Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries ed. Ed Gorman (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0120-X, Dec ’94, $22.00, 401pp, hc)
- ix · Introduction · Jon L. Breen · in
- 1 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss EQMM Oct ’62
- 15 · Bodyguards Shoot Second [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · nv A Matter of Crime v1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 33 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986
- 42 · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep ’56
- 56 · A Predatory Woman · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 65 · Lucky Penny · Linda Barnes · ss The New Black Mask No.3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985
- 81 · Second Chance · Edward D. Hoch · ss AHMM Jul ’77
- 95 · Last Rites · Linda Grant · nv Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 113 · A Blow for Freedom · Lawrence Block · ss Playboy Oct ’91
- 123 · Nine Sons · Wendy Hornsby · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 132 · Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless private eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1988
- 139 · The Broken Men [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · na Women Sleuths, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Academy Chicago, 1985
- 177 · Ghost Station · Carolyn Wheat · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- 189 · More Like Martine [“Mine to Love”] · Charlotte MacLeod · ss Good Housekeeping Aug 20 ’66
- 197 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 209 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss Invitation to Murder, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 219 · Malibu Dog · Faye Kellerman · ss Sisters in Crime 3, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 227 · Lieutenant Harald and the Impossible Gun [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret B. Maron · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 235 · Death Flight [“Ticket to Death”, as by Evan Hunter] · Ed McBain · na Argosy Sep ’54
- 271 · The Second Coming · Joe Gores · ss Adam Aug ’66
- 280 · While She Was Out · Edward Bryant · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1988
- 297 · Horn Man · Clark Howard · ss EQMM Jun 2 ’80
- 308 · Faces · F. Paul Wilson · nv Night Visions 6, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988
- 330 · Ride the Lightning [Al Nudger] · John Lutz · ss AHMM Jan ’85
- 347 · Afraid All the Time · Nancy Pickard · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 391 · Recommended Reading · Misc. · bi
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Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-406-0, Oct ’94, $20.95, 273pp, hc)
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Murder for Father ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Signet 0-451-18068-2, May ’94, $4.99, 315pp, pb)
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Murder for Mother ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Signet 0-451-18036-4, May ’94, $4.99, 315pp, pb) Anthology of 20 mystery stories featuring mothers, 18 original.
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More Great Tales of Crime & Detection ed. Peter Haining (Chartwell Books 0-7858-0043-3, Dec ’94, $10.99, 513pp, hc) First US edition (Orion 1994 as Television Crimebusters Omnibus).
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Murder by the Glass ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63205-1, 1994, 351pp, hc)
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Tales from the Rogues’ Gallery ed. Peter Haining (London: Little Brown UK 0-316-90923-8, Sep ’94, £15.99, x+339pp, hc) Anthology of 28 stories divided into two sections: the first featuring the rogues represented in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussaud’s, the second looking at the influence their crimes had on society. This is an expansion and revision of an original unpublished fourth volume, then called The Infamous People, which followed on from The Evil People, The Midnight People and The Unspeakable People.
- ix · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- · I: The Roll of Infamy
- 3 · Down, Satan! · Clive Barker · ss Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v4, Sphere, 1985
- 8 · A Story of Don Juan · V. S. Pritchett · ss, 1941
- 14 · The Philosophers’ Stone · August W. Derleth · vi Weird Tales Jun ’28
- 18 · The Proof · John Cecil Moore · ss, 1953
- 25 · The Unnamable · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Jul ’25
- 33 · Martin’s Close · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 52 · Cold-Blooded Tigress of London · Anthony Shaffer · ar London Mystery Magazine #16 ’53
- 59 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Pall Mall Christmas Extra, 1884
- 77 · The Black Cabinet · John Dickson Carr · ss Twenty Great Tales of Murder, ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random, 1951
- 96 · A Kind of Madness · Anthony Boucher · ss EQMM Aug ’72
- 103 · The Fall River Axe Murders [“Mis-en-Scene for Parricide”] · Angela Carter · ss The London Review of Books, 1981
- 123 · The Fiend · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss Esquire Jan ’35
- 130 · At the Fork of the Roads · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox
- 136 · The Moors Murders · Miriam Allen deFord · ar The Saint Detective Magazine Aug ’67
- · II: The Evil Lives On
- 147 · Monsieur de Néron · William Waldorf Astor · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Aug, 1895
- 164 · Herodes Redivivus · A. N. L. Munby · ss The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories, Dennis Dobson, 1949; attributed to H.N.L. Munby on story and contents page.
- 176 · The Borgia Heirloom · Julian Symons · ss EQMM Nov ’87
- 181 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Aug ’08
- 190 · The Late Eugene Aram · Henry A. Hering · ss Adventures and Fantasies, Wright & Brown, 1930
- 202 · The Mirror of Cagliostro · Robert Arthur · nv Fantastic Jun ’63
- 231 · The Skull of the Marquis de Sade · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Sep ’45
- 249 · The Sword of Jean Lafitte · Kirk Mashburn · ss Weird Tales Dec ’27
- 266 · Jack’s Little Friend · Ramsey Campbell · ss Jack the Knife, ed. Michel Parry, Mayflower, 1975
- 276 · Was Crippen a Murderer? · Anthony Berkeley · ar, 1937
- 284 · Darling Adolf · Ray Bradbury · ss Long After Midnight, Knopf, 1976
- 299 · A Bride in the Bath [“The Bathroom”] · Peter Lovesey · ss Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan, 1973
- 308 · Forget-Me-Not · Bernard Taylor · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III, ed. Richard Davis, DAW, 1975
- 326 · A Case of Coincidence · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Jun 30 ’80
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The Television Detectives’ Omnibus: Great Tales of Crime and Detection ed. Peter Haining (Artus 1-898799-02-4, Jul ’94, £4.99, 567pp, tp) Reprint (Orion 1992) anthology of 32 short stories about detectives who have appeared in television series, each introduced by Haining. This is an ‘instant remainder’ edition of the 1992 Orion trade paperback.
- 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 5 · The Adventure of the Three Garridebs [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Colliers Oct 25 ’24
- 20 · The Death Cry [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Weird Tales May ’35
- 60 · The Footprint in the Sky [“Clue in the Snow”, as by Carter Dickson; Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Jan ’40
- 75 · The Adventure of the Emperor’s Dice [“The Emperor’s Dice”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss EQMM Apr ’51
- 89 · Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine Oct ’32
- 105 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Colliers Jan 17 ’53
- 121 · Walk Softly, Strangler [Charlie Chan] · Robert Hart Davis · na Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine Nov ’73
- 183 · Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv Daily Mail Apr 6 ’59
- 202 · Not—Tonight—Danger [“Dead Man’s Code”; Michael Shayne] · Brett Halliday · ss This Week, 1954
- 212 · It’s in the Bag [Harry Lime] · Orson Welles · ss
- 219 · The Smart Detective [“The Saint and the Siren”; Simon Templar] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine Jun ’36
- 237 · Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor [Commander George Gideon] · John Creasey · ss
- 244 · Light-Fingers [Paul Temple] · Francis Durbridge · ss
- 252 · The All-Bad Hat [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss The Saint Magazine Jun ’84
- 269 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon · nv, 1944
- 292 · The Treasure Hunt [John G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine Dec ’24
- 308 · Van der Valk and the False Caesar [Van der Valk] · Nicolas Freeling · vi, 1967
- 312 · The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz, 1928
- 328 · The Eye of Apollo [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Mar ’11
- 343 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [as by John Ross Macdonald; Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt Jan ’54
- 357 · The World Series Murder [“This Will Kill You”; Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine Sep ’52
- 394 · The Man Who Was Hammered [Sexton Blake] · Jack Trevor Story · ss
- 412 · The Garage Racketeers [Dick Barton] · Geoffrey Webb & Edward J. Mason · ss
- 432 · Hazell and the Patriot [James Hazell] · P. B. Yuill · ss Winter’s Crimes 9, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1977
- 444 · Rumpole and the Hanging Judge [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss
- 454 · Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv, 1969
- 473 · Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv, 1988
- 503 · The Case of the Perfect Maid [“The Perfect Maid”; Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Apr ’42
- 515 · The Snapdragon and the C.I.D. [“Murder Under the Mistletoe”; Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss EQMM Jan ’63
- 526 · The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch Nov 14 ’23
- 539 · When the Wedding Was Over [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv, 1976
- 562 · Morse’s Greatest Mystery [Insp. Morse] · Colin Dexter · ss
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