Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Murder on the Railways ed. Peter Haining (Orion 0-75280-873-7, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £6.99, 625pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1996) anthology.
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The Orion Book of Murder ed. Peter Haining (Orion 0-75280-915-6, Oct ’97 [Feb ’98], £6.99, 756pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1996) crime/mystery anthology.
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Pulp Fictions ed. Peter Haining (Barnes & Noble 0-76070-430-9, 1997, $7.98, 331pp, hc) Reprint (Souvenir 1996 as Pulp Friction) anthology.
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Funny Bones ed. Joan Hess (Signet 0-451-40720-2, Jul ’97, $5.99, 318pp, pb)
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Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition ed. Joan Hess, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0495-0, Sep ’97, $24.00, 342pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories, with an introduction by Jon L. Breen.
- xi · The Mystery in 1996 · Jon L. Breen · in
- 1 · The Dark Snow · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy Nov ’96
- 18 · The Escape · Anne Perry · ss EQMM Mar ’96
- 30 · Clothes · Ruth Rendell · ss
- 39 · The Cracks in the Sidewalk · Marcia Muller · ss Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996
- 51 · Dead Drunk · Lia Matera · ss Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket, 1996
- 66 · Running from Legs · Ed McBain · nv Murder for Love, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 87 · The Cassoulet · Walter Satterthwait · ss AHMM Dec ’96
- 96 · Toad Crossing · John Lutz & David August · ss AHMM Jul ’96
- 101 · Wild Horses · Sam Pizzo · ss AHMM Apr ’96
- 108 · The Last Word · Maude Miller · ss AHMM Mar ’96
- 119 · My Murder · David Corn · nv Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage, 1996
- 141 · The Narrow House · Edward D. Hoch · ss Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing, 1996
- 153 · Married to a Murderer · Alan Russell · ss Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket, 1996
- 160 · The Perfect Murder Club · Reginald Hill · ss EQMM May ’96
- 171 · Kiss the Sky · James Grady · nv Unusual Suspects, ed. James Grady, Vintage, 1996
- 201 · Intent to Kill · Monica Quill · ss EQMM Jan ’96
- 209 · The Girl Who Talked to Horses · Robert J. Randisi · nv Homicide Hosts Presents, ed. Helen Esper Olmsted, Write Way Publishing, 1996
- 225 · Stalking Horse · Susan B. Kelly · ss EQMM Nov ’96
- 231 · A Good Thing · Simon Brett · ss EQMM Feb ’96
- 247 · Hoops · S. J. Rozan · nv EQMM Jan ’96
- 273 · Real Life · Sarah Shankman · ss Guilty as Charged, ed. Scott Turlow, Pocket, 1996
- 285 · A Rock and a Hard Place · Nancy Pickard · ss Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996
- 300 · The Burglar and the Whatsit · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy Dec ’96
- 307 · Publicity Stunts · Sara Paretsky · ss Women on the Case, ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1996
- 324 · The Monster · Bill Pronzini · ss EQMM Nov ’96
- 328 · Bibliography: A 1996 yearbook · Edward D. Hoch · bi
- 341 · Drood Review’s Editors’ Choice List · Misc. · ms
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Twelve American Detective Stories ed. Edward D. Hoch (Oxford University Press 0-19-188064-0, 1997, $9.95, 236pp, tp)
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Canine Crimes II ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley 0-425-16038-6, Oct ’97, $5.99, 214pp, pb)
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Law and Order ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley 0-425-15781-4, Apr ’97, $5.99, 262pp, pb)
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Murder to Music ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0406-3, 1997, $24.00, 254pp, hc)
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Twelve Women Detective Stories ed. Laura Marcus (Oxford University Press 0-19-288036-5, 1997, $9.95, 230pp, tp)
- vii · Introduction · Laura Marcus · in
- 1 · The Mysterious Countess [attrib W. S. Hayward] · Anon. · nv ca., 1861; from Revelations of a Lady Detective, c. 1864.
- 25 · Drawn Daggers [Loveday Brooke] · Catherine L. Pirkis · nv The Ludgate Magazine Jun, 1893
- 46 · The First Customer and the Florentine Dante [Hagar Stanley] · Fergus Hume · ss Hagar of the Pawn-Shop, London: Skeffington, 1898
- 63 · The Adventure of the Cantankerous Old Lady [Miss Lois Cayley] · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Mar, 1898
- 81 · Mr. Bovey’s Unexpected Will · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss The Harmsworth Magazine Apr, 1899
- 96 · The Man in the Inverness Cape [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Orczy · nv Cassell’s; from Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, London: Cassell 1910.
- 114 · The Man with Nine Lives [Madelyn Mack] · Hugh C. Weir · nv Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective, Page, 1914
- 147 · An Intangible Clue [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · ss The Golden Slipper, Putnam’s, 1915
- 167 · The Clairvoyants [Constance Dunlap] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Constance Dunlap, Hodder & Stroughton, 1916
- 182 · Lot’s Wife [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The Solange Stories, Heinemann, 1931
- 214 · A Light on Murder · Gladys Mitchell · ss The (London) Evening Standard Feb 15 ’50
- 222 · On Principle · Henry Cecil · ss Full Circle, Chapman and Hall, 1948
- 227 · Notes · Misc. · bg
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Crime Through Time ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman (Berkley 0-425-15761-X, Aug ’97, $6.99, 373pp, pb)
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Death in Dixie ed. Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-495-8, Nov ’97, $9.95, 240pp, tp)
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A Century of Mystery 1980-1989 ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (MJF Books 1-56731-155-5, 1997, $8.98, 308pp, hc)
- 1 · Introduction · Edward D. Hoch · in
- 7 · The Good Samaritan [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss EQMM Sep 10 ’80
- 23 · A Man with a Fortune [“How Mr. Smith Traced His Ancestors”] · Peter Lovesey · ss The Mystery Guild Anthology, ed. John Waite, Constable, 1980
- 36 · There Are No Snakes in Ireland · Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks, 1982
- 59 · A Great Sight · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Top Crime, ed. Josh Pachter, St. Martin’s, 1983
- 69 · Greektown [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss AHMM Aug ’83
- 85 · Father’s Day · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Aug ’84
- 97 · The Worst Crime Known to Man · Reginald Hill · ss London Sunday Express Jul 1 ’84
- 105 · A Case of Chivas Regal · George V. Higgins · ss The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985
- 116 · Lucky Penny · Linda Barnes · ss The New Black Mask No.3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985
- 136 · As Good as a Rest · Lawrence Block · ss EQMM Aug ’86
- 146 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986
- 157 · Hit-and-Run [Jill Smith] · Susan Dunlap · ss Great Modern Police Stories, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Walker, 1986
- 168 · King’s X · Brian Garfield · ss Murder California Style, The Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, St. Martin’s, 1987
- 183 · Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 197 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 219 · More Final Than Divorce · Robert Barnard · ss EQMM Oct ’88
- 228 · The Dakar Run · Clark Howard · nv EQMM Aug ’88
- 260 · The Reason Why [Jack Dwyer] · Edward Gorman · ss Criminal Elements, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, 1988
- 276 · Blood Types · Julie Smith · ss Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 293 · Deadly Fantasies [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss AHMM Apr ’89
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Detective Duos ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini (Oxford University Press 0-19-510214-2, Nov ’97, $30.00, 444pp, hc) Anthology of 25 stories of crime-solving twosomes.
- 3 · Introduction · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · in
- 15 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844
- 31 · The Adventure of the Empty House [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Colliers Sep 26 ’03
- 49 · Death at the Excelsior [“The Education of Detective Oakes”] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec ’14
- 68 · The Puzzle Lock [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Flynn’s Feb 28 ’25
- 87 · The Love Detectives [“At the Crossroads”; Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss Flynn’s Weekly Oct 30 ’26
- 106 · The Sealed House [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · ss Mystery Jul ’33
- 121 · The Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body, London: Gollancz, 1928
- 135 · Pattern for Murder [“There’s Death for Remembrance”; Pam & Jerry North] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss, 1955
- 149 · Fourth of July Picnic [“Labor Union Murder”; Nero Wolfe; Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Look Jul 9 ’57 (+2)
- 179 · Two Over Par [Haila & Jeff Troy] · Kelley Roos · ss EQMM Jan ’50
- 192 · One Morning They’ll Hang Him [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss EQMM Aug ’50
- 207 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss EQMM Feb ’46
- 220 · Once Upon a Train [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Craig Rice & Stuart Palmer · nv EQMM Oct ’50
- 240 · The Phantom Cry-Baby [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Colliers Mar 27 ’48
- 258 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss EQMM Dec ’63
- 267 · Before She Kills [Ed and Am Hunter] · Fredric Brown · nv Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 ’61
- 293 · And Start with a Blonde [Father Joseph Shanley; Sammy Golden] · Jack Webb · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2 ’60
- 307 · The Road to Damascus [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) Jun ’66
- 325 · Dalziel’s Ghost [Supt. Andrew Dalziel] · Reginald Hill · nv Pascoe’s Ghost and Other Brief Chronicles of Crime, Collins, 1979
- 347 · Interpol: The Case of the Modern Medusa · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Nov ’73
- 363 · The Holes in the System [Sharon McCone; Rae Kelleher] · Marcia Muller · nv EQMM Jun ’96
- 383 · The Desert Limited [Sabrina Carpenter; John Quincannon] · Bill Pronzini · ss Louis L’Amour Western Magazine Nov ’95
- 397 · Stop, Thief! [Susannah Maria “Suze” Figueroa] · Barbara D’Amato · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
- 407 · The Adventure of the Perpetual Husbands · Ellen Dearmore · nv The Womansleuth Anthology, ed. Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA, 1988
- 427 · The End of the Earth [Skip Langdon] · Julie Smith · ss *
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