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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v108 #6, No. 664, December 1996] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.95, 160pp+, digest, cover by Adam Rogers)

4 · Funny Story · Larry Beinhart · ss No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995
22 · Money Face · Doug Allyn · nv
48 · Quiet Please—We’re Rolling · Peter Lovesey · ss No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995
59 · Crossword for Murder · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss
68 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br
71 · Perp Walk [Underground] · Andrew Vachss · vi
74 · Some Land in Florida · Peter Robinson · nv
95 · Star of the Silver Screen · Janice Law · ss
107 · Raining Hell · Jack Terry · ss
112 · The White Fawn [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996
137 · The Night Before Christmas · Adrienne B. Gorman · pm
138 · A Shipment of Snow · Edward D. Hoch · ss
156 · Index to Volumes 107 and 108 · Misc. Material · ix
Hardboiled [#21, January 1996] ed. Gary Lovisi (Gryphon Publications, $7.00, 5"x8") Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] · Trackdown · Bruce Timm · cv 2 · The Editor’s Case File · The Editor · ed 10 · Trackdown · Wayne D. Dundee · ss 26 · Junior · Ed Gorman · ss 34 · Timely End · Morris Hershman · ss 38 · New on Film · George Pelecanos · mr 41 · McMaster’s Captain · Curt Fischer · ss 49 · There Ain’t No Men in Heaven · Gary Lovisi · ss 58 · How to Disappoint People · Michael Stone · ar 62 · Prayers for the Dead · Marc Spitzer · ss 65 · A Shooting in Brooklyn · Brad Hamilton · ar 85 · Into Their Own Hands · J. Michael Major · ss 90 · Books to Be on the Lookout For · Gary Lovisi · br 94 · Real Revolvers Don’t Wear Safeties [Part 3 of 4] · William Sanders · nf 97 · Film Classics · J. D. Hunt · cl 100 · The Night of the Bloody Man · Thomas Boyle · ss 110 · That’s the Story · Marv Lachman · cl
Hardboiled [#22, December 1996] ed. Gary Lovisi (Gryphon Publications; Brooklyn, NY, octavo)

2 · The Editor’s Case File · Gary Lovisi · ed
10 · Introduction to “Burn My Killers” · Harlan Ellison · is
15 · Burn My Killers · Harlan Ellison · nv Trapped Detective Story Magazine Feb ’57
50 · Bright Eyes · Joy Hewitt Mann · ss
57 · Lower Than Black [Dino Francis LaStanza] · O’Neil De Noux · ss Constable New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Constable, 1993
73 · The Mug · Ardath Mayhar · ss
78 · Pain · Michael Hemmington · ss
85 · Chandlerisms · William F. Nolan · ms
91 · Flowers For Pretty Boy · Marv Lachman · ss
96 · Next Time · Dave Zeltserman · ss
100 · The Hardboiled Female Brit · Jackie Griffin · ss
105 · Ribbons Across 117th · Tom Piccirilli · ss
112 · New on the Market · Gary Lovisi · cl
Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine [v22 #3, Premier Issue, 1996] ed. Kathyrne V. Sagan (Gruner+Jahr USA Publishing, $3.95, 100pp+, quarto s/b) Published by Family Circle. Pages 77-92 are a digest size pull-out of “Definitely a Crime of Passion”.

1 · In Defense of Suspense · Mary Higgins Clark · pr
4 · Just the Facts, Ma’am · Nare Nickerson · ms
6 · 5 Authors in Search of a Character · Cheryl Solimini · ar
10 · The Mistletoe Murder · P. D. James · ss A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995
21 · A Good Story · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy Oct ’84
25 · If You Can’t Take the Heat [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss
30 · The Soft-Boiled Detective and “The Case of the Missing Ham” · Liza Donnelly & Michael Maslin · cs
32 · The Profiteer · Anne Perry · ss
37 · The Loving You Get · John Gardner · ss Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
45 · Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco] · Elmore Leonard · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
53 · Unacceptable Levels · Ruth Rendell · vi EQMM Mar ’95
55 · Merry Widow · Kate Wilhelm · ss
61 · My Most Haunting Case · Edna Buchanan · ar
64 · Fire Bug [Socrates Fortlow] · Walter Mosley · ss
69 · Phaedra · Chelsea Slaughter · ss
73 · I Left His Heart in San Francisco · James Thorpe · ss
77 · Definitely a Crime of Passion · Mary Higgins Clark · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
93 · The Game’s Afoot! · B. J. Rahn · ar
94 · The Beach-Chair Detective · Cheryl Solimini · br
100 · The Interrogation Room · Misc. Material · qz
Murderous Intent [v2 #2, Spring 1996] ed. Margo Power (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, 64pp+, quarto, cover photo of Ed Gorman) 3 · FYI: One MacGuffin to Go · Robert Lopresti · cl 4 · Rest Stop · Jeremiah Healy · ss AHMM May ’92 8 · Ed Gorman · J. Alec West · iv [Ed Gorman] 10 · Good Things Come in Small Packages—Even Mysteries · J. Alec West · ar 11 · The Crash Club Killer · Richard A. Lupoff · ss Fact & Fiction: ___ 16 · Tough Guys · Greg Fallis · ar 16 · Whistling Wind · Christin Crawford · pm 17 · Adventure of the Rippers’ Scrawl [Amelia Watson] · Michael Mallory · ss 23 · Uncle Victor’s First Case [Uncle Victor] · Robert Lopresti · ss 26 · Kill, with Personality · Elena Santangelo · ss 31 · Miles Deep · Wendi Lee · ss 34 · An Appetizing Appreciation · Doreen Salse · pm 35 · Crossword Puzzle · Frances Taira · pz 36 · Like Two Peas · Louise Guardino · ss 39 · Boy Scout · Arthur Zirul · vi 39 · Birthday Surprise · Hal Charles · ss 40 · Saturday’s Child · Hunter Knight · ss 42 · Laughter in the Shadows · Michael O’Hear · ar Research: ___ 47 · It’s a Dirty Job, But... May I Have This Rock? · Polly Whitney · cl 48 · Murder in the Abbey · Brad Spurgeon · ss 54 · Even Steven · Ronald Levitsky · ss 51 · Billie Sue Mosiman · J. Alec West · iv [Billie Sue Mosiman] 59 · In Others’ Words · Susan Randolph · ar [Barbara Dicks]; conversation with Barbara Dicks. 60 · Partners · Lana Fox · vi 60 · Pay Up Time · Robin Kendle Parker · vi 61 · Conventional Wisdom · Andi Shechter · cl 62 · Mini Synopsis Corner · Misc. Material · ms bc. · Terrible Things · Gary Jonas · vi
Murderous Intent [v2 #3, Summer 1996] ed. Margo Power (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto) 3 · Editorial Note · Margo Power · ed Research: ___ 4 · The Short Happy Life of an Amateur Meteorologist · Polly Whitney · cl 5 · Cop Without a Shield · Robert J. Randisi · ss Mystery Monthly Aug ’76 10 · The Full Moon Murders · J. Alec West · ss 11 · Interview with Richard Lupoff · J. Alec West · iv [Richard A. Lupoff] 14 · The Adventure of the Damsel in Grey [Amelia Watson] · Michael Mallory · ss Fact & Fiction: ___ 20 · A Touch of the Hard Stuff · Greg Fallis · cl 22 · Taking Prisoners · Kate Grilley · ss 26 · Mysterious Essay—Failure at Five · J. Alec West · ar 27 · FYI: Don’t Ask · Robert Lopresti · CL 28 · Without Reservations · Susan J. Pethick · ss 34 · The Instrumentality of the Crime · Gary Griffiths · ar 36 · Interview with Steven Womack · Jeffrey Marks · iv 39 · Risk of Statistics · Bob Berger · ss 44 · Waiting on Lowella · Carol Cail · ss 45 · Crossword Puzzle—Mystery Motifs · Frances Taira · pz 46 · Death Duties · Lorraine A. Jean · ss 49 · The Star Detective · Jack Romig · ss 50 · The Black Scarf · Sunny Tiedemann · ss 53 · Win Some, Lose Some · Robert L. Iles · ss 56 · The B Rules · Jacqueline Freimor · ss 60 · Conventional Wisdom · Andi Shechter · cl 62 · Minisynopsis Corner · Misc. Material · ms bc. · Jealous Jewels · JoAnne Lucas · vi
New Mystery [v4 #1, No. 8, Winter 1996] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto, cover by R. Crumb) The pagination runs, in order: A - F, 1 - 8, R1 - R6, Z1 - Z16, R7 - R12, 9 - 22. The pages not mentioned above are all ads and reviews. 1 · An Ordinary Man · William Campbell Gault · ss; given as “Marksman” on story. R1 · Mall Bimbo Script · Elizabeth Sereni · ss R9 · Daniel’s Case of the Babylonian Idol: An Apocryphal Scripture · Anon. · ss (r); given as “Daniel’s Evidence to Babylon”, p.25 in toc. · Carioca Hungry · George Pelecanos · ss
New Mystery [v4 #2, No. 9, 1996] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto, cover by Lloyd Ziff, photo) Bad Catholics issue. 19 · The Bishop and the Cold Desdemona [Blackie Ryan] · Andrew Greeley · ss 31 · The Music Lesson · Rosemarie Santini · ss 37 · Gray Eyes · Bob Leuci · ss 43 · The Hookers of Zacatecas · Paco Ignacio Taibo, II; trans. by William I. Neuman · ss 45 · Wedlock · Eileen Gustav-Cohen · ss New Mystery v1 #3 ’93
New Mystery [v4 #3, No.10, 1996] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto) · An Elementary Deduction · Arnaldo Correa · ss · The Potion · Clayton Matthews · ss · When The Other Comes · Oglalla Sioux · pm
New Mystery [v4 #4, No.11, 1996] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 60pp+, quarto) · The Theft · Henry Slesar · ss · Red Is the Color of My Truelove’s Blood · Edward Wellen · ss · Only Trees Reach the Sky · Fred Breinersdorfer · ss · Highwayman Down, early Teutonic detective fable · Anon. · ss
[Mysteries in Non-Genre Publications: 1996] · The Other Urn [Sister Mary Teresa Dempsey] · Monica Quill · nv AHMM Mar ’89; Catholic Dossier May ’96 · Occult Compensation [Father Dowling] · Ralph McInerny · ss Catholic Dossier Sep/Oct ’96 · Hic Jacet [Father Dowling] · Ralph McInerny · ss Catholic Dossier Nov/Dec ’96 · Wishing Ball · Jamie Andree · ss Fish Stories #2 ’96 · On Killymoon · Ron Carlson · ss Quarterly West Fll ’96 · The B Rules · Jacqueline Freimor · ss Murderous Intent Sum ’96 · Boxes · Paul Griner · ss Playboy Mar ’96 · The Match · Tim Myers · ss Red Herring Mystery Magazine v3 #1 ’96 · Anything for Her Children · Tim Myers · ss Murderous Intent Win/Spr ’96 · Under My Spell · Tim Myers · ss Woman’s World Jul 23 ’96 · Credit Card Charges · Tim Myers · ss The Case WWW Oct 7 ’96 · The Lottery · Tim Myers · ss The Case WWW Nov 18 ’96 · Staging a Heist · Tim Myers · ss The Case WWW Dec 16 ’96 · Answers in the Stars · Tim Myers · ss Woman’s World Dec 16 ’96 · It Takes One to Know One · Tim Myers · ss Woman’s World Dec 30 ’96 · The Nightcap · Tim Myers · ss The Case WWW Oct 15 ’96 · Detective’s Nursery Rhyme · Tim Myers · pm Mystery Time Spr ’96 · Desire Lines · Starling Lawrence · ss Story Spr ’96 · The Love of a Good Woman · Alice Munro · nv New Yorker Dec 23 ’96 (+1) · Rolling Stones · Robert Olmstead · ss The Midwesterner Nov/Dec ’96 · Pizza Man · Lucius Shepard · ss Playboy Sep ’96 · The Dark Snow · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy Nov ’96 · The Burglar and the Whatsit · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy Dec ’96
The Collected Stories Amanda Cross (Ballantine 0-345-40817-9, 1997, $20.00, 184pp, hc)

1 · Introduction · in
6 · Tania’s Nowhere [Kate Fansler] · ss EQMM Mar ’87
25 · Once Upon a Time [Kate Fansler] · ss EQMM Aug ’87
48 · Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler] · ss EQMM Dec ’87
70 · The Disappearance of Great Aunt Flavia [Kate Fansler] · ss Reader, I Murdered Him, ed. Alison Hennegan, St. Martin’s, 1989
89 · Murder Without a Text [Kate Fansler] · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
113 · Who Shot Mrs. Byron Boyd? [Kate Fansler] · ss Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1993
129 · The Proposition [Kate Fansler] · ss Reader, I Murdered Him, Too, ed. Helen Windrath, Women’s Press, 1995
144 · The George Eliot Play [Kate Fansler] · ss
164 · The Baroness · ss Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996
Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens Charles Dickens (Peter Owen 0-7206-1045-1, Aug ’97, $23.95, 224pp, hc)

· Introduction · Peter Haining · in
· The Drunkard’s Death · ss Sketches by Boz, Macrone, 1836
· The Automaton Police · ss
· The Modern Science of Thief-Taking · ss
· A Detective Police Party · ss
· Three ‘Detective’ Anecdotes · gp Household Words, 1850; The Pair of Gloves, ss; The Artful Touch, vi; The Sofa, vi Household Words Sep 14, 1850
· The Metropolitan Protectives · Charles Dickens & W. H. Willis · ss
· On Duty with Inspector Field · ss
· Down with the Tide · ss
· Inspector Buckett’s Job [from Bleak House] · ex, 1853
· Hunted Down · nv New York Ledger Aug 20-Sep 3, 1859
· Poor Mercantile Jack · ss
· The Edwin Drood Syndicate · ss
· M.R. James · ar
The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Mysteries Michael Gilbert (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-17-X, 1997, $16.00, tp) Also in a limited hardcover edition with a tipped-in typescript page from the author’s files (16-1, $40.00).

· Back in Five Years [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · ss John Bull Dec 18 ’48
· A Neat, Cold Killing [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · ss Reveille Jan 27-29 ’50
· Ticker Batson’s Last Job [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · ss Sunday Chronicle May 7 ’50
· Something Like Hard Work [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · ss The (London) Evening Standard Jul 11 ’50
· Balloons Will Be Released · ss John Bull May 12 ’51
· The Awkward Customer [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · ss The (London) Evening Standard Mar 9 ’53
· Follow the Leader [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · ss Weekend Magazine v5 #14 ’55
· After All These Years [“A Long Time Ago”; Henry Montague Bohun] · ss The (London) Evening Standard Jul 10 ’54
· Every Monday, a New Letter [“The Dogs of War”; Henry Montague Bohun] · ss The (London) Evening Standard Nov 1 ’54
· An Appealing Pair of Legs [Henry Montague Bohun; Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · ss The (London) Evening Standard Sep 22 ’55
· Money Is Honey [Henry Montague Bohun] · nv Butcher’s Dozen, Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956; John Creasey Mystery Magazine Apr ’58
· The Craven Case [“The Bird of Dawning”; Henry Montague Bohun] · nv National and English Review Dec ’56
· The Man at the Bottom [Warren Mercer] · nv EQMM Apr ’79
· The Man in the Middle [Warren Mercer] · nv EQMM May ’79
· The Man at the Top [Warren Mercer] · nv EQMM Jun ’79
· The Terrible Mrs. Barker [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · ss Argosy (UK) Jul ’59
· Petrella’s Holiday [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · nv Argosy (UK) Sep ’59
· The Man Who Hated Banks [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · na Argosy (UK) Sep ’64 (+1)
The Ripper of Storyville Edward D. Hoch (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-19-6, 1997, $16.00, tp) [Ben Snow] Collection of 14 Ben Snow stories, with an article by Marvin Lachman. Also available in a signed, limited clothbound edition (1-885941-18-8, $40.00).

· Introduction · in
· Frontier Street · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) May ’61
· The Valley of Arrows · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Mar ’61
· Ghost Town · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Sep ’61
· The Flying Man · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Dec ’61
· The Man in the Alley · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Apr ’62
· The Ripper of Storyville · nv The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Sep ’62
· Snow in Yucatan · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jan ’65
· The Vanished Steamboat · ss EQMM May ’84
· Brothers on the Beach · ss EQMM Aug ’84
· The 500 Hours of Dr. Wisdom · ss EQMM Dec ’84
· The Trail of the Bells · ss EQMM Apr ’85
· The Phantom Stallion · ss EQMM Oct ’85
· The Sacramento Waxworks · ss EQMM Mar ’86
· The Only Tree in Tasco · ss EQMM Oct ’86
· The Long Way Home: The Travels of Ben Snow · Marvin Lachman · ar [Edward D. Hoch]
In Kensington Gardens Once H. R. F. Keating (Crippen & Landru, 1997, $12.00, 109pp, tp) Also available in a signed and limited (175 copies) clothbound edition ($35.00), which includes a separate pamphlet essay, “Walking in Kensington Gardens” by Keating.

· Victorian Values · ss *
· Mrs. Craggs and the Late Prince Albert [Mrs. Craggs] · ss Mrs. Craggs: Crimes Cleans Up, Buchan & Enright, 1985
· Incident at Millionaires’ Row · ss 2nd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993
· Blood and Bone · ss AHMM Sep ’95
· Old Pete · ss *
· Towards What Fate? · ss Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown, 1995
· Speke [“Memorial to Speke”] · ss EQMM Nov ’72
· Runners · ss AHMM Apr ’96
· Mr. Idd · ss 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus, 1994
· Physical Energy · ss *
Shoveling Smoke Margaret Maron (Crippen & Landru, 1997, $16.00, tp) Also available in a signed and limited (268 copies) hardcover edition ($40.00), containing an original or carbon typescript page from the author’s files of a story in this collection.

· The Death of Me [as by Margaret E. Brown] · ss AHMM Jan ’68
· A Very Special Talent [as by Margaret E. Brown] · ss AHMM Jun ’70
· The Beast Within [as by Margaret E. Brown] · ss AHMM Jul ’72
· When Daddy’s Gone · ss The Executioner Mystery Magazine Aug ’75
· Deadhead Coming Down · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr ’78
· Guys and Dolls · ss AHMM Jun ’79
· Let No Man Put Asunder · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May ’80
· A City Full of Thieves · ss Skullduggery Jun ’80
· Mrs. Howell and Criminal Justice 2.1 · ss AHMM Apr ’84
· On Windy Ridge · ss AHMM mid-Dec ’84
· Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · ss AHMM Sep ’89
· Out of Whole Cloth · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
· My Mother, My Daughter, Me · ss AHMM Mar ’90
· Small Club Lead, Dummy Plays Low · ss New Crimes 2, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1990
· Deborah’s Judgment [Deborah Knott] · ss A Woman’s Eye, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
· Fruitcake, Mercy, and Black-Eyed Peas [Deborah Knott] · nv Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press, 1991
· Lieutenant Harald and the Impossible Gun [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
· Hangnail · ss Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1992
· That Bells May Ring and Whistles Safely Blow · ss Santa Clues, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Signet, 1993
· What’s a Friend For? [Deborah Knott; Kiernan O’Shaughnessy] · Margaret Maron & Susan Dunlap · ss Partners in Crime, ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet, 1994
· With This Ring [Deborah Knott] · nv Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart, Berkley, 1995
· Prayer for Judgment [Deborah Knott] · ss *

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