Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Stories, Listed by Title

• Legally Dead • John A. Broussard • (nv)
• The Legend • Albert F. Nussbaum • (ss)
• The Legend of Bayboy and the Mexican Surfer • John Shannon • (ss)
• The Legend of Charlie McQuarkle • Paul Bishop • (ss)
• The Legend of Pemadumcook • David Braly • (ss)
• The Legs That Walked • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Legwork • Paul Bishop • (cl)
• Legwork • Readers • (lt)
• A Leigh Brackett Bibliography • Robin Smiley • (bi)
• Leiningen Versus the Ants • Carl Stephenson • (nv)
• The Lemon Drink Queen • John Lutz • (nv)
• Lemon Drops • Susan Stephenson • (ss)
• The Lemon Juice Plot • Molly Brown • (ss)
• Lemonade Legacy • Pat D’Amico • (pm)
• Lemons • Perri O’Shaughnessy • (ss)
• The Lemures • Steven W. Saylor • (nv)
• The Length of a Straw • R. T. Lawton • (ss)
• Lenny’s Swan Song • Ian Stuart • (ss)
• The Lenton Croft Robberies • Arthur Morrison • (nv)
• Leo • Ron Abell • (ss)
• Leo Browne’s Arrest • L. F. James • (ss)
• Leo Youngdahl, R.I.P. • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Leonardo Da Vinci, Detective • Theodore Mathieson • (ss)
• Leonardo, Prefect of Verona • Curt Fischer • (ss)
• Leon’s Last Job • Thomas Walsh • (ss)
• The Leopard Lady Strikes Back • Brant House • (nv)
• The Leopard Man’s Story • Jack London • (ss)
• Leopold and the Broken Bride • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold and the Cemetery Bandits • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold and the Four O’Clock Felon • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold and the Thunderer • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold at Bouchercon • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold at Rest • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold in New York • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold in the Lab • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold in the Vineyard • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold Kidnapped • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• Leopold Lends a Hand • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Leopold Locked Room • Edward D. Hoch • (nv)
• Leopold Undercover • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold’s Aim • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold’s Class • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Leopold’s Guns • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Leo’s Den Affair • Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Josh Pachter • (ss)
• The Leper Colony • Clark Howard • (nv)
• A Lepidopterist’s Tale • Daniel Waterman • (ss)
• Les Inconnus • Kate Ellis • (ss)
• Les Soeurs en Crime • Suzanne Caplette Champeau • (ss)
• Leslie Nielsen • Andrew F. Gulli • (iv)
• Less Is More • Lisa D. Williamson • (ar)
• Less Lives Than a Cat • Ed Lacy • (nv)
• Les’s Story • Stuart Pawson • (ss)
• Less Than Perfect • Michel Faber • (ss)
• The Lesser Evil • A. W. Wilson, Jr. • (nv)
• Lesser of Two Evils • Michael Bracken • (ss)
• The Lesser Thing • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • (ss)
• Lesser-Included Offense • Jeffery Wilds Deaver • (nv)
• The Lesson • Billie Sue Mosiman • (ss)
• The Lesson • Mark Russell • (nv)
• A Lesson for Benny • Arthur Montague • (ss)
• A Lesson for Bodkin • Edward Wellen • (vi)
• A Lesson from Purple • Ann F. Woodward • (ss)
• A Lesson from the Master • Louis Weinstein • (nv)
• Lesson in Anatomy • Michael Innes • (nv)
• A Lesson in Crime • G. D. H. Cole & Margaret Cole • (ss)
• A Lesson in Homicide • John G. Pearsol • (ss)
• A Lesson in Murder • Richard H. Hardwick • (ss)
• A Lesson in Murder • Andrea Smith • (ss)
• Lesson in Terror • Donald Olson • (ss)
• Lesson Learned • Robert DiFrancesco • (ss)
• Lessons • Jeremiah Healy • (nv)
• Lessons • Walter Mosley • (ss)
• Let Me Live • D. L. Champion • (ss)
• Let Nature Take Its Corpse • C. William Harrison • (ss)
• Let No Man Put Asunder • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• Let Nothing You Dismay! • Ellis Peters • (ss)
• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie • Ann Campbell • (ss)
• Let the Dead Bury Their Dead; Being the Annotated Oral History of the Former Maroon Society called Snatchit and then Tearshirt and later the Town of Tims Creek, North Carolina [circa 1854-1985] • Randall Kenan • (na)
• ’Let the Game Begin!’ • Peter Tremayne • (nv)
• “Let the Game Begin!” • Peter Tremayne • (nv)
• Let the Punnishment Fit the Crime • Douglas Hiller • (ss)
• Let the Seller Beware • Thomas E. Weil, Jr. • (pm)
• Let This Be a Lesson • Gillian Roberts • (ss)
• Let Your Light Shine • Jamie Smith • (ss)
• Lethal Luncheon • Parnell Hall • (nv)
• Let’s Cry for the Dead • William Tibbetts Brannon • (ss)
• Let’s Die My Sweet! • Wallace Downs • (ss)
• Let’s Get Lost • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Let’s Go Knock Over Seaside • Julie Smith • (nv)
• Let’s Have Some Fun • Helen Tucker • (ss)
• Let’s Hear It for Tomorrow • William Bankier • (ss)
• Let’s Twist Again • James Ellroy • (ar)
• The Letter • Fredric Brown • (vi)
• The Letter • Dorothy Salisbury Davis • (nv)
• The Letter • Joan Lock • (ss)
• The Letter • W. Somerset Maugham • (nv)
• The Letter • Dickson Thorpe • (vi)
• The Letter Carrier • Kathryn Gottlieb • (ss)
• Letter from a Dead Man • Percy Spurlark Parker • (ss)
• Letter from a Very Worried Man • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• A Letter from an Archangel • H. R. F. Keating • (ar)
• A Letter from Ed Noon • Michael Avallone • (ss)
• A Letter from Frederic Dannay to Manfred B. Lee • Frederic Dannay • (lt)
• Letter from His Father • Nadine Gordimer • (ss)
• Letter From Moscow • Isak Romun • (ss)
• A Letter from Mycroft Holmes • Jon White • (vi)
• Letter from the Editor • Janet Hutchings • (ed)
• A Letter from the North • Donald Olson • (ss)
• The Letter in the Peppermint Jar • Janwillem van de Wetering • (nv)
• Letter of the Law • Donald W. Hornbostel • (ss)
• Letter Present • Janwillem van de Wetering • (ss)
• A Letter to Amy • Joyce Harrington • (ss)
• A Letter to Big Man • Maxim Jakubowski • (ss)
• Letter to His Son • Simon Brett • (ss)
• Letter to Mike Moser, 14-Jun-52 • Fredric Brown • (lt)
• A Letter to Readers • Frederic Dannay • (ar)
• Letter to the Editor • Morris Hershman • (ss)
• Letter to the Editor • Charles C. McWhorter • (pm)
• Letter to Theresa • Walter Mosley • (ss)
• A Letter Too Late • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Letters • Readers • (lt)
• Letters from Home • Benjamin M. LeRoy • (ss)
• The Letters of Halpin Chalmers • P. H. Cannon • (ss)
• Letters to Leonard • Mike Young • (ss)
• Letters to the Editor • Shirley Rousseau Murphy • (ss)
• Letters to the Editor • Readers • (lt)
• Letters to the Editors • Readers • (lt)
• Letting the Cat Out of the Bag • Wendi Lee • (ss)
• Levison’s Victim • M. E. Braddon • (ss)
• Lew Corbin, Gentleman • Max Brand • (ss)
• Lex Talionis • Jessica Palmer • (ss)
• The Liar • Tobias Wolff • (ss)
• Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire • Michael Thomas Dillon • (vi)
• The Liars’ Club • Mary Karr • (ex)
• Liar’s Dice • Bill Pronzini • (ss)
• Liar’s Poker • Michael Lewis • (ex)
• Libation by Death • Dorian Yeager • (n.)
• Libby’s Luck • Rob Kantner • (ss)
• Liberty’s Suicide Legions • Emile C. Tepperman • (n.)
• The Librarian • Simon Brett • (ss)
• Libre • Barbara Hambly • (ss)
• License Renewed • John C. Gardner • (ex)
• License to Kill • Jeffry Scott • (nv)
• License to Koi • Carole Nelson Douglas • (nv)
• License to Steal • Arthur Moore • (ss)
• Licensed Guide • Eric Wright • (ss)
• Licorice Sticks and Icicle Picks • Nancy L. McGuire • (ss)
• Lids • Tom Larsen • (ss)
• The Lie • Anita Page • (ss)
• Lie Back and Enjoy It • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Lie Beside Me • Matthew V. Clemens & Max Allan Collins • (ss)
• The Lie Detector • James McKimmey • (ss)
• Lie Down with Dogs • Bill Crenshaw • (ss)
• Lie to Me Baby • Stan Rogal • (ss)
• The Lieabout • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Lies • Ruth Graviros • (ss)
• Lies • Eleanor Sullivan • (ss)
• Lieutenant Harald and the Impossible Gun • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• Life After Life • Lawrence Block • (ss)
• Life Ain’t Life • Lynn Wallace • (ss)
• The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • (ss)
• The Life and Times of Gordianus the Finder: A Partial Chronology • Steven W. Saylor • (ms)
• Life Before the War • John Straley • (ss)
• Life Cycle • Paul Garrety • (ss)
• Life Extinct • Peter Turnbull • (ss)
• A Life for a Lamp • Peter Cheyney • (ss)
• Life in Our Time • Robert Bloch • (ss)
• Life Is a Cabernet • Charla Maine • (ss)
• Life Is Hell, Death Is Heaven • Robert Petyo • (ss)
• Life Is Seven Years • Michael A. Black • (nf)
• The Life of a Big Whale • Thomas Adcock • (nv)
• Life of Riley • Wendi Lee • (ss)
• Life on the Edge • John North • (vi)
• Life or Breath • Nelson DeMille • (ss)
• Life—Or Death? • Roger Torrey • (ss)
• Life Sentence • John Lutz • (ss)
• Life Without Drama • Crad Kilodney • (ss)
• Life, Death, and Other Trivial Concerns • Robert Loy • (ss)
• Life, Death, Love, and Baseball • Skye Alexander • (ss)
• Life, For Short • Carolyn Wheat • (ss)
• Life-Interest • Carolyn G. Hart • (ss)
• The Life-lie • Robert Barnard • (ss)
• A Life-Long Affair, But... • H. R. F. Keating • (ar)
• Lifelike • Lewis Shiner • (ss)
• Lifeline • Peter Usher • (ss)
• Life’s a Bitch — David Goodis • Eddie Duggan • (ar)
• Life’s Little Mysteries • Brian Thompson • (ss)
• A Lifetime Burning in a Moment • Rick Mofina • (ss)
• A Lift into Colmar • Ellis Peters • (na)
• Lifted Bait • Erle Stanley Gardner • (nv)
• The Lifted Veil • George Eliot • (nv)
• Liftwing’s Young Wife • Ann F. Woodward • (ss)
• Ligeia • Edgar Allan Poe • (ss)
• The Light • Robert English • (ss)
• The Light and the Dark • Robert Wisdom • (ss)
• Light Coming • H. R. F. Keating • (vi)
• The Light Dawns • James Bigwood • (pm)
• Light Her Way Home • Sharan Newman • (nv)
• Light House • Lorin Emery • (ss)
• The Light in Martin’s Room • Ruth Graviros • (ss)
• The Light Next Door • Charlotte Armstrong • (ss)
• A Light on Murder • Gladys Mitchell • (ss)
• A Light on t’Fell • Kenneth Richmond • (ss)
• A Light on the Road to Woodstock • Ellis Peters • (nv)
• Light on the Subject • Martha C. Lawrence • (ss)
• Light Sleeper • Bob Madia • (vi)
• Light Switch, Mirror, Stairs • Henry Slesar • (ss)
• Light-Fingers • Francis Durbridge • (ss)
• Lighthouse • Katherine H. Brooks • (pm)
• The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand • J. S. Fletcher • (ss)
• Lighthouse Rock • Raymond Steiber • (ss)
• Lightning and Fireflies • L. D. Kaye • (pm)
• Lightning and Justice • David Waskin • (nv)