Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 ed. Nelson DeMille (Houghton Mifflin 0618329684, Oct 2004, $27.50, 448pp, hc) Anthology of 20 stories.
- · Bet on Red · Jeff Abbott · nv High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2003
- · Stonewalls · Jeffrey Robert Bowman · ss
- · Height Advantage [Virginiak] · William J. Carroll, Jr. · nv AHMM Nov, 2003
- · Evolution · Benjamin Cavell · ss
- · All Through the House · Christopher Coake · ss
- · Where Beautiful Ladies Dance for You · Patrick Michael Finn · ss
- · How Wendy Tudhope Was Saved from Sure and Certain Death · Rob Katner · ss AHMM Apr, 2003
- · Snake Eyes · Jonathon King · nv High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2003
- · Harvey’s Dream · Stephen King · ss New Yorker Jun 30, 2003
- · Smash and Grab · Michael Knight · ss
- · Bank of America · Richard Lange · ss
- · Lids · Tom Larsen · ss
- · Low Tide · Dick Lochte · nv Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2003
- · The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier [Sherlock Holmes] · Richard Lupoff · nv My Sherlock Holmes, ed. Michael Kurland, St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2003
- · Doll: a Romance of the Mississippi · Joyce Carol Oates · ss
- · The Swag from Doc Hawthorne’s · Jack O’Connell · nv F&SF Feb, 2003
- · Best Man Wins · Frederick Williams · ss
- · Something About Teddy · Timothy Williams · ss Plots with Guns Jan/Feb, 2003
- · El Rey · Scott Wolven · ss
- · Green Heat · Angela Zeman · nv A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, ed. Jeffery Deaver, Berkley, 2003
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Who Died in Here? ed. Pat Dennis (Richfield, MN: Penury Press 0967634423, Jan 2004, $12.95, 192pp, tp) 25 mystery stories of crimes and bathrooms. (Buy)
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Murder by Magic ed. Rosemary Edghill (Warner Aspect 0-446-67962-3, Oct 2004, $13.95, 345pp, tp) Original anthology of 20 stories by authors including Mercedes Lackey, Jennifer Roberson, and Lawrence Watt-Evans. Edghill also writes as eluki bes shahar. This is copyrighted by Edghill and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books.
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Left Coast Crimes ed. Valerie Feldman (Monterey, CA: Left Coast Crime, 2004, 93pp, tp)
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A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women ed. Elizabeth George (HarperCollins 0060588217, Jul 2004, $24.95, 560pp, hc)
- xi · Introduction · Elizabeth George · in (*), 2004
- 1 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week Mar 5 ’17
- 27 · The Man Who Knew How · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb ’32
- 45 · I Can Find My Way Out [Insp. (Supt.) Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv EQMM Aug ’46
- 75 · The Summer People · Shirley Jackson · ss Charm Sep ’50
- 93 · St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning · Charlotte Armstrong · nv EQMM Apr ’60
- 119 · The Purple Is Everything · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss EQMM Jun ’64
- 133 · Money to Burn · Margery Allingham · ss EQMM Apr ’57
- 147 · A Nice Place to Stay · Nedra Tyre · ss EQMM Jun ’70
- 161 · Clever and Quick · Christianna Brand · ss EQMM Mar ’74
- 177 · Country Lovers [“Town and Country Lovers, Two”] · Nadine Gordimer · ss A Soldier’s Embrace, Viking Penguin, 1975
- 189 · The Irony of Hate · Ruth Rendell · ss Winter’s Crimes 9, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1977
- 207 · Sweet Baby Jenny · Joyce Harrington · ss EQMM May 20 ’81
- 229 · Wild Mustard [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
- 241 · Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv, 1988
- 279 · The Case of the Pietro Andromache [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv AHMM Dec ’88
- 309 · Afraid All the Time · Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 327 · The Young Shall See Visions, and the Old Dream Dreams · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss AHMM Jul ’89
- 349 · A Predatory Woman · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 363 · Jack Be Quick · Barbara Paul · nv Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, 1991
- 399 · Ghost Station · Carolyn Wheat · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- 417 · New Moon and Rattlesnakes · Wendy Hornsby · ss The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994
- 437 · Death of a Snowbird · J. A. Jance · ss The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994
- 459 · The River Mouth · Lia Matera · ss The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994
- 475 · A Scandal in Winter [Sherlock Holmes] · Gillian Linscott · nv Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh, Berkley, 1996
- 505 · Murder-Two · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998
- 533 · English Autumn—American Fall · Minette Walters · ss Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press, 1999
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The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Fifth Annual Collection ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Forge Books 076531147X, Oct 2004, $17.95, 464pp, hc)
- 11 · The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2003 · Jon L. Breen · ar *
- 21 · A 2003 Yearbook of Mystery and Crime · Edward D. Hoch · ar *
- 35 · World Mystery Report: Great Britain · Maxim Jakubowski · ar *
- 40 · World Mystery Report: Canada · Edo van Belkom · ar *
- 42 · World Mystery Report: Germany · Thomas Wöertche · ar *
- 45 · The Year 2003 in Mystery Fandom · George A. Easter · ar *
- 49 · Cowboy Grace · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv The Silver Gryphon, ed. Gary Turner & Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon Press, 2003
- 74 · Palace in the Pines [Dan Shea; Puck Paquette] · Doug Allyn · nv EQMM Jul, 2003
- 100 · Offenders · Mat Coward · ss The Mammoth Book of Future Cops, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christian, Robinson, 2003
- 112 · Bet on Red · Jeff Abbott · nv High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2003
- 126 · Doctor’s Orders · Judith Cutler · ss Birmingham Noir, ed. Joel Lane & Steve Bishop, Tindal Street, 2003
- 134 · Esther Gordon Framlingham · Antony Mann · ss Crimewave #7, 2003
- 142 · Nighthawks · John Lutz · ss Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2003
- 151 · Low Tide · Dick Lochte · nv Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin, ed. Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb, Mysterious Press, 2003
- 165 · Starting Over · Carol Anne Davis · ss Green for Danger, ed. Martin Edwards, Do-Not Press, 2003
- 170 · Dreams of Jeannie · Catherine Dain · nv Dreams of Jeannie and Other Stories, Five Star, 2003
- 183 · The Face of Ali Baba [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Dec, 2003
- 194 · Take My Word for It and You Don’t Have to Answer · Robert S. Levinson · ss EQMM Dec, 2003
- 204 · The Maids · G. Miki Hayden · ss Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley, 2003
- 213 · Black Heart and Cabin Girl · Shelley Costa · nv Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley, 2003
- 225 · Dollface · Marion Arnott · nv Sleepwalkers, Elastic Press, 2003
- 252 · Doppelganger · Rhys Bowen · ss Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley, 2003
- 258 · No Man’s Land · Elizabeth Foxwell · ss Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley, 2003
- 268 · Safety First · Marcia Talley · ss Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley, 2003
- 275 · Red Meat · Elaine Viets · ss Blood on Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block, Berkley, 2003
- 284 · Sex and Bingo [Helen Hawthorne] · Elaine Viets · nv High Stakes, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2003
- 299 · Aces and Eights · David Edgerley Gates · ss AHMM Dec, 2003
- 320 · Proportionate Response · Jeremiah Healy · na Off-Season and Other Stories, Five Star, 2003
- 344 · The Hunter · Joyce Carol Oates · ss EQMM Nov, 2003
- 353 · The Cherub Affair · Peter Robinson · ss EQMM Sep/Oct, 2003
- 369 · The Corpse That Lost Its Head · John Vermeulen · ss Playboy Oct, 2003
- 379 · The Best · Chris Rippen; trans. by Emmy Muller · ss, 2003; first published in Nachtboot, House De Geus, Breda.
- 390 · The Rival · Helga Anderle; trans. by Janet Hamilton · ss, 2003; first published in Ingeborgs Fälle, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag.
- 397 · African Christmas · Frauke Schuster · ss, 2003; first published in Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh, ed. Belinda Rodik & Reinhard Rael Wissdorf, Friedrich Wittig Verlag, Kiel.
- 401 · The Gallows Necklace · Sharyn McCrumb · ss The Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003
- 414 · One Shot Difference · Brendan DuBois · ss EQMM Sep/Oct, 2003
- 428 · Woke Up This Morning · Liza Cody · nv Lucky Dip and other stories, Crippen & Landru, 2003
- 443 · The Leper Colony · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Aug, 2003
- 461 · Honorable Mentions · Misc. · bi
- 463 · About the Editors · Misc. · bg
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Mr. President, Private Eye ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins, Jr. (I Books 0743487397, Oct 2004, $6.99, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1989) original anthology.
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Ellery Queen Presents Great Mystery Novellas ed. Janet Hutchings (Five Star 1-59414-067-7, Aug 2004, $25.95, hc) Anthology of five novellas from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
- · Introduction · Janet Hutchings · in
- 11 · Tell Me You Forgive Me? · Joyce Carol Oates · na EQMM Sep/Oct, 2001
- 53 · Blood Paths · Clark Howard · na EQMM Jun, 2000
- 95 · Piranha to Scurfy · Ruth Rendell · na Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories, Hutchinson, 2000
- 169 · The Lost Boy · Robert Barnard · na Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion, 2000
- 215 · Out There in the Darkness · Ed Gorman · nv Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 1995
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Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years ed. Michael Kurland (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0312315139, Nov 2004, $24.95, 400pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes] Original anthology of stories.
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Brooklyn Noir ed. Tim McLoughlin (Akashic Books 1-888451-58-0, 2004, $15.95, 366pp, tp, cover by Renette Zimmerly) Original anthology of 20 stories set in Brooklyn.
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The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction ed. Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino (Longman 0321195019, Jul 2004, $51.40, 496pp, hc)
- · Preface · Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino · pr
- · Introduction · Deane Mansfield-Kelley & Lois Marchino · in
- · Critical Essay and Commentary
- · Murder at Large · John Ball · ar
- · Part I: The Amateur Detective
- · Critical Essays and Commentaries
- · From “The Puzzle-Game” · Patricia D. Maida & Nicholas B. Spornick · ar
- · The Many Guises of the Contemporary Amateur Detective · Nancy Ellen Talburt & Juana R. Young · ar
- · Stories
- · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr, 1841
- · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Dec, 1892
- · The Witness for the Prosecution [“Traitor’s Hands”] · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s Jan 31 ’25
- · The Haunted Policeman [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Harper’s Bazaar Feb ’38
- · “My Queer Dean!” [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 8 ’53
- · The House in Goblin Wood [as by Carter Dickson; Sir Henry Merrivale] · John Dickson Carr · nv EQMM Nov ’47
- · Deborah’s Judgment [Deborah Knott] · Margaret Maron · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- · Nine Lives to Live · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Cat Crimes II, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman, Fine, 1992
- · Cold Turkey · Diane Mott Davidson · ss Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992
- · Revised Endings · Jan Burke · ss Murderous Intent Sum/Fll ’98
- · Part II: The Private Investigator
- · Critical Essays and Commentaries
- · The Simple Art of Murder · Raymond Chandler · ar Atlantic Monthly Dec ’44
- · From “Grafton’s Place in the Development of the Detective Novel” · Natalie Hevener Kaufman & Carol McGinnis Kay · ar
- · Stories
- · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Dec ’25
- · Trouble Is My Business [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine Aug ’39
- · The Parker Shotgun [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · nv Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- · And Pray Nobody Sees You [Aaron Gunner] · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes, ed. Paula L. Woods, Doubleday, 1995
- · Going Home · S. J. Rozan · ss The Mysterious North, ed. Dana Stabenow, Signet, 2002
- · Part III: The Police
- · Critical Essays and Commentaries
- · From “The Police Novel” · LeRoy Lad Panek · ar
- · The 87th Precinct · Ed McBain · ar
- · Stories
- · The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss
- · Inspector Maigret Deduces [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon · ss, 1944
- · Index · Misc. · ix
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A Way with Murder: An Anthology by Arizona Mystery Writers ed. Marci Martin & Jim Woods (Xlibris Corporation 1413445497, May 2004, $34.99, 414pp, hc)
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Death by Dickens ed. Anne Perry (Prime Crime 0425194205, Mar 2004, $23.95, 280pp, hc) Original anthology of 11 tales inspired by the fiction of Charles Dickens.
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