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Ellery Queen’s Murder—in Spades! ed. Ellery Queen (Pyramid, September 1969, T-2036, 75¢, 221pp, pb, an)

5 · Letter from E.Q. · Ellery Queen · in

9 · Immune to Murder [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine November 1955

52 · Miser’s Gold [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week June 18 1950, as “Love Hunts a Hidden Treasure”

58 · Anniversary Gift · John Collier · ss 1958

73 · Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1958

91 · Tropical Disturbance [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask December 1936, as “Angelfish”

122 · The Adventure of the Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1958, as “The Martian Crown Jewels”

140 · Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! · Paul W. Gallico · ss Everywoman’s Magazine January 1957, as “The Faker”

153 · The Footprint in the Sky [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine January 1940, as “Clue in the Snow” by Carter Dickson

170 · Murder Is a Public Matter [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The American Magazine October 1948, as “The Bearded Lady” by Kenneth Millar

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Jackpot ed. Ellery Queen (Pyramid, April 1970, T-2207, 75¢, 238pp, pb, an)

5 · Letter from E.Q. · Ellery Queen · in

9 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936

24 · The Slipper Fiend [Dr. Jean Dollent] · Georges Simenon; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1955, as “The Little Doctor and the Slipper Fiend”
translated from the French (“L’Amoureux aus Pantoufles”, Le Petit Docteur, Gallimard, 1943).

49 · Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951

69 · The Portrait · Aldous Huxley · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1922

81 · Case of the Overheated Flat [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 24 1940, as “The Case of the Overheated Service Flat”

88 · Goodbye, New York · Cornell Woolrich · nv Story #63, October 1937

114 · Perkins Finds $3,400,000 [Willis Perkins] · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s July 11 1931, as “In a Hole”

127 · A Neat and Tidy Job · George Harmon Coxe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960

143 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone.

171 · The Ring in the Fish · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1959

177 · The Witch of Times Square [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week November 5 1950

184 · Too Many Detectives [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Collier’s September 14 1956

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #1 ed. Ellery Queen (Bonomo, 1979, 49¢, ph, an)

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Stories #2 ed. Ellery Queen (Bonomo, 1979, 33, 49¢, ph, an)

· Bull in a China Shop · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1957

· Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940

· The Impossible “Impossible Crime” · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1968

· The Ultimate Clue · Anthony Boucher · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960

· Take Me Out to the Ball Game · Michael Avallone · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1964

Ellery Queen’s Napoleons of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #36, Fall/Winter 1978.

Ellery Queen’s Poetic Justice ed. Ellery Queen (NAL, 1967, LC:67-26239, $7.95, 300pp, hc, an)
Also available in pb (Signet Jul ’70).

vii · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

1 · The Pardoner’s Tale · Geoffrey Chaucer · ss The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer, William Caxton, 1478

9 · The Vicar of Wakefield Sells a Horse · Oliver Goldsmith · ex 1766

22 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827

50 · Darvell · Lord Byron · ss 1819

59 · The Notary of Perigueux · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · ss Outre-Mer by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harper, 1835

67 · The Man of the Crowd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine December 1840

82 · One Wicked Impulse! · Walt Whitman · ss A Special Day by Walt Whitman, 1882
revised from “Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a Murderer Escaped” (Democratic Review, July-August 1845).

95 · My Maiden Brief · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1863, uncredited.

107 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883

132 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

152 · The Crucifixion of the Outcast · William Butler Yeats · ss The National Observer March 24 1894

162 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray”

176 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives”

193 · A Raines Law Arrest · John Masefield · ss (r)

199 · Whitemail · Joyce Kilmer · ss The Smart Set March 1914

209 · Smith and Jones · Conrad Aiken · ss The Dial April 1923

222 · The Murder in the Fishing Cat · Edna St. Vincent Millay · ss The Century Magazine March 1923

242 · Testimony After Death [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss 1954

252 · The Steinpilz Method · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955, as “Earth to Earth”

258 · A Gentleman of Fortune · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Redbook Magazine December 1941

275 · The Three D’s · Ogden Nash · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1948, as “Victoria”

280 · The Club · Muriel Rukeyser · ss Tomorrow August 1950

293 · The Old Woman Upstairs · Dylan Thomas · ss Yellowjacket May 1939, as “The True Story”

299 · L’Envoi · Ellery Queen · aw

Ellery Queen’s Rogues’ Gallery 1 ed. Ellery Queen (Dell, April 1966, 7478, 50¢, 224pp, pb, an)
Reprints the first half of Rogues’ Gallery (Little, Brown, 1945).

9 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path”

19 · Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer · John Dickson Carr · pl Rogues’ Gallery ed. Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, 1945
first broadcast on CBS 11th May 1943.

45 · Mr. Bowley’s Sunday Evening · H. C. Bailey · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1918

59 · The Fifteen Murderers · Ben Hecht · nv Collier’s January 16 1943, as “Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers”

81 · A Trap to Catch a Cracksman [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1905

100 · A Personal Magnet [Jeff Peters] · O. Henry · ss The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry, McClure, 1908, as “Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet”

107 · The Quagg Peerless Sciatacata Co. · George Randolph Chester · nv 1910

130 · The Brazen Serpent [Danby Croker] · R. Austin Freeman · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1911

149 · The Cablegram [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Adventure November 1 1932

168 · The People Versus Kelleher · Thomas McMorrow · ex from The Sinister History of Ambrose Hinkle, 1929; chapters XIII through XVI.

192 · Thubway Tham, Thvilian [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #15, March 1944

207 · The Blind Spot [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News November 13 1932, as “The Stolen Formulas”

221 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940

Ellery Queen’s Secrets of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #38, Fall/Winter 1979.

Ellery Queen’s Secrets of Mystery Anthology 1 ed. Ellery Queen (John Curley, 1987, 1-55504-270-8, 258pp, tp, an)
Large print abridged version of Ellery Queen’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1979.

ix · Editor’s Note · Ellery Queen · pr

1 · The Clue of the Screaming Woman [Sheriff Bill Eldon] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The Country Gentleman January 1949 (+3)

141 · Out of the Dream Stumbling · Florence V. Mayberry · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1964

162 · A as in Alibi [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966

185 · The Last One to Know · Robert Edward Eckels · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1974

207 · The Man Who Never Did Anything Right · Robert Bloch · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1968

213 · The Killer with No Fingerprints [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1964

Ellery Queen’s Shoot the Works ed. Ellery Queen (Pyramid, November 1969, T-2129, 75¢, 223pp, pb, an)

5 · Letter from E.Q. · Ellery Queen · in

9 · Goldfish [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask June 1936

49 · Case of the Landlady’s Brother [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 31 1940, as “The Case of the Drunken Socrates”

56 · My Dear Uncle Sherlock [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1960

65 · The Clue of the Red Wig · John Dickson Carr · nv The Strand Magazine December 1940

92 · The Numbers Man · Anthony Boucher · ss Black Mask July 1945, as “The Catalyst”

106 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938

127 · The Needle’s Eye [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951

151 · Circumstantial Evidence [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty September 1949

166 · Too Many Have Lived [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The American Magazine October 1932

184 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine August 1945

Ellery Queen’s Veils of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #39, Spring/Summer 1980.

Ellery Queen’s Windows of Mystery ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Ellery Queen’s Anthology #40, Fall/Winter 1980.

Ellery Queen’s X Marks the Plot ed. Ellery Queen (Dale, 1977, 0-89559-004-2, $1.95, 251pp, pb, an)

7 · Poison à la Carte [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Three at Wolfe’s Door by Rex Stout, Viking, 1960

63 · Murder After Death · Cornell Woolrich · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1964

83 · The Trojan Crate [Minerva Club] · Victor Canning · ss Today March 16 1963, as “Escape for a Lucky Dog”

94 · Captain Leopold Saves a Life [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #25, Spring/Summer 1973

110 · R as in Robbery [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1965

128 · The Old Lady of Bayeux [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952
translated from the French (“La Vieille Dame de Bayeux”, Police-Roman, February 3, 1939).

157 · A Gathering of the Eagles [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) January 1966, as “Heilige Nacht”

177 · The Adventure of the Perforated Ulster [Schlock Homes] · Robert L. Fish · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1967

189 · The Masked Crusader [Pierre Chambrun] · Hugh Pentecost · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1969

The Female of the Species The Great Women Detectives and Criminals ed. Ellery Queen (Little Brown, July 1943, LC:43-104244, 420pp, hc, an)
Also as The Great Women Detectives and Criminals: The Female of the Species (Blue Ribbon 1946). See also Ladies in Crime (Faber and Faber 1947).

v · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

3 · Spider [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1934

28 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune April 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice”

46 · Solo Job · Paul W. Gallico · ss Cosmopolitan December 1937, as “Treasure Hunt”

65 · The Lipstick · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Cosmopolitan July 1942

86 · Murder in the Movies · Karl W. Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine May 1937

104 · Squeakie’s First Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1943

128 · The King of the Gigolos · Hulbert Footner · na 1937

175 · Diamond Cut Diamond · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv Liberty December 13 1924

192 · Murder at the Opera [Sally Cardiff] · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective October 1934 (+1), as “The Bloody Crescendo”

225 · Coffin Corner · H. H. Holmes · ss

239 · Village Murder [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week November 16 1941, as “Tape-Measure Murder”

252 · Lot’s Wife [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine November 1929

285 · The Tragedy at St. Tropez · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine September 1928

302 · The Man in the Inverness Cape [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv Cassell’s Magazine February 1910

321 · The Man Who Scared the Bank [Daphne Wrayne] · Valentine · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1928

337 · The Florentine Dante [Hagar Stanley] · Fergus Hume · ss Liverpool Weekly Mercury August 7 1897, as “The First Customer and the Florentine Dante”

350 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922

369 · The Adventure of the Steel Bonds [Mrs. A.J. Raffles] · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Mrs. Raffles by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1905

375 · The Jorgensen Plates [Deputy Parr; Sophie Lang] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 11 1922

395 · The Great Kabul Diamond · Roy Vickers · ss 1935

411 · The Stolen Romney · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly News December 27 1919

Great Short Masterpieces of Mystery—The Lady-Killer by Wilbur D. Steele and 12 Other Stories ed. Ellery Queen--- see under The Queen’s Awards: 5th Series ed. Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, 1950.

The Great Sports Detective Stories ed. Ellery Queen (Blue Ribbon, 1946, LC:46-7625, 360pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Little, Brown 1942 as Sporting Blood) mystery anthology.

The Great Women Detectives and Criminals The Female of the Species ed. Ellery Queen (Blue Ribbon, 1946, LC:46-3684, hc, an)
Reprint (Little, Brown 1943 as The Female of the Species) mystery anthology.

Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories by Stanley Ellin ed. Ellery Queen--- see under Stanley Ellin.

Ladies in Crime ed. Ellery Queen (Faber and Faber, 1947, 416pp, hc, an)
Revised from The Female of the Species.

5 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in The Female of the Species ed. Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, 1943

15 · Spider [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1934

40 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune April 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice”

58 · Solo Job · Paul W. Gallico · ss Cosmopolitan December 1937, as “Treasure Hunt”

77 · The Lipstick · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Cosmopolitan July 1942

98 · Murder in the Movies · Karl W. Detzer · ss The American Legion Magazine May 1937

117 · Squeakie’s First Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1943

141 · The King of the Gigolos · Hulbert Footner · na 1937

189 · Diamond Cut Diamond · Frederic Arnold Kummer · nv Liberty December 13 1924

206 · Murder at the Opera [Sally Cardiff] · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective October 1934 (+1), as “The Bloody Crescendo”

239 · Coffin Corner · H. H. Holmes · ss The Female of the Species ed. Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, 1943

254 · Village Murder [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week November 16 1941, as “Tape-Measure Murder”

267 · Lot’s Wife [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine November 1929

301 · The Case of the Hundred Cats [Mrs. Bradley] · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard August 17 1936

310 · The Man Who Scared the Bank [Daphne Wrayne] · Valentine · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1928

326 · The Florentine Dante [Hagar Stanley] · Fergus Hume · ss Liverpool Weekly Mercury August 7 1897, as “The First Customer and the Florentine Dante”

339 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922

357 · The Adventure of the Steel Bonds [Mrs. A.J. Raffles] · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Mrs. Raffles by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1905

363 · The Jorgensen Plates [Deputy Parr; Sophie Lang] · Frederick Irving Anderson · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 11 1922

383 · The Great Kabul Diamond · Roy Vickers · ss 1935

399 · The Undiscovered Murderer [Michael Sayers] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Strand Magazine December 1921, as “The Undiscovered Murder”

The Literature of Crime ed. Ellery Queen (Little Brown, 1950, LC:50-10909, 405pp, hc, an)
Stories by World-Famous Authors.

ix · A Letter from the Editor · Ellery Queen · in

3 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921

27 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938

53 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922

79 · The Murder in the Fishing Cat · Edna St. Vincent Millay · ss The Century Magazine March 1923

96 · The Juryman · John Galsworthy · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1917

115 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934

127 · Monk [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine May 1937

144 · The Limitations of Pambé Serang · Rudyard Kipling · ss The St. James’s Gazette October 4 1887

150 · Tabloid News · Louis Bromfield · ss Random House, 1930

165 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927

175 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2)

197 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905

218 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882

238 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921

268 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

275 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937

285 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925

297 · An Ideal Craftsman · Walter de la Mare · ss On the Edge by Walter de la Mare, Faber and Faber, 1930

316 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942

326 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

343 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899

353 · London Night’s Entertainment · Margery Sharp · ss The Graphic November 28 1932

359 · Sense of Humor · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan September 1934

369 · The Verdict · Frank Swinnerton · ss London Calling 1943

376 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It”

380 · Guilty · Fannie Hurst · nv Cosmopolitan February 1921

Masterpieces of Mystery: Blue Ribbon Specials ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1978, LC:75-29775, 352pp, hc, an)

6 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

9 · The Ghost Patrol · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1917

23 · The Master of Mystery · Jack London · ss Out West Magazine September 1902

35 · Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine September 1933

56 · If the Journey Had No End · Rebecca West · ss Ladies’ Home Journal August 1952, as “Deliverance”

67 · The Perfect Plan · James Hilton · ss Britannia and Eve September 1933

84 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”

92 · The Expense of Justice · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French.

98 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921

126 · The Man Higher Up [Jeff Peters] · O. Henry · ss The Times Magazine (Oakland) February 1907

139 · The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1908

153 · Suicide Hotel · André Maurois · ss 1938

161 · A Deal in Ostriches · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget December 20 1894

166 · The Silver Mask · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1932

180 · Murder on the Waterfront · Budd Schulberg · ss Collier’s October 1 1954

198 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnár · vi Lilliput May 1941

202 · Death of an Old Man · Arthur Miller · ss Esquire August 1949, as “A Regular Death Call”

209 · How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank · John Steinbeck · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1956

218 · Smoke [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1932

244 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1926

259 · Crime Passionnel · Louis Bromfield · ss The New Yorker March 25 1944

269 · An Arabian Night in Park Lane [Tom Hebblethwaite] · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine September 1932

283 · The White Rabbit Caper · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 19 1949

291 · A Bottle of Perrier · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1926, as “A Bottle of Evian”

315 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939

321 · Diplomatic Crisis [Did It Happen?] · Orson Welles · ss The Evening Standard March 18 1955, as “Fifi and the Chilean Truffle”

327 · The Sheep · Joyce Cary · ss Texas Quarterly Winter 1958

344 · The Luminous Face [unnamed inspector] · Mark Van Doren · ss 1954, as “Testimony After Death”

Masterpieces of Mystery: Cherished Classics ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1978, LC:75-29775, 351pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

9 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

27 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891

50 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929

68 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844

86 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905

117 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13”

151 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911

168 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914

181 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933

197 · The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1937

210 · Arsène Lupin in Prison [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · nv The Story-teller May 1907
translated from the French (“Arsène Lupin en prison”, Je sais tout, December 15, 1905).

228 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1)

241 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask December 1925

272 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950

298 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934

316 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948

335 · The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln’s Clue [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss MD June 1965, as “Abraham Lincoln’s Clue”

Masterpieces of Mystery: Choice Cuts ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1979, LC:75-29775, 350pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

9 · The Man Who Explained Miracles [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · na The Housewife January 1956 (+2), as “Ministry of Miracles”

55 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953

65 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path”

75 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925

87 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Osgood, 1882

107 · Driving Home · Margery Sharp · ss Good Housekeeping August 1956

123 · The Property of a Lady [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Ivory Hammer, Longmans and Co., 1963

144 · The Trailor Murder Mystery · Abraham Lincoln · ts Quincy, Illinois Whig April 15 1846, as “A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder”

153 · The Supreme Court Murder [Colonel John Primrose] · Leslie Ford · na The American Magazine May 1935, as “The Clock Strikes”

202 · Cemetery Bait · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s December 12 1936

218 · The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s · David Alexander · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1956

232 · The Greyling Crescent Tragedy [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss (r)

252 · A Point in Morals · Ellen Glasgow · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1899

265 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure September 1938, as by Davis Dresser

278 · Object Lesson [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week September 11 1955, as “The Blackboard Gangsters”

289 · Bring the Killer to Justice [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1962
condensed from The Doomsters, Knopf, 1958.

Masterpieces of Mystery: Stories Not to Be Missed ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1978, LC:75-29775, 352pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

9 · Dime a Dance [Nick Ballestier] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask February 1938

33 · Footprints in the Jungle · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan January 1927

63 · The Liqueur Glass · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Smart Set March 1915

71 · The Cablegram [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss Adventure November 1 1932

88 · The Motive · Ronald A. Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937

101 · Never Trust a Murderer · Quentin Reynolds · ss Collier’s March 23 1946

112 · Up the Garden Path · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #63, February 1949

128 · Blackmail · Stephen McKenna · ss The Story-teller November 1929

143 · Love Lies Bleeding · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950

166 · Extradition · Brett Halliday · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #59, October 1948

181 · Loveday’s Secret · L. J. Beeston · ss The Strand Magazine October 1922

193 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911

211 · The Six Mistakes · Holly Roth · ss Argosy (UK) October 1957, as “The Fourth Man”

230 · Death Was a Wedding Guest [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s November 26 1954

246 · Stay of Execution [Hargest Macrea] · Michael Gilbert · na Home June 1963 (+1)

297 · The Man in the Blue Spectacles [C. Auguste Dupin] · Michael Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1966

310 · Twist for Twist [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1967

335 · Moment of Power · P. D. James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968

Masterpieces of Mystery: The Golden Age: Part One ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1977, LC:75-29775, 351pp, hc, an)

6 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

9 · Dead Man’s Mirror [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · na Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, 1937
expanded from “The Second Gong” (Ladies Home Journal, June 1932).

73 · The Hunt Ball [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Holly Leaves November 21 1937

86 · The Yellow Slugs [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1935

120 · A Perfectly Ordinary Case of Blackmail · A. A. Milne · ss Collier’s July 10 1948, as “The Dear, Dead Past”

134 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933

147 · The Haunted Policeman [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Harper’s Bazaar February 1938

168 · The Wood-for-the-Trees [Colonel Anthony Gethryn] · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #43, June 1947

192 · The Man Who Sang in Church [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The 20-Story Magazine #63, September 1927

206 · The Dollar Chasers · Earl Derr Biggers · na The Saturday Evening Post February 16 1924 (+1)

273 · The Green Goods Man [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News November 21 1932, as “The Very Green Goods Man”

290 · One Hour [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask April 1 1924

304 · The Death of Don Juan [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy May 1962

Masterpieces of Mystery: The Golden Age: Part Two ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1977, LC:75-29775, 351pp, hc, an)

5 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

8 · Mind Over Matter [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1939

26 · The Footprint in the Sky [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · ss The Strand Magazine January 1940, as “Clue in the Snow”

42 · Mr. Bearstowe Says… [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Saturday Book #3, 1943

61 · The Man on the Iron Palings [Evan Pinkerton] · David Frome · ss 1941

73 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946

89 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946

103 · The Clue of the Scattered Rubies [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 24 1931, as “The First Stone”

134 · The Crimson Letters [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine August 1938, as “The Longer View”

152 · The Darkest Closet [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv 1936

193 · The Phonograph Murder [Insp. Christopher McKee] · Helen Reilly · ss Collier’s January 25 1947

208 · The Gun with Wings [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1949

261 · The Assassins’ Club [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939, as “A Slice of Bad Luck”

270 · Lesson in Anatomy [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946

291 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949

315 · I Can Find My Way Out [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946

340 · Inspector Maigret Deduces [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) October 1961, as “Jeumont: 51 Minutes’ Wait”
translated from the French (“Jeumont, 51 minutes d’arrêt”, Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret, Gallimard, 1944).

Masterpieces of Mystery: The Grand Masters ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1976, LC:75-29775, 351pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

9 · The Tragedy of Papa Ponsard · Vincent Starrett · ss The American Book Collector May/June 1933, as “Folio Old Calf”

21 · Help Wanted, Male [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine August 1945

56 · Mum Is the Word [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1966

97 · The Case of the Crying Swallow [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na The American Magazine August 1947

140 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947, as by John Dickson Carr

158 · A Routine Night’s Work · George Harmon Coxe · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1958

178 · Maigret’s Christmas [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #122, January 1954
translated from the French (“Un Noél de Maigret”, Presses de la Cite, 1951).

224 · 5 - 4 = Murderer [Capt. Duncan Maclain] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #110, January 1953

237 · Gideon’s War [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss Gideon’s March by J. J. Marric, Hodder, 1962, as “Crooks’ Harvest” by John Creasey

257 · The Baby in the Icebox · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury January 1933

272 · The Flowering Face [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1935

296 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954

304 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished”

329 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald

343 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940

Masterpieces of Mystery: The Grand Masters Up to Date ed. Ellery Queen (Davis, 1979, LC:75-29775, 350pp, hc, an)

5 · Introduction · Ellery Queen · in

7 · The Third Floor Flat [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1929

25 · Man in Hiding · Vincent Starrett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1964

34 · A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1954, as “The Body in the Hall”

79 · The Three Widows [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 29 1950, as “Murder Without Clues”

85 · Danger Out of the Past · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Manhunt May 1955, as “Protection”

98 · The Other Hangman · John Dickson Carr · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935

112 · Death Certificate [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty December 1947

128 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949
translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938).

155 · A Clue from Bing Crosby [Capt. Duncan Maclain] · Baynard Kendrick · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine December 1958, as “Silent Night”

174 · Gideon and the Shoplifting Ring [Commander George Gideon] · John Creasey · ss The (London) Evening News September 8 1961, as “From the Top of a Bus” by J. J. Marric

180 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936

192 · Postiche [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator August 1935

211 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950

224 · The Contradictory Case [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951

240 · The Missing Sister Case [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt October 1953, as “The Beat-Up Sister” by John Ross Macdonald

276 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 3 1940

282 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post July 24 1954 (+1)

297 · Danger at Deerfawn · Dorothy B. Hughes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1964

312 · The Old Man · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Apple Tree by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1952

324 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone.

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