Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• Ladies of the F.B.I. • Ruth Berman • (nf)
• Ladies Who Lunch • Gwendoline Butler • (nv)
• Lady Alroy • Oscar Wilde • (ss)
• The Lady Among the Tigers • Kandis Elliot • (ss)
• Lady Anne’s Friend • David Dean • (ss)
• Lady Appleton and the Bristol Crystals • Kathy Lynn Emerson • (nv)
• Lady Appleton and the Cautionary Herbal • Kathy Lynn Emerson • (ss)
• Lady Appleton and the Cripplegate Chrisoms • Kathy Lynn Emerson • (nv)
• Lady Appleton and the London Man • Kathy Lynn Emerson • (nv)
• The Lady at the Crossroads • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• The Lady Couldn’t Explain • Ellery Queen • (ss)
• Lady Finch-Waller Regrets • Nancy Pickard • (ss)
• The Lady Fish Mystery • Eric Mayer & Mary Reed • (ss)
• The Lady from Prague • Eric Wright • (ss)
• The Lady from Yesterday • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• Lady Hillary • Janwillem van de Wetering • (ss)
• Lady in the Black Cape • Florence V. Mayberry • (ss)
• The Lady in the Blue Dress • Nick Carr • (ss)
• The Lady in the Lake • Raymond Chandler • (nv)
• The Lady in the Trunk • Peter Lovesey • (ss)
• The Lady Is a Corpse! • John D. MacDonald • (nv)
• Lady Killer • John L. French • (ss)
• Lady Killer • Cornelia Snider Yarrington • (pm)
• Lady Killer (1954) • Ross Macdonald • (uw)
• The Lady Louisiana Toy • Barry N. Malzberg • (ss)
• Lady Luck • Walda Cameron • (vi)
• Lady Luck • Stephanie Kaplan Cohen • (ss)
• Lady Luck • Linda Grant • (ss)
• Lady Luck • R. J. Harlick • (ss)
• Lady Luck • Percy Spurlark Parker • (ss)
• Lady Luck and the Golden Girls • Lawrence Doorley • (ss)
• The Lady Macbeth Case • Jean Potts • (ss)
• Lady Meredith’s Dam • Elizabeth Jolley • (ss)
• The Lady of Glenwith Grange • Wilkie Collins • (ss)
• The Lady of Glenwith Grange • William Collins • (ss)
• A Lady of Letters • Alan Bennett • (ss)
• A Lady of Refinement • Jane Speed • (ss)
• The Lady of Shalott • Eric Wright • (na)
• The Lady of the Alley • Ann F. Woodward • (ss)
• Lady of the Impossible • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Lady of the Snow • Martin Limón • (ss)
• The Lady on 142 • James Thurber • (ss)
• Lady on Ice • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Lady One-Eye • Bill Pronzini • (nv)
• Lady Patterly’s Lover • Charlotte MacLeod • (ss)
• The Lady Says Die • Mickey Spillane • (ss)
• A Lady Should Avoid Murder • Ann Granger • (ss)
• Lady Sleuth, Lady Sleuth, Run Away Home • Mary Higgins Clark • (nv)
• The Lady Who Left Her Coffin • Hugh B. Cave • (nv)
• The Lady Who Lived Too Long • J. D. Carlson • (ss)
• The Lady Who...: Lilian Jackson Braun • Catherine M. Nelson • (iv)
• Lady Windermere’s Flan • Elizabeth Foxwell • (ss)
• The Lady Wore Black • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Lady! Here’s the Morgue! • N. Wesley Firth • (ss)
• The Lady, or the Tiger? • Frank R. Stockton • (ss)
• Lady, You’re Dead! • Ellery Queen • (ss)
• Lair of the Devil-Fish • John Dickson Carr • (pl)
• The Lake • Ruth Wissman • (ss)
• Lake of Dreams • Linda Howard • (na)
• The Lake of the Left-Hand Moon • Robert Leslie Bellem • (na)
• Lamb to the Slaughter • Roald Dahl • (ss)
• Lamb to the Slaughter • Williams Forrest • (ss)
• The Lament • Timothy Finch • (ss)
• Lament for a Legend: Lizzie Borden Revisited • Mary D. Smith • (ss)
• Lament for a Maker • Michael Innes • (ex)
• The Lammergeier Vulture • Christine Poulson • (ss)
• The Lamp Tree • Ann F. Woodward • (ss)
• Lancaster’s Ghost • Doug Allyn • (ss)
• The Land • Tom Condarcure • (nv)
• The Land Beyond Feng Shui • Joseph Shea • (ss)
• The Land Healers • William T. Lowe • (ss)
• Land Rush • Jody Lynn Nye • (ss)
• Landfall • Stephen Murray • (ss)
• Landlady • John A. Broussard • (ss)
• The Landlady • Roald Dahl • (ss)
• Lands of the Earthquake • Henry Kuttner • (na)
• The Landscape of Dreams • John Lutz • (ss)
• The Language of Death • Jeffry Scott • (ss)
• The Language of Flowers • Maureen Jennings • (ss)
• Lantern of Violence • Louis Allegri • (ss)
• Larceny and Old Lace • Robert Arthur • (ss)
• A Large Diamond • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• Larger Than Life • Anthony Shaffer • (ss)
• Lark in the Morning • Sharyn McCrumb • (ss)
• Larry Called • Linda Evans • (ss)
• Larry’s Place • Michelle Tea • (ss)
• Lars Blom and His Disappearing Gun • August Blanche • (ss)
• The Las Vegas Courier • Brett Halliday • (na)
• The Last Act Was Deadly • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Last Adventure • Richard Middleton • (ss)
• The Last Bachelor of North Miami • Jason Starr • (ss)
• The Last Bank Robbery • Richard A. Moore • (ss)
• The Last Becak • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• The Last Binge • Charles R. McConnell • (ss)
• Last Bite • E. S. Russell • (ss)
• The Last Bottle in the World • Stanley Ellin • (nv)
• The Last Bouquet • Marjorie Bowen • (ss)
• Last Bus to Manchester • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Last Calabresi • Jean Femling • (ss)
• Last Call • Ernest B. Brown • (ss)
• Last Call • Colin Dexter • (nv)
• Last Call at the Belly-Up • Heidi Vanderbilt • (ss)
• The Last Case of Hilly Palmer • Duane Swierczynski • (nv)
• Last Case, Please • Donald W. Hornbostel • (ss)
• Last Chance in Singapore • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Last Chapter • Edward Burke-Roche • (ss)
• The Last Chapter • Robert C. Van Aken • (ss)
• The Last Christmas • Paul V. Fornatar • (ss)
• Last Collar • Jason Chirevas • (vi)
• The Last Crime Story • Robert Loy • (ss)
• Last Date • Andrew H. Vachss • (ss)
• The Last Day • Rob Kantner • (ss)
• Last Day in Lisbon • Margaret Millar • (na)
• The Last Day of All • Fay Grissom Stanley • (ss)
• The Last Day of the Season • Lawrence K. Furbish • (ss)
• The Last Day of the War • James M. Reasoner • (ss)
• The Last Days of the Mariana • Leslie Alan Horvitz • (nv)
• Last Deal • Will Oursler • (ss)
• The Last Diet • Ellen Gilchrist • (ss)
• The Last Downhill • Clark Howard • (ss)
• Last Ferry • Katherine H. Brooks • (pm)
• The Last Flight • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Last Flight to Denubia • Mary Higgins Clark • (ss)
• The Last Full Measure • Hugh Pentecost • (na)
• The Last Full Measure of Devotion • David B. Silva • (ss)
• The Last Hand • Anthony Boucher • (ss)
• The Last Happy Time • Morris Hershman • (ss)
• The Last High Mountain • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Last High Queen • Anne Perry • (ss)
• The Last Honest Man in Brooklyn • Michele Martinez • (ss)
• Last Hours in Richmond • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• The Last Hypocrite • Dale H. Menendez • (ss)
• Last Inning • Scott Mackay • (ss)
• Last Interview • Craig McDonald • (ss)
• The Last Is Adoration • Wendy Hornsby • (ss)
• Last Kiss • Douglas Borton • (ss)
• The Last Kiss • Susan B. Kelly • (pm)
• Last Kiss • Norman Partridge • (ss)
• The Last Kiss • S. J. Rozan • (ss)
• Last Kiss • Tom Sweeney • (ss)
• Last Lap • Stan Knowlton • (vi)
• Last Laugh • Lix Agrabee • (ss)
• The Last Laugh • Douglas R. Empringham • (ss)
• The Last Laugh • Judith Kelman • (ss)
• The Last Laught • Percy Spurlark Parker • (ss)
• The Last Leaf • O. Henry • (ss)
• The Last Legion • Richard Butler • (nv)
• The Last Letter • Mike Wiecek • (ss)
• Last Licks • Valerie Frankel • (ss)
• The Last Link • Andrew Garve • (ss)
• The Last Man • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• The Last Man • H. Bedford-Jones • (nv)
• The Last Man I Killer • David Rachel • (ss)
• Last Man to Die • Ellery Queen • (ss)
• The Last Martians • Gary Alexander • (ss)
• The Last Meeting of the Butlers Club • Geoffrey Bush • (nv)
• The Last Message • Nathan Orona • (vi)
• The Last Mile • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• Last Night at the Scala • Lauren Henderson • (ss)
• The Last Noel • J. Spencer Dreischarf • (ss)
• The Last Oasis • Sean McMartin • (ss)
• The Last of Clyde Dough • Wade H. Mosby • (ss)
• Last of Kin • Jo Bannister • (ss)
• The Last of Laura Dane • Jane Dentinger • (ss)
• The Last of Lord Jitters • David Beaty • (ss)
• The Last of Miss Trimm...? • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Last of Mrs. Maybrick • Q. Patrick • (ar)
• The Last of the Bad Girls • David Handler • (nv)
• The Last of the Highwaymen • Philip Rooney • (nf)
• The Last of the Magic • Dan Crawford • (ss)
• The Last of the Midnight Gardeners • Tony Wilmot • (ss)
• The Last of the Rosenthals • Peter Turnbull • (nv)
• The Last of the Rossiters • Thomas Walsh • (ss)
• The Last One to Cry • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Last One to Know • William Bankier • (ss)
• The Last Open File • Marcia Muller • (ss)
• The Last Page • John H. Dirckx • (nv)
• The Last Party • Dorothy Salisbury Davis • (ss)
• The Last Passenger • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. • (ss)
• The Last Payoff • Cleo C. Bresett, Jr. • (ss)
• The Last Peep • Janet Evanovich • (nv)
• The Last Pick • Jason Starr • (ss)
• The Last Picture Show • Alfred A. Blanchard • (ss)
• The Last Pin • Howard Wandrei • (ss)
• The Last Plagiarism • Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• The Last Private Eye • Clark Howard • (nv)
• The Last Pure Hour • Margaret Lawrence • (ss)
• The Last Quarter • Mary Braund • (ss)
• The Last Radical • Libby Fischer Hellmann • (ss)
• The Last Recall • Henry Beard • (nv)
• The Last Reel • Gary R. Bush • (nv)
• The Last Reel • George Emmett • (ss)
• Last Rendezvous • Jean L. Backus • (ss)
• The Last Rendezvous • Joan S. Richter • (nv)
• Last Request • Audree Distad • (ss)
• Last Resort • Peter Sellers • (ss)
• The Last Resort • Margaret Yorke • (ss)
• The Last Reunion • Doug Allyn • (nv)
• The Last Reunion • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• The Last Revival • Clark Howard • (ss)
• Last Ride • Mickey Spillane • (ss)
• The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob • Skip Hollandsworth • (tc)
• Last Right • Zoe Sharp • (ss)
• Last Rites • Linda Grant • (nv)
• Last Rites • Adam Hall • (ss)
• Last Rites • Walter Mosley • (ss)
• The Last Romantic • Raymond Steiber • (ss)
• The Last Rose • L. A. Taylor • (ss)
• Last Round • Robert Leslie Bellem • (ss)
• Last Round • Bill Crenshaw • (ss)
• The Last Round • C. J. Sullivan • (ss)
• The Last Sara • Susan B. Kelly • (ss)
• The Last Sheaf • Amy Myers • (ss)
• The Last Short Story • Christianna Brand • (ss)
• The Last Sly Fox • Lisa Polisar • (ss)
• The Last Snow-Flake in Texas • Liz Evans • (ss)
• The Last Speakers of Oubykh • Stuart Symons • (ss)
• The Last Spin • Evan Hunter • (ss)