Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

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Malice Domestic 1: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories Elizabeth Peters (Pocket 0-671-73826-7, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 275pp, pb); Original anthology of 13 “cozy” mystery stories, with an introduction by Elizabeth Peters. This is “Presented By” Elizabeth Peters and edited by Martin H. Greenberg, although his name appears only on the copyright page.

Ellery Queen’s Faces of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen (Curley Publishing 0-7927-1295-1, 1992 [Jan ’96], £9.95, 238pp, hc); Mystery story anthology. This Large Print edition reprints only five of the 18 stories in the original (Dial 1977) edition.

Masters of Suspense ed. Ellery Queen & Eleanor Sullivan (Galahad 0-88365-787-2, Aug ’92, $9.98, 528pp, hc); Reprint (Galahad 1980 as Ellery Queen: The Best of Suspense, ed. Anon.). Omits ten stories from the original edition. An “instant remainder” edition.

Deadly Allies: Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace (Doubleday Perfect Crime 0-385-42235-0, Apr ’92, $18.50, 369pp, hc); Original anthology of 20 stories by members of the Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, with a foreword by the editors.

Winter’s Crimes 24 ed. Maria Rejt (Macmillan UK 0-333-58468-6, 1992 [Mar ’98], £13.99, 183pp, hc); Original crime anthology.

Whatdunits ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-533-7, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas); Original anthology of 18 sf/mystery stories, written from scenarios by Resnick. Only Resnick’s name appears on the cover as editor.

Cold Blood IV ed. Peter Sellers (Oakvill, Ont. Canada: Mosaic Press 0-88962-513-1, 1992, 242pp, hc)

Nobel Crimes ed. Marie Smith (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-914-6, 1992 [Dec ’92], $11.95, 263pp, tp); Anthology of 17 crime stories by winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. First American edition (Xanadu 1992). “The Miraculous Revenge” by George Bernard Shaw is listed on the back cover and in the acknowledgements but is not in the book.

Fifty Best Mysteries ed. Eleanor Sullivan (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-819-0, 1992, $13.95, 642pp, tp); Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991 as Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) mystery anthology.

Sisters in Crime 5 ed. Marilyn Wallace (Berkley 0-425-13506-3, Nov ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 278pp, pb); Original anthology of 19 crime and mystery stories by women writers, two of them reprints, with a foreword by the editor. Recommended.

Legal Fictions ed. Jay Wishingrad (The Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press 0-87951-540-6, 1992, $13.95, 407pp, tp); Anthology of stories about lawyers and the law.

Criminal Shorts: Mysteries by Canadian Crime Writers ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel (Macmillan Canada 0-7715-9160-8, 1992, C$18.95, 205pp, hc)

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