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Christmas Crimes ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1996, 0-451-18649-4, $5.99, 256pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · A Winter’s Tale [Inspector Stephen Ramsay] · Ann Cleeves · ss Northern Blood ed. Martin Edwards, Didsbury Press, 1992 24 · To Wake the Dead · John Dickson Carr · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937, as “Blind Man’s Hood” 45 · The Theft of Santa’s Beard [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1992 65 · Believing in Santa · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1994 78 · The Case Is Altered [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine December 1938 96 · Maigret’s Christmas [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #122, January 1954 translated from the French (“Un Noél de Maigret”, Presses de la Cite, 1951). 154 · Appalachian Blackmail · Jacqueline Vivelo · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1994 164 · Grist for the Mills of Christmas [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1994 176 · Inspector Tierce and the Christmas Visits · Jeffry Scott · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1995 199 · Pass the Parcel · Peter Lovesey · ss Midwinter Mysteries 3 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1993 216 · Never Two Without Three; or, A Christmas Tragedy [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller January 1930, as “The Hat and the Alibi” 233 · The Ghost of Christmas Past [Sherlock Holmes] · Robert Richardson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1995

Crime à la Carte ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, December 1994, 0-451-18052-6, $4.99, 252pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · Exotic Cuisine · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1992 23 · Recipe for Veal Meat Again · George Baxt · ms 24 · The Maggody Files: Spiced Rhubarb · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1991 38 · Recipe for Blue-Ribbon Spices Rhubarb Compote · Joan Hess · ms 39 · Blown Up · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1986 49 · Recipe for Pork Fillet Chasseur · Robert Barnard · ms 50 · Alfred Karns, Accessory · T. M. Adams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1977 57 · The Case of the Amateur Detective and the Chicken · James A. Noble · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1983 72 · Just Desserts · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980 84 · Twenty-Four Petits Fours · M. F. K. Fisher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1964 91 · Recipe for North Country Tart · M. F. K. Fisher · ms The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher, Macmillan, 1949 92 · One Can of Peaches · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1972, as “Lot 721/XY258” by R. L. Stevens 98 · The Herb of Death [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller March 1930 114 · Seven Art Soups · Stringfellow Forbes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 125 · If Cooks Could Kill · Robert Gray · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1985 152 · In Vino Veritas · A. A. Milne · ss Birthday Party and Other Stories by A. A. Milne, Dutton, 1948 169 · A Coffin of Rice · Martin Limón · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1990 178 · The Gourmet Kidnaper [Henry Turnbuckle] · Jack Ritchie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 190 · My Complements to the Chef · Marge Blaine · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 24 1982 202 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 213 · A Dry Manhattan Story · Alan Gordon · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1991 225 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 246 · Food for Thought · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard April 24 1951

Death on the Veranda ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, December 1994, 0-7867-0055-6, $19.95, 283pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Comforts of Home · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Kenyon Review Fall 1960 33 · Tell the Women We’re Going · Raymond Carver · ss What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver, Knopf, 1981 41 · Old Mr. Marblehall · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Spring 1938, as “Old Mr. Granada” 49 · The Forgotten Witness [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The American Magazine September 1926 63 · Come Down from the Hills [Arlan Boley; Sheriff Warren McKee] · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1987 79 · The Grave Grass Quivers · MacKinlay Kantor · ss The Elks Magazine July 1931 97 · The Georgia Resurrection [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1976 117 · Voices in Dead Man’s Well · Donald Honig · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1959 129 · The Right to Sing the Blues [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1983 159 · Just Like a Hog · Bryce Walton · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1958 171 · Jambalaya · Douglas Craig · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1964 195 · The Theft of the Bald Man’s Comb [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1993 215 · The Secret · Florence V. Mayberry · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1992 233 · The Family Rose · Charlotte Hinger · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993 245 · The Last Revival · Clark Howard · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 261 · Willie’s Story · Jerry F. Skarky · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1990

Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Donald I. Fine, January 1992, 1-55611-312-9, $21.95, 323pp, hc, an, cover by Loretta Trezzo)     Anthology of 15 sf/crime/thriller stories, with an introduction by the editors. There are three originals by C.J. Cherryh, George Alec Effinger, and Alan Dean Foster. · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai · in 1 · Show Biz · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959 11 · The Incorporated · John Shirley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1985 33 · Dogwalker · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1989 67 · Mech · C. J. Cherryh · ss 87 · The Tercentenary Incident [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1976 107 · One-Shot · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1991 111 · A Kind of Murder · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1974 131 · VRM-547 · W. R. Thompson · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1990 147 · The Not-So-Big Sleep · Terry Black · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1990 157 · I Always Do What Teddy Says · Harry Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1965 171 · Lay Your Head on My Pilose · Alan Dean Foster · ss 189 · The Barbie Murders [Anna-Louise Bach] · John Varley · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January/February 1978 225 · The Energies of Love · Kathe Koja · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1989 243 · Ryerson’s Fate · Doug Larsen · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact April 1989 291 · The World as We Know It [Marîd Audran; Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · nv

Garden of Deadly Delights ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, April 1996, 0-451-18772-5, $5.99, 256pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · How Does Your Garden Grow? [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Ladies’ Home Journal June 1935 30 · The Cop Who Loved Flowers · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966 36 · Garden of Evil · Carol Cail · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 47 · Clubbed to Death · Donald Olson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1994 58 · The Garden of Smoke · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Story-teller October 1919 80 · The Price of Tomatoes · William Bunce · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1987 89 · Early Retirement · Frances Usher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 99 · Venus’s-Flytrap · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1973 112 · The Puzzle Garden [Michael Vlado] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 132 · One Last Picture · Sherita Saffer Campbell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1987 142 · A Curtain of Green · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Autumn 1938 150 · The Scent of Murder [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1960 157 · Three Men in a Garden · Lord Dunsany · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1959 162 · The Ronnie · K. D. Wentworth · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1991 176 · The Ghost in the Garden · Dan Crawford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1990 182 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 216 · Parrots in My Garden · Dorothy B. Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1992 226 · The Azalea War · Wyc Toole · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1986 241 · The Mushroom Fanciers · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1971

Grifters and Swindlers ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, July 1993, $18.95, hc, an)     Anthology of con-men stories from AHMM and EQMM. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Frightening Frammis [Mitch Allison] · Jim Thompson · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1957 37 · Passing for Love · Bill Crenshaw · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 57 · One of the Oldest Con Games · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 69 · How to Trap a Crook [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1972 79 · The Man Who Flim-Flammed Hiwassee County · William M. Stephens · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 27 1981 95 · The Partnership · David Morrell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 27 1981 107 · Bread Upon the Waters [Major Henry T. McDonlevy] · Robert Edward Eckels · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1973 123 · The Big Bunco [Joe Huck; Stan Percival] · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1974 137 · Playing It Cool · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2 1981 155 · Thieves’ Bazaar · W. L. Heath · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 165 · T’ang of the Suffering Dragon · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 179 · The Western Film Scam [Milo Turner] · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980 203 · Hostile Takeover · Robert Halsted · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 233 · A Left-Handed Profession · Albert F. Nussbaum · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1975 243 · Just the Lady We’re Looking For · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1964 251 · The Cackle Bladder · William Campbell Gault · nv Detective Tales March 1950, as “The Corpse and the Cackle-Bladder” 277 · The Messenger · Jacklyn Butler · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1992

The Haunted Hour ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough (Berkley Prime Crime, October 1995, 0-425-15010-0, $4.99, 245pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 20 horror stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, including work by Richard Matheson, Bram Stoker, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, and M.R. James. ix · Introduction · Constance Scarborough · in 1 · Needle in the Heart · Richard Matheson · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1969 5 · The Deep End · Simon P. McCaffery · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1991 17 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 31 · A Salesman’s Tale · David Dean · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 43 · The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone · Ray Bradbury · ss Charm July 1954 55 · Howler · Jo Bannister · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 71 · A Most Unusual Murder · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 85 · The Haunted Chair · Stephen F. Wilcox · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1986 95 · This Church Is Open · Robert Campbell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 103 · Weeper · David Braly · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 125 · The Pond · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1976 145 · The Grin Reaper · Richard F. McGonegal · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 157 · Fatal Corner · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1984 165 · Evidence Seen · John C. Boland · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1989 181 · The Avenging of Ann Leete · Marjorie Bowen · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1923 195 · My Late Aunt Hattie · Tim Myers · vi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1993 199 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house. 213 · Voodoo Death · Gregor Robinson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1989 227 · Black Wind · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1979 233 · Summer Evil · Nora H. Caplan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1960

High Adventure ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Barnes & Noble, 1992, 0-88029-826-X, $9.98, 593pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai · in · Explorers, Travelers & Fortune Hunters 3 · Trapalanda · Charles Sheffield · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1987 26 · Discovery · Patrick Ireland · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 31 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret” 43 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888 71 · On the Border · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1987 102 · The Dakar Run · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1988 · On the High Seas 133 · The Hidden Saboteur · David Braly · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1984 161 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841 175 · Typhoon · Joseph Conrad · na The Pall Mall Magazine January 1902 (+2) · Lands of Snow & Ice 239 · Icewater Mansions [Brian Mitchell] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1992 264 · The Fearless One · Jack London · ss Woman’s World November 1911, as “The End of the Story” 280 · Brothers · John Dobbyn · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 · Spies, Tough Guys & Private Eyes 289 · The Living Daylights [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Sunday Times February 4 1962 307 · Like a Dog in the Street · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 327 · Dogs [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1987 342 · Pay-Off Girl · James M. Cain · ss Esquire August 1952 350 · From Zaire to Eternity · Charles Ardai · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1989 368 · Hooray for Hollywood · Robert Twohy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 18 1980 · Men on the Run—Men Caught in a Trap 387 · The Phantom of the Subway · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy August 22 1936, as “You Pays Your Nickel” 402 · Caught · O. Henry · ex from “Money Maze %%1”, Ainslee’s Magazine May 1901 411 · The Sire de Malétroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar January 1878 427 · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Cosmopolitan September 1888 translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830). 436 · Tarzan’s First Love [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs; adapted by Gaylord DuBois · ss Tarzan of the Apes Story Digest Magazine June 1970; adapted from Jungle Tales of Tarzan, McClurg 1919. · Across Time & Space 453 · Frost and Thunder · Randall Garrett · nv Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Summer 1979 474 · Superwine [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 519 · Davidson, Shadow Slayer · John Kelly · ss Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Summer 1979 532 · Rescue Run [Pern] · Anne McCaffrey · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact August 1991

High Adventure ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Barnes & Noble, 1993, 1-56619-281-1, 593pp, tp, an)     Reissue (Barnes & Noble 1992) anthology.

Intergalactic Mercenaries ed. Cynthia Manson & Sheila Williams--- see under Sheila Williams.

Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Carroll & Graf, 1992, 0-88184-807-7, $18.95, 254pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 17 stories from EQMM and AHMM. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & John Ardai · in 13 · The Iceman Cooleth · T. M. Adams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 25 · Kneecap Carbone and the Theory of Relativity [John Wells Newspaper Reporter] · Keith Peterson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1990 37 · Everybody Calls Me Rocky · William I. Smith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1976 43 · Murder in the Fast Lane · James A. Noble · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1985 51 · Cough · Andrew Vachss · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 55 · The Misfit · Phyllis Diller · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1991 57 · The Wedding Gig · Stephen King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1 1980 71 · The Weather Man · Jack Ritchie · ss The Elks Magazine January 1976 81 · The Captain M. Caper · Avram Davidson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1970 115 · My Brother’s Killer · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1973 125 · Another Wandering Daughter Job · Gerald Tomlinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 145 · The Dark Gamble: End of the Trail [Jason Dark] · Hugh Pentecost · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977 171 · Hard Luck Story · Richard A. Moore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1978 177 · Small Talk · Terry Courtney · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1992 189 · The 730 Club · Alan Gordon · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1991 211 · Charlie’s Vigorish [Charlie Dark] · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978 223 · Philip Marlowe’s Last Case [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv The Daily Mail April 6 1959, as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate”

Law and Order ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley, April 1997, 0-425-15781-4, $5.99, 262pp, pb, an) · Cops 1 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954 10 · After I’m Gone [Abe Levine] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1984 41 · The Questioner · Jonathan Kellerman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 52 · Don’t Fear the Reaper [Julian Hall] · David Dean · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1994 82 · The Verdict · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970 · Lawyers/Courtroom 98 · Fruit of the Poisonous Tree [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight] · John Dobbyn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1994 118 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 136 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 160 · The Ehrengraf Alternative [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1982 178 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 197 · Rough Justice [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 · Prison 208 · Interrogation · Jeffery Deaver · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1996 227 · Star Pupil [Thomas Devlin] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1989 255 · On Death Row · Steven Peters · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968

Merry Murder ed. Cynthia Manson (Seafarer, October 1994, 0-8289-0883-4, $7.98, 436pp, hc, an)     Stories selected from Mystery for Christmas (Signet 1990), Murder at Christmas, (Signet 1991) and Murder Under the Mistletoe (Signet 1992). 1 · Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Regina v Rumpole by John Mortimer, Allen Lane, 1981 14 · Supper with Miss Shivers · Peter Lovesey · ss Woman’s Own December 24 1990, as “The Christmas Present” 25 · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892 47 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #98, January 1952 translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951). 109 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 118 · Dead on Christmas Street · John D. MacDonald · nv Collier’s December 20 1952 135 · The Christmas Bear · Herbert Resnicow · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1990 151 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 168 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 179 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 184 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 195 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins” 225 · Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story · Paul Auster · ss The New York Times December 25 1990 233 · Murder at Christmas [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991 280 · Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 300 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971 324 · Christmas Cop · Thomas Adcock · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 337 · But Once a Year…Thank God! [Constance Morrison-Burke] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 358 · Christmas Party · Martin Werner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 367 · Kelso’s Christmas [Sgt. George Kelso] · Malcolm McClintick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 383 · The Spy and the Christmas Cipher [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990 400 · The Carol Singers · Josephine Bell · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963

More Murder Most Cozy: More Mysteries in the Classic Tradition ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, July 1993, 0-451-17649-9, $3.99, 254pp, pb, an)     Anthology of eight traditional mystery stories. The editor is credited on the title page only. 7 · Foreword · Cynthia Manson · fw 9 · The Boxdale Inheritance [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv Verdict of 13 ed. Julian Symons, Faber and Faber, 1978, as “Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers” 35 · The Man on the Roof [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1984 71 · The Second Mrs. Porter · Melba Marlett · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1986 105 · The Paintbox Houses · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980 127 · The Mahogany Wardrobe · John H. Dirckx · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1985 165 · The Plum Point Ladies · Henry T. Parry · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1976 204 · White Wings · Elizabeth Goudge · nv 1938 232 · Sanctuary [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week September 12 1954 (+1), as “Murder at the Vicarage” not the same as the Jane Marple novel The Murder at the Vicarage.

More Mystery Cats ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, September 1993, 0-451-17689-8, $4.99, 253pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 14 mystery stories about cats that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. Manson’s name does not appear on the cover, only the title page. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · Catspaw · Sandra Woodruff · ss Cold Blood ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic Press, 1987 28 · The Sin of Madame Phloi · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1962 41 · Call to Witness · Nancy Schachterle · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 53 · A Case of Catnapping · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 72 · Miss Phipps and the Siamese Cat [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1973 84 · Cat Burglar · Gene DeWeese · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 91 · Cat of Dreams [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week December 7 1958, as “Death and the Fiery-Eyed Cat” 103 · Death at the Excelsior · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1914, as “The Education of Detective Oakes” 130 · Spectre in Blue Doubleknit · Bruce Bethke · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1988 147 · Animals · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1985 173 · The Cat and Fiddle Murders · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1983 197 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933 214 · The Trinity Cat · Ellis Peters · ss Winter’s Crimes 8 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1976 234 · Little Miracles · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1992

Murder at Christmas ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1991, 0-451-17204-3, $4.99, 251pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 10 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Theft of the Christmas Stocking [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1989 29 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins” 61 · Death in the Christmas Hour [Christmas Stories; Sherlock Holmes] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1983 79 · Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story · Paul Auster · ss The New York Times December 25 1990 88 · Christmas Gift · Robert Turner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 96 · Rumpole and the Chambers Party [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Rumpole and the Age of Miracles by John Mortimer, Penguin, 1988 103 · Murder at Christmas [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991 151 · Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 172 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #98, January 1952 translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951). 236 · Miss Crindle and Father Christmas [Miss Crindle] · Malcolm Gray · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990

Murder at Teatime ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, January 1996, 0-451-18543-9, $5.50, 269pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Name on the Wrapper [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine March 1938 33 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 45 · The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown · Peter Lovesey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1991 64 · Strychnine in the Soup [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The American Magazine December 1931, as “The Missing Mystery” 87 · Murder at Rokeby House [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1995 142 · The Borgia Heirloom · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1987 148 · Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life January 1925 164 · Policeman’s Holiday [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1959, as “Sir John Discovers a Bare-Faced Fraud” 170 · The Ministering Angel [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine November 1938, as “Trent and the Ministering Angel” 188 · Home Is Where the Heart Is · Nell Lamburn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1994 204 · The Wicked Ghost · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1968 219 · The Gallowglass · David Braly · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1986 254 · Fen Hall · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1985

Murder by the Book ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, 1995, 0-7867-0250-8, $21.95, 290pp, hc, an)     Literary mysteries from EQMM and AHMM. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 1 · Body Language · Bill James · ss Winter’s Crimes 23 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1991 11 · Once a Writer… · Robert Cenedella · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1993 22 · The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979 39 · The Jane Austen Murder · Michelle Knowlden · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1992 51 · The Macbeth Murder Mystery · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker October 2 1937 55 · The Spy at the Crime Writers Congress [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1976 73 · Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret B. Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1989 86 · Magwitch Returns · John Nelson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1986 95 · The Hit · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1994 104 · The Secret in the Woodpile [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1975 114 · A Woman’s Voice [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1993 149 · Something Ventured · Carl Martin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1992 163 · In the Bluebell Wood · Julian Symons · nv Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994 179 · Willie’s Last Trip · Donald Olson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1993 188 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head” 208 · The Man Who Read Dashiell Hammett · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1974 218 · Lord Chizelrigg’s Missing Fortune [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 29 1905 240 · The Copper Peacock · Ruth Rendell · nv 1988 254 · The World According to Uncle Albert · Penelope Wallace · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 8 1980 270 · With a Smile for the Ending · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1966, as “Bits and Pieces”

Murder Intercontinental ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan (Carroll & Graf, 1996, 0-7867-0355-5, $24.00, 323pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan · in 3 · The Missing House [Joe Caneili] · Hayford Peirce · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1995 25 · A Knife Between Brothers [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947 36 · There Are No Snakes in Hawaii · Juanita Sheridan · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954 66 · The Word for Breaking August Sky · James Sarafin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1995 78 · Corollary [Joe Hill] · Hughes Allison · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #56, July 1948 94 · Kaddish · Batya Swift Yasgur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1996 103 · All Indians Are Warriors [Rory Horn] · William T. Lowe · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1991 117 · There Are No Stars Over San Juan [Carlos Bannon] · Kenneth Gavrell · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 139 · The Hair of the Widow [Sergeant Vincente Lopez] · Robert Somerlott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1965 151 · The Sole of the Foot · Shizuko Natsuki · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 9 1981 167 · The Courage of Akira-Kun · Ron Butler · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 24 1981 181 · To Catch a Wizard [Sgt. Andrew M’butu; Constable Kobari] · Walter Satterthwait · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1983 205 · Hide-and-Seek—Russian Style [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1976 227 · Journey Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956 translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936). 235 · Who Killed That Son of a Doge? · David Braly · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1990 252 · Suspect · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1988 262 · The Mists of Ballyclough · Barbara Callahan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994 279 · Inspector Wexford and the Winchurch Affair [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979 301 · The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch September 26 1923 312 · The Night of Power [Mahboob Ahmed Chaudri] · Josh Pachter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1986

Murder Most Cozy: Mysteries in the Classical Tradition ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, January 1993, 0-451-17483-6, $3.99, 254pp, pb, an)     Anthology of nine stories that originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, with a foreword by Cynthia Manson. 9 · Foreword · Cynthia Manson · fw 11 · Mistress of Shadows · Hugh B. Cave · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1985 53 · A Young Man Called Smith · Patricia Moyes · nv 196? 88 · The Dressing Table Murder [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1988 132 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste” 148 · Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987 168 · A Case of Headlong Dying [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1973 189 · Cruise to Death · Alexandra Allan · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989 214 · The Danger Point [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine June 1937 239 · Holocaust at Mayhem Parva · Julian Symons · ss A Classic English Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1990

Murder Most Medical ed. Cynthia Manson & Cathleen Jordan--- see under Cathleen Jordan.

Murder on Main Street ed. Cynthia Manson (Barnes & Noble, July 1993, 1-56619-041-X, $9.98, 486pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 40 small-town crime stories from EQMM & AHMM. ix · Foreword · Cynthia Manson · fw 1 · How’s Your Mother? · Simon Brett · ss The Mystery Guild Anthology ed. John Waite, Constable, 1980 15 · The Dividing Fence · Jeffry Scott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 25 · Good Neighbors · Sharon Mitchell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1989 41 · Bridey’s Caller · Judith O’Neill · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1988 50 · Natural Causes · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1983 66 · Still Life with Orioles · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 76 · Something’s Happening at the Halliwells’ · Jeffrey Bush · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1989 81 · The Dettweiler Solution · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1976 93 · August Is a Good Time for Killing · Joyce Harrington · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 108 · Dead Standstill · Rex Miller · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1990 120 · Tall Boys [Ben Perkins] · Rob Kantner · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 145 · The Spring That Ellie Died · Stephen Wasylyk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1983 158 · So Long, Lana Turner · William T. Lowe · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 171 · To Kill a Kavanaugh · Brenda Melton Burnham · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 183 · The Maggody Files: D.W.I. · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 195 · Early Summer · Jas. R. Petrin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1986 213 · Accidentally Yours · Donald Olson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1985 218 · A Soul to Tell [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1990 234 · Just an Unofficial Investigation · E. N. Welch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1987 247 · The Sounds of Sunday Morning · Augusta Hancock · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1987 255 · The Young Shall See Visions, and the Old Dream Dreams · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1989 270 · Best of Luck! · Vickie Dubois · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1987 283 · My First Murder · Steve Barancik · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989 292 · Death of an Otter [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1987 317 · Dark Places · James McKimmey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1983 327 · Summer Notes · Karen Parker · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989 333 · A Matter of Thin Air · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1983 343 · A Man Around the House · Virginia Long · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1989 349 · A Day at the Lake · Ed Poole · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Winter 1989 356 · Miz Sammy’s Honor · Florence V. Mayberry · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1992 369 · First Week in September · Jean Leslie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 381 · The Witch of Wilton Falls · Gloria Ericson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1967 396 · The Perfect Victim · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 407 · Mercy’s Killing · Barbara Owens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1992 420 · A Friend in Deed · Don Marshall · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 427 · When God’s in Town · J. A. Paul · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1991 435 · Mrs. Mouse · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 453 · Just the Lady We’re Looking For · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1964 458 · The Hedge Between · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Conflict—Stories of Suspense Fall 1953, as “Meredith’s Murder” 480 · Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1983

Murder on Trial ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, September 1994, 0-451-17721-5, $4.99, 256pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 14 courtroom mystery stories that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. With an introduction by the editor. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · Witness for the Defense · Helen Nielsen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1963 29 · Your Word Against Mine · John F. Suter · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1955 57 · Money Talks · Cornell Woolrich · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 74 · The Lie Detector · James McKimmey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 29 1981 86 · The Auteur Theory · Jon L. Breen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1978 99 · Rumpole and the Female of the Species [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv Rumpole and the Golden Thread by John Mortimer, Penguin, 1983 140 · Hanged for a Sheep · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1990 155 · The Decision · Joe L. Hensley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1985 166 · The Prisoner’s Defense · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Collier’s January 8 1916 181 · P. · Robert Twohy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 29 1981 197 · A Matter of Conscience · Gary Alexander · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 25 1981 214 · The Affair of the Reluctant Witness [Jerry Bane] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy April 1949 243 · Hung Jury [Henry Turnbuckle] · Jack Ritchie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 257 · The Ehrengraf Presumption [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1978

Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Cynthia Manson (Barnes & Noble, July 1992, 0-88029-821-9, $9.98, 643pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 43 mystery stories from EQMM and AHMM. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 3 · In the Bag · Robert L. Fish · ss Playboy April 1973 10 · When in Rome · Patricia Highsmith · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1978 30 · The Queen’s Angel [Amsterdam Chief of Detectives] · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1991 translated from the Dutch. 41 · Barbarossa and Company · Kathryn Gottlieb · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 4 1981 59 · The Gypsy Bear [Michael Vlado] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 73 · Inspector Maigret Thinks [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) December 1961, as “Dead Man’s Barge” translated from the French (“La Péniche aux Deux Pendus”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 1, 1936). 83 · Little Fat Man [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #55, Fall 1986 92 · A Hint of Danger · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978 102 · Seven Nights, Six Days · Janet O’Daniel · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1983 118 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897 128 · Dover Without Perks [Insp. Wilfred Dover] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1978 144 · The Curse of Istvan Kodaly · Alec Ross · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1982 151 · A Souvenir of Rumania · Albert Bashover · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1991 164 · The Oleander · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Every Week 1930 174 · The Black Cliffs · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, May 1982 188 · The Friends of Hector Jouvet [Ambrose Ganelon] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 199 · As Good as a Rest · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1986 209 · Playing It Cool · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2 1981 222 · Oracle of the Dead · Peter Lovesey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1988 227 · A Greek Game · Walter Satterthwait · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1985 243 · The Qatar Causeway [Mahboob Ahmed Chaudri] · Josh Pachter · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1986 264 · The Wellmaster’s Daughter · James S. Dorr · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1991 275 · A Dacha to Die In · Anthony Olcott · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1992 301 · The Safety Match · Anton Chekhov · nv (r) translated from the Russian. 319 · The Ching Lady · Doug Allyn · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 335 · The Evidence I Shall Give [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Winter’s Crimes 21 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1989 348 · The Chinese Guilt Trip · Wyc Toole · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1989 366 · The Blackmarket Detail [George Sueño; Ernie Bascom] · Martin Limón · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991 378 · By the Terrible Mountain · Ron Butler · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1984 407 · Death in Egypt · Henry T. Parry · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1979 432 · The Grave Robber · James Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #51, Winter 1984 444 · The Fever Tree · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 458 · Aladdin’s Curse · Jeffry Scott · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1986 473 · Incident in Bogotá · James M. Fox · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1989 492 · Blind Trust · Gary Alexander · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1991 510 · While the Rain Forest Burned · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1991 535 · Mr. Folsom Feels Fine · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #55, Fall 1986 542 · The Alibi [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1989 553 · St. Anne Mystery · Tonda Barrett · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1984 581 · The Case of the Frozen Diplomat · Tim Heald · ss Weekend Magazine June 17 1978 593 · What’s Afoot? · Geoffrey Hitchcock · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Winter 1989 611 · Whatever Happened to Crocodile Jarvis? · Justin D’Ath · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1990 627 · Ice Cave · Emmy Lou Schenk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1987

Murder to Music ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan (Carroll & Graf, 1997, 0-7867-0406-3, $24.00, 254pp, hc, an) xi · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan · in 1 · Swan Song · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine September 1926 17 · Shabby Little Shocker · Linda Haldeman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1986 29 · The Sultans of Soul [R.B. “Ax” Axton] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1993 55 · The Cry of a Violin · Seymour Shubin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 61 · Death Between Dances · Cornell Woolrich · ss Shadow Mystery December 1947/January 1948 79 · Elvis Lives · Lynne Barrett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 95 · The Viotti Stradivarius [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #81, August 1950 121 · An Ear for Murder · L. A. Taylor · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1992 137 · Mom Sings an Aria [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 155 · Cut from the Same Cloth · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980 171 · Death at the Opera · Michael Underwood · ss Winter’s Crimes 12 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1980, as “Finale” 187 · The Spy Who Went to the Opera [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1984 203 · The Right to Sing the Blues [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1983 235 · The Family Rose · Charlotte Hinger · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993 245 · Concerto for Voilence and Orchestra · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 17 1981

Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1992, 0-451-17441-0, $4.99, 250pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 15 Christmas mystery stories. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 13 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960 28 · Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Regina v Rumpole by John Mortimer, Allen Lane, 1981 42 · Santa’s Way [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 53 · Carmine and the Christmas Presence · Charles Ardai · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1992 66 · The Shape of the Nightmare · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1982 87 · Christmas Party · Martin Werner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 97 · Supper with Miss Shivers · Peter Lovesey · ss Woman’s Own December 24 1990, as “The Christmas Present” 108 · Noel, Noel · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1955 118 · The Embezzler’s Christmas Present · Ennis Duling · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 127 · The Christmas Spirit · Thomasina Weber · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 133 · The Spy and the Christmas Cipher [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990 152 · But Once a Year…Thank God! [Constance Morrison-Burke] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 175 · The Carol Singers · Josephine Bell · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963 214 · Murder Under the Mistletoe [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Sunday Telegraph December 24 1961, as “The Snapdragon and the C.I.D.” 227 · The Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892, as “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”

Mysterious Menagerie ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley, March 1996, 0-425-15232-4, $5.99, 260pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 1 · Stanley and Spook · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss The Cat Who Had 14 Tales by Lilian Jackson Braun, Jove, 1988 10 · Plateau · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1984 32 · Day of the Tiger · Jack Webb · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1966 44 · Your Penguin or Mine? · Bruce Scates · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989 59 · The Lost Dog [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1988 66 · The Mystery of the Missing Marsupial · Robert Halsted · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1992 91 · Groundhog · Bennie Lee Sinclair · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1993 96 · Death at the Excelsior · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1914, as “The Education of Detective Oakes” 117 · My Friend Sam · Penelope Wallace · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993 123 · The Circus Murders [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 141 · Dogs [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1987 160 · Hamadryad · William Beechcroft · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 172 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 194 · As Well to Be Hanged · Emmy Lou Schenk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1989 211 · Cannibal · Doug Allyn · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 242 · The Unlikely Demise of Cousin Claude · Charlotte MacLeod · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1985

Mystery Cats 3 ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, February 1995, 0-451-18293-6, $4.99, 252pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 16 mystery stories about cats that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. Manson’s name does not appear on the cover, only the title page. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Caller · Hugh B. Cave · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1993 29 · The Alexandrian Cat [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 54 · The Nile Cat · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 61 · The Searching Cats [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week December 2 1956, as “Cat and the Killer” 72 · Who Killed Wee Winky? · Barbara Owens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1993 88 · Professor Kreller’s Secret · Ingram Meyer · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1983 105 · The Black Cat · Lee Somerville · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 114 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1963 127 · A Feline Felony · Lael J. Littke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 135 · The Cat in the Bag · Charles Peterson · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1983 150 · The Witch’s Cat · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales October 1939, as by Gans T. Field 172 · Chocolate · Leslie Meier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 180 · Helix the Cat · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, November 1973 213 · Between a Cat and a Hard Place · Jimmy Vines · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993 229 · The Empty Birdhouse · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 247 · Mrrrar! · Edgar Pangborn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #116, July 1953

Mystery for Christmas ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1990, 0-451-16909-3, $4.95, 244pp, pb, an)     Anthology of twelve mystery stories with a holiday setting, all of them from Ellery Queen’s or Alfred Hitchcock’s. 1 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 3 · The Christmas Bear · Herbert Resnicow · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1990 25 · Christmas Cop · Thomas Adcock · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 43 · Dead on Christmas Street · John D. MacDonald · nv Collier’s December 20 1952 67 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 81 · Kelso’s Christmas [Sgt. George Kelso] · Malcolm McClintick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 103 · The Marley Case · Linda Haldeman · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 131 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 155 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 171 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971 203 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 211 · Whatever Became of Ebenezer Scrooge? · Tom Tolnay · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989 231 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980

Mystery for Halloween ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, October 1991, 0-451-17183-7, $5.99, 255pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 16 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Haunted Portrait · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1972 29 · Clancy’s Bride · Terry Bacon · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 31 1982 42 · Kiss the Vampire Goodbye · Alan Ryan · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1985 85 · The Dog · Pauline C. Smith · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1976 98 · House by the Road · Janet O’Daniel · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1987 125 · The Ghost of Monday · Andrew Klavan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1987 130 · Sitter · Theodore H. Hoffman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1988 142 · Ghost in the House · George Sumner Albee · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 148 · Behold, Kra K’l! The Bohemian Demon of Gardenia Street · Richard F. McGonegal · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989 168 · Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum · Elliott Capon · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1990 183 · The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 203 · The Night Watchman · David Braly · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1983 212 · Tony Libra and the Killer’s Calendar · Richard Ciciarelli · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1982 225 · In the Morgue · Dashiell Hammett · vi Saucy Stories October 15 1923, as “The Dimple” 229 · The Black Cat · Lee Somerville · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 238 · This Is Death · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977, as “In at the Death”

New England Crime Chowder ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (International Polygonics, Ltd., April 1992, 1-55882-127-9, $12.95, 258pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 14 stories from EQMM and AHMM. vi · Introduction · John Ardai · in 1 · Mifflin Must Go · Shannon OCork · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1986 17 · Things That Go Bump and Grind in the Night · S. S. Rafferty · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1976 31 · The Golden Parachute · Martin N. Meyer · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 55 · Unacceptable Procedures · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1985 69 · A Soul to Tell [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1990 87 · I.O.U.—One Life · Marjorie Carleton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1961 101 · A Borderline Case · Rufus King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1959 121 · Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1989 135 · Nice, Well Meaning Folk · N. Scott Warner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 147 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished” 175 · Old Killeen’s Promise · Thomas Walsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 14 1980 191 · Lizzie Borden in the P.M. · Robert Henson · nv Quarterly Review of Literature v18 #3, 1973 - v18 #4, 1973 221 · Something You Have to Live With · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1976 237 · Paid in Full · W. W. Fredericks · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1990

Senior Sleuths ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough (Berkley, April 1996, 0-425-15258-8, $5.99, 274pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough · in 1 · The Honeymoon Murders [George Drayton] · Vincent McConnor · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1965 27 · Tragedy on New Year’s Day · Lilian Jackson Braun · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 39 · Larceny and Old Lace · Robert Arthur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1960 61 · The Blue Geranium [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller December 1929 79 · Miss Phipps and the Invisible Murderer [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966 99 · Mrs. Norris Visits the Library · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1959 111 · Don’t Hang a Dead Aunt · Ingram Meyer · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1983 121 · A Web of Books · Loren D. Estleman · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1983 131 · Pierre Chambrun’s Dilemma [Pierre Chambrun] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981 149 · The Five Senses of Mrs. Craggs [Mrs. Craggs] · H. R. F. Keating · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1973 177 · The Death of the Bag Man · Stephen Wasylyk · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 197 · The Upstairs Room · Patricia Moorhead · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1995 207 · The Headmaster Helps One of His Boys · Richard Forrest · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 27 1982 223 · Mr. Strang Studies Exhibit A [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1982 239 · Waiting for Mrs. Ryder [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1994 267 · Professional Riposte · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1965

Silver Screams: Murder Goes Hollywood ed. Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern (Longmeadow, 1994, 0-681-00753-2, $8.95, 267pp, tp, an) v · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Adam Stern · in 1 · Murder à la Hollywood · Steve Allen · ss Playboy December 1958, as “Everybody Hates David Starbuck” 7 · Clay Lies Still · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1992 21 · The Man Who Loved Noir [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 37 · Hooray for Hollywood · Robert Twohy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 18 1980 55 · CU: Mannix · Richard Matheson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1991 67 · The Bum Wrap · Carleton Carpenter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1986 77 · The Booby Trap · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980 83 · Flicks · Bill Crenshaw · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1988 105 · Dan Fortune and the Hollywood Caper [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1983 119 · If Christmas Comes [Tony Key] · Steve Fisher · ss Detective Fiction Weekly December 25 1937 133 · And the Winner Is— [Adman] · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978 143 · Class Act · Jay Speyerer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1992 155 · The Curtain [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask September 1936 189 · One Big Happy Family · Lionel Booker · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1989 201 · The Twelfth Statue · Stanley Ellin · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1967 243 · Unreasonable Facsimile · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 253 · Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1958

Tales from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine ed. Cynthia Manson & Cathleen Jordan--- see under Cathleen Jordan.

Tales from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine ed. Cynthia Manson & Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Eleanor Sullivan.

Tales from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine ed. Cynthia Manson & Sheila Williams--- see under Sheila Williams.

Tales of Obsession ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, February 1994, 0-451-17998-6, $4.99, 251pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 14 mystery stories. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · A Man Around the House · Nancy Pickard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2 1981 17 · A Glowing Future · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1977 28 · Catalyst · Evan Hunter · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976, as “What Happened to Annie Barnes?” 57 · Death of a Romance Writer · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 67 · By the Time You Read This · Larry S. Hoke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 72 · All at Once, No Alice · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy March 2 1940 122 · I Don’t Do Divorce Cases [Murphy Bros., Private Investigators] · David Justice · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1987 129 · Killing Howard · Ralph McInerny · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 147 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 168 · The Brothers · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1992 181 · Breakfast Television · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1987 192 · A Letter Too Late · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1992 209 · The Betrayers · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #115, June 1953 231 · The Perfect Alibi · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1957

Thou Shalt Not Kill: Father Brown, Father Dowling, and Other Ecclesiastical Sleuths ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, July 1992, 0-451-17298-1, $3.99, 255pp, pb, an)     Anthology of ten stories featuring clerical sleuths tha originally appeared in AHMM and EQMM. With an introduction by Cynthia Manson. xi · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 13 · The Dutiful Son [Father Dowling] · Ralph McInerny · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1988 45 · The Second Commandment · Charlotte Armstrong · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1967 93 · Straight Down the Middle · Thomas Adcock · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1990 109 · Death of an Alumnus · Janet O’Daniel · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 128 · The Price of Light [Brother Cadfael] · Ellis Peters · nv Winter’s Crimes 11 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1979 154 · A Face to Remember · Mary Amlaw · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1987 172 · The Man in the Passage [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1913 191 · Justina [Julie Hayes] · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 208 · In the Confessional [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1962 219 · Rumpole and the Man of God [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv The Trials of Rumpole by John Mortimer, Penguin, 1979

Win, Lose or Die ed. Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough (Carroll & Graf, June 1996, 0-7867-0317-2, $23.00, 256pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough · in 1 · Dealer’s Choice · Forrest V. Perrin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1962 11 · The Last Hand [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 17 · The Crapshooter · John Steinbeck · ar New York Herald Tribune August 12 1943, as “Steinbeck Tells Dice Game Epic with a Mulligan Denouement” 21 · The Scrabble Clue · John Philip Cohane · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966 29 · The Poisoned Pawn · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1974 38 · The Takamoku Joseki [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1984 47 · The Ace of Spades [Careful Jones] · “Pat Hand” · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #20, January 1945 53 · The New Master · Lord Dunsany · ss The Little Tales of Smethers by Lord Dunsany, Jarrolds, October 1952 62 · Life, Death, and Other Trivial Concerns · Robert Loy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1985 76 · Beware the King of Clubs [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 21 1923, as “The Adventure of the King of Clubs” 90 · The Way to Do It · Jack Ritchie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 14 1980 100 · Muldoon and the Numbers Game · Robert L. Fish · ss The Saturday Evening Post July/August 1973 109 · Murder, Anyone? · Phil Davis · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1972 123 · The Man Who Was the God of Love · Ruth Rendell · ss The Man Who… ed. H. R. F. Keating, Macmillan UK, 1992 132 · End Play [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #83, October 1950 144 · Gentlemen’s Agreement [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 151 · Mr. Hancock’s Last Game · David Kaufman · ss Fantasy Book February 1982 162 · Scrabble Babble Dabble · H. R. F. Keating · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1992 179 · The Chess Partner · Theodore Mathieson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1971 186 · Shade Work · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1993 192 · King’s Knight Gambit Declined · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1973 197 · The Murder Game · Nedra Tyre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1970 209 · Card Sense · James Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 218 · Four Knights Game · George C. Chesbro · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1974 236 · Fool’s Mate · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #96, November 1951 251 · The Gamblers’ Club [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 7 1951

Women of Mystery ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, April 1992, 0-88184-806-9, $18.95, 260pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 15 stories by women reprinted from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 1 · Stowaway · Mary Higgins Clark · ss Extension 1958, as “Last Flight to Denubia” 17 · Constitution Street · Janet Stockey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1989 33 · A Pair of Yellow Lilies · Ruth Rendell · ss 1988 47 · Discards · Faye Kellerman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1990 67 · The Girl Who Wanted to See Venice [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1985 77 · Chain of Terror · Patricia McGerr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1979 101 · Tania’s No Where [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987 117 · Old Friends · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1975 133 · A Case for Clara Cates · Carolyn Jensen Watts · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1985 157 · Guilt Feelings · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1987 171 · A Little More Research · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1990 179 · The Upstairs Flat · Elizabeth A. Dalton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1989 185 · The Takamoku Joseki [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1984 197 · Digby’s First Case · Anne Perry · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1988 231 · Night Vision [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo] · B. K. Stevens · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991

Women of Mystery II ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, September 1994, 0-7867-0140-4, $21.95, 321pp, hc, an) xi · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 1 · Emerald Hookers and Gold Shields [Cassandra “Cass” Dillon] · D. L. Richardson · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1991 35 · One Beautiful Body [Amanda Pepper] · Gillian Roberts · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1992 49 · Not All Brides Are Beautiful · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1986 57 · Evelyn Lying There · Anne Wingate · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1993 77 · Sideshow [Iphigenia Woodhouse; Harriet Russo] · B. K. Stevens · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1993 111 · Body English [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1992 133 · The General’s Task Force · Pearl G. Aldrich · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1993 171 · The Maggody Files: D.W.I. · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 187 · Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987 205 · Deadly Fantasies [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1989 223 · Cop Groupie · Joyce Harrington · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1993 233 · Match Point in Berlin [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968 261 · Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1988 297 · Mrs. Howell and Criminal Justice 2.1 · Margaret Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1984 307 · The Orchard Walls · Ruth Rendell · ss Ms. August 1983