Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Chronicles of Crime: the Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Headline 0-7472-7548-3, 1999, £12.99, 471pp, tp)
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Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths ed. Stephen Jones (Fedogan & Bremer/F&B Mystery 1-878252-35-6, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], $29.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Original anthology of 10 stories of supernatural detection, seven reprints (one re-written), interspersed with eight parts of Kim Newman’s episodic original novel Seven Stars, in which a variety of detectives battle Bram Stoker’s cursed Jewel of the Seven Stars. Jones’s introduction discusses the history of literary supernatural detectives. Authors include Manly Wade Wellman, Basil Copper, and Peter Tremaine. Illustrations by Randy Broecker. A signed slipcased limited edition (-36-4, $95.00) was announced but not seen. Available from F&B Mystery, 3721 Minnehaha Ave S., Minneapolis MN 55406.
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Mystery in the Sunshine State: Florida Short Stories by Florida’s Mystery Writers ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky (Pineapple Press 1-56164-185-5, Oct ’99, $14.95, 272pp, tp)
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Diagnosis Dead ed. Jonathan Kellerman (Pocket 0-671-51920-4, Dec ’99, $6.99, 293pp, pb) Original anthology of 14 crime stories. A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.
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Something Wicked ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves (Polygon 0-7486-6253-7, 1999, £9.99, 166pp, tp) Original anthology of Scottish crime fiction.
- vii · Introduction · Amanda Hargreaves · in
- 1 · Bampot Central · Christopher Brookmyre · ss Fresh Blood 2, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press, 1997
- 19 · How the Angels Fly In · Ron Butlin · ss Talk of the Devil
- 25 · Death Wish · Linda Cracknell · ss *
- 31 · Conviction · Chris Dolan · ss *
- 39 · Someone Had To · Janice Galloway · ss Where You Find It, Cape, 1997
- 45 · I Shall Fear No Evil · Iain Grant · ss *
- 51 · Lowlands · Kathryn Heyman · ss *
- 57 · Statutes and Judgements · Susie Maguire · ss *
- 65 · The Writing on the Wall · Val McDermid · ss 3rd Culprit, ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus, 1994
- 71 · Shoebox · Duncan McLean · ss Bucket of Tongues, Secker & Warburg, 1992
- 81 · How You Look at It · Candia McWilliam · ss *
- 87 · Carol’s Gift · Denise Mina · ss *
- 95 · Change of Face · Agnes Owens · ss Lean Tales, Cape, 1985
- 103 · Second Hand · Siân Preece · ss *
- 113 · The Hanged Man · Ian Rankin · ss *
- 123 · Common Knowledge · Elizabeth Reeder · ss *
- 133 · Of Tooth and Claw · Manda Scott · ss *
- 139 · Kasia’s Mother’s Mother’s Story · Ali Smith · ss Other Stories and other stories, Granta, 1999
- 145 · Business · Raymond Soltysek · ss *
- 151 · My Life in Movies · David Stenhouse · ss *
- 159 · Whistling, Singing, Eating Fruit · Ruth Thomas · ss *
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Canine Christmas ed. Jeffrey Marks (Ballantine 0-345-43657-1, Dec ’99, $5.99, 246pp, pb) Original anthology of 15 canine Christmas crimes.
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Malice Domestic 8 Margaret Maron (Avon 0-380-79407-1, Apr ’99, $5.99, 242pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Margaret Maron.
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Irreconcilable Differences ed. Lia Matera (HarperCollins 0-06-019225-9, Dec ’99, $24.00, 354pp, hc) Original anthology of 20 mystery and suspense stories of relationships gone wrong.
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The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 ed. Ed McBain (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-93915-1, Oct ’99, $13.00, 457pp, tp) Best of the year anthology of 19 mystery stories from 1998. Series editor Otto Penzler.
- ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw
- xiii · Introduction · Ed McBain · in
- 1 · Keller’s Last Refuge [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv Playboy Mar ’98
- 28 · Safe [“Searching for Survivors”; Cedar Hill] · Gary A. Braunbeck · na Things Left Behind, CD Publications, 1997
- 66 · Fatherhood · Thomas H. Cook · ss Murder for Revenge, ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998
- 77 · Wrong Time, Wrong Place · Jeffery Deaver · nv The Best of the Best, ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman, Signet, 1998
- 107 · Netmail · Brendan DuBois · ss Playboy May ’98
- 125 · Redneck [“Double Whammy”; Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss MHCMM Fll ’98
- 139 · And Maybe the Horse Will Learn to Sing · Gregory Fallis · ss AHMM Oct ’98
- 157 · Poachers · Tom Franklin · na The Texas Review Spr ’98
- 201 · Hitting Rufus · Victor Gischler · ss Lynx Eye Spr ’98
- 212 · Out There in the Darkness · Ed Gorman · nv Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 1995
- 249 · Survival [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv AHMM Oct ’98
- 276 · A Death on the Ho Chi Minh Trail · David K. Harford · ss AHMM Mar ’98
- 320 · An Innocent Bystander · Gary Krist · ss Playboy Apr ’98
- 339 · The Jailhouse Lawyer · Phillip M. Margolin · ss The Saint Magazine Aug ’84
- 349 · Secret, Silent · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Boulevard Fll ’98
- 369 · In Flanders Fields [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv Not Safe After Dark & Other Stories, Crippen & Landru, 1999
- 397 · Dry Whiskey · David B. Silva · ss Cemetery Dance #28 ’98
- 410 · Sacrifice · L. L. Thrasher · ss Murderous Intent Sum/Fll ’98
- 426 · Bech Noir · John Updike · nv New Yorker Jun 8 ’98
- 449 · Contributors’ Notes · Misc. · bg
- 456 · Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 1998 · Misc. · bi
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Till Death Do Us Part ed. Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley 0-425-17197-3, Nov ’99, $6.99, 294pp, pb) Original anthology of 18 stories of love, marriage and murder, by suspense authors and their significant others. Includes photos of each couple.
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Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte 0-385-31800-6, Mar ’99, $22.95, 406pp, hc) Original anthology of 15 stories.
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The First Lady Murders ed. Nancy Pickard (Pocket 0-671-01444-7, Feb ’99, $6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Earl Keleny) Original anthology of 20 stories featuring America’s First Ladies.
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Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder ed. Nancy Pickard (Berkley 0-425-16890-5, May ’99, $13.00, 309pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 stories, and 12 apple recipes.
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