Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Sailor’s Holiday: The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula Barry Gifford (Random House 0-679-40149-0, Mar ’91 [Jan ’92], $20.00, 344pp, hc) Collection of four original black comedy noir novellas, together making a sequel to Wild at Heart. Recommended.
- 1 · 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango · n. *
- 121 · Sailor’s Holiday · na *
- 197 · Sultans of Africa · na *
- 277 · Consuelo’s Kiss · na *
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The Blank Wall/The Innocent Mrs. Duff Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (Academy Chicago 0-89733-366-7, Oct ’91 [Jan ’92], $10.00, 231/199pp, tp) [Lieutenant Levy] Omnibus of two mystery novels, The Blank Wall (Simon & Schuster 1947), part of her series featuring policeman Lieutenant Levy about a middle-aged woman’s attempt to conceal an unexpected murder, and The Innocent Mrs. Duff (Simon & Schuster 1946), about a woman whose husband’s attempt to frame her in adultery results in murder. This is designed like the old Ace doubles, and both books have introductions by Peter Schwed.
- · Introduction · Peter Schwed · in
- · The Blank Wall · n. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947
- · Introduction · Peter Schwed · in
- · The Innocent Mrs. Duff · n. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946
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Opening Shots Stuart M. Kaminsky (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-015-X, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.95, 157pp, tp) Collection of 12 stories with an introduction by the author. Author’s Choice Monthly #3. A signed leatherbound edition ($25.00) is also available.
- 1 · Introduction · in
- 3 · The Voice of a Child [Bollo Breedlove; Peter Breedlove] · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Apr ’67
- 13 · Listen, My Children [Bollo Breedlove; Peter Breedlove] · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Sep ’67
- 23 · It’s a Wise Child Who Knows · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Nov ’66
- 33 · Drup Number One · ss New Mexico Quarterly Review Win ’66
- 47 · The Final Toast [Sherlock Holmes] · ss The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Carroll & Graf, 1987
- 61 · The Buck Stops Here · ss Mr. President, Private Eye, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Ballantine, 1989
- 79 · The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance [Toby Peters] · nv The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
- 99 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · ss Mean Streets, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986
- 111 · It Comes with the Badge · ss The Wooster Review Mar ’84
- 119 · Amnesia · ss *
- 123 · Bitter Lemons [Philip Marlowe] · ss Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf, 1988
- 139 · Here Comes the Interesting Part · pl *
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Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure/My Mother, My Daughter, Me Margaret B. Maron (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-803-7, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $1.95, 47pp, pb) Collection of two mystery stories, the first featuring Maron’s procedural series character Lt. Sigrid Harald. Both stories originally appeared in AHMM in 1989 and 1990 respectively. Short story paperback #3.
- 3 · Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · ss AHMM Sep ’89
- 29 · My Mother, My Daughter, Me · ss AHMM Mar ’90
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Deceptions Marcia Muller (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-013-3, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.95, 102pp, tp) Collection of seven stories with an introduction by the author. Author’s Choice Monthly #1. A signed leatherbound edition ($25.00) is also available.
- 1 · Preface · pr
- 5 · Deceptions [Sharon McCone] · nv A Matter of Crime v1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 25 · Dust to Dust · ss Specter!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982
- 35 · The Time of the Wolves · ss Westeryear, ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988
- 49 · Wild Mustard [Sharon McCone] · ss The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
- 59 · Cattails · ss The Web She Weaves, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Morrow, 1983
- 67 · The Sanchez Sacraments [Elena Oliverez] · nv The Ethnic Detectives, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Dodd, Mead, 1985
- 87 · The Place That Time Forgot [Sharon McCone] · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
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Cat’s-Paw/Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern Bill Pronzini (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-804-5, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $1.95, 48pp, pb) [Nameless private eye] Collection of two PI stories featuring Pronzini’s “Nameless Detective.” “Cat’s-Paw” originally appeared as a limited edition from Waves Press in 1983 and “Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern” originally appeared in the 1988 anthology An Eye for Justice. Short story paperback #4.
- 3 · Cat’s-Paw · nv Waves Press, 1983
- 37 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern · ss An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1988
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Stacked Deck Bill Pronzini (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press 1-56146-014-1, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.95, 117pp, tp) Collection of seven stories, one a collaboration with Michael Kurland, with an introduction by the author. Author’s Choice Monthly #2. A signed leatherbound edition ($25.00) is also available.
- 1 · ...But First a Few Words from the Author · in
- 7 · Stacked Deck · nv The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 37 · Night Freight · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May ’67; revised.
- 49 · Here Comes Santa Claus [Nameless private eye] · ss Mistletoe Mysteries, Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press, 1989
- 67 · I Didn’t Do It · ss New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1990
- 73 · Connoisseur · ss Who Done It?, ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980
- 87 · Out Behind the Shed · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- 95 · Vanishing Act [Christopher Steele] · Bill Pronzini & Michael J. Kurland · ss AHMM Jan ’76
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The Copper Peacock and Other Stories Ruth Rendell (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-465-0, Oct ’91 [Jan ’92], $17.95, 183pp, hc) Collection of nine crime and mystery stories. First American edition (Century Hutchinson 1991).
- 3 · A Pair of Yellow Lilies · ss, 1988
- 21 · Paperwork · ss EQMM Aug ’90
- 41 · Mother’s Help · nv The Daily Telegraph, 1991
- 75 · Long Live the Queen · ss EQMM Jul ’91
- 99 · Dying Happy · ss, 1987
- 107 · The Copper Peacock · nv, 1988
- 129 · Weeds · ss EQMM Mar ’89
- 141 · The Fish-Sitter · ss EQMM Jun ’90
- 155 · An Unwanted Woman [Chief Insp. Wexford] · nv EQMM Dec ’90
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Lord Peter Dorothy L. Sayers (Borgo, 1991, hc) [Lord Peter Wimsey]
- · Absolutely Elsewhere · ss The Strand Feb ’34
- · The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz, 1928
- · The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba · nv Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz, 1928
- · The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste · ss
- · The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question · ss Pearson’s Magazine Oct ’25
- · The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag · ss 20 Story Magazine May ’26
- · The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will · nv Pearson’s Magazine Jul ’25
- · The Haunted Policeman · nv Harper’s Bazaar Feb ’38
- · The Image in the Mirror · nv Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933
- · In the Teeth of the Evidence · ss In the Teeth of the Evidence, London: Gollancz, 1939
- · The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey · nv Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933
- · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head · nv Pearson’s Magazine Jun ’26
- · The Necklace of Pearls · ss Hangman’s Holiday, London: Gollancz, 1933
- · The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach · ss Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz, 1928
- · The Queen’s Square · ss, 1932
- · Striding Folly · ss The Strand Jul ’35
- · Talboys · nv, 1972
- · The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention · ss
- · The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker · ss Pearson’s Magazine Feb ’26
- · The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face · nv, 1928
- · The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran · ss Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz, 1928
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The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka Josef Skvorecky (Norton 0-393-30786-7, 1991, $8.95, 288pp, tp) [Lieutenant Boruvka] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) collection of 12 detective stories featuring Czechoslovak policeman Lieutenant Boruvka. Translated from the Czech (1966 as Smutek porucíka Boruvka) by Rosemary Kavan, Kaca Polackova & George Theiner.
- 7 · The Supernatural Powers of Lieutenant Boruvka · ss *
- 25 · The Sax Solo · ss *
- 37 · The Scientific Method · nv *
- 69 · Death on Needlepoint · nv *
- 95 · Whose Deduction? · nv *
- 122 · The Case of the Horizontal Trajectory · ss *
- 142 · A Tried and Proven Method · nv *
- 179 · Falling Light · nv *
- 201 · Aristotelian Logic · nv *
- 239 · The End of an Old Tom-Cat · ss *
- 258 · His Easiest Case · ss *
- 269 · Crime in a Girls’ High School · ss *
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Sins for Father Knox Josef Skvorecky (Norton 0-393-30787-5, 1991, $8.95, 268pp, tp) Reprint (Toronto: Lester 1988) collection of ten detective stories, each one breaking one of the ten commandments for writing detective fiction as set down by Father Ronald Arbuthnott Knox in 1929. Translated from the Czech (1973 as Hríchy pro pátera Knoxe) by Kaca Polackova Henley.
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Thurber on Crime James Thurber (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-450-2, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $18.95, 208pp, hc) Collection of 35 stories and non-fiction pieces with criminal content by the great humorist. Edited and with an introduction by Robert LoPresti and a foreword by Donald E. Westlake.
- ix · Foreword · Donald E. Westlake · fw
- xiii · Introduction · Robert Lopresti · in
- 1 · The Catbird Seat · ss New Yorker Nov 14 ’42
- 11 · A Sort of Genius · ar New Yorker Jan 23 ’37
- 26 · The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl · ss New Yorker Nov 15 ’30
- 34 · The Little Girl and the Wolf · vi New Yorker Jan 21 ’39
- 36 · Gang War, 1940 · vi New Yorker Jul 13 ’29
- 39 · The Imperturbable Spirit · ss
- 45 · Drawings · ct
- 50 · Hell Only Breaks Loose Once · ss New Yorker Mar 10 ’34
- 55 · Izzy and Moe · ss New Yorker Jun 6 ’36
- 59 · How the Kooks Crumble · ar
- 63 · The Topaz Cufflinks Mystery · ss New Yorker Jul 23 ’32
- 67 · Two O’Clock at the Metropole · ar
- 75 · The Man Who Knew Too Little · ss New Yorker Dec 4 ’37
- 80 · The Case Book of James Thurber · ss
- 84 · Mr. Preble Gets Rid of His Wife · ss New Yorker Mar 4 ’33
- 89 · The Trial of the Old Watchdog · vi, 1956
- 91 · The Secret Life of Harold Winney · ex, 1959
- 101 · The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe · il
- 107 · Lo, Hear the Gentle Bloodhound! · ar Holiday Sep ’55
- 124 · Mr. Monroe Holds the Fort · ss, 1931
- 130 · Little Joe · ss New Yorker Sep 7 ’29
- 134 · The White Rabbit Caper · ss New Yorker Nov 19 ’49; EQMM Feb ’53
- 142 · Afternoon of a Playwright · ss Esquire Aug ’61
- 147 · Previously Unpublished Drawings · pi
- 149 · A Friend to Alexander · ss New Yorker Jan 10 ’42
- 159 · The Patient Bloodhound · vi, 1940
- 161 · Cuttings · ar
- 167 · Drawings · ct
- 173 · The Macbeth Murder Mystery · ss New Yorker Oct 2 ’37; AHMM mid-Sep ’83
- 178 · A Glimpse of the Flatpaws · ar, 1955
- 184 · Tom, the Young Kidnapper, or Pay Up and Live · ss New Yorker Jun 10 ’33
- 189 · Two Dogs · vi
- 191 · The Whip-Poor-Will · ss New Yorker Aug 9 ’41
- 201 · Destinations · ct
- 202 · The Lady on 142 · ss New Yorker Aug 21 ’43
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Detective Stories from The Strand ed. Jack Adrian (Oxford University Press 0-19-212306-8, Nov ’91, £15.95, 374pp, hc, cover by Mick Brownfield) Anthology of 25 mystery/detection stories originally published in Strand magazine, with a foreword by Julian Symons.
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Great Tales of Terror ed. Anon. (London: Chancellor Press 1-1851-521-062, 1991, £2.99, 638pp, hc) An anonymous reprint of H. Douglas Thomson’s The Great Book of Thrillers (revised edition, 1937), omitting six stories and rearranging part of the story sequence.
- 13 · H2, Etc. · A. J. Alan · ss
- 18 · The Smell in the Library [“Red Antony”; Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch Dec 25 ’22
- 37 · The Man in the Bell [err William Maginn] · W. E. Aytoun · ss Blackwood’s Nov, 1821
- 43 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss
- 57 · The Folding Doors · Marjorie Bowen · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec ’12
- 72 · The Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · ss After Dark, London: Smith, Elder, 1856
- 92 · The New Sun · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine Jul 1 ’13
- 110 · Hot Water · Val Gielgud · ss The Great Book of Thrillers, ed. H. Douglas Thomson, London: Odhams Press, 1935
- 118 · The Island · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears, Putnam, 1924
- 133 · Edward Randolph’s Portrait · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss Democratic Review Jul, 1838
- 144 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book, 1819
- 158 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec, 1845
- 169 · The Tarn · Hugh Walpole · ss The Strand Dec ’23
- 182 · The Resurrectionist · Samuel Warren · ss Passages from a Diary of a Late Physician, Blackwood, 1833
- 194 · The Blue Room · Prosper Mérimée · ss
- 206 · The Café of Terror [Samuel T. Billingham] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Colliers May 16 ’25
- 219 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine Sep ’29
- 235 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime, Collins, 1933
- 247 · Mr. Pemberton’s Commission [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss
- 260 · Who Killed Castelvetri? · Gilbert Frankau · nv The Strand Mar ’28
- 280 · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine Mar ’09
- 304 · The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul ’20
- 323 · Arsène Lupin in Prison [Arsene Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv The Exploits of Arsène Lupin, New York: Harper, 1907
- 341 · The Fenchurch Street Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine May ’01
- 358 · Peacock House · Eden Phillpotts · nv Peacock House and Other Mystery Stories, London: Hutchinson, 1926
- 389 · The Vanishing Diamond · John Rhode · nv
- 405 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Mar ’06
- 408 · The Italian’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Ghosts and Family Legends, T.C. Newby, 1858
- 424 · The Ghost of Dorothy Dingley · Daniel Defoe · ss Journal of the Plague Year, Daniel Defoe, London, 1722
- 432 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1865
- 443 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1864
- 455 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round Dec 31, 1870
- 471 · Black Coffee · Jeffery Farnol · ss The Shadow and Other Stories, 1929
- 484 · The Black Ferry · John Galt · ss
- 495 · The Dreamland Bride [“Clarimonde”] · Théophile Gautier · nv Chronique de Paris Jun 23, 1836 (+)
- 515 · The Dilemma of Phadrig · Gerald Griffin · ss Tales of the Munster Festival, 1827
- 523 · Mary Burnet [“Fairies, Brownies, and Witches”] · James Hogg · nv Blackwood’s Feb, 1828
- 544 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
- 553 · The Doctor’s Ghost · Norman Macleod · ss
- 559 · Mr. Kempe · Walter de la Mare · nv Harper’s Nov ’25
- 584 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake, 1829, 1828
- 599 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 25 ’29
- 605 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler Mar, 1896
- 616 · The Sphinx Without a Secret [“Lady Alroy”] · Oscar Wilde · ss The World May 25, 1887
- 621 · The Gardener · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Aug ’22
- 634 · A Spanish Ghost Story · Anon. · ss
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Gryphon Double Novel #1 ed. Anon. (Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Publications 0-936071-20-6, Jan ’91, $5.95, tp, cover by Ron Wilber) Chapbook anthology of two original pulp adventure short stories printed a la the Ace Doubles.
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Mystery Cats ed. Anon. (Signet 0-451-17101-2, Dec ’91, $4.99, 256pp, pb) Anthology of 16 crime & mystery stories featuring cats that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM.
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