Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Series List

KLEIDES the SOPHIST

• Marianne Wilski Strong: (stories)
  • Death in the Keramikos Cemetery (ss) AHMM Jun 2008

KLUMP, WILLIE

• Joe Archibald: (stories)
  • Two-Timing Willie (ss) Popular Detective Dec 1944

KNIGHT, MICHAEL

• John F. Dobbyn: (stories)
  • Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (ss) EQMM Jun 1994 [Lex Devlin]
  • Once Burned—Twice Shy (ss) EQMM Oct 1995 [Lex Devlin]
  • Spartan Galley (ss) EQMM Apr 1998 [Lex Devlin]
  • Avitar (ss) EQMM Dec 2000 [Lex Devlin]
  • Nine, Ten... and Out (nv) EQMM Feb 2006 [Lex Devlin]
  • The Sweet Science (nv) AHMM Dec 2006 [Lex Devlin]

KNIGHT, STEVE MIDDLETON (Steve Midnight)

• John K. Butler: (stories)
  • The Saint in Silver (na) Dime Detective Magazine Jan 1941

KNOTT, DEBORAH

• Susan Dunlap: (books) (stories)
  • What’s a Friend For? [with Margaret B. Maron] (ss) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994 [Kiernan O’Shaughnessy]
• Margaret B. Maron: (books) (stories)
  • Deborah’s Judgment (ss) A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte 1991
  • Fruitcake, Mercy, and Black-Eyed Peas (nv) Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press 1991
  • What’s a Friend For? [with Susan Dunlap] (ss) Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet 1994 [Kiernan O’Shaughnessy]
  • With This Ring (nv) Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley 1995
  • Prayer for Judgment (ss) Shoveling Smoke, Crippen & Landru 1997

KOBARI, CONSTABLE

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

KOSLOW, LEIGH

• Edie Claire: (stories)
  • Never Neck at Niagara (ss) And the Dying Is Easy, ed. Joseph Pittman & Annette Riffle, Signet 2001

KOVACS, STUART

• Sarah Weinman: (stories)
  • Out of Clay (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Jan 2006
  • The Dybbuk Made Me Do It (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2006

KRUSE, KIMMEY

• Susan Rogers Cooper: (stories)
  • Funny As a Dead Relative (ex) 1994

LADY, AOI

• Ann F. Woodward: (stories)
  • Dai the Potter (ss) AHMM Apr 2006

LAKE, BARRETT

• Shelley Singer: (stories)
  • Lost Polars (ss)

LAMBROS, NICK and JULIA

• Judy Iakovou: (books) (stories)
  • Another’s Curse [with Takis Iakovou] (na) Deadly Morsels, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2003
• Takis Iakovou: (books) (stories)
  • Another’s Curse [with Judy Iakovou] (na) Deadly Morsels, ed. Anon., Worldwide 2003

LANE, JOHNNY

• David Zeltserman: (stories)
  • The Dover Affair (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Fll 2002/Win 2003

LANGDON, SKIP

• Julie Smith: (books) (stories)
  • The End of the Earth (ss) Detective Duos, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Always Othello (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999

LANSING, MAJOR

• William L. Fieldhouse: (stories)
  • Ape Murder (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1981

LaSTANZA, DINO FRANCIS

• O’Neil De Noux: (books) (stories)
  • Why (ss) EQMM Apr 1993
  • Airline Highway (ss) Hardboiled #16 1993
  • Lower Than Black (ss) Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable 1993
  • Hollow Point (nv) Crime Yellow, ed. Maxim Jakuwbowski, Gollancz 1994
  • Love and Murder (ss) EQMM Jul 2001 [John Raven Beau]
  • Waiting for Alaina (ss) The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, ed. Michael Hemmingson, Robinson 2001
  • The Nimble Burglar (ss)

LAWRENCE, ARIEL

• Andrea Smith: (stories)
  • Elected to Die (ss) MHCMM Fll 1998

LAZARUS, RINA

• Faye Kellerman: (books) (stories)
  • A Woman of Mystery (ss) MHCMM Sum 1999 [Peter Decker]
  • The Garden of Eden (nv) The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights, Warner 2006 [Peter Decker]

le ROUX, ROLF

• Peter Godfrey: (books) (stories)
  • Kill and Tell (ss) 1947
  • Time Out of Mind (ss) Milady 1948
  • The Newtonian Egg (ss) EQMM Dec 1951
  • The Flung-Back Lid (ss) John Creasey’s Crime Collection, ed. Herbert Harris 1979
  • Little Fat Man (ss) Ellery Queen’s Prime Crimes 4, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Davis 1986
  • And Turn the Hour (ss)
  • Angel of Death (ss) Spotlight
  • The Face of the Sphinx (ss)
  • The Fifth Dimension (ss)
  • Perfumes of Arabia (ss) Outspan

LEATHER, HARRY

• Gillian Linscott: (stories)
  • Poisoned with Politeness (ss) EQMM Sep/Oct 1997 [Thomas Ludlow]

LEBORGNE, JOSEPH

• Anthony Boucher: (stories)
  • The Little House at Croix-Rousse, by Georges Simenon (ss) EQMM Nov 1947
• Georges Simenon: (books) (stories)
  • The Little House at Croix-Rousse (ss) EQMM Nov 1947

LECTER, DR. HANNIBAL

• Thomas Harris: (books) (stories)
  • Red Dragon (n.) New York: Putnam 1981
  • The Silence of the Lambs (n.) New York: St. Martin’s 1988
  • Hannibal (n.) New York: Delacorte 1999
  • The Hannibal Lecter Omnibus (om) ??? 2000

LECTOR, DR. HANNIBAL

• Thomas Harris: (books) (stories)
  • from Red Dragon (ex) New York: Putnam 1981
  • Red Dragon (ex) New York: Putnam 1981
  • from The Silence of the Lambs (ex) New York: St. Martin’s 1988

LEE, JUDITH

• Richard Marsh: (stories)
  • The Man Who Cut Off My Hair (ss) The Strand Aug 1911

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]

LEITH, LESTER

• Erle Stanley Gardner: (books) (stories)
  • The Monkey Murder (nv) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan 1939

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
  • Leopold Undercover (ss) EQMM Jun 2007

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