Jerome Charyn · ss The Armchair Detective Summer 1990; set in Lower East Side.

221 · Love in the Lean Years · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy February 1992; set on Wall Street.

232 · A Manhattan Romance · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories ed. Nicholas Royle, Penguin, 1997; set in Central Park South.

248 · In for a Penny · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1999; set on Eighth Avenue.

257 · Two Over Easy · Susan Isaacs · ss; set in Murray Hill.

274 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

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