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High Adventure ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Barnes & Noble, 1993, 1-56619-281-1, 593pp, tp, an)     Reissue (Barnes & Noble 1992) anthology.

Kingpins: Tales from Inside the Mob ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Carroll & Graf, 1992, 0-88184-807-7, $18.95, 254pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 17 stories from EQMM and AHMM. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & John Ardai · in 13 · The Iceman Cooleth · T. M. Adams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 25 · Kneecap Carbone and the Theory of Relativity [John Wells Newspaper Reporter] · Keith Peterson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1990 37 · Everybody Calls Me Rocky · William I. Smith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1976 43 · Murder in the Fast Lane · James A. Noble · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1985 51 · Cough · Andrew Vachss · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 55 · The Misfit · Phyllis Diller · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1991 57 · The Wedding Gig · Stephen King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1 1980 71 · The Weather Man · Jack Ritchie · ss The Elks Magazine January 1976 81 · The Captain M. Caper · Avram Davidson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1970 115 · My Brother’s Killer · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1973 125 · Another Wandering Daughter Job · Gerald Tomlinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1978 145 · The Dark Gamble: End of the Trail [Jason Dark] · Hugh Pentecost · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1977 171 · Hard Luck Story · Richard A. Moore · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1978 177 · Small Talk · Terry Courtney · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1992 189 · The 730 Club · Alan Gordon · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1991 211 · Charlie’s Vigorish [Charlie Dark] · Brian Garfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1978 223 · Philip Marlowe’s Last Case [Philip Marlowe] · Raymond Chandler · nv The Daily Mail April 6 1959, as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate”

Law and Order ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley, April 1997, 0-425-15781-4, $5.99, 262pp, pb, an) · Cops 1 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954 10 · After I’m Gone [Abe Levine] · Donald E. Westlake · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1984 41 · The Questioner · Jonathan Kellerman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 52 · Don’t Fear the Reaper [Julian Hall] · David Dean · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1994 82 · The Verdict · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970 · Lawyers/Courtroom 98 · Fruit of the Poisonous Tree [Lex Devlin; Michael Knight] · John Dobbyn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1994 118 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 136 · The Witness for the Prosecution · Agatha Christie · nv Flynn’s January 31 1925, as “Traitor’s Hands” 160 · The Ehrengraf Alternative [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1982 178 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 197 · Rough Justice [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 · Prison 208 · Interrogation · Jeffery Deaver · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1996 227 · Star Pupil [Thomas Devlin] · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1989 255 · On Death Row · Steven Peters · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968

Merry Murder ed. Cynthia Manson (Seafarer, October 1994, 0-8289-0883-4, $7.98, 436pp, hc, an)     Stories selected from Mystery for Christmas (Signet 1990), Murder at Christmas, (Signet 1991) and Murder Under the Mistletoe (Signet 1992). 1 · Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Regina v Rumpole by John Mortimer, Lane, 1981 14 · Supper with Miss Shivers · Peter Lovesey · ss Woman’s Own December 24 1990, as “The Christmas Present” 25 · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892 47 · A Matter of Life and Death · Georges Simenon; translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #98, January 1952 translated from the French (“Sept Petites Croix dans un Carnet”, Un Noël de Maigret, Presses de la Cité, 1951). 109 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 118 · Dead on Christmas Street · John D. MacDonald · nv Collier’s December 20 1952 135 · The Christmas Bear · Herbert Resnicow · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1990 151 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 168 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 179 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 184 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 195 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins” 225 · Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story · Paul Auster · ss The New York Times December 25 1990 233 · Murder at Christmas [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991 280 · Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 300 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971 324 · Christmas Cop · Thomas Adcock · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 337 · But Once a Year…Thank God! [Constance Morrison-Burke] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 358 · Christmas Party · Martin Werner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 367 · Kelso’s Christmas [Sgt. George Kelso] · Malcolm McClintick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 383 · The Spy and the Christmas Cipher [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990 400 · The Carol Singers · Josephine Bell · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963

More Murder Most Cozy: More Mysteries in the Classic Tradition ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, July 1993, 0-451-17649-9, $3.99, 254pp, pb, an)     Anthology of eight traditional mystery stories. The editor is credited on the title page only. 7 · Foreword · Cynthia Manson · fw 9 · The Boxdale Inheritance [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv Verdict of 13 ed. Julian Symons, Faber and Faber, 1978, as “Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers” 35 · The Man on the Roof [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1984 71 · The Second Mrs. Porter · Melba Marlett · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1986 105 · The Paintbox Houses · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980 127 · The Mahogany Wardrobe · John H. Dirckx · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1985 165 · The Plum Point Ladies · Henry T. Parry · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1976 204 · White Wings · Elizabeth Goudge · nv 1938 232 · Sanctuary [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv This Week September 12 1954 (+1), as “Murder at the Vicarage” not the same as the Jane Marple novel The Murder at the Vicarage.

More Mystery Cats ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, September 1993, 0-451-17689-8, $4.99, 253pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 14 mystery stories about cats that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. Manson’s name does not appear on the cover, only the title page. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · Catspaw · Sandra Woodruff · ss Cold Blood ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1987 28 · The Sin of Madame Phloi · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1962 41 · Call to Witness · Nancy Schachterle · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1972 53 · A Case of Catnapping · A. H. Z. Carr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954 72 · Miss Phipps and the Siamese Cat [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1973 84 · Cat Burglar · Gene DeWeese · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 91 · Cat of Dreams [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week December 7 1958, as “Death and the Fiery-Eyed Cat” 103 · Death at the Excelsior · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1914, as “The Education of Detective Oakes” 130 · Spectre in Blue Doubleknit · Bruce Bethke · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1988 147 · Animals · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1985 173 · The Cat and Fiddle Murders · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1983 197 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933 214 · The Trinity Cat · Ellis Peters · ss Winter’s Crimes 8 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1976 234 · Little Miracles · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1992

Murder Intercontinental ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan (Carroll & Graf, 1996, 0-7867-0355-5, $24.00, 323pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan · in 3 · The Missing House [Joe Caneili] · Hayford Peirce · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1995 25 · A Knife Between Brothers [David Return] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947 36 · There Are No Snakes in Hawaii · Juanita Sheridan · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954 66 · The Word for Breaking August Sky · James Sarafin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1995 78 · Corollary [Joe Hill] · Hughes Allison · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #56, July 1948 94 · Kaddish · Batya Swift Yasgur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1996 103 · All Indians Are Warriors [Rory Horn] · William T. Lowe · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1991 117 · There Are No Stars Over San Juan [Carlos Bannon] · Kenneth Gavrell · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 139 · The Hair of the Widow [Sergeant Vincente Lopez] · Robert Somerlott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1965 151 · The Sole of the Foot · Shizuko Natsuki · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 9 1981 167 · The Courage of Akira-Kun · Ron Butler · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 24 1981 181 · To Catch a Wizard [Sgt. Andrew M’butu; Constable Kobari] · Walter Satterthwait · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1983 205 · Hide-and-Seek—Russian Style [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1976 227 · Journey Into Time [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956 translated from the French (“Les Larmes de Bougie”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 22, 1936). 235 · Who Killed That Son of a Doge? · David Braly · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1990 252 · Suspect · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1988 262 · The Mists of Ballyclough · Barbara Callahan · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994 279 · Inspector Wexford and the Winchurch Affair [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1979 301 · The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch September 26 1923 312 · The Night of Power [Mahboob Ahmed Chaudri] · Josh Pachter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1986

Murder Most Cozy: Mysteries in the Classical Tradition ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, January 1993, 0-451-17483-6, $3.99, 254pp, pb, an)     Anthology of nine stories that originally appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, with a foreword by Cynthia Manson. 9 · Foreword · Cynthia Manson · fw 11 · Mistress of Shadows · Hugh B. Cave · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1985 53 · A Young Man Called Smith · Patricia Moyes · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1986 88 · The Dressing Table Murder [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1988 132 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste” 148 · Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987 168 · A Case of Headlong Dying [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1973 189 · Cruise to Death · Alexandra Allan · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989 214 · The Danger Point [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine June 1937 239 · Holocaust at Mayhem Parva · Julian Symons · ss A Classic English Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1990

Murder Most Medical ed. Cynthia Manson & Cathleen Jordan--- see under Cathleen Jordan.

Murder Takes a Holiday ed. Cynthia Manson (Barnes & Noble, July 1992, 0-88029-821-9, $9.98, 643pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 43 mystery stories from EQMM and AHMM. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 3 · In the Bag · Robert L. Fish · ss Playboy April 1973 10 · When in Rome · Patricia Highsmith · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1978 30 · The Queen’s Angel [Amsterdam Chief of Detectives] · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1991 41 · Barbarossa and Company · Kathryn Gottlieb · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 4 1981 59 · The Gypsy Bear [Michael Vlado] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 73 · Inspector Maigret Thinks [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · ss Argosy (UK) December 1961, as “Dead Man’s Barge” translated from the French (“La Péniche aux Deux Pendus”, Paris-Soir-Dimanche, November 1, 1936). 83 · Little Fat Man [Rolf le Roux] · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #55, Fall 1986 92 · A Hint of Danger · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978 102 · Seven Nights, Six Days · Janet O’Daniel · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1983 118 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897 128 · Dover Without Perks [Insp. Wilfred Dover] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1978 144 · The Curse of Istvan Kodaly · Alec Ross · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1982 151 · A Souvenir of Rumania · Albert Bashover · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1991 164 · The Oleander · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Every Week 1930 174 · The Black Cliffs · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night by Joan Aiken, Gollancz, 1982 188 · The Friends of Hector Jouvet [Ambrose Ganelon] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 199 · As Good as a Rest · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1986 209 · Playing It Cool · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2 1981 222 · Oracle of the Dead · Peter Lovesey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1988 227 · A Greek Game · Walter Satterthwait · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1985 243 · The Qatar Causeway [Mahboob Ahmed Chaudri] · Josh Pachter · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1986 264 · The Wellmaster’s Daughter · James S. Dorr · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1991 275 · A Dacha to Die In · Anthony Olcott · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1992 301 · The Safety Match · Anton Chekhov · nv (r) translated from the Russian. 319 · The Ching Lady · Doug Allyn · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 335 · The Evidence I Shall Give [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Winter’s Crimes 21 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1989 348 · The Chinese Guilt Trip · Wyc Toole · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1989 366 · The Blackmarket Detail [George Sueño; Ernie Bascom] · Martin Limón · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991 378 · By the Terrible Mountain · Ron Butler · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1984 407 · Death in Egypt · Henry T. Parry · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1979 432 · The Grave Robber · James Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #51, Winter 1984 444 · The Fever Tree · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 458 · Aladdin’s Curse · Jeffry Scott · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1986 473 · Incident in Bogotá · James M. Fox · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1989 492 · Blind Trust · Gary Alexander · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1991 510 · While the Rain Forest Burned · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1991 535 · Mr. Folsom Feels Fine · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #55, Fall 1986 542 · The Alibi [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1989 553 · St. Anne Mystery · Tonda Barrett · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1984 581 · The Case of the Frozen Diplomat · Tim Heald · ss Weekend Magazine June 17 1978 593 · What’s Afoot? · Geoffrey Hitchcock · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Winter 1989 611 · Whatever Happened to Crocodile Jarvis? · Justin D’Ath · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1990 627 · Ice Cave · Emmy Lou Schenk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1987

Murder Under the Mistletoe and Other Stories ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1992, 0-451-17441-0, $4.99, 250pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 15 Christmas mystery stories. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 13 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960 28 · Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Regina v Rumpole by John Mortimer, Lane, 1981 42 · Santa’s Way [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 53 · Carmine and the Christmas Presence · Charles Ardai · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1992 66 · The Shape of the Nightmare · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1982 87 · Christmas Party · Martin Werner · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 97 · Supper with Miss Shivers · Peter Lovesey · ss Woman’s Own December 24 1990, as “The Christmas Present” 108 · Noel, Noel · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1955 118 · The Embezzler’s Christmas Present · Ennis Duling · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 127 · The Christmas Spirit · Thomasina Weber · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 133 · The Spy and the Christmas Cipher [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990 152 · But Once a Year…Thank God! [Constance Morrison-Burke] · Joyce Porter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1991 175 · The Carol Singers · Josephine Bell · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963 214 · Murder Under the Mistletoe [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Sunday Telegraph December 24 1961, as “The Snapdragon and the C.I.D.” 227 · The Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892, as “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”