Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

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Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine [v23 #3, Summer/Fall 1997] ed. Kathyrne V. Sagan (Gruner+Jahr USA Publishing, $3.99, 108pp+, quarto s/b, cover by Alan Richardson, photo) Pages 57-72 are a digest size pull-out of “The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke”.

Murderous Intent [v3 #3, Summer 1997] ed. Margo Power (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, 64pp+, quarto)

Murderous Intent [v3 #4, Fall 1997] ed. Margo Power (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto)

New Mystery [v5 #1, No.12, Summer 1997] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 32pp+, quarto, cover by Maurice Thomas, from Pocket Books #822)

New Mystery [v5 #2, No.13, Fall 1997] (New Mystery; New York, $3.95, 32pp+, quarto, cover by Edwin Lanham, from Bantam #746) Bad Dogs issue.

[Mysteries in Non-Genre Publications: 1997]

Hit Man Lawrence Block (Morrow 0-68814-179-X, Jan ’98, 256pp, hc) [John Keller] Collection, 10 stories of fatalistic hired assassin J.P. Keller.

Sam Gunn Forever Ben Bova (Avon Eos 0-380-79726-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Sam Gunn] Collection of five stories featuring the space-going con man, with new framing material.

Renowned Be Thy Grave; or, The Murderous Miss Mooney P. M. Carlson (Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1-885941-23-4, May ’98, $16.00, 229pp, tp, cover by Deborah Miller) [Bridget Mooney] Also in a limited hc edition (1-885941-22-6) which includes pamphlet “Farewell the Plumed Troop”.

Bell, Book, and Murder Rosemary Edghill (Tor/Forge 0-312-86768-9, Oct ’98, $17.95, 448pp, tp) [Bast] Omnibus of three mystery novels featuring the white witch Bast.

Field of Thirteen Dick Francis (Putnam’s 0-399-14434-X, 1998, $24.95, 287pp, hc)

The Concise Cuddy Jeremiah Healy (Crippen & Landru 1-885941-27-7, 1998, $17.00, 292pp, tp) [John Francis Cuddy] Collection of 17 John Francis Cuddy stories.

The Mystery Box Frederick Highland (Bellingham, WA: Ana-Libri Press 0-9659409-6-9, May ’98, $16.95, 235pp, tp) Original collection of 20 short mystery stories based on postage stamp illustrations and five articles about stamps. Three stories originally appeared in different form in Global Stamp News. Also announced in hc (-5-0, $24.95).

Private Eye Action As You Like It Joe R. Lansdale & Lewis Shiner (Crossroads Press 1-892300-02-8, Oct ’98, $20.00, 273pp, tp) Collection of eight stories, three by Lansdale, three by Shiner (two original), and two by both (one significantly revised). Lansdale provides an introduction and afterword; Shiner two introductions. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000; a leatherbound, lettered edition ($125.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041; add $5.00 postage.

Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose Peter Lovesey (Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru 1-885941-21-8, 1998, $16.00, 207pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) Also available in the UK (Little, Brown 1998), and in a limited hc edition (1-885941-20-X) which includes pamphlet “Murder by Christmas Tree”.

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