Contents Lists

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v116 #3 & 4, No. 709 & 710, September/October 2000] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $4.50, 240pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Earl Keleny)

5 · Murder in a Time of Siege · Marjorie Eccles · ss Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998
17 · A Missunderstanding · Naomi · pm
18 · Let’s Get Lost [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss
30 · Season of the Camel [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
42 · Customer’s Choice · Brendan DuBois · ss
56 · The Gooseberry Fool · James Powell · nv
77 · The Collusionists · Scott Mackay · ss
90 · Whatever It Takes · Benjamin M. Schutz · nv
111 · Round Trip by Rail · Gwen Davenport · ss
124 · The Authentic Rose [Scott Elliott] · Terence Faherty · nv
141 · The Hunters · J. F. Freedman · nv
158 · The Big Shuffle · Clark Howard · nv
179 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br
182 · The Extortionately Dear Departed · David Williams · ss
195 · A Tribute to Jon L. Breen · Misc. Material · ms [Jon L. Breen]
196 · The Bones · Peter Turnbull · ss
208 · Hank’s Tale · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv
227 · Blood in the Water · Janice Law · ss
238 · Summer Parole · Katherine H. Brooks · pm
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v116 #5, No. 711, November 2000] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.95, 144pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Bill Burrows)

4 · A Storm on the 103rd Floor · D. R. Schanker · ss
15 · The Emerald Expert [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
30 · Eight Lives · Susan Dunlap · ss
42 · Straight, No Chaser · Raymond Steiber · ss
56 · Three Nil · Mat Coward · ss
69 · The Summer People · Brendan DuBois · ss
83 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br
86 · Missing in Action [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv
103 · Daddy’s Boy · Donald Olson · ss
112 · Prey · Aliceanne More · ss
120 · Anna and the Players [Anna Tolan] · Ed Gorman · nv Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1999
142 · Mean Clara · Katherine H. Brooks · pm
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v116 #6, No. 712, December 2000] ed. Janet Hutchings (New York: Dell Magazines, $2.95, 144pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Robert Saunders)

4 · The Christmas Mitzva · Doug Allyn · nv
30 · Parking Space Vigilantes · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss
48 · Avitar [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight] · John F. Dobbyn · ss
59 · The Good Owen · Cindy Gorczyca · ss
70 · Final Jeopardy · Sue Pike · ss
78 · Gunpoint [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss
94 · Outsourcing · Henry Slesar · ss
100 · The Sword of Colonel Ledyard · Edward D. Hoch · ss
111 · 2000 EQMM Readers Award Ballot · Misc. Material · ms
113 · English Autumn—American Fall · Minette Walters · ss Fresh Blood 3, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press, 1999
118 · For Richard or for Poorer · William Bankier · ss
126 · The Prank [Dr. Andrew Fenimore] · Robin Hathaway · ss
136 · Too Many Poets · Dennis Upper · pm
137 · The Jury Box · Jon L. Breen · br
140 · Index to Volumes 115 and 116 · Misc. Material · ix
Hardboiled [#25/26, April 2000] (1-58250-031-2, $16.00, 194pp, digest) 3 · The Editor’s Casefile · The Editor · ed 4 · A Gift for Santa Claus · Ed Gorman · ss 11 · The Job · P. E. Cook · ss 21 · A Business Like Any Other · Albert Ashforth · ss 29 · Favors · Eric Umland · ss 34 · In a Bad Way · Rick McMahan · ss 39 · COP · James P. Stanton · ss 42 · Career Opportunities · Jamie Meyer · ss 46 · Home on the Range · Brian Quinn · ss 50 · A Quiet Night in Queens · H. McDonough Gilson · ss 54 · Just the Luck · Cheryl Wadleigh · ss 59 · Shadow of the Dog · Michael Hemmington · ss 64 · Okayed for Browns · Mark Best · ss 68 · Karma · Bob Madia · ss 72 · Boosters · John Piwarski · ss 76 · The Cat Came Back · Paul J. Boor · ss 80 · New on the Market · Gary Lovisi · cl 85 · The Hardboiled Art of Rick Hudson · Rick Hudson · pi 90 · Dead Man Waitin’ · Rebecca Hardy Black · ss 95 · Til Death Do Us Part · G. Sam Carr · ss 102 · A Mother’s Instincts · Madeline Sonik · ss 112 · Families · Timothy A. Westrick · ss 122 · Kill Me Once, Kill Me Twice · Vaseleos Garson · ss 132 · Needs · Louise Guardino · ss 137 · Getting Out · Richard J. Reed · ss 141 · Faces · Cynthia Hendershot · ss 146 · Sneaky Pete, Death Pimpin’ Shamika · Sir Darren Subarton · ss 151 · Judge Not · Jack Dolphin · ss 163 · Hate Crime · Jim Lee · ss 166 · Philosophies of Life · C. J. Sullivan · ss 169 · Not Too Smart · Shelley Moore · ss 173 · Jane Doe · Janet Lea Swan · ss 180 · Down · Marc Spitzer · ss 182 · REDDI or Not · Charles A. Long · ss 184 · Lord of the Shadows · Daniel Rowe · ss 188 · A Letter to Big Man · Maxim Jakubowski · ss
Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine [v26 #6, Summer 2000] ed. Kathyrne V. Sagan (Gruner+Jahr USA Publishing, $5.99, 100pp+, quarto) Pages 37-52 are a digest size pull-out of “Photo Finish”.

3 · In Defense of Suspense · Mary Higgins Clark · pr
4 · A Question of Character
4 · Stephen King Scares Up His Past · Marion Long · bg [Stephen King]; on Pete Riley.
5 · Martha Grimes Plants a Few Clues · Tom Nolan · bg [Martha Grimes]; on Richard Jury & Melrose Plant.
6 · Janet Evanovich Pulls Out a Plum · Cheryl Solimini · bg [Janet Evanovich]; on Stephanie Plum.
7 · Diane Mott Davidson Serves Uo a Tough Cookie · Jane Bosveld · bg [Diane Mott Davidson]; on Goldy B. Schulz.
8 · Murder at the Roundtable · Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Susan Isaacs, Judith Kelman, Warren Murphy, Justin Scott & Peter Straub · ms
14 · The Hitchhiker · Edna Buchanan · ss
20 · A Book of Kells [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv
28 · House of Mischief · Julie Smith · ss
32 · Explosion at Lipmann’s Glass Factory [George Fingerhurt] · Stuart Kaminsky · ss
37 · Photo Finish [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss
53 · By the End of August [Alvirah Meehan; Willy Meehan] · Mary Higgins Clark · vi, 1993
55 · Family Surgery · Susan Dunlap · ss
61 · Groomed for Death · Jill Moore · ss
64 · The Mogul Temple · Richard Burnie · pz Monumental Mazes, Richard Burnie, Knopf, 1999
66 · It’s Always the Quiet Ones [Aaron Gunner] · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss
73 · His Last Shot · Brendan Dubois · ss
81 · Mercy · Peggy Roberts · vi
83 · Widdershins [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · ss
94 · The Dames Behind the Pulps · David Bischoff · ar
96 · Murder by the Book · Michele Slung · br
98 · Mysterious Sources · Misc. Material · ms
99 · Booksellers’ Best Bets · Katherine Vogele · br
100 · The Interrogation Room · Kate Stine · qz
The Strand Magazine [# 4, 2000] ed. Andrew F. Gulli (Birmingham, MI, $4.95/£2.75, 56pp+, quarto) · The Disappearance of Daniel Question · Barrie Roberts · ss · Caesar, I am Here · H. R. F. Keating · ss · Due Diligence · Catherine Aird · ss · The Perfectionist · Peter Lovesey · ss · The Murderer at the Falls · Michael Mallory · ss · The Case of the Red Alley Murder · Ben Pastor · ss · Michael Cox · Andrew F. Gulli · iv · David Suchet · Andrew F. Gull · iv · The Great Detectives Vidocq · Mike Ashley · ar · The Romance Beneath Conan Doyle’s Science · Owen Dudley Edwards · ar · Film Review: Murder Rooms: the Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes · H. R. F. Keating · ar · Book Reviews · Misc. Material · br
The Strand Magazine [# 5, 2000] ed. Andrew F. Gulli (Birmingham, MI, $4.95/£2.75, 56pp+, quarto) · The Silent Shot · Guy N. Smith · ss · The Monkey and the Typewriter · H. R. F. Keating · ss · The Beka Street Irregulars · James Melville · ss · Second Fiddle · Edward Marston · ss · The Man Who Loved Mystery Stories · Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini · ss · The Case of the Monstrous Assailant · Ben Pastor · ss · Sir John Gielgud · Andrew F. Gull · iv · Mystery Trains: Crime Writers & the Railway · Ian A. Bell · ar · E.W. Hornung’s Raffles · Richard Bleiler · ar · The Talented Ms. Highsmith · Charles L. P. Silet · ar · Book Reviews · Misc. Material · br
[Mysteries in Non-Genre Publications: 2000] · The Moriarty Problem [Sherlock Holmes] · Kimiko Karpoff · ss Adbusters Oct-Nov, 2000 · The Heartbeat Murders [Part 1 of 3; Heartbeat] · Nicholas Rhea · sl Daily Mail Dec 24, 2000 · The Heartbeat Murders [Part 2 of 3; Heartbeat] · Nicholas Rhea · sl Daily Mail Dec 26, 2000 · The Heartbeat Murders [Part 3 of 3; Heartbeat] · Nicholas Rhea · sl Daily Mail Dec 27, 2000 · The Deep Sleep · Aleksander Hemon · ss Esquire Nov, 2000 · Ghost Brother · Melanie Rae Thon · ss Five Points Sum, 2000 · Gators · Vicki Hendricks · ss Mississippi Review Sum, 2000 · The Best Things in Life Are Someone Else’s · Darren Subarton · ss Mississippi Review Sum, 2000 · Sharks · Jenny Siler · ss Mississippi Review v6 #3, 2000 · Metro · Bob Levy · ss Other Voices Spr/Sum, 2000 · Shoes · Kurt Rheinheimer · ss Nebraska Review Sum, 2000 · The Categorical Imperative · Eleanor Greenberg · ss Pangolin Papers Sum, 2000 · The Public Defender · Richard M. Horowitz · ss Pangolin Papers Sum, 2000 · Rose · Bret Lott · nv Shenandoah Sum, 2000 5.8 · The Double Life of a Human Sacrifice · Simon Levack · vi The Sunday Times (London) Dec 24, 2000; winner of the 2000 Crime Writers’ Association ‘Debut Dagger’ competition; illus. Louisa St. Pierre 3 · Father Christmas’s Revenge [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Sunday Telegraph Dec 24, 2000 · The Last Trapshoot · Tricia Currans-Sheehan · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Sum, 2000 · Stranger · Peter Rock · ss Zoetrope All-Story Spr, 2000 · Bliss · Dale Peck · ss Zoetrope All-Story Sum, 2000
Crime: Free Classic Crime Sampler ed. Anon. (House of Stratus 0-7551-1273-3, 2001, free, 301pp, tp) Anthology of 16 extracts from classic crime novels recently reprinted by “House of Stratus”.

· Crime Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in
1 · Bahama Crisis [Chapter 1] · Desmond Bagley · ex London: Collins, 1980
19 · Trent’s Last Case [Chapter 1; Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ex London: Nelson, 1913
29 · No Bail for the Judge [Chapter 1] · Henry Cecil · ex Chapman, 1952
51 · You’re Dead Without Money [Chapter 1] · James Hadley Chase · ex London: Robert Hale, 1972
75 · The Blue Cross [“Valentin Follows a Curious Trail”; Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jul 23 ’10
101 · The Groote Park Murder [Chapter 1] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ex London: Collins, 1923
119 · Double Barrel [Chapter 1] · Nicolas Freeling · ex London: Gollancz, 1964
125 · The Case of the White Footprints · R. Austin Freeman · nv; illus. Dr. John Thorndyke
165 · The Case of the Spurious Spinster [Chapter 1] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ex New York: Morrow, 1961
195 · “Where There’s a Will” · Cyril Hare · ss
209 · Death in the Stocks [Chapter 1] · Georgette Heyer · ex London: Longman’s, 1935
219 · Lament for a Maker [Chapter 1; John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ex London: Gollancz, 1938
227 · Blood Knot [Chapter 1] · Sam Llewellyn · ex London: Joseph, 1991
245 · Bulldog Drummond [Chapter 1] · Sapper · ex London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920
265 · The Four Just Men [Chapter 1] · Edgar Wallace · ex Tallis, 1905
277 · Blind Corner [Chapter 1] · Dornford Yates · ex London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1927
Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe ed. Anon. (Worldwide Mystery 0373264011, Nov 2001, $6.99, 384pp, pb) Original anthology of four stories. (Buy)

· The Headless Magi [Owen Keane] · Terence Faherty · na *
· Christmas Cache [Tory Travers] · Aileen Schumacher · na *
· Stocking Stuffer [Angela Matelli] · Wendi Lee · na *
· The Empty Manger [Sheriff Dan Rhodes] · Bill Crider · na *
Southern Nights ed. Anon. (Southern Star Publishing 1584449969, Nov 2001, $14.95, 224pp, tp) Mystery & Suspense Tales by Southern Writers. (Buy)

· Ringmaster’s Witness · Donna Diamond · nv *
· Wildfire! · Marti Phillips · nv *
· Watercolor Dreams · Deborah Wiles · nv *
· The Keys · Jacqueline Gibson · nv *
· The Flame of New Orleans · Jacqlyn Mage & Ann Phillips · nv *
· Gumbo Undercover · Barbara Deming · nv *
The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0916-2, 2001, $11.95, 500pp, tp) Anthology of 22 stories from Ancient Rome to the days of James I of England. First US edition (Robinson, 2001 as The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection). (Buy)

1 · Introduction: Past Crimes · Mike Ashley · in The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
3 · Poppy and the Poisoned Cake [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv EQMM Dec ’98
27 · Blind Justice [Quintilianus] · Michael Kurland · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
50 · A Payment to the Gods [Libertus the Pavement-Maker] · Rosemary Rowe · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
68 · The Last Legion · Richard Butler · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
97 · And All That He Calls Family [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
115 · Death of an Icon [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
139 · King Hereafter · Philip Gooden · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
162 · The Death Toll · Susanna Gregory · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
179 · The Isle of Saints · Kate Ellis · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
204 · A Perfect Crime · Derek Wilson · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
228 · On Wings of Love · Carol Anne Davis · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
237 · A Lion Rampant [Father Gregory] · Jean Davidson · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
258 · The Amorous Armourer [Sir Baldwin Furnshill] · Michael Jecks · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
281 · Benefit of Clergy · Keith Taylor · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
297 · The Pilgrim’s Tale [Geoffrey Chaucer] · Cherith Baldry · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
313 · And What Can They Show, or What Reasons Give? · Mat Coward · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
331 · Heretical Murder · Margaret Frazer · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
359 · A Moon for Columbus · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
370 · House of the Moon [Don Alessandro Orsini] · Claire Griffin · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
393 · Flibbertigibbet · Paul Finch · na The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
453 · The Vasty Deep [Hamlet Christian] · Peter T. Garratt · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
478 · A Taste for Burning · Marilyn Todd · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
Malice Domestic 10 Nevada Barr (Avon 0-380-80484-0, Mar 2001, $5.99, 212pp, pb) Original anthology of 14 “cosy” mystery stories presented by Nevada Barr. (Buy)

1 · Introduction: An Immeasurable Feast · Nevada Barr · in *
4 · The Tell-Tale Tattoo [Iris Cooper] · K. K. Beck · ss *
17 · A Note of Note · Simon Brett · ss *
31 · People Who Sit in Glass Houses · Susan Dunlap · ss *
46 · Turnaround · Carolyn Hart · nv *
69 · Acting Tips · Melodie Johnson Howe · ss *
80 · A.B.C.D.E.A.T.H. · M. D. Lake · ss *
93 · The Sea Cave · Martha C. Lawrence · ss *
108 · Away with the Fairies · Peter Lovesey · ss *
122 · The Choice · Margaret Maron · ss *
131 · Junior High Samurai [Rei Shimura] · Sujata Massey · ss *
151 · The Would-Be Widower · Katherine Hall Page · ss *
168 · Daisy and the Christmas Goose · Anne Perry · nv *
193 · Lucky Devil · Nancy Pickard · ss *
201 · Down the Garden Path [Peaches Dann] · Elizabeth Daniels Squire · ss *

Next -- Table-of-Contents

Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007

Contents Lists