Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Stories, Listed by Title

• Room Number 23 • Hugh Pentecost • (ss)
• Room to Hide • Brendan DuBois • (ss)
• Roomer Has It • Nancy C. Swoboda • (ss)
• The Rooming House • Scott Wolven • (ss)
• Root of Evil • Eli Farkas • (ss)
• Roots • Jerry Sykes • (ss)
• The Roots of Death • Margaret B. Maron • (ss)
• The Roots of Hell! • Mike Lifton • (ss)
• Rooum • Oliver Onions • (ss)
• Ropa Vieja • Laura Lippman • (nv)
• A Rope to Hang the World • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Rope-a-Dope • Craig McDonald • (ss)
• Rope-a-Dope • Paul A. Toth • (ss)
• Rorshack • Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding • (pl)
• The Rosary • Michael A. Black • (ss)
• Roscoe’s Little Secret • Kris Neri • (vi)
• Rose • Bret Lott • (nv)
• Rose Fever • G. V. Babish • (ss)
• Rose Garden • Barbara A. Custer • (ss)
• Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose • Monica Quill • (nv)
• The Rose of Tralee • Bill Crider • (ss)
• The Rose Window • Monte Cook • (ss)
• Rosejoy’s Baby • DeLoris Stanton Forbes • (nv)
• Roselle Park • John Alvar • (ss)
• Roses Are Red, You’re Dead • Richard Acton • (ss)
• Roses, Rhododendrons, and Ruth • Mike Owens • (ss)
• The Rosewood Coffin; or, The Devine Sarah • P. M. Carlson • (nv)
• Rosie’s Last Stand • David Pierce • (ss)
• Ross Malone: Next of Kin • Jeff McGraw • (ss)
• Ross Thomas: A Thumbnail Sketch • John Patrick Lang • (bg)
• Rotten to the Core • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• Le Rouge et le Noir • Alvin Lu • (ss)
• The Rough Boys • Harlan Ellison • (ss)
• A Rough Guide to Tanga • Ann Cleeves • (ss)
• Rough Justice • Judy Chard • (ss)
• Rough Justice • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Rough Justice • Ceri Jordan • (ss)
• Rough on Rats • Bryce Walton • (ss)
• Roughing It • Michael Beres • (ss)
• The Roughneck and the Dead Guy • Brent Haywood • (ss)
• Round Dragon, Angry Tiger • Steven Piziks • (nv)
• Round Trip • W. R. Burnett • (ss)
• Round Trip by Rail • Gwen Davenport • (ss)
• Roundabout • Jaime Sandaval • (ss)
• Roundup • Donald W. Hornbostel • (ss)
• Rouse Him Not • Manly Wade Wellman • (ss)
• Rousted • Stephen D. Rogers • (ss)
• Route 90 • Carter Swart • (ss)
• The Route to Bruton Marshes • Jeffry Scott • (nv)
• Routine • Iain Darby • (ss)
• Routine Assignment • Terry Mullins • (ss)
• The Royal Bedchamber • Elizabeth Byrd • (ss)
• A Royal Dinner • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Royal Game • Stefan Zweig • (nv)
• Royal Theft • Charles B. Child • (ss)
• The Royals of San Marco High • Jodi Tamara Harrison • (ss)
• Rub-a-Dub-Dub • Branley Allen Branson • (ss)
• The Rubaiyat of Nicholas Baldwin • Kathy Lynn Emerson • (ss)
• Rubber Gun Squad • Michael Robb • (vi)
• The Rubber Trumpet • Roy Vickers • (ss)
• Rubbish • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• Rubout • Edward Wellen • (ss)
• The Ruby • Corrado Alvaro • (ss)
• Ruby Laughter, Tears of Pearl • James Powell • (ss)
• Ruby Nell’s Ordeal • Jan Grape • (nv)
• Ruby, Ruby • William J. Reynolds • (nv)
• The Rude Awakening of Sybil Flitch • David Williams • (ss)
• Ruffian’s Wife • Dashiell Hammett • (ss)
• Ruffles Versus Ruffles; or, The Solid Gold Cricket Bat • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• The Rug • Edo van Belkom • (ss)
• The Rug Rat • Phyllis Martin • (pm)
• Rule of Law • K. K. Beck • (ss)
• Rule XXII • Paul G. Reeve • (nv)
• Rules of the Game • Kate Wilhelm • (ss)
• Rum Business • Margaret Yorke • (nv)
• Rum for Dinner • Lawrence G. Blochman • (ss)
• Rumble for a Blonde • Arnold English • (nv)
• Rumble Seat • Joe Archibald • (ss)
• Rumors of Gravity • John Westermann • (ss)
• Rumpole à la Carte • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Absence of Body • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Actor Laddie • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Asylum Seekers • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Camberwell Carrot • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Chambers Party • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Children of the Devil • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Christmas Break • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Dear Departed • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Family Pride • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Fascist Beast • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Female of the Species • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Hanging Judge • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Man of God • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Nanny Society • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the New Year’s Resolutions • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Primrose Path • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Quacks • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Quality of Life • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Remembrance of Things Past • John Mortimer • (na)
• Rumpole and the Right to Silence • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Scales of Justice • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Soothsayer • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Sporting Life • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Tap End • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole and the Winter Break • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Rumpole and the Younger Generation • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole at Sea • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole for the Prosecution • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole on Trial • John Mortimer • (nv)
• Rumpole Rests His Case • John Mortimer • (na)
• Rumpole’s Bonfire Night • John Mortimer • (ss)
• Run for Your Life • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
• Run For Your Life • William Dolan • (ss)
• Run from Her, Killer • Jay Richards • (ss)
• Run from the Hunter • Clark Howard • (ss)
• Run—If You Can • Charlotte Armstrong • (ss)
• Run Time • John M. Floyd • (ss)
• Run, Mourner, Run • Randall Kenan • (nv)
• Run, Rabbit, Run • Clayton Matthews & Leo Whitaker • (nv)
• Runaway • Ed McBain • (nv)
• The Runaway • Barbara Michaels • (ss)
• The Runaways • Stephen Wasylyk • (ss)
• Runaways Traced • S. L. Franklin • (nv)
• Runner and the Deathbringer • Teri White • (ss)
• Runners • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Runners On The Corners • L. A. Wilson, Jr. • (ss)
• Running Around • Barry N. Malzberg • (ss)
• Running Away • Vivian Morris • (ss)
• Running from Legs • Ed McBain • (nv)
• Running in Place • Darrell James • (ss)
• Running Lovers • Helene Juarez Phipps • (ss)
• The Running of the Deer • Reginald Hill • (nv)
• Running Out of Dog • Dennis Lehane • (nv)
• Running Out of Pay-Dirt • Arthur Stringer • (ss)
• Rushy Glen • Gladys Mitchell • (ss)
• Russell Davenport and the Break-in Artists • Alex Auswaks • (ss)
• Russell Davenport and the Countess • Alex Auswaks • (ss)
• Russell Davenport and the Housekeeper • Alex Auswaks • (nv)
• The Russian Cipher • Huan Mee • (ss)
• The Russian Prisoner • Leslie Charteris • (nv)
• The Rust on the Moon • J. P. Boyd • (ss)
• Rustlers at Red Rock • Tom Condarcure • (ss)
• The Rut • David Braly • (ss)
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries • Ruth Rendell • (ss)
• Ruthless Ralph • Elana Lore • (ss)
• Ryan’s Elf • Celia Hixon • (ss)
• Ryerson’s Fate • Doug Larsen • (nv)
• S.O.S. • Agatha Christie • (ss)
• S.O.S. • John Lutz • (ss)
• S.P.Y. in the Sky • Bruce Cassiday • (nv)
• The S.S. • M. P. Shiel • (nv)
• The Sabbath Flame • Ronald Levitsky • (ss)
• Sabotage • Richard Aston • (ss)
• Sabotage • William L. DeAndrea • (nv)
• Sabotage • Jan Gleiter • (ss)
• Sabotage • P. E. Halycon • (ss)
• The Sabotage Murders • Robert Wallace • (na)
• Sacajawea’s Gold • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• A Sack of Potatoes • Sarah Weinman • (ss)
• The Sacramento Waxworks • Edward D. Hoch • (ss)
• The Sacred Dragon • Steve Fisher • (ss)
• The Sacred Fire • Charles de Lint • (ss)
• Sacred Ground • Barbara W. Malenky • (ss)
• The Sacrifice • Kathleen Downey • (ss)
• Sacrifice • Warren Frost • (ss)
• Sacrifice • C. J. Henderson • (ss)
• Sacrifice • Jean Lersch • (vi)
• Sacrifice • L. L. Thrasher • (ss)
• Sacrifice Hit • John T. Lescroart • (nv)
• The Sacrificial Goat • Thomas Walsh • (ss)
• Sacrificial Lion • Grant Blackwood • (ss)
• The Sacrilege • Thomas Hardy • (pm)
• A Sad and Bloody Hour • Joe Gores • (nv)
• A Sad Case of Simony • H. R. F. Keating • (ss)
• Sad Girls • Ann Cleeves • (ss)
• Sad-Eyed Blonde • Dick Lochte • (ss)
• Sadie When She Died • Ed McBain • (nv)
• Safe • Gary A. Braunbeck • (na)
• Safe and Free • D. O. Bell • (ss)
• Safe as Any Sap • William Tenn • (ss)
• Safe as Houses • Margery Allingham • (ss)
• Safe as Houses • William Bankier • (ss)
• Safe as Houses • Carol Anne Davis • (ex)
• Safe as Milk • Steve Bishop • (ss)
• Safe Delivery • Tonita S. Gardner • (ss)
• Safe Deposit • Sarah J. Mason • (ss)
• Safe Enough • Lee Child • (ss)
• Safe Harbor • Donald Wismer • (nv)
• Safe House • Loren D. Estleman • (ss)
• Safe House • Morgiana • (ss)
• A Safe Place • Isaac Asimov • (ss)
• Safe Sex • Andrew H. Vachss • (vi)
• Safe! • Michael Gilbert • (ss)
• Safer Than Love • Margery Allingham • (na)
• The Safest Little Town in Texas • Jeremiah Healy • (ss)
• The Safest Place in the World • James M. Reasoner • (nv)
• The Safest Place on Earth • Mark Best • (ss)
• Safety Deposit • Bertram B. Fowler • (ss)
• Safety First • Marcia Talley • (ss)
• A Safety in Numbers • Patricia Highsmith • (ss)
• The Safety Match • Anton Chekhov • (nv)
• The Saga of Sidney Paar • Jon L. Breen • (ss)
• The Saga of Tommy Brokenbridge • Dan A. Sproul • (ss)
• Saguaro Trail Riders • Nick Carr • (nv)
• Saigon • Joe Atkins • (ss)
• Sail • Lester Dent • (nv)
• The Sailing • Jas. R. Petrin • (ss)
• The Sailing Club • David Ely • (ss)
• Sailing to Atlantis • Ed Gorman • (nv)
• Sailor’s Holiday • Barry Gifford • (na)
• Saint Al • Dennis O’Neil • (ss)