Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Series List

LEFFING, LUCIUS

• Joseph Payne Brennan: (books) (stories)
  • Fear (nv) Weird Tales Spr #2 1981; also as “The Nursing Home Horror”.
  • The Nursing Home Horror (nv) Weird Tales Spr #2 1981
  • Observations on Lorimer Street (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1984
  • The Haunting at Juniper Hill (nv) Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1985
  • Wanderson’s Waste (nv) Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest 1985
  • The Adventures of Lucius Leffing (co) Donald M. Grant 1990
  • The Butcher Knife Murder (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • Copycat Killer (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • Death on 91 (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • The Delivery (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • Motive for Murder (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • Murder in the Parks (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • The Spruce Valley Monster (nv) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • The Swamp Horror (nv) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990
  • The Vanning Case (ss) The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Donald M. Grant 1990

LEGENDRE, J. J.

• Dick Lochte: (books) (stories)
  • Murder at Mardi Gras (nv) Salon 1996
  • A Murder of Import (ss) Salon 1996

LEIDL, CONSTANCE

• Kate Wilhelm: (books) (stories)
  • The Gorgon Field (na) IASFM Aug 1985 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • The Hamlet Trap (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1987 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • The Dark Door (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1988 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • Smart House (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1989 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • Sweet, Sweet Poison (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1990 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • Seven Kinds of Death (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1992 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • Torch Song (na) A Flush of Shadows, St. Martin’s 1995 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • Christ’s Tears (na) EQMM Apr 1996 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • An Imperfect Gift (nv) EQMM Aug 1999 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • Casebook of Constance and Charlie, Volume 1 (om) St. Martin’s 1999 [Charlie Meiklejohn]
  • Casebook of Constance and Charlie, Volume 2 (om) St. Martin’s 2000 [Charlie Meiklejohn]

LEMEREUX

• Raymond Steiber: (stories)
  • The Final Trick (ss) EQMM Apr 2001

LEO and FAYE

• Patrick Scaffetti: (stories)
  • Death Payments (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981

LEOPARD LADY, THE

• Brant House: (stories)
  • The Choice (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Dec 1996
  • The Leopard Lady Strikes Back (nv) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jan 1997

LEOPOLD, CAPTAIN

• Edward D. Hoch: (books) (stories)
  • Circus (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1962
  • The Oblong Room (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1967
  • The Vanishing of Velma (nv) AHMM Aug 1969
  • Christmas Is for Cops (ss) EQMM Dec 1970
  • The Leopold Locked Room (nv) EQMM Oct 1971
  • Bullets for Two (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual #2 1972
  • Captain Leopold Plays a Hunch (ss) EQMM Jul 1973
  • Captain Leopold and the Impossible Murder (ss) EQMM Dec 1976; also as “The Impossible Murder”.
  • The Impossible Murder (ss) EQMM Dec 1976
  • The Most Dangerous Man Alive (nv) EQMM May 5 1980
  • Captain Leopold Goes to the Dogs (ss) EQMM Jul 23 1980
  • Captain Leopold’s Gamble (ss) AHMM Nov 19 1980
  • Captain Leopold and the Silver Foxes (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
  • Captain Leopold Goes Fishing (ss) EQMM Jul 15 1981
  • The Second Captain Leopold (ss) EQMM Feb 1983
  • Captain Leopold Beats the Machine (ss) EQMM Jun 1983
  • Captain Leopold and the Mystery Woman (ss) EQMM Sep 1984
  • Leopold in New York (ss) EQMM Feb 1985
  • Captain Leopold’s Secret (ss) EQMM Sep 1985
  • Captain Leopold Views a Crime Scene (ss) EQMM Apr 1986
  • Leopold and the Thunderer (ss) EQMM Aug 1986
  • Leopold and the Four O’Clock Felon (ss) EQMM Feb 1987
  • Leopold and the Broken Bride (ss) EQMM Jul 1987
  • Leopold and the Cemetery Bandits (ss) EQMM Mar 1988
  • Captain Leopold’s Birthday (ss) EQMM Feb 1990
  • Theft of Leopold’s Badge (nv) EQMM Mar 1991 [Sandra Paris; Nick Velvet]
  • Leopold’s Class (ss) EQMM May 1992
  • Leopold at Rest (ss) EQMM Apr 1993
  • Leopold’s Guns (ss) EQMM Nov 1993
  • Leopold Lends a Hand (ss) EQMM Oct 1995
  • Leopold’s Aim (ss) EQMM Feb 1997
  • The Christmas Tree Killer (ss) EQMM Jan 1999
  • The Phantom Lover (ss) EQMM Apr 1999 [Captain Fletcher; Sgt. Connie Trent]
  • The Emerald Expert (ss) EQMM Nov 2000
  • Leopold at Bouchercon (ss) EQMM Dec 2001
  • Leopold Kidnapped (nv) EQMM Jun 2003
  • Leopold in the Vineyard (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 2004
  • Leopold in the Lab (ss) EQMM Feb 2006

LESTRADE, INSPECTOR (Sholto)

• M. J. Trow: (stories)
  • Miss Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (ss) Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline 1999

LEVACK, MAVIS

• Marele Day: (stories)
  • Unpleasantness at the Big Boys Club (ss) A Corpse at the Opera House, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1992
  • Mavis Levack’s One Night Stand (ss) Murder at Home, ed. Stephen Knight, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1993
  • Marple Syrup (ss) Love Lies Bleeding, ed. Jennifer Rowe, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin 1994

LeVENDEUR, CATHERINE

• Sharan Newman: (books) (stories)
  • Catherine and the Sibyl (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2005

LEVINE, ABE

• Donald E. Westlake: (books) (stories)
  • The Best-Friend Murder (nv) AHMM Dec 1959
  • The Death of a Bum (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1965
  • After I’m Gone (nv) EQMM Jun 1984

LeVINE, JACK

• Andrew Bergman: (stories)
  • In the Tank (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

LEVY, LIEUTENANT

• Elisabeth Sanxay Holding: (books) (stories)
  • The Innocent Mrs. Duff (n.) New York: Simon & Schuster 1946
  • The Blank Wall (n.) New York: Simon & Schuster 1947
  • The Blank Wall/The Innocent Mrs. Duff (om) Academy Chicago 1991

LEWIN, MOLLY

• Harriet Rzetelny: (stories)
  • Proud Mary (ss) AHMM Nov 2006

LEWIS, TRUXTON

• Robert J. Randisi: (books) (stories)
  • Midnight Pass (ss) EQMM May 2000
  • The Listening Room (nv) Murder... and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet 2004

LIBERTUS

• Rosemary Rowe: (stories)
  • Caveat Emptor (ss) The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2003

LIBERTUS the PAVEMENT-MAKER

• Rosemary Rowe: (stories)
  • A Payment to the Gods (ss) The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2001

LIDDELL, JOHNNY

• Frank Kane: (stories)
  • Dead Drunk (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Spr 1953
  • Live Blonde—Dead Millionaire (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

LIEBERMAN, ABE

• Stuart M. Kaminsky: (books) (stories)
  • Confession (ss) Mystery Midrash, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 1999
  • The Tenth Man (ss) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

LIFFEY, JACK

• John Shannon: (stories)
  • The Problem of Leon (ss) Murder on the Ropes, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

LIGHTFOOT, MARIE

• Nancy Pickard: (books) (stories)
  • The Book of Truth (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2006

LIME, HARRY

• Orson Welles: (stories)
  • It’s in the Bag (ss)

LINDSEY, HOBART

• Richard A. Lupoff: (books) (stories)
  • Lindsey Chases a Ghost (ss) Murderous Intent Sum/Fll 1998

LINLEY, MR.

• Lord Dunsany: (stories)
  • The Two Bottles of Relish (ss) Time & Tide Nov 12 1932 (+1)

LITTLE DOCTOR

• Georges Simenon: (books) (stories)
  • Le Chateau de l’Arsenic (ss) EQMM Nov 1948

LLOYD, LA-LA

• Jas. R. Petrin: (stories)
  • Egon Roy (nv) AHMM Nov 2003 [Hightops]

LOGAN, BEN

• John Taverner: (stories)
  • Alpha to Omega (nv) London Mystery #94 1972

LONDON, ED

• Lawrence Block: (books) (stories)
  • Stag Party Girl (na) Man’s Magazine Aug 1962
  • The Naked and the Deadly (na) Man’s Magazine Oct 1962
  • Twin Party Girls (na) Man’s Magazine Aug 1963
  • The Lost Cases of Ed London (co) Crippen & Landru 2001

LONDON, JACK

• Peter King: (stories)
  • The Body in the Bay (nv) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

LONE EAGLE

• Tom Johnson: (stories)
  • The Nazi Spider Staffel (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1996
• Scott Morgan: (stories)
  • The Nazi Spider Staffel (ss) Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 1996

LONE WOLF

• Louis Joseph Vance: (stories)
  • Old Man Menace (ss) The Saturday Evening Post 1927

LONGSHANKS, LEOPOLD

• Robert Lopresti: (stories)
  • Shanks at Lunch (ss) AHMM Feb 2003
  • Shanks Goes Hollywood (ss) AHMM Apr 2005
  • Shanks Gets Mugged (ss) AHMM Dec 2005
  • Shanks on the Prowl (ss) AHMM May 2006

LONGSTREET

• David K. Harford: (stories)
  • The Blue Waterline (nv) AHMM May 2001

LOVE, PHAROAH

• George Baxt: (stories)
  • Full Moon (ss) The Armchair Detective Win 1994

LOW, FLAXMAN

• E. Heron: (stories)
  • The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith [with H. Heron] (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1898
  • The Story of Baelbrow [with H. Heron] (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1898
• H. Heron: (stories)
  • The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith [with E. Heron] (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1898
  • The Story of Baelbrow [with E. Heron] (ss) Pearson’s Magazine Apr 1898

LOWENKOPF, SHELLY

• Richard Fliegel: (stories)
  • The Golem of Bronx Park East (nv) Criminal Kabbalah, ed. Lawrence W. Raphael, Jewish Lights Publishing 2001

LOWRY, CASIMIRO

• V. A. Levine: (stories)
  • Extreme Shock (nv) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Aug 1967

LUDDERSEDGE

• Peter Crowther: (stories)
  • The 45 Steps (nv) The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2006

LUDLOW, THOMAS

• Gillian Linscott: (stories)
  • Wingless Pegasus (ss) EQMM Aug 1996
  • Poisoned with Politeness (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997 [Harry Leather]

LUKE, CHARLEY

• Margery Allingham: (books) (stories)
  • Tall Story (ss) EQMM Apr 1954 [Albert Campion]
  • Mother Knows Best (ss) London Evening News May 12 1954; also as “Mum Knows Best”. [Albert Campion]
  • Mum Knows Best (ss) London Evening News May 12 1954 [Albert Campion]
  • Joke Over (ss) EQMM Dec 1954 [Albert Campion]
  • The Man Who Utterly Vanished (ss) EQMM Dec 1954; also as “Joke Over”. [Albert Campion]
  • The Curious Affair on Nut Row (ss) London Evening News Oct 20 1955 [Albert Campion]
  • The Man with the Cuckoo Clock (ss) London Evening News Oct 20 1955; also as “The Curious Affair on Nut Row”. [Albert Campion]

LUNAR IMMIGRATION

• Barry N. Malzberg: (books) (stories)
  • The Lyran Case [with Bill Pronzini] (vi) Analog Mar 1980
  • Whither Thou, Ghost [with Bill Pronzini] (ss) F&SF May 1981
  • Vanishing Point [with Bill Pronzini] (ss) Analog Feb 1 1982
• Bill Pronzini: (books) (stories)
  • The Lyran Case [with Barry N. Malzberg] (vi) Analog Mar 1980
  • Whither Thou, Ghost [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) F&SF May 1981
  • Vanishing Point [with Barry N. Malzberg] (ss) Analog Feb 1 1982

LUNGHI DETECTIVE AGENCY

• Michael Z. Lewin: (books) (stories)
  • Family Business (ss) Winter’s Crimes 20, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Macmillan 1988
  • Wedding Bells (ss) New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson 1990
  • Gains and Losses (ss) Midwinter Mysteries 3, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown 1993
  • Travel Plans (ss) AHMM Apr 1994
  • Gunpoint (ss) EQMM Dec 2000
  • Pay Phone (ss) AHMM Mar 2001
  • And Maybe More (nv) EQMM Sep/Oct 2005

LUPIN, ARSENE

• Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: (stories)
  • The Red Silk Scarf, by Maurice Leblanc (nv)
• Maurice Leblanc: (stories)
  • Arsène Lupin in Prison (nv) The Exploits of Arsène Lupin, New York: Harper 1907
  • The Mysterious Railway-Passenger (ss) The Seven of Hearts, Macmillan 1908
  • Shadowed by Death (nv) 1913
  • At the Sign of Mercury (nv) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1922
  • The Bridge That Broke (nv)
  • The Red Silk Scarf (nv)

LYNLEY, INSP. THOMAS

• Elizabeth George: (books) (stories)
  • The Evidence Exposed (nv) Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley 1990

LYON, VAL

• Mark E. Troy: (stories)
  • Wahine O’ Ka Hoe (ss) Murderous Intent Spr 1998

LYSON, CHARLES

• E. Phillips Oppenheim: (books) (stories)
  • £100,000 Risk (ss) 1939

M’butu, SGT. ANDREW

• Leo R. Ellis: (stories)
  • Make No Mistake (ss) AHMM Jun 1963 [Constable Kobari]
• Walter Satterthwait: (stories)
  • A Conflict of Interests (ss) AHMM Nov 1982 [Constable Kobari]
  • To Catch a Wizard (nv) AHMM Mar 1983 [Constable Kobari]
  • The Smoke People (nv) AHMM mid-Sep 1983 [Constable Kobari]
  • The Motor Coach of Allah (nv) AHMM Dec 1985 [Constable Kobari]
  • Make No Mistake (nv) AHMM Jun 1989 [Constable Kobari]
  • The Gold of Mayani (nv) AHMM Win 1989 [Constable Kobari]

MACBETH, HAMISH

• M. C. Beaton: (stories)
  • A Highland Christmas (n.) New York: The Mysterious Press 1999

MACK, MADELYN

• Hugh C. Weir: (stories)
  • The Man with Nine Lives (nv) Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective, Page 1914

MACKENZIE, BLUE

• Paul Bishop: (books) (stories)
  • Derringer (ss) Hardboiled Detective #12 1991