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Master’s Choice ed. Lawrence Block (Berkley, November 1999, 0-425-17031-4, $21.95, 244pp, hc, an)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. “Mystery stories by today’s top writers and the masters who inspired them.”

1 · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in

5 · The Wedding Gig · Stephen King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1 1980

19 · Murder-Two · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998

41 · The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown · Peter Lovesey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1991

57 · Too Many Crooks [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy August 1989

71 · Introduction to “Tired Old Man” · Harlan Ellison · is

· Tired Old Man · Harlan Ellison · ss No Doors, No Windows by Harlan Ellison, Pyramid, 1975

88 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13”

121 · En Famille · Ed Gorman · ss Murder At the Races ed. Peter Haining, Orion, 1995

131 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898

157 · Another Room · Joan Hess · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1990

165 · Trick or Treat · Judith Garner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1975

169 · High Stakes · John Lutz · ss The Saint Magazine June 1984

182 · August Heat · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1910

187 · Souls Burning [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991

196 · Murder of the Frankfurter Man · Benjamin Appel · ss 1934

201 · First Lead Gasser · Tony Hillerman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1993

213 · Goodbye, Pops · Joe Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969

221 · How Far It Could Go · Lawrence Block · ss The Plot Thickens ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1997

234 · In a Grove · John O’Hara · ss Assembly by John O'Hara, Random House, 1961

Master’s Choice Volume II ed. Lawrence Block (Berkley, November 2000, 0-425-17676-2, $23.95, 369pp, hc, an)

1 · Introduction · Lawrence Block · in

5 · Puppyland [Dr. Dave Westbrook] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1996

28 · Child of Another Time · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid July 1983

45 · The Man Next Door · Mary Higgins Clark · nv The Plot Thickens ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1997

64 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

69 · The Criminal · Joe Gores · ss Adam December 1970

80 · The Knife · John Russell · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 7 1925

89 · True Thomas · Reginald Hill · nv 2nd Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993

109 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

123 · The Detective’s Wife · Edward D. Hoch · ss Crosscurrents October 1990

135 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958

157 · The Last One to Cry · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1986

179 · The Absence of Emily · Jack Ritchie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 28 1981

189 · The Interview · Evan Hunter · ss Playboy October 1971, as “The Sardinian Incident”

204 · Eleven O’Clock Bulletin · Robert Turner · ss Bluebook February 1955

213 · Adele [Lew Fonesca] · Stuart Kaminsky · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1995

231 · The Death of Colonel Thoureau · [uncredited] · ss The Knickerbocker September 1861

249 · Foggy Mountain Breakdown · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories by Sharyn McCrumb, Ballantine, 1997

261 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

267 · Lover · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977

280 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843

289 · Adventures in Babysitting · Ian Rankin · ss No Alibi ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull, 1995

303 · No Night by Myself · Mat Coward · ss No Alibi ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull, 1995

317 · Cousin Cora · Carolyn Wheat · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990

334 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917
based on material from the play “Trifles”.

353 · Sometimes They Bite · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1976

365 · Cry Silence · Fredric Brown · ss Black Mask November 1948

Opening Shots ed. Lawrence Block (Cumberland House, October 2000, 1-58182-125-5, $24.95, 397pp, hc, an)
Great mystery and crime writers share their first published stories.

7 · An Opening Shot · Lawrence Block · in

15 · Laud · David Black · nv 1978

37 · Double Glazing · Simon Brett · ss Winter’s Crimes 11 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1979

61 · Public Servant · Max Allan Collins · ss Hardboiled #1, Summer 1985

79 · Spring Fever · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #108, November 1952

105 · The Tree on Execution Hill · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1977

115 · Now’s the Time [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss London Noir ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent's Tail, 1994

129 · Death of a Romance Writer · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1988

141 · Compliments of a Friend · Susan Isaacs · na Murder Among Friends by The Adams Round Table, Berkley, 2000

187 · The Bathroom · Peter Lovesey · ss Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973

201 · The Death of Me · Margaret Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1968, as by Margaret E. Brown

209 · Freedom · Susan Moody · ss New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990

223 · The Dripping [John Rambo] · David Morrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1972

237 · A Taste of Life · Sara Paretsky · ss Reader, I Murdered Him ed. Jen Green, The Women's Press, 1989

247 · Fan Mail · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood II ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic Press, 1989

269 · Jim and Mary G · James Sallis · ss Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

279 · The White Death · Justin Scott · ss Beastly Tales ed. Sara Peretsky, Wynwood, 1989

295 · The Tinder Box · Minette Walters · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1999

367 · Arrest · Donald E. Westlake · ss Manhunt January 1958

375 · You Can’t Lose · Lawrence Block · ss Manhunt February 1958

387 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories ed. Lawrence Block (Cumberland House, October 2001, 1581822189, $24.95, 400pp, hc, an)

· Final Rites · Doug Allyn · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1985

· Don’t Kill a Karate Fighter · William Chambers · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1972

· Entrapped · Harlan Coben · ss Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Spring 1997

· Yellow Gal · Michael Collins · ss New World Writing #11, Mentor, 1957, as by Dennis Lynds

· Together · Jeffery Deaver · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1995

· The Rough Boys · Harlan Ellison · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine November 1956

· Tole My Cap’n · Joe Gores · ss (r)

· Layover · Ed Gorman · ss Cemetery Dance #7, Winter 1991

· A Bunch of Mumbo Jumbo · Jan Grape · ss Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991

· The Cure · David Handler · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2001

· Till Tuesday [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1988

· Village of the Dead [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Famous Detective Stories December 1955

· Chalk · Evan Hunter · ss The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #2, November 1953, as “I Killed Jeannie”

· It’s a Wise Child Who Knows · Stuart Kaminsky · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine November 1966

· Who Killed Cock Robin? · H. R. F. Keating · ss (r)

· Medford & Son · Dick Lochte · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1972

· Thieves’ Honor · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1966

· Not All Brides Are Beautiful · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1986

· Manslaughter · Joyce Carol Oates · ss (r)

· You Don’t Know What It’s Like · Bill Pronzini · ss Shell Scott Mystery Magazine November 1966

· The Disappearance of Penny · Robert J. Randisi · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1976

· A Victim Must Be Found · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956

· Blue Rose [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller, 1985

· A Bad Night for Burglars [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1977, as “Gentlemen’s Agreement”

Playing Games ed. Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press, June 2023, 978-1-64524-090-7, $50.00, 325pp, hc, oa, cover by Charles S. Pyle)
Limited to 750 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

· Shut Up and Deal · Lawrence Block · in

· Seek and You Will Find · Patricia Abbott · ss

· Game Over · Charles Ardai · ss

· King’s Row · S. A. Cosby · ss

· The Babysitter · Jeffery Deaver · ss The Strand Magazine #68, 2022

· Paladin · Tod Goldberg · ss

· Psychiatrist · Jane Hamilton · ss

· Knock · James D. F. Hannah · ss

· With the Right Bait · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss

· Two Norths, Two Souths, Two East, Two West, Two Reds, Two Whites, and Two Greens · Elaine Kagan · ss

· A Crokinole Tale · Avri Klemer · ss

· Red Billie · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

· Lightning Round · Warren Moore · ss

· The Puzzle Master · David Morrell · ss

· Challenge Cube · Kevin Quigley · ss

· A Tip on a Turtle · Robert Silverberg · nv Amazing Stories May 1991

· Chance · Wallace Stroby · ss

· Strangers on a Handball Court · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1977

Speaking of Lust: Stories of Forbidden Desire ed. Lawrence Block (Cumberland House, August 2001, 1-58182-153-0, $24.95, 365pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 18 mystery stories, including an original novella by Lawrence Block. First in “The Seven Deadly Sins” series.

7 · Before We Begin · Lawrence Block · pr

11 · Crack · James W. Hall · ss Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1999

23 · The Girls in Villa Costas · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2 1981, as “Playing It Cool”

39 · I’m Not That Kind of Girl · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss Radio Void August 1989

49 · The End of It All · Ed Gorman · nv Cages by Ed Gorman, Deadline Press, 1995

83 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967

105 · Hot Springs · James Crumley · nv Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996

123 · Do with Me What You Will · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Playboy June 1973

137 · Hero · Jeremiah Healy · nv Diagnosis Dead ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket, 1999

155 · Ro Erg · Robert Weinberg · ss Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995

171 · Sauce for the Goose · Gil Brewer · ss The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #13, January 1956, as by Eric Fitzgerald

185 · Every Morning · Richard Marsten · ss Manhunt September 1954

191 · I’m in the Book [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986

207 · Hell on Wheels · Thomas S. Roche · ss The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1996

219 · A Handgun for Protection · John Lutz · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1974

229 · All That Glitters · Joan Hess · nv Crimes of the Heart ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995

247 · The Man Who Shot Trinity Valance · Paul Bishop · ss Murder Is My Business ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Dutton, 1994

261 · The Age of Desire · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. IV by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1985

305 · Speaking of Lust · Lawrence Block · na

359 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Speaking of Wrath: Stories of Vindictive Anger (unpublished) ed. Lawrence Block (Cumberland House, May 2002, 1-58182-251-0, $24.95, 368pp, hc, an)
Intended to be the third, and final, volume in the “Seven Deadly Sins” series, the anthology and it’s contents were, announced but Block found he was unable to write the necessary original novella for inclusion so the publication was cancelled.

· Speaking of Wrath · Lawrence Block · in

· A Crime of Passion · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Gauntlet #2, 1991

· While She Was Out · Edward Bryant · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988

· A Soda for Susan · Richard Deming · ss Mantrap October 1956

· The Dark Snow · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy November 1996

· The Stalker · Faye Kellerman · ss Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996

· Murder, She Did · Gillian Roberts · ss Murder, They Wrote II ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books, 1998

· Mother Tucker · James Kisner · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989

· Slasher · F. Paul Wilson · ss Predators ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1993

· Before He Kills · Ray Russell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1973

· Lover · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977

· Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979

· Seeing Red · Barbara Collins · ss Women on the Edge ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Donald I. Fine, 1992

· Red Light [Ms. Michael Tree] · Max Allan Collins · ss The Files of Ms. Tree (comic) Summer 1984

· Bad Blood · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1986

· The Scarlet King · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 25 1954

· The Homecoming · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss Murder Cavalcade, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946

· The Explosives Expert · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967

· Little Apple Hard to Peel · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Tales February 1942

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

· The Steel Valentine · Joe R. Lansdale · ss By Bizarre Hands by Joe R. Lansdale, Ziesing, 1989

Death on the Down Beat by Eric Walter Blom--- see under Sebastian Farr.

New Haven Noir ed. Amy Bloom (Akashic Books, August 1, 2017, 978-1-61775-541-5, $15.95, 288pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]

11 · Noir Haven · Amy Bloom · in

15 · Part I: Skull & Bones

17 · Crossing Harry · Chris Knopf · ss; set in Union Station.

27 · Callback · Sarah Pemberton Strong · ss; set in Audubon Arts District.

46 · A Woe for Every Season · Hirsh Sawhney · ss; set in Dwight.

71 · Sure Thing · David Rich · ss; set in Long Wharf.

86 · I’ve Never Been to Paris · Amy Bloom · nv; set in East Rock.

115 · Part II: Down and Out in Elm City

117 · The Secret Societies · Roxana Robinson · nv; set in Beinecke Library.

144 · The Boy · Karen E. Olson · ss; set in Fair Haven.

154 · Evening Prayer · Stephen L. Carter · ss; set in Dixwell Avenue.

171 · Second Act · Jessica Speart · ss; set in Food Terminal Plaza.

187 · The Gauntlet · Jonathan Stone · ss; set on Edgewood Avenue.

203 · Part III: Death or Glory

205 · Innovative Methods · Alice Mattison · ss; set in Lighthouse Point Park.

224 · Spring Break · John Crowley · ss; set in Yale University.

240 · Silhouettes · Chandra Prasad · ss; set in Wooster Square.

263 · The Man in Room Eleven · Michael Cunningham · ss; set in Chapel Street.

270 · The Queen of Secrets · Lisa D. Gray · ss; set in Bradley Street.

286 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

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