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Ellery Queen’s Aces of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #29, Spring/Summer 1975.

Ellery Queen’s All-Star Lineup ed. Ellery Queen (The New American Library, Inc., 1967, LC:67-21802, xi+301pp, hc, an)
22nd Mystery Annual.

ix · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

1 · The Splintered Monday · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1966

18 · Death in the Sun [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss 1964

25 · If You See This Woman · Dolores Hitchens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1966

40 · Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1966

55 · Sleep Is the Enemy · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966

69 · In Compartment 813 · Arthur Porges · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1966

73 · The Inner Voices · Jean Potts · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1966

91 · The Greyling Crescent Tragedy [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss (r)

111 · It Only Takes a Minute to Die · Cornell Woolrich · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1966

129 · The Adventure of the Widow’s Weeds [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966

139 · Dr. Coffee and the Philanderer’s Brain [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966

163 · The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go · Fletcher Flora · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966

182 · Jericho and the Nuisance Clue [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966

194 · The Simpcox Miracle · William Shakespeare · ex from The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

205 · Good Neighbor · Ursula Curtiss · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1966

213 · Life in Our Time · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

221 · Inspector Maigret Deduces [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as “Jeumont: 51 Minutes’ Wait”
translated from the French (“Jeumont, 51 minutes d’arrêt”, Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret, Gallimard, 1944).

233 · The hkzmp gsv bzmp Case [Sebastian Nonesuch] · James Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966

249 · The Game’s the Thing · Holly Roth · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966

261 · Mom Sings an Aria [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

277 · M as in Mugged [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1966

289 · The Friends of Hector Jouvet [Ambrose Ganelon] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1966

Ellery Queen’s 1960 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #1, 1960.

Ellery Queen’s 1961 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #2, 1961.

Ellery Queen’s 1962 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #3, 1962.

Ellery Queen’s 1963 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #4, 1963.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1963 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #5, 1963.

Ellery Queen’s 1964 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #6, 1964.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1964 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #7, 1964.

Ellery Queen’s 1965 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #8, 1965.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1965 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #9, 1965.

Ellery Queen’s 1966 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #10, 1966.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1966 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #11, 1966.

Ellery Queen’s 1967 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #12, 1967.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1967 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #13, 1967.

Ellery Queen’s 1968 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #14, 1968.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1968 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #15, 1968.

Ellery Queen’s 1969 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #16, 1969.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1969 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #17, 1969.

Ellery Queen’s 1970 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #18, 1970.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, 1970 Mid-Year Edition ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #19, 1970.

Ellery Queen’s 1971 Anthology ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #20, 1971.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1971 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #21, Spring/Summer 1971.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1971 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #22, Fall/Winter 1971.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1972 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #23, Spring/Summer 1972.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1972 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #24, Fall/Winter 1972.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1973 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #25, Spring/Summer 1973.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1973 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #26, Fall/Winter 1973.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1974 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #27, Spring/Summer 1974.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1974 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #28, Fall/Winter 1974.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1975 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #29, Spring/Summer 1975.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1975 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #30, Fall/Winter 1975.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1976 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #31, Spring/Summer 1976.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1976 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #32, Fall/Winter 1976.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1977 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #33, Spring/Summer 1977.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1977 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #34, Fall/Winter 1977.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1978 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #35, Spring/Summer 1978.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1978 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #36, Fall/Winter 1978.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1979 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #37, Spring/Summer 1979.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1979 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #38, Fall/Winter 1979.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1980 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #39, Spring/Summer 1980.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1980 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #40, Fall/Winter 1980.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1981 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #41, Spring/Summer 1981.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1981 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #42, Fall/Winter 1981.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Spring-Summer 1982 ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #43, Spring/Summer 1982.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1982 ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #44, Fall/Winter 1982.

Ellery Queen’s Anthology Volume 1 ed. Ellery Queen (May Fair, 1959, 4/6d, digest, an)
Reprint (Davis 1959 as Ellery Queen’s 1960 Anthology), revised.

7 · Murder in Manhattan · Hugh Pentecost · nv The American Magazine February 1952

37 · Goodbye Forever [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #97, December 1951

52 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953

63 · Strictly Diplomatic [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine December 1939, as by Carter Dickson

75 · The Hunting of Hemingway [Nick & Dave Glennan] · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 21 1934

91 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932

101 · Little Boy Lost · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #47, October 1947

119 · The Good Prospect [McCann] · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s February 20 1937

130 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947

139 · The Dog in the Orchard · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan September 1940

149 · Rehearsal for Murder · Ben Hecht · ss Redbook October 1951, as “Guilty!”

157 · Murder Is Everybody’s Business · Helen McCloy · nv 1951

190 · The Yellow Jumper [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #31, June 1946

204 · Death on Christmas Eve · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #74, January 1950

211 · The Cat’s-Eye · John van Druten · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1945

223 · Ride with the Wind [Dr. Colin Starr] · Rufus King · ss Redbook Magazine April 1941, as “The Case of the Jet Black Sheep”

237 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934

252 · Pale Blue Nightgown · Louis Golding · ss The Story-teller October 1936

259 · Invited Witness · George Harmon Coxe · ss Dime Mystery Book Magazine August 1933

264 · All the Way Home [Ellen Harkness] · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #88, March 1951

275 · The Lonely Bride [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week December 4 1949, as “The Lady Couldn’t Explain”

279 · Screwball Division [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1942

290 · The Cop Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine February 1951

Ellery Queen’s Best Bets ed. Ellery Queen (Pyramid, August 1972, N2775, 95¢, 272pp, pb, an)

7 · Letter from E.Q. · Ellery Queen · in

9 · The Zero Clue [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1953, as “Scared to Death”

64 · Danger Out of the Past · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Manhunt May 1955, as “Protection”

79 · The Most Obstinate Man in Paris [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1957
translated from the French (“Le Client le plus obstiné du monde”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malchanceux, Presse de la Cite, 1947).

121 · The Bird House · William March · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #123, February 1954

140 · The Mystery of the Fabulous Laundryman · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty October 31 1931

156 · The Case Against Carroll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · na Argosy August 1958

210 · Run—If You Can · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1964

223 · The Second Skin [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) August 1957, as “The Oyster Catcher”

240 · The Man in Seat 12 · Hugh Pentecost · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1964

Ellery Queen’s Book of First Appearances ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #44, Fall/Winter 1982.

Ellery Queen’s Book of Mystery Stories ed. Ellery Queen (1957, 415pp, pb, an)
Abridged from The Literature of Crime (Little Brown 1950).

7 · A Letter from the Editor · Ellery Queen · in

11 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921

36 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938

63 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922

90 · The Murder in the Fishing Cat · Edna St. Vincent Millay · ss The Century Magazine March 1923

107 · The Juryman · John Galsworthy · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1917

126 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934

139 · Monk [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine May 1937

157 · The Limitations of Pambé Serang · Rudyard Kipling · ss The St. James’s Gazette October 4 1887

162 · Tabloid News · Louis Bromfield · ss Random House, 1930

178 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927

189 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2)

212 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905

232 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882

252 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921

282 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Monsieur Parent, Queen Hortense, Fascination and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant, P.F. Collier, 1910
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

289 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937

299 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925

310 · An Ideal Craftsman · Walter de la Mare · ss The Monthly Review June 1905

329 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942

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

356 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899

366 · Sense of Humor · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan September 1934

376 · The Verdict · Frank Swinnerton · ss London Calling 1943

384 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It”

388 · Guilty · Fannie Hurst · nv Cosmopolitan February 1921

Ellery Queen’s Cops and Capers ed. Ellery Queen (Dale, 1977, 0-89559-001-8, $1.50, 186pp, pb, an)

7 · The Dazzle Dan Murder Case [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine August 1951, as “See No Evil”

69 · The Light Next Door · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969

87 · The Empty Birdhouse · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969

102 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins”

132 · The Insomniacs Club · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1968

145 · Not Easy to Kill · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine September 1935, as “The Trial of Mark Adams”

Ellery Queen’s Crimes and Consequences ed. Ellery Queen (Dale, 1977, 0-89559-002-6, $1.50, 188pp, pb, an)

7 · Mme. Maigret’s Admirer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #86, January 1951, as “The Stronger Vessel”
translated from the French (“L’Amoureux de Madame Maigret”, Police-Roman, July 28, 1939).

38 · The Adelphi Bowl [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1963

52 · File #1: The Mayfield Case [Daniel Kearny Associates] · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967

70 · More Than One Kind of Luck · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967

84 · Invitation to Murder · Philip Wylie · na Liberty September 26 1936 (+2), as “Murderers Welcome”

146 · Dead Man’s Shoes [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Lilliput August/September 1953

Ellery Queen’s Doors to Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #41, Spring/Summer 1981.

Ellery Queen’s Eyes of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #42, Fall/Winter 1981.

Ellery Queen’s Eyewitnesses ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #45, Spring 1983.

Ellery Queen’s Faces of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen (Curley Publishing, 1992, 0-7927-1295-1, £9.95, 238pp, hc, an)
Mystery story anthology. This Large Print edition reprints only five of the 18 stories in the original (Dial 1977) edition.

vii · Editor’s Note · Ellery Queen · ms Ellery Queen’s Anthology #34, Fall/Winter 1977

1 · The Gun Puzzle [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The Saturday Evening Post June 10 1961 (+2), as “Death of a Demon”

106 · Carrot for a Chestnut · Dick Francis · ss Sports Illustrated January 5 1970

141 · Sauce for the Goose · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972

164 · The Laughing Chef [Adman] · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1973

177 · Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Mary Scudamore · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1972
translated from “Le Notaire du Châteauneuf” (Police-Film/Police-Roman, June 17, 1938).

Ellery Queen’s Japanese Golden Dozen The Detective Story World in Japan ed. Ellery Queen (C. E. Tuttle Company, 1978, 0-8048-1254-3, $8.50, 288pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

15 · Too Much About Too Many · Eitaro Ishizawa · nv (r)

39 · The Cooperative Defendant · Seicho Matsumoto · nv (r)

69 · The Letter from the Dead · Tohru Miyoshi · nv (r)

95 · Devil of a Boy · Seiichi Morimura · nv (r)

123 · Cry from the Cliff · Shizuko Natsuki · nv (r)

147 · The Kindly Blackmailer · Kyotaro Nishimura · ss (r)

167 · No Proof · Yoh Sano · nv (r)

191 · Invitation from the Sea · Saho Sasazawa · ss

211 · Facial Restoration · Tadao Sohno · nv (r)

233 · The Vampire · Masako Togawa · nv (r)

259 · Write In, Rub Out · Takao Tsuchiya · ss (r)

275 · Perfectly Lovely Ladies · Yasutaka Tsutsui · ss (r)

Ellery Queen’s Lethal Black Book ed. Ellery Queen (Dell, November 1965, 2261, 50¢, 206pp, pb, an)

7 · The Mystery of the Blue Jar · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine July 1924

26 · A Guest in the House [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine October 1940

42 · The Lonely Bride [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week December 4 1949, as “The Lady Couldn’t Explain”

47 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932

61 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947

73 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”

78 · Rehearsal for Murder · Ben Hecht · ss Redbook October 1951, as “Guilty!”

90 · Ten Clues for Mr. Polkinghorn · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Star Weekly January 25 1956, as “Ten Points for Mr. Polkinghorn”

105 · That’s Your Own Funeral · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy June 19 1937, as “Your Own Funeral”

122 · And the Birds Still Sing [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #109, December 1952

143 · Pale Blue Nightgown · Louis Golding · ss The Story-teller October 1936

152 · It Takes a Thief · Arthur Miller · ss Collier’s February 8 1947

160 · Murder in Manhattan · Hugh Pentecost · nv The American Magazine February 1952

Ellery Queen’s Lost Ladies ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #46, Summer 1983.

Ellery Queen’s Magicians of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #32, Fall/Winter 1976.

Ellery Queen’s Masks of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #35, Spring/Summer 1978.

Ellery Queen’s Masters of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #30, Fall/Winter 1975.

Ellery Queen’s Maze of Mysteries ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #43, Spring/Summer 1982.

Ellery Queen’s Minimysteries ed. Ellery Queen (World, September 1969, LC:69-18523, $6.95, 297pp, hc, an)

xi · Mintroduction · Ellery Queen · in

2 · Origin of the Detective Business · Newton Newkirk · fa Wood-Morgan Detective Agency, 1931

6 · The Unreckonable Factor · Samuel Hopkins Adams · vi Liberty June 25 1938

9 · Murder à la Hollywood · Steve Allen · ss Playboy December 1958, as “Everybody Hates David Starbuck”

14 · A Matter of Timing · Charlotte Armstrong · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

17 · The Way Round · Phyllis Bentley · ss The Evening Standard June 2 1952

23 · The Living Bracelet · Robert Bloch · vi Bestseller Mystery Magazine November 1958, as “The Ungallant Hunter”

25 · The Sheriff Decides · Roark Bradford · vi Collier’s May 13 1939

29 · The Wedding Dress · Louis Bromfield · vi Collier’s October 31 1925

32 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940

35 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930

41 · The Showdown [Careful Jones] · Thomas B. Costain · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #14, January 1944, as by “Pat Hand”

44 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It”

47 · The Speech · Lord Dunsany · ss Collier’s November 25 1950

52 · The Neighbors · John Galsworthy · ss The Bellman #183, January 15 1910

57 · Over My Dead Body · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard June 19 1951

62 · Moonshine · W. Heidenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #91, June 1951

66 · Karmesin, Swindler [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as “Karmesin and the Meter”

71 · The Limitations of Pambé Serang · Rudyard Kipling · ss The St. James’s Gazette October 4 1887

76 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903

80 · Robbie Always Pays · Philip MacDonald · ss 1949, as “The Long Shot”

85 · How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm September 12 1912, as by Lili Heron

89 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnár · vi Lilliput May 1941

92 · Kill or Be Killed · Ogden Nash · ss Collier’s October 25 1947, as “The Other Mind Reader”

94 · A Death in the Stadium · Robert Nathan · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1927

98 · Conscience · Elmer L. Rice · vi Collier’s February 11 1928

102 · The True Story · Dylan Thomas · ss Yellowjacket May 1939

105 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · vi The New Yorker March 5 1932

108 · Somebody on the Phone · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly July 31 1937

116 · Bridal Pond · Zona Gale · vi The American Mercury February 1928

121 · Through the Wall · Victor Canning · ss The (London) Evening News October 19 1961, as “Take a Second Look”

125 · The Blue Wash Mystery · Anna Katharine Green · vi Wide Awake Pleasure Book, D. Lothrop, 1889, uncredited.

129 · Haunted Ground · Oliver La Farge · vi Ladies’ Home Journal August 1930

133 · Death of an Old Man · Arthur Miller · ss Esquire August 1949, as “A Regular Death Call”

139 · Dove Dulcet Hitches His Wagon— [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #44, July 1947

142 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

148 · An Ingenious Defense · [uncredited] · ss The Leisure Hour April 28 1877

152 · Sancho Panza, Detective · Miguel de Cervantes · ex from Don Quixote, 1615

154 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1922, as “Sleepy”
translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888).

159 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited.

164 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r)
translated from the French.

170 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).

175 · The Expense of Justice · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French.

179 · My Watch · Mark Twain · vi Buffalo Express November 26 1870

182 · The Dog and the Horse · Voltaire · ex from “Zadig; or, The Book of Fate”, Works of M. de Voltaire: Volume the Eleventh by Voltaire, tr. T. Smollett et al., J. Newbery et al., 1762
translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, Leseur, September 1748).

188 · An Irreducible Detective Story [The Great Detective] · Stephen Leacock · vi Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, December 1916

189 · The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v2 #3, 1949, as by Dr. John H. Watson
play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1949.

194 · The Case of the Missing Patriarchs · Logan Clendening, M.D. · vi Edwin B. Hill, August 1934

195 · A Case of Identities · Margaret Norris · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1966

202 · The Unseen Door [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News August 5 1945

206 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 3 1940

212 · The Initialed Case · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi 1942

214 · Crime on Mars · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1960

220 · The Simplicity of the Act · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty November 29 1941, as “Boy, Are You Lucky”

224 · The Crime by the River · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 25 1953, as “The House by the River”

229 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947

233 · The Downshire Terror · Andrew Garve · ss John Bull August 4 1956, as “The Man Who Wasn’t Scared”

239 · Tea Shop Assassin [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 15 1955

243 · Chicago Nights’ Entertainments · Ben Hecht · ss 1923, as “Sergeant Kuzick’s Waterloo”

246 · After Twenty Years · O. Henry · vi The (New York) Sunday World February 14 1904

250 · Inspector Appleby’s First Case [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #115, June 1953

254 · The Scent of Murder [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1960

259 · The Nose of a Beagle · Arthur Porges · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1967

263 · A Lump of Sugar [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week July 9 1950, as “The Mystery of the 3 Dawn Riders”

268 · Death on Saturday Night [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Patrick Quentin (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week November 26 1950, as by Q. Patrick

273 · The Man Who Swallowed a Horse [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Verdict August 1953, as “The Dead Mr. Duck”

275 · London Night’s Entertainment · Margery Sharp · ss The Graphic November 28 1932

280 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947
translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929).

285 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”

290 · As If by Magic [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard April 19 1954, as “The Hiding Place”

296 · The Ultimate Clue · Anthony Boucher · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960

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