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Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader’s Indispensable Companion ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff & Jon L. Breen (Carroll & Graf, November 1993, 978-0881849721, 390pp, pb)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Features interviews, essays, photographic layouts, and recommended reading lists, with contributions by such notables as Robert Bloch, Dorothy Cannell, and Bill Pronzini. 1 · Foreword · [The Editors] · fw 9 · My Life in Crime · Lawrence Block · ar 19 · Mysteries of New York · William L. DeAndrea · ar 22 · Some Notable New York Mysteries · [uncredited] · ms 23 · Los Angeles Mysteries · Jon L. Breen · ar 26 · Chicago as a Mystery Setting · Barbara D’Amato · ar 29 · Midwest Mysteries · Mary Helen Becker · ar 32 · Small-Town Mysteries · Jon L. Breen · ar 35 · Small Towns, Big Motives · Nancy Pickard · ar 35 · New England Mystery Authors · Kate Mattes · ar 41 · New England Blood · Marilis Hornidge · ar 44 · Southern Fried · Joan Hess · ar 47 · The Mystery of the Rocky Mountains · Marvin Lachman · ar 50 · Mysteries in the Southwest · Anne Wingate · ar 52 · Lone Star Crime · Bill Crider · ar 55 · The Florida Mystery Scene · Harrison Arnston · ar 58 · Notable Northern California Novels · [uncredited] · ms 58 · The Ten Most Underrated Mystery Writers · [uncredited] · ms 63 · Interview: Barbara Michaels · T. Liam McDonald · iv [Ref. Barbara Michaels] 70 · P.D. James: A Taste for Death · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. P. D. James] 71 · Why Cozies? · Carolyn G. Hart · ar 74 · The Topical Mystery · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ar 76 · My First Book? · Dorothy B. Hughes · ar 79 · Searching for Agatha Christie · Carolyn G. Hart · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 82 · Mistress of Mayhem: The Best of Agatha Christie on Film · John McCarty · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 92 · Cats in Mysteries · Ellen Nehr · ar 94 · Dogs in Mysteries · Ellen Nehr · ar 97 · A Dogged Look at Lilian Jackson Braun · Donna Huston Murray · ar [Ref. Lilian Jackson Braun] 99 · The Status of Women in Mystery Fiction · K. K. Beck · ar 101 · Amanda Cross: Death in a Tenured Position · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. Amanda Cross] 103 · John Dickson Carr: The Magician of the Locked Room · Douglas G. Greene · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 107 · The Doubleday Crime Club, 1928-1991 · Ellen Nehr · ar 110 · Traditionally Yours · Marilis Hornidge · ar 113 · Backgrounders · Marilis Hornidge · ar 116 · The Cornerstones of Crime · Angela & Barry T. Zeman · ar The Armchair Detective Fall 1992 121 · Sex and the Mystery · Elaine Raco Chase · ar 124 · It’s Murder on Stage · Barbara Paul · ar 128 · Does Anybody Love a Researcher? · Walter Albert · ar 131 · Twenty-Five Great Reads · [uncredited] · ms 132 · Twelve Overlooked Contemporary Writers · [uncredited] · ms 132 · The Twelve Most Important Spy Novels and Short-Story Collections · [uncredited] · ms 133 · Fifteen Contemporary Traditional Mystery Novels · [uncredited] · ms 137 · Chester Himes and the Black Experience · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. Chester Himes] 138 · Some Notable Novels About Black America · [uncredited] · ms 143 · The Jewish Mystery · Serita Stevens & Fanny Zindel · ar 148 · Saints Preserve Us: The Catholic Mystery · Ralph McInerny · ar 150 · Some Notable Religious Mysteries · [uncredited] · ms 156 · In the Tradition of…Herself · Marcia Muller · ar 157 · Ralph Dennis—The Science Fiction Writer? · David Everson · ar [Ref. Ralph Dennis] 160 · Twenty-Five Private Eye Novels · [uncredited] · ms 165 · Interview: Sandra Scoppettone · Ed Gorman · iv [Ref. Sandra Scoppettone] 167 · The Gay and Lesbian Mystery · Mark Richard Zubro · ar 169 · Some Notable Gay Mysteries · [uncredited] · ms 173 · Two or Three Things You Should Know About British Crime Fiction · Maxim Jakubowski · ar 180 · Some Notable Modern British Mystery Novels · [uncredited] · ms 181 · Some of My Characters Who Haunt Me · Margaret Yorke · ar 183 · The Origins of Charles Paris · Simon Brett · ar 185 · The Transplanted Brit · Dorothy Cannell · ar 188 · Humorous Crime, or Dead Funny · Mike Ripley · ar 194 · Building the Bates Motel · Robert Bloch · ar 200 · Twenty-Five Notable Dark Suspense Novels · [uncredited] · ms 205 · Mary Roberts Rinehart · Charlotte MacLeod · ar [Ref. Mary Roberts Rinehart] 207 · Some Notable Women’s Suspense Novels · [uncredited] · ms 214 · Evan Hunter on Writing Mysteries · John Pescatore · ar [Ref. Evan Hunter] 216 · Joseph Wambaugh: The Glitter Dome · H. R. F. Keating · ar [Ref. Joseph Wambaugh] 217 · A Cop’s View of Cop Books · Hugh Holton · ar 220 · Twenty-Five Police Procedurals · [uncredited] · ms 225 · Warning! Warning! Hitch-Hikers May Be Escaped Lunatics! · Stephen King · ar 228 · The Story of the Big Love · Lee Server · ar Paperback Parade #32, January 1993 233 · Serial Killers: A Motive for Murder · Brian Harper · ar 236 · Some Notable Serial-Killer Novels · [uncredited] · ms 237 · Formula for the Past · Harold Adams · ar 239 · Twenty-Five Notable Noir Novels · [uncredited] · ms 243 · How I Came to Write “The Skin of Rabinowitz” and Other Literary Milestones · Warren Murphy · ar 248 · Some Notable Thrillers · [uncredited] · ms 251 · Writing the Young Adult Mystery Novel · Joan Lowery Nixon · ar 254 · Much Ado about Nancy Drew · Christina Mierau · ar 259 · Young Adult Mysteries: A Few “Must-Read” Winners · Sharron L. McElmeel · ar 267 · Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine · Janet Hutchings · ar 270 · Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine · Wendi Lee · ar 271 · Getting Started · Edward D. Hoch · ar 274 · Ten Classic Mystery Anthologies (historical) · [uncredited] · ms 274 · Ten Reprint Mystery Anthologies (since 1980) · [uncredited] · ms 275 · Ten Original Mystery Anthologies (since 1980) · [uncredited] · ms 276 · Twenty Distinguished Mystery Short Stories (since 1980) · [uncredited] · ms 277 · The Fifteen Greatest Detective Short-Story Volumes Since Poe · [uncredited] · ms 277 · The Thirteen Greatest Mystery Anthologies · [uncredited] · ms 281 · Interview: Anne Wingate · Charles L. P. Silet · iv [Ref. Anne Wingate] 285 · True Crime: Stranger Than Fiction · Wendi Lee · ar 286 · Some Notable True Crime Books · [uncredited] · ms 289 · Who Reviews? · Carole Nelson Douglas · ar 293 · Whine and Kvetch, Anyone? · Bill Pronzini · ar Mystery Scene #37, 1992 296 · Critical Contrasts · Walter & Jean Shine · ar 297 · Beginning a New Series · Margaret Maron · ar 299 · On the Road with Thelma and Louise · Joan Hess · ar 301 · A Modest Proposal for the Categorization of Mysteries · Lawrence Block · ar 302 · “Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?” · Michael Seidman · ar 307 · An Overview of Mystery Fandom · Robert Napier · ar 309 · Conventions: Malice and Mayhem in Numbers · Janet A. Rudolph · ar 312 · A Dinner to Die For · Janet A. Rudolph · ar 315 · Interview: Allen J. Hubin · Steven A. Stilwell · iv [Ref. Allen J. Hubin] 320 · Fifteen Best Private Eye Movies · [uncredited] · ms 321 · Solving the Mystery of Murder, She Wrote · Marlys Millhiser · ar 323 · Jessica Is Nancy Drew Grown Up · Margaret C. Albert · ar 324 · The Eleven Greatest Mystery Films · [uncredited] · ms 324 · The Twelve Greatest Television Detective Series · [uncredited] · ms 327 · The Fine Comic Art of Murder · Max Allan Collins · ar 334 · Recommended Reading List · [uncredited] · ms 337 · Norbert Davis: An Appreciation · John D. MacDonald · ar 1988 [Ref. Norbert Davis] written as introduction to The Adventures of Max Latin by Norbert Davis (Mysterious Press). 340 · Gold Medal Days · Vin Packer · ar 343 · The Golden Era of Gold Medal Books · George Tuttle · ar Paperback Parade #33, March 1993 351 · The Golden Harvest: 25 Cent Paperbacks · Ed Gorman · ar 360 · Fifteen Greatest Crooks and Rogues · [uncredited] · ms 361 · Fifty Favorite Great Gold Medal Crime Classics · [uncredited] · ms 365 · Mystery Writers of America, Inc.…A Historical Story · Angela & Barry T. Zeman · ar 369 · Who Are All of These Sisters in Crime? · Elaine Raco Chase · ar 371 · The Private Eye Writers of America · Jan Grape · ar 373 · For Professionals Only…The American Crime Writers League · Charlotte MacLeod · ar 377 · The Care and Feeding of a Mystery Bookstore · Jan Grape · ar 382 · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg 386 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Guns of the West ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley, August 2002, 0-425-18573-7, $5.99, 310pp, pb) vii · Introduction · Ed Gorman · in (r) 1 · What Gold Does to a Man · Louis L’Amour · ss (r) 16 · Pegeen’s Revenge · Judy Alter · ss (r) 34 · Son of a Gun · R. C. House · ss (r) 49 · My Brother of the Gun · Gary Lovisi · ss (r) 67 · Faith and the Good Outlaw · Wendi Lee & Mary Kay Lane · ss (r) 84 · Broken Windows · Marcus Pelegrimas · nv (r) 106 · The Wisdom of Griffin Stiles · Tracy Knight · ss (r) 120 · Blacklegs Dancing · Russell Davis · ss (r) 140 · Don’t Never Fall in Love with No Whore · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss (r) 152 · Balance of Power · Ronald Scott Adkins · nv (r) 174 · The Victim · Ed Gorman · ss The Big Book of Western Action Stories ed. Jon Tuska, Barricade Books, 1995 187 · Slicing Through Ninety-Two Pages of New Testament · Tom Piccirilli · nv (r) 208 · Deadlock · James Reasoner · ss (r) 227 · The Gunny · Bill Pronzini · ss The Gunfighters ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1988 234 · Rio Blanco · Gary Phillips · ss (r) 254 · Death on D Street · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv (r) 275 · Lay My Money Down · Bill Crider · ss (r) 291 · Ladysmith · L. J. Washburn · ss (r) 309 · Copyrights and Permissions · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Dark Harvest, December 1991, 0-913165-65-4, $21.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Robert Lavoie)     Associational original anthology of 18 mystery stories, a few with fantasy elements. All the stories are based on a single broad premise, and the contributors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, William F. Nolan, Richard Laymon, and Gary Brandner. 11 · Introduction · Bill Pronzini · in 13 · The Dead Past · Nancy Pickard · ss Mystery Scene October 1989 27 · La Bellezza Delle Bellezze [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · nv 53 · Open and Shut · John Lutz · ss 67 · None of My Business, But… [Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins (Henrie O)] · Carolyn G. Hart · ss 85 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss 97 · Invitation to Murder · Richard Laymon · ss 111 · Darke Street · Gary Brandner · ss 121 · Pretty Boy · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss 141 · The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 159 · Merlin and the Hitman · Teri White · ss 175 · Anytime I Want · Andrew Henry Vachss · ss 181 · QWERTY · William J. Reynolds · nv 207 · A Bunch of Mumbo Jumbo · Jan Grape · ss 219 · The Body Beautiful · Judith Kelman · ss 231 · Deadtrip [Sam Space] · William F. Nolan · ss 247 · Still Life with Gold Frame · Rex Miller · ss 263 · Who What When Where Why · Barbara Paul · ss 277 · Snow Angels [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss

Love Kills ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf, May 1997, 0-7867-0426-8, $12.95, 386pp, tp) 1 · Afraid All the Time · Nancy Pickard · nv Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 15 · The Girl Friend · Morris Hershman · ss Manhunt September 1957, as by Mark Mallory 23 · Predators · Edward Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987 40 · The Second Coming · Joe Gores · ss Adam October 1966 51 · The Lost Coast [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · nv Deadly Allies II ed. Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap, Doubleday, 1994 74 · Night Freight · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1967; revised. 83 · Cat’s Eye · Larry Segriff · ss Cemetery Dance #17/18, Fall 1993 92 · The Midnight Train · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 99 · I’m Not That Kind of Girl · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss 1989 109 · The Main Event · Peter Crowther · ss Murder Most Delicious ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1995 117 · Obeah, My Love · Barbara Collins · ss 1996 132 · Cracked Rear View · Jerry Sykes · ss 1996 143 · Pretty Eyes · Evan Hunter · ss Rex December 1957 151 · Graveyard Shift · James Reasoner · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1978, as by M. R. James 155 · Amy Gdalla · Jim Combs · ss 1996 165 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989 177 · Famous Blue Raincoat · Ed Gorman · ss Cemetery Dance #24, Summer 1996 190 · Morning Call · Brian Lawrence · ss 1996 202 · The Case of the Locked Room Nude · Maxim Jakubowski · ss Noirotica ed. Thomas S. Roche, Rhinoceros, 1996 214 · That Summer at Quichiquois · Dorothy B. Hughes · nv A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991 236 · Alas, My Love [Adman] · Ron Goulart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1984 253 · Firetrap · Greg Cox · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 276 · The Calculator · Joe L. Hensley · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1979 288 · A Soda for Susan · Richard Deming · ss Mantrap October 1956 295 · Hot Eyes, Cold Eyes · Lawrence Block · ss Gallery 1978 303 · He Loved Her So Much · Sandra Scoppettone · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 312 · Midnight Promises · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Midnight Promises by Richard T. Chizmar, Gauntlet Publications, 1996 319 · The New Girl Friend · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1983 330 · The Quiet Room · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt December 1953 339 · My Heart Cries for You · Bill Crider · nv 14 Vicious Valentines ed. Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Avon, 1988 362 · The Best-Friend Murder [Abe Levine] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1959