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Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus 1847240763, Jul 2007, $36.06, 528pp, hc)

· Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw
· Introduction · Harlan Ellison · in
· The Cat-Woman [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Black Mask Feb ’27
· Dilemma of the Dead Lady · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 4 ’36
· The House of Kaa [The Cobra] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces Feb ’34
· The Invisible Millionaire [Simon Templar] · Leslie Charteris · nv Black Mask Jun ’38
· Faith · Dashiell Hammett · ss
· Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Mar ’28
· The Sad Serbian [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask Mar ’39
· You’ll Always Remember Me · Steve Fisher · ss Black Mask Mar ’38
· Finger Man [Ted Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask Oct ’34
· You’ll Die Laughing · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask Sep ’40
· About Kid Deth · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask Feb ’31
· The Sinister Sphere [Steve Thatcher (“Moon Man”)] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Ten Detective Aces May/Jun ’33
· Pigeon Blood · Paul Cain · nv Black Mask Nov ’33
· The Perfect Crime · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask Jul ’20
· The Monkey Murder [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Jan ’39
· The Crimes of Richmond City:
· i) Raw Law [Richmond City] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask Sep ’28
· ii) Dog Eat Dog [Richmond City] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask Oct ’28
· The iii) Law Laughs Last [Richmond City] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask Nov ’28
· iv) Law Without Law [Richmond City] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask Apr ’29
· v) Graft [Richmond City] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask May ’29
Uncertain Endings: The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books 1933648163, Jan 2007, $23.95, 288pp, hc)

ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in
3 · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM Sep ’58
15 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Jul ’02
23 · Nunc Dimittis [“The Devious Bachelor”] · Roald Dahl · nv Colliers Sep 4 ’53
47 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Nov, 1882
55 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Jul, 1885
63 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv EQMM Sep ’48
95 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss EQMM Nov ’45
· The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat Feb, 1896
123 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat Aug, 1896
139 · Karmesin and the Meter [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win ’37/38
147 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post Oct 21 ’11
167 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s Sep ’50
185 · At Midnight, in the Month of June · Ray Bradbury · ss EQMM Jun ’54
197 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine Dec ’08
211 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review Aug ’21
243 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Colliers Feb 15 ’36
251 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss EQMM Sep ’50
267 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express Jan 1, 1870
277 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv EQMM Mar ’55
The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books 1933648678, Dec 2007, $25.00, 205pp, hc)

11 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in
19 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · ss Colliers Feb 8 ’30
31 · The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper · Robert Benchley · ss, 1932
39 · Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer · S. J. Perelman · ss New Yorker Dec 16 ’44
53 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty Mar 28 ’25
75 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts New Yorker Oct 3 ’31
83 · The Great Warburton Mystery · George S. Kaufman & Howard Dietz · ss
101 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman Feb ’29
139 · Up the Close and Down the Stair · S. J. Perelman · ss New Yorker Sep 8 ’51
153 · The Man Who Came Back · Edna Ferber · ss The American Magazine Apr ’11
171 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · ss New Yorker Mar 5 ’32
177 · Four-and-Twenty Blackjacks · S. J. Perelman · ss New Yorker Mar 3 ’51
191 · Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One · Ring Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan Jul ’29
Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood ed. Robert J. Randisi (Pegasus Books 1933648287, Aug 2007, $25.00, 322pp, hc)

· Suicide Run · Michael Connelly · ss *
· I Wasn’t There · Bill Pronzini · ss *
· Murderlized · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · ss *
· And the Winner Is— · Robert S. Levinson · ss *
· Closing Credits · Terence Faherty · ss *
· Too Sweet · Ken Kuhlken · ss *
· And Then She Was Gone · Christine Matthews · ss *
· Evangeline · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss *
· Jack Webb’s Star · Lee Goldberg · ss *
· Devil Dog · Dick Lochte · ss *
· When All Our Dreams Come True · Gary Phillips · ss *
· Letter from a Dead Man · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss *
· Barry of Hollywood · Paul Guyot · ss *
· Moving Pictures · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss *
Alien Crimes ed. Mike Resnick (SFBC 58-0927, May 2007, $14.87, 487pp, hc) Original anthology of six science fiction crime novellas.

vii · Introduction · Mike Resnick · in *
3 · Nothing Personal · Pat Cadigan · na *
55 · A Locked-Planet Mystery · Mike Resnick · na *
115 · Hoxbomb · Harry Turtledove · na *
173 · The End of the World · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na *
271 · Dark Heaven · Gregory Benford · na *
345 · Womb of Every World · Walter Jon Williams · na *
Bronx Noir ed. S. J. Rozan (Akashic Books 1933354259, Aug 2007, $15.95, 361pp, tp)

· Introduction · S. J. Rozan · in *
· Part I: Bring It on Home
· White Trash · Jerome Charyn · ss *; (Claremont/Concourse)
· Gold Mountain · Terrence Cheng · ss *; (Lehman College)
· Hey, Girlie · Joanne Dobson · ss *; (Sedgwick Avenue)
· The Woman Who Hated the Bronx · Rita Lakin · ss *; (Elder Avenue)
· Part II: In the Still of the Night
· Rude Awakening · Lawrence Block · ss *; (Riverdale)
· Burnout · Suzanne Chazin · ss *; (Jerome Avenue)
· The Cheers Like Waves · Kevin Baker · ss *; (Yankee Stadium)
· Jaguar · Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. · ss *; (South Bronx)
· Part III: Another Saturday Night
· Early Fall · Steven Torres · ss *; (Hunts Point)
· Hothouse · S. J. Rozan · ss *; (Botanical Garden)
· Lost and Found · Thomas Bentil · ss *; (Rikers Island)
· Look What Love Is Doing to Me · Marlon James · ss *; (Williamsbridge)
· Part IV: The Wanderer
· Home Sweet Home · Sandra Kitt · ss *; (City Island)
· A Visit to St. Nick’s · Robert J. Hughes · ss *; (Fordham Road)
· Numbers Up · Miles Marshall Lewis · ss *; (Baychester)
· The Big Five · Joseph Wallace · ss *; (Bronx Zoo)
· Part V: All Shook Up
· Ernie K.’s Gelding · Ed Dee · ss *; (Van Cortlandt Park)
· The Prince of Arthur Avenue · Patrick W. Picciarelli · ss *; (Arthur Avenue)
· You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy? · Thomas Adcock · ss *; (Courthouse)
New Orleans Noir ed. Julie Smith (Akashic Books 978-1-933354-24-8, 2007, $14.95, 287pp, tp)

· Introduction · Julie Smith · in *
· Part I: Before the Levees Broke
· What’s the Score? · Ted O’Brien · ss *; (Mid-City)
· Two-Story Brick Houses · Patty Friedmann · ss *; (Uptown)
· Scared Rabbit · Tim McLoughlin · ss *; (Irish Channel)
· Schevoski · Olympia Vernon · ss *; (University District)
· Algiers · David Fulmer · ss *; (Algiers)
· Pony Girl · Laura Lippman · ss *; (Treme)
· The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi · Jervey Tervalon · ss *; (Seventh Ward)
· Open Mike · James Nolan · ss *; (French Quarter)
· All I Could Was Cry · Kalamu ya Salaam · ss *; (Lower Ninth Ward)
· There Shall Your Heart Be Also · Barbara Hambly · ss *; (The Swamp)
· Part II: Life in Atlantis
· Muddy Pond · Maureen Tan · ss *; (Village de l’Est)
· Lawyers’ Tongues · Thomas Adcock · ss *; (Gentilly)
· And Hell Walked In · Jeri Cain Rossi · ss *; (Bywater)
· Night Taxi · Christine Wiltz · ss *; (Lakeview)
· Annunciation Shotgun · Greg Herren · ss *; (Lower Garden District)
· Loot · Julie Smith · ss *; (Garden District)
· Angola South · Ace Atkins · ss *; (Loyola Avenue)
· Marigny Triangle · Eric Overmyer · ss *; (Faubourg Marigny)
· About the Contributors · Misc. · bg *
Dead and Breakfast ed. Lisa René Smith & Linda Houle (L & L Dreamspell 1603180222, Sep 2007, $16.95, 260pp, tp)

· The Stand-In · Cash Anthony · ss *
· The End of the Tour · Diana L. Driver · ss *
· Traces of Death · John Foxjohn · ss *
· Dead by Breakfast · Betty Gordon · ss *
· Veiled Deception · Betty Gordon · ss *
· The Legacy of Ledgemont Inn · Linda Houle · ss *
· Do Wah Diddy Die Already · Pauline Baird Jones · ss *
· Snake and Smiley · Alexis Glynn Latner · ss *
· The Old Pine Lodge · Lisa René Smith · ss *
· I Love a Parade! · Gayle Wigglesworth · ss *
Wall Street Noir ed. Peter Spiegelman (Akashic Books 978-1-933354-23-1, 2007, $15.95, 270pp, tp)

· Introduction · Peter Spiegelman · in *
· Part I: Downtown
· At the Top of His Game · Stephen Rhodes · ss *; (40 Broad Street)
· A Trader’s Lot · Twist Phelan · ss *; (1 North End Avenue)
· Feeding Frenzy · Tim Broderick · ss *; (40 Wall Street)
· A Terrorizing Demonstration · Jim Fusilli · ss *; (23 Wall Street)
· Town Car · David Noonan · ss *; (85 Exchange Place)
· Part II: Uptown
· The Quant · Richard Aleas · ss *; (Times Square)
· Make Me Rich · Lawrence Light · ss *; (257 W. 36th Street)
· Rough Justice · James Hime · ss *; (200 Park Avenue)
· The Consultant · Peter Blauner · ss *; (1313 Avenue of the Americas)
· Part III: Main Street
· The Day Trader in the Trunk of Cleto’s Car · Mark Haskell Smith · ss *; (Los Angeles, California)
· Five Days at the Sunset · Peter Spiegelman · ss *; (Lethe, South Dakota)
· Today We Hit · Megan Abbott · ss *; (110 W. 139th Street)
· The Basher · Jason Starr · ss *; (Hoboken, New Jersey)
· Part IV: Global Markets
· The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay · John Burdett · ss *; (Bangkok, Thailand)
· Bonus Season · Henry Blodget · ss *; (Shanghai, China)
· Everything I’m Not · Lauren Sanders · ss *; (Tel Aviv, Israel)
· Due Diligence · Reed Farrel Coleman · ss *; (Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
· About the Contributors · Misc. · bg *
Racing Can Be Murder ed. Brenda R. Stewart & Tony Perona (Blue River Press 0976336197, Oct 2007, $12.95, 180pp, tp) “Nineteen stories of mayhem, murder, and mischief at the Indy 500” by the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

· A Sure Bet · Judith Skillings · ss *
· Murder at the Snakepit Ball · Chris Wright · ss *
· A Little Dab’ll Do Ya · Brenda Robertson Stewart · ss *
· Race to the Rescue · Andrea Smith · ss *
· One Cold Dish · S. M. Harding · ss *
· The Early Bird · Lucy Coyle Schilling · ss *
· Driven to Kill · Phil Dunlap · ss *
· Tracks · Sheila Boneham · ss *
· Driven to Death · Tamera Huber · ss *
· Pole Day at the Track · Sherita Saffer Campbell · ss *
· Death of a Best Friend · P. J. Robertson · ss *
· Murder in the Snake Pit · D. B. Reddick · ss *
· Pre-Race Jiggers · Wanda Lou Willis · ss *
· One of Those Days · Debi Watson · ss *
· Dust to Dust · Sheila Sowder · ss *
· Killer Traditions · Jaci Muzamel · ss *
· The Volunteers · Tamara Phillips · ss *
· Photo Finish · Diana Catt · ss *
· The Land Grab · Tony Perona · ss *
Neptune Noir: Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars ed. Rob Thomas (BenBella Books 1-999771-13-5, May 2007, $17.95, 216pp, tp) Anthology of essays on the first two seasons of the television show Veronica Mars.

7 · Introduction: Digressions on How Veronica Mars Saved My Career and, Less Importantly, My Soul · Rob Thomas · in *
14 · Welcome to Camp Noir · Lani Diane Rich · ar *
26 · Story Structure and Veronica Mars · Geoff Klock · ar *
40 · Veronica Mars: Girl. Detective. · Evelyn Vaughn · ar *
52 · Daddy’s Girl · Joyce Millman · ar *
64 · Daddy Dualities · Amy Berner · ar *
78 · On the Down Low: How a Buffy Fan Fell in Love with Veronica Mars · Lynne Edwards · ar *
87 · The Noir of Neptune · Amanda Anne Klein · ar *
99 · Reality on Mars and Neptune · Jesse Hassenger · ar *
109 · “I Cannot Tell a Lie. And If You Believe That...” · John Ramos · ar *
118 · Lawless Neptune · Alafair Burke · ar *
128 · The New Normal: Breaking the Boundaries of Vigilantism in Veronica Mars · Kristen Kidder · ar *
138 · The Duck and the Detective · Chris McCubbin · ar *
152 · The United States of Veronica: Teen Noir as America’s New Zeitgeist · Deanna Carlyle · ar *
163 · I’m in Love with My Car: Automotive Symbolism on Veronica Mars · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ar *
172 · Boom Goes the Dynamite: Why I Love Veronica and Logan · Misty Hook · ar *
187 · Innocence Lost: The Third Wave of Teen Girl Drama · Samantha Bornemann · ar *
197 · From Golden Girl to Rich Dude Kryptonite: Why Veronica Mars Is in with the Out-Crowd · Judy Fitzwater · ar *
207 · The Importance of Not Being Earnest · Heather Havrilesky · ar *
216 · Acknowledgments · Misc. · ms *
Cat o’ Nine Tales and Other Stories Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin’s Press 0-312-36264-1, 2007, $27.95, 255pp, hc) Original collection of 12 stories with drawings by Ronald Searle. First US edition (Macmillan 2007).

ix · Preface · pr
1 · The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office · nv *
37 · Maestro · ss *
53 · Don’t Drink the Water · nv *
83 · It Can’t Be October Already · ss *
101 · The Red King · nv *
131 · The Wisdom of Solomon · ss *
147 · Know What I Mean? · ss *
163 · Charity Begins at Home · nv *
189 · The Alibi · ss *
203 · A Greek Tragedy · ss *
215 · The Commissioner · ss *
235 · In the Eye of the Beholder · ss *
The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (Crippen & Landru 978-932009-57-6, Apr 2007, $19.00, 229pp, tp, cover by Barbara Mitchell) [Grandfather Rastin] Collection of 14 Grandfather Rastin stories, two new.

7 · Introduction · Kenneth Biggle & Donna Biggle Emerson · in
11 · The Knave of Hearts · ss EQMM Nov ’98
25 · The Phantom Thief [“Grandfather and the Phantom Thief”] · nv EQMM May ’68
46 · The Mother Goose Murder [“Grandfather and the Little Bone”] · ss EQMM Jan ’72
66 · A Matter of Friendship · ss *
80 · The Fabulous Fiddle [“Have You a Fortune in Your Attic?”] · ss EQMM May ’63
96 · The Gentle Swindler [“Grandfather and the Gentle Swindler”] · ss EQMM Feb ’60
109 · The Great Horseshoe Mystery [“Grandfather and the Great Horseshoe Mystery”] · ss EQMM Apr ’62
124 · The Pair of Knaves [“Grandfather and the Labor Day Mystery”] · nv EQMM Oct ’65
140 · The Automation Mystery [“Grandfather and the Automation Mystery”] · ss EQMM Aug ’69
152 · A Case of Heredity · ss EQMM Jun ’59
161 · The Unmurdered Professor [“The Great Alma Mater Mystery”] · ss EQMM Nov ’64
179 · The Lesser Thing [“Grandfather Predicts a Murder”] · ss EQMM Aug ’60
199 · The Unasked Question [“Grandfather and the Right Question”] · nv EQMM Oct ’71
220 · The Face Is Familiar [“The Greatest Robbery on Earth”] · ss AHMM Aug ’57
228 · Sources · Misc. · bi
Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories Max Brand (Crippen & Landru 978-1-932009-61-3, Sep 2007, $19.00, 175pp, tp, cover by Tom Roberts) Collection of 10 stories, edited, with an introduction, by William F. Nolan. Also available in hc (-60-6).

9 · Introduction: “Man of Many Masks” · William F. Nolan · in
11 · A Silence in Tappan Valley · ss This Week Jan 8 ’38
18 · Lew Corbin, Gentleman [“The Last Stretch”] · ss Colliers Jul 18 ’36
36 · Fixed · ss Colliers Jun 13 ’36
52 · Lake Tyndal · ss All-American Fiction Dec ’37
59 · Bulldog · ss Colliers Feb 23 ’24
76 · Something Honest · ss Double Detective Nov ’37
82 · The Death of Love · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 24 ’37
103 · Thoroughbred · ss Colliers Nov 30 ’35
116 · Blind Bluff · ss All-American Fiction Jan ’38
131 · Masquerade · na The American Magazine Jun ’36
174 · Sources · Misc. · bi
Jesus Out to Sea: Stories James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster 1416548564, Jun 2007, $14.00, 256pp, tp)

· Winter Light · ss *
· The Village · ss *
· The Night Johnny Ace Died · nv Esquire Mar, 2007
· Water People · ss *
· Texas City, 1947 · ss *
· Mist · ss *
· A Season of Regret · ss *
· The Molester · ss *
· The Burning of the Flag · ss *
· Why Bugsy Siegel Was a Friend of Mine · ss The Southern Review Jan, 2005
· Jesus Out to Sea · ss Esquire Apr, 2006
The Muse and Other Stories of History, Mystery and Myth Lillian Stewart Carl (Delphi Books 0976518554, Aug 2007, $16.95, 260pp, tp)

· A Stake of Holly · nv Death by Dickens, ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime, 2004
· A Mimicry of Mockingbirds · nv White House Pet Detectives, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Cumberland House, 2002
· Cold as Fire · ss Murder Most Medieval, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, Cumberland House, 2000
· A Rose with All Its Thorns · nv Past Lives, Present Tense, ed. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Ace, 1999
· A Dish of Poison · nv Much Ado About Murder, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime, 2002
· The Diamonds of Golkonda · ss Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard, ed. Scott A. Cupp & Joe R. Lansdale, MonkeyBrain Books/FACT, 2006
· The Eye of the Beholder · ss Death by Horoscope, ed. Anne Perry & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, 2001
· Way Down in Egypt’s Land · nv Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005
· Over the Sea from Skye · ss Alternate Generals III, ed. Harry Turtledove & Roland J. Green, Baen, 2005
· The Rag and Bone Man · ss Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerny, Cumberland House, 2002
· Sardines for Tea · ss Kittens, Cats, and Crime, ed. Ed Gorman, Five Star, 2003
· The Necromancer’s Apprentice · ss Murder by Magic, ed. Rosemary Edghill, Warner Aspect, 2004
· The Muse · ss Realms of Fantasy Feb, 2002
· Writing Historical Mystery Short Stories · ar
· Author Biography · Misc. · bg

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