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The Armchair Detective [v13 #3, Summer 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover: The Old Man in the Corner by H. M. Brock from 1909) [] Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 178 · The Uneasy Chair · Otto Penzler · ed 179 · Raoul F. Whitfield, A Star with the Mask · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Ref. Raoul F. Whitfield] 185 · The Playful Mysteries of Peter Dickinson · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ref. Peter Dickinson] 194 · Nigel Morland—Fifty Years of Crime Writing · Pearl G. Aldrich · ar [Ref. Nigel Morland] 199 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 205 · 34th Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner · Jiro Kimura · ar; given as by Jimo Kimura on the article itself. 208 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 210 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. January-March 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 212 · Lord Peter Wimsey of Piccadilly: His Lordship’s Life and Times Part II · William M. Scott · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 219 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Happy Land · James M’Levy · ss Curiosities of Crime in Edinburgh by James M'Levy, Kay, 1861 224 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 226 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 228 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 230 · Karma and Spiritual Responsibility in James Jones’s A Touch of Danger · Steven R. Carter · ar [Ref. James Jones] 237 · Letters · The Readers · lc 240 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 9 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 244 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 10 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 247 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 250 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 251 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 253 · Binocular Eyes: Cross-Cultural Detectives · Margaret J. King · ar 261 · Eyes on the Screen · Mary Groff · ar 262 · [cartoon] · N. Schatell · ct 265 · Craig Rice: Merry Mistress of Mystery and Mayhem · Mary Ann Grochowski · ar [Ref. Craig Rice] 268 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc

The Armchair Detective [v13 #4, Fall 1980] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by William Frake) [] Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 274 · The Uneasy Chair · Allen J. Hubin · ed 276 · Comic Capers and Comic Eyes · David Geherin · ar 281 · Criminous Christmases · Jane Gottschalk · ar 286 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 288 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 288 · James Sandoe: A Retrospective · Tom & Enid Schantz · ar [Ref. James Sandoe] 294 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 299 · An Interview with Elizabeth Linington · Margaret J. King · iv [Ref. Elizabeth Linington] 308 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 310 · Japanese Mystery Fiction in English Translation · John L. Apostolou · ar 313 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1979 · Walter Albert · bi 319 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Kesho Naik, Dacoit [Kesho Naik] · Sir Edmund C. Cox · ss The Exploits of Kesho Naik, Dacoit by Edmund C. Cox, Constable, 1912, as “The Astounding Robbery of the Treasure Train” 325 · A Conversation with Judson Philips · Bernard A. Drew · ar [Ref. Judson Philips] 331 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 332 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 334 · Marmelahd or Marmelade · E. F. Bleiler · ar 335 · Quirky Quatrains · Jane Gottschalk · pm 336 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. April-June 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 338 · An Interview with Stuart Kaminsky · Robert J. Randisi · iv [Ref. Stuart Kaminsky] 342 · Letters · The Readers · lc 345 · Bill Pronzini: A Checklist · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Bill Pronzini · bi 351 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 354 · Another Watson: Captain Hastings · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar 361 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 362 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 365 · The Mystery of Robert Eustace · Joe R. Christopher · ar [Ref. Robert Eustace]

The Armchair Detective [v14 #1, Winter 1981] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Steven R. Austin) [] Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 3 · Ramon Decolta, a.k.a. Raoul Whitfield, and His Diminutive Brown Man: Jo Gar, The Island Detective · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Ref. Raoul F. Whitfield] 9 · Opus in G Minor for Blunt Instrument: The Development of Motive in Detective Fiction · Raymond Obstfeld · ar 14 · Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ar 17 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 22 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 24 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 1 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 30 · A Bit of Inspiration from Denmark · Bjorne Nielsen · pm 31 · Dickens’s Last Book: More Mysteries Than One · Arthur J. Cox · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 37 · Thomas Berger’s Comic-Absurd Vision in Who Is Teddy Villanova? · David Madden · ar [Ref. Thomas Berger] 44 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Donovan of Whitehall [Hugh Donovan] · William Le Queux · ss The Royal Magazine May 1916, as “Within Four Walls” 53 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 57 · The Armchair Criminal · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar 71 · Letters · The Readers · lc 74 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 74 · The James Sandoe Retrospective Reviews · James Sandoe · rc 76 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. July-September 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 78 · Murder by Client: A Reworked Theme in Dashiell Hammett · Christopher Bentley · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 79 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 80 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 82 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 84 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 86 · The Importance of “C—ing” in Earnest: A Comparison of The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown · William D. Bottiggi · ar 88 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 90 · Patricia Wentworth Revisited · Nancy Blue Wynne · ar [Ref. Patricia Wentworth] 93 · Interview with Tony Hillerman · Bruce Taylor · iv [Ref. Tony Hillerman]

The Armchair Detective [v14 #2, Spring 1981] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 144 · The Bravoes of Market-Drayton · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Chambers’s Journal August 24 1889 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 2 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback]

The Armchair Detective [v14 #3, Summer 1981] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Stanley Wood) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 239 · The Burglaring Joke · Anthony Berkeley Cox · ss Punch May 16 1923 240 · The Author’s Crowning Hour · Anthony Berkeley Cox · ss Punch October 29 1924 242 · A Story Against Reviewers · Anthony Berkeley Cox · vi Punch June 3 1925 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 3 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback]

The Armchair Detective [Volume 14 Number 4, (Fall) 1981] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Russell. ifc. · The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Luke Fildes · cv 1870 · Executive Editor · Otto Penzler · el 290 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 291 · John Dickson Carr’s Solution to “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” · John Dickson Carr · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 295 · Adolf Hitler and John Dickson Carr’s Least-Known Locked Room · Douglas G. Greene · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 298 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 302 · In Defense of Mr. Fortune [Reginald Fortune] · William Antony S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 313 · Patricia Highsmith—Interview · Diana Cooper-Clark · iv [Ref. Patricia Highsmith] 321 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 323 · Stockholm in June: Crime Writers 3rd International Congress · Edward D. Hoch · ar 328 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 330 · TAD Goes to the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 332 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl; article on two of the late actor Kevin Dobson’s post-Kojak TV projects. 335 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 336 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Garroted! · Frank Price · ss The Weekly Underwriter 1932; “Insurance Thrillers: Sinister Mysteries Centering About Insurance Frauds”. 341 · Stanislaw Lem and John Dickson Carr: Critics of the Scientific World-View · Edmund Miller · ar [Ref. Stanislaw Lem & John Dickson Carr] 344 · The Return of Michael Shayne [Mike Shayne] · Helen McCloy · ar [Ref. Brett Halliday] 346 · Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1980 · Walter S. Albert · bi 355 · Raymond Chandler’s Self-Parody · Randall R. Mawer · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 361 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 365 · Retro Reviews · Various · rc 366 · The James Sandoe Retrospective Reviews · James Sandoe · rc 367 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 4 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 372 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. April-July 1981 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 374 · Crime Hunt: The Wallace Case · T. M. McDade · cl 376 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 378 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 380 · Minor Offenses · H. Edward Hunsburger · cl 381 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Armchair Detective [v15 #1, (Winter) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Ken) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Steve Holland. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 4 · The Quality of Ingenuity: The Work of J. J. Connington · David Beams · ar [Ref. J. J. Connington] 10 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 18 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 5 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 23 · P.I. Novels of 1980 · Robert J. Randisi · ar 26 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 30 · Norbert Davis: Profile of a Pulp Writer · John L. Apostolou · ar [Ref. Norbert Davis] 36 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 38 · Chester Himes and the Hard-Boiled Tradition · Jay R. Berry, Jr. · ar [Ref. Chester Himes] 44 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 46 · Red Hand · Neil Munro · ss The Lost Pibroch and Other Sheiling Stories by Neil Munro, Blackwood, 1896 50 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 54 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 55 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 57 · Bouchercon XII Alias Beer City Capers · Mary Ann Grochowski · ar 62 · Letters · The Readers · lc 66 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 73 · Guilty Until Proven Innocent · Hannelore Hess · ar 76 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 78 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 80 · Introduction to “Ernest Bramah on Max Carrados” · William White · is [Ref. Ernest Bramah] 80 · Ernest Bramah on Max Carrados: An Unpublished BBC Talk · Ernest Bramah · ar broadcast on the BBC Empire Programme, 7 May 1935. 84 · Minor Offenses · H. Edward Hunsburger · br 85 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 86 · Miss Allingham’s Knight: The Saga of Albert Campion · J. Randolph Cox · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 92 · Lauran Bosworth Paine Interview · Allen J. Hubin · iv [Ref. Lauran Paine] 94 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl · Collecting Mystery Fiction: The Basics of Collecting · Otto Penzler · bi

The Armchair Detective [v15 #2, (Spring) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Robert Passokoff) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. 98 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 100 · A Toast to the Secret Service: In Tribute to Manning Coles and Tommy Hambledon · William A. S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Manning Coles] 114 · A Sense of History: The Espionage Fiction of Anthony Price · Jeanne F. Bedell · ar [Ref. Anthony Price] 114 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 126 · Mystery and Detective Fiction at Auction: The Adrian H. Goldstone Collection · James Pepper · ar 130 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 134 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 137 · Dick Francis: The Worth of Human Love · Michael N. Stanton · ar [Ref. Dick Francis] 144 · Mr. Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Drugged Golfers [Sherlock Holmes] · Bertram Atkey · ss Fry’s Magazine November 1909 148 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 150 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 154 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 155 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 158 · The World of William Ard · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. William Ard] 167 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 168 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 172 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 174 · Me and the Hardy Boys · Louis Phillips · ar 178 · Letters · The Readers · lc 182 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 184 · Japanese Mystery Fiction Revisited · John L. Apostolou · ar 186 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 188 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 190 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi

The Armchair Detective [v15 #3, (Summer) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. fc. · [front cover] · [uncredited] · cv (r); originally published as an illustration for American Detective Series #22 [ca. 1910, The Arthur Westbrook Company]. 194 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 196 · The Oriental in Crime Fiction: The Sinister Oriental · Greg Goode · ar 203 · The Oriental in Crime Fiction and Film: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources · Greg Goode · bi 212 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 214 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 219 · The Demoniacal St. Amand and the Brave Baron von Kaz · Douglas G. Greene · ar 234 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 236 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 238 · The Future Is Upon Us: A Necrology for the Year 1981 · Greg Wuyek · ar 242 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: Greaves’ Disappearance · Julian Hawthorne · ss Six Cent Sam’s by Julian Hawthorne, Price-McGill, 1893 249 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 253 · William R. Cox: An Interview and an Appreciation · Jim Traylor · ar [Ref. William R. Cox] 267 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 269 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 270 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 273 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl 274 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 276 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 278 · Letters · The Readers · lc 282 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 284 · Retrospective Review · T. John Shamon · br 285 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 286 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v15 #4, (Fall) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. fc. · Phantom of the Opera · André Castaigne · cv Bobbs-Merrill, 1911; originally appeared as the frontispiece illustration for the First American Edition of Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera. 290 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 292 · A Detective in Seventh-Century China: Robert van Gulik and the Cases of Judge Dee · William Antony S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Robert van Gulik] 306 · The Oriental in Mystery Fiction: The Orient · Greg Goode · ar 314 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 316 · The Saga of Nick Carter, Killmaster · Will Murray · ar 330 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 335 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Mystery of a Diamond Robbery · Harvey Scribner · ss My Mysterious Clients by Harvey Scribner, Robert Clarke, 1900 346 · Interview with Stephen Greenleaf · Thomas Chastain · iv [Ref. Stephen Greenleaf] 350 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 357 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 359 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 361 · Paper Crimes · Raymond L. Obstfeld · rc 363 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 365 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 366 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 367 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Lindbergh Kidnapping · T. M. McDade · cl 370 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 372 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 374 · Letters · The Readers · lc 378 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl 379 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 381 · The Problem of Poe’s Purloined Letter · Kenneth Gavrell · ar [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe]

The Armchair Detective [Vol. 16 No. 1, (Winter) 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 4 · An Interview with James M. Cain · John Carr · iv [Ref. James M. Cain] 22 · City of Illusion: The Role of Hollywood in California Detective Fiction · Nicholas O. Warner · ar 26 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 29 · Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1981 · Walter S. Albert · bi 40 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 42 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 45 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 46 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Tracer of Lost Persons [Westrel Keen] · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 17 1905 (+1) 62 · The Oriental in Mystery Fiction: The Oriental Detective · Greg Goode · ar 75 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 83 · Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. July-September 1982 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 84 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Problem of Will West · T. M. McDade · cl 86 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 88 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 89 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 90 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 91 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 92 · Paper Crimes · Raymond Obstfeld · rc 94 · Current Reviews · Fred Dueren · rc 94 · Retro Reviews · Charles Shibuk & Jim Frinzel · rc 96 · Letters · The Readers · lc 101 · Today the Rabbi Gets Looked At · Libby Schlagel · ar [Ref. Harry Kemelman]

The Armchair Detective [Vol. 16 No. 2, Spring 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Holly Johnson) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. 114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 116 · The Novels of Michael Innes · LeRoy Panek · ar [Ref. Michael Innes] 131 · Spenser: The Illusion of Knighthood · Carl Hoffman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 144 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 146 · A Talent to Disturb · Robert Barnard · ar [Ref. Ruth Rendell] 153 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 6 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 164 · Paper Crimes · Raymond Obstfeld · rc 166 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 167 · Interview with Mark Smith · John C. Carr · iv [Ref. Mark Smith] 179 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Adventure of the Counterfeiters [LeDroit Conners] · Samuel M. Gardenhire · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 5 1905 192 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 194 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 195 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 197 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 199 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 202 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Rice Case · T. M. McDade · cl 206 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 208 · Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee—with Hyoscine · Albert Borowitz · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 210 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 211 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 212 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 214 · Retro Reviews · Various · rc 217 · Letters · The Readers · lc 221 · Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. October-December 1982 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Vol. 16 No. 3, Summer 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: Father Brown by Frank G. Jefferies from 1924) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 227 · In Memoriam: Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald) 1915-1983 · Dennis Lynds · ob [Ref. Kenneth Millar] 228 · Eye to Eye: A Survey of the Private Eye Writers of America · Michael T. Nietzel & Robert Baker · ar 235 · An Interview with Elmore Leonard · Joel M. Lyczak · iv [Ref. Elmore Leonard] 241 · The Changing Face of Evil in the Hard-Boiled Novel · Frederick Isaac · ar 248 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 251 · G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown: A Bibliography · William White · bi [Ref. G. K. Chesterton] 257 · The Oriental in Mystery Fiction: Martial Arts · Greg Goode · ar 262 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 263 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 265 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 266 · From the Dawn of Television: Front Page Detective · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar; article about an early TV series which ran on the DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1953. 269 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 7 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 275 · Let’s Call It “Gun in Girdle” · Dean M. Dorn & C. E. “Teet” Carle · ar; article by the author duo who wrote under the pseudonym “Michael Morgan”, focusing on their 1953 Ace Double paperback novel “Decoy” (Ace Books D-09), which Bill Pronzini has called “the worst mystery of all time”. Pronzini offered a rebuttal to their article in the following issue of TAD. 278 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 280 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na R.H. Russell, 1901 292 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 293 · Characternyms in Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Novels · James L. Traylor · ar [Ref. Mickey Spillane] 296 · Paper Crimes · Raymond Obstfeld · rc 298 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 302 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 303 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 304 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 305 · Little Known Author Previews “World of Tomorrow” · Rafael Tilton · ar [Ref. Phoebe Atwood Taylor] 310 · The Oddly Colored Thread: Logic in Detective Fiction · Louis Phillips · ar 314 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 315 · A Nero Wolfe Quiz · Dave Lewis & Bruce Taylor, et al. · qz [Ref. Rex Stout] 316 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Leyra Case · T. M. McDade · cl 319 · Letters · The Readers · lc 323 · The First Five Capers of Ross H. Spencer · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ref. Ross H. Spencer] 330 · Children of Darkness: A Newgate Prison Tragicomedy · Albert Borowitz · ar [Ref. Edwin Justus Mayer] 333 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 334 · Two Poems · Mel D. Ames · pm

The Armchair Detective [Volume 16 Number 4, Autumn 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] Incorrectly dated Winter 1983 on the cover. Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. fc. · [front cover] · Lo Koon-Chiu · cv 1964; from the dust jacket of The Strange Cases Of Magistrate Pao by Leon Comber, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964. 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 339 · Jonathan Latimer Remembered: 1907-1983 · Maurice F. Neville · ob [Ref. Jonathan Latimer] 340 · The Asia Hand · Mark Schreiber · iv [Ref. James Melville] 348 · Arlette: Nicholas Freeling’s Candle Against the Dark · Jane S. Bakerman · ar [Ref. Nicolas Freeling] 354 · More Than a Thriller: “The Big Clock” · Robert M. Ryley · ar [Ref. Kenneth Fearing] 360 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 363 · A Practical Psychologist, Practicing in the Feminine · Robert Sampson · ar [Ref. Hulbert Footner]; about the Madame Rosika Storey mysteries by Hulbert Footner which appeared in the pulp magazine Argosy from 1922-1935. 375 · Sidewise in Crime: The Mysteries of Murray Leinster · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar [Ref. Murray Leinster] 386 · Other Names Same Word: The Pseudonymous Crime Novels of William Ard · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. William Ard] 391 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Case of the Duelling Pistols [Dixon Hawke] · [uncredited] · ss Dixon Hawke’s Case Book #4, Spring 1940 398 · Agatha Christie—Feminist · Marty S. Knepper · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 407 · Travis McGee—The Feminists’ Friend · Carol Cleveland · ar [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 414 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 416 · Retro Reviews · Robert J. Randisi · rc 417 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 418 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 419 · An Open Letter to Dean and Teet; or, “Look Out, Pronzini’s Got a Rebuttal in His Girdle!” · Bill Pronzini · ar [Ref. Dean M. Dorn & C. E. “Teet” Carle] 422 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 424 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 426 · The Personal I · Thomas Chastain · cl [Ref. Ross Macdonald] 428 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 430 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 432 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 433 · Programmed for Mystery · Bruce Chadwick · ar; on mystery computer games. 437 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Waite Case · T. M. McDade · cl 440 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 441 · Letters · The Readers · lc 442 · The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor · Celia Fremlin · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1970 443 · Civilized Recipes of Crime · Ellen Strenski · ar; on cookbooks for mystery fans. 446 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v17 #1, Winter 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 52 · Dimmock Turns Detective [Alfred Dimmock] · Fox Russell · ss The Royal Magazine December 1903, uncredited. · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 8 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] · The American Magazine Mystery Novel Checklist · Jon L. & Rita A. Breen · bi

The Armchair Detective [v17 #2, Spring 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Russell. fc. · [front cover] · Rudolph Belarski · cv Black Mask June 1935; as interior illustration for Raymond Chandler’s novelette “Nevada Gas”. 114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 116 · “Vee Were Young Then”: The Filming of Hammett · Brian Garfield · iv [Ref. Joe Gores, Dashiell Hammett & Ross Thomas]; an Interview with Joe Gores and Ross Thomas; the text in this issue is garbled. 124 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 128 · The Armchair Detective Readers’ Survey · Kathy Daniel, Otto Penzler & Michael Seidman · ms 132 · Of Metzger’s Dog and Perry’s Cat · Julie Smith · ar [Ref. Thomas Perry] 136 · Lost Among the Black Mask Boys: The Rags-to-Riches Saga of Horace McCoy · William F. Nolan · ar [Ref. Horace McCoy] 144 · The Sport of Sleuths · Paul Bishop · ar; on horse racing mysteries. 150 · An Interview with James Ellroy · Duane Tucker · iv [Ref. James Ellroy] 156 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Dashiell Hammett · Otto Penzler · bi 164 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Spell of the Black Siren [Vincent Trill] · Dick Donovan · ss The Records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899 171 · “The Big Sleep”: Romance Rather Than Detective Film · Anne Ponder · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 175 · Cornell Woolrich on the Small Screen · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Cornell Woolrich] 186 · The Third Conflict · Herbert Resnicow · ar 188 · Vertigo: After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness? · Louis Phillips · ar [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock] 194 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 9 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 201 · A.K.A. Philip Marlowe · John L. Apostolou · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 202 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 203 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 204 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 205 · The Personal I · Thomas Chastain · cl 206 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 208 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 213 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 214 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: Harvard and Homicide · T. M. McDade · cl 217 · A Shot in the Dark · A. D. Accampo · pm 218 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 219 · Letters · The Readers · lc 221 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 222 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 17 Number 3, Summer 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 228 · The Mark of Cain · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar 244 · Dr. Crippen & the Real Inspector Dew · Peter Lovesey · ar 250 · The Mystery Novel as Serious Business · Joseph Hansen · ar 255 · A Poem · Mel D. Ames · pm 256 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 261 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 264 · Foreign Intrigue · William L. DeAndrea · ar 270 · “The Devil Is with Power”: Joshua Clunk and the Fight for Right · William A. S. Sarjeant · ar [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 280 · Introduction to “The Tsarina’s Wedding Present” · Otto Penzler · is [Ref. Headon Hill] 281 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Tsarina’s Wedding-Present · Headon Hill · ss Seaward for the Foe by Headon Hill, Ward Lock, 1903 290 · An Interview with a Man Called Bob · Rosemary Herbert · iv [Ref. Robert Barnard] 295 · Robert Barnard: A First Bibliography and a Note · William White · bi [Ref. Robert Barnard] 300 · A Janeite’s Life of Crime: The Mysteries of Georgette Heyer · James P. Devlin · ar [Ref. Georgette Heyer] 316 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 320 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 322 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 323 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: A Case of Circumstantial Evidence · T. M. McDade · cl 325 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 327 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 329 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 330 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 330 · The Personal I · Thomas Chastain · cl 331 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 332 · Letters · The Readers · lc 333 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 334 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. January-March 1984 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 17 Number 4, Fall 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of Robert B. Parker] by Kathleen Kruger) [] 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 340 · A Dialogue with Robert B. Parker · Anne Ponder · iv [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 350 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 354 · Foreign Intrigue II · William L. DeAndrea · ar 360 · A Decade of Dash, or: The Further Adventures of the Hammett Checklist · William F. Nolan · bi [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 368 · Brittannia’s Bull Dog · Noel Behn · ar [Ref. H. C. McNeile] 370 · Anne Morice’s Latest: An Apologia for A.M. · J. M. Purcell · br [Ref. Anne Morice] 375 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: James Bond · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Ian Fleming] 382 · Outrage at Owlbury Hall: A Footnote on John Rhode · David Beams · ar [Ref. John Rhode] 392 · Edited by Frank Pemmon · Otto Penzler · is; describes Multum in Parvo Library Vol. 1, Number 11 (November 1894), from which the following stories were reprinted. 393 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Detective Stories · [uncredited] · gp _393 · Betrayed by a Dog · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _394 · The Key to the Mystery · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _395 · The Missing Finger · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _396 · A Grave Robbery · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _397 · A Strange Story · H. J. Murray, uncredited · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1866 402 · Who Was Hiram Grewgious? A Further Study of Identity in Charles Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Apryl Lea Denny Heath · ar 404 · On Teaching Detective Fiction · Steven R. Carter · ar 407 · The Reigning Phoenix · Charles E. Gould, Jr. · ar [Ref. Dick Francis] 411 · From the Dawn of Television: The Live Television of Ellery Queen · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Ellery Queen] 418 · Dorothy L. Sayers, Duchess of Redonda · Joe R. Christopher · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 420 · Vee Were Young Then · Brian Garfield · iv The Armchair Detective Spring 1984 [Ref. Joe Gores, Dashiell Hammett & Ross Thomas]; an Interview with Joe Gores and Ross Thomas; the text in this issue is corrected. 427 · A Mystery League Checklist · John W. Mitchell · bi 429 · Spy Guy · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 431 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 433 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 434 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 436 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 438 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 440 · Retro Reviews · Various · rc 441 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 442 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Murder Case as a Source of Fiction · T. M. McDade · cl 444 · Letters · The Readers · lc 445 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 446 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. April-June 1984 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 18 Number 1, Winter 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 4 · Jim Thompson and the Instant Loss of Innocence · W. R. Turney · ar [Ref. Jim Thompson] 18 · The Doings at Dubuque: A Sherlockian Seminar · Ann Byerly · ar 20 · Zen and the Art of Mystery Writing: The Novels of Janwillem van de Wetering · Sydney Schultze · ar [Ref. Janwillem van de Wetering] 32 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 35 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 41 · Charles Beaumont: A Bibliographical Note and a Checklist · William F. Nolan · bi [Ref. Charles Beaumont] 47 · What Happened to Edwin Drood? The Clues Are in Shakespeare’s Macbeth · Beverley Anne Miller · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 54 · Dorothy L. Sayers at Thirty-One · Joe R. Christopher · pm [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 54 · Dorothy L. Sayers at Thirty-Six · Joe R. Christopher · pm [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 54 · Poetic Justice · A. D. Accampo · pm 54 · Filmerick · Louis Phillips · pm 55 · Introduction to “The Mousetrap” · Otto Penzler · is 55 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Mousetrap · William E. S. Fales · ss Bits of Broken China by William E. S. Fales, Street & Smith, 1902 60 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Thomas Burke · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Thomas Burke] 64 · A Gaggle of Wallaces: On the Set with Edgar Wallace · John Croydon · ar [Ref. Edgar Wallace] 69 · Spy Guy · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 71 · Mortal Steaks: A Dinner with Robert B. Parker · Rosemary Herbert · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 74 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 76 · Reflections on Westlake’s “The Hardboiled Dicks”: The Role of the Modern PI Writer · Robert A. Baker & Michael T. Nietzel · ar [Ref. Donald E. Westlake] 81 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 89 · Retro Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 90 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 91 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 92 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 93 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 94 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 95 · Letters · The Readers · lc 100 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 10 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 110 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. July-September 1984 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 18 Number 2, Spring 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Gregory Mcdonald) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 117 · An Interview with Gregory Mcdonald · Lorenzo Carcaterra · iv [Ref. Gregory Mcdonald] 125 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 127 · Collecting Bibliomysteries · John Ballinger · bi 140 · The Science Fiction Detective Story: Tomorrow’s Private Eyes · Robert Baker & Michael Nietzel · ar 151 · Foreign Intrigue #3 · William L. DeAndrea · ar 154 · The Self-Conscious Sergeant Beef Novels of Leo Bruce · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ref. Leo Bruce] 160 · Second City Skullduggery: Chicago’s Bouchercon XV · Edward D. Hoch · ar; convention report. 164 · The Unanswered Questions About Asia: Mysteries in the Far East · Mark Schreiber · ar 167 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Melville Davisson Post · Otto Penzler · bi 173 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · ss New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell 181 · An Interview with George Kennedy · Richard Meyers · iv 185 · The Short Career of Robert Reeves · John L. Apostolou · ar 190 · Through a Glass Darkly: A Consideration of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window · Louis Phillips · ar [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock] 196 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 200 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 201 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 203 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 204 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 210 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 212 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 213 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 215 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 216 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 218 · Letters · The Readers · lc 220 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 220 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 221 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 18 Number 3, Summer 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of Mary Higgins Clark] by Robert Passokoff) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 228 · An Interview with Mary Higgins Clark · Lucy Freeman · iv 238 · Ellis Peters: Another Umberto Eco? · Andrew M. Greeley · ar [Ref. Ellis Peters] 246 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 248 · Juno Was a Man; or, The Case of the Hardboiled Homophobes · Geoffrey O’Brien · ar 258 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Robert B. Parker · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 262 · Christie Tea or Chandler Beer: The Novels of Martha Grimes · Ray B. Browne · ar [Ref. Martha Grimes] 270 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Further Account of Peter Rugg · Jonathan Dunwell · ss Tales for Winter Nights, James B. Smith, 1855 previously published as “Some Further Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New-England” (New England Galaxy 10-Sep-1824 as by Jonathan Dunwell), and “Arrival of Mr. Peter Rugg in Boston” (New England Galaxy 19-Jan-1827 as by J. Dunwell). 282 · Collecting Bibliomysteries Part II · John Ballinger · bi 302 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 304 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 305 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 306 · The Case of the Two Moving Fingers: Have American Editors Butchered Christie? · Robert & Louise Barnard · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 308 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 318 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 320 · The (1985) Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominees and Winners · [uncredited] · ar 321 · This Pen for Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 323 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Creasy Case · T. M. McDade · cl 326 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 328 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 329 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 330 · Letters · The Readers · lc 332 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 333 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 333 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v18 #4, Fall 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of actor Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes]) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 340 · An Interview with Jeremy Brett · Rosemary Herbert · iv [Ref. Jeremy Brett] 351 · The Last of the Golden Age Writers: Gladys Mitchell, 1901-1983 · William A. S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Gladys Mitchell] 361 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 364 · Justice on the Reservation: Tony Hillerman’s Novels Capture the Conflict Between Federal and Tribal Jurisdiction · Thomas Quirk · ar [Ref. Tony Hillerman] 372 · The Politics of Detective Fiction in Post-Mao China: Rebirth or Reextinction? · Jeffrey C. Kinkley · ar 380 · Saul Ferrett Albinodetective: The First of the Realistic (and Funny) Private Eyes · Dan Crawford · ar [Ref. Gelett Burgess] 382 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: The Basics of Collecting · Otto Penzler · bi The Armchair Detective v15 #1, 1982 387 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Detective Novels · A. E. W. Mason · ar The Nation February 7 1925 392 · The Longest Goodbye: Raymond Chandler and the Poetry of Alcohol · J. O. Tate · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 407 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 408 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 410 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 420 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 421 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: Father Schmidt · T. M. McDade · cl 424 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 427 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 429 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 430 · The Whodunnit List: One Writer’s Thoughts on the Essentials of a Good Mystery · Herbert Resnicow · ar 437 · This Pen for Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 439 · Letters · The Readers · lc 442 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 443 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 444 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 446 · Two Poems · Isaac Asimov · gp _446 · Oh, Sherlock Holmes · Isaac Asimov · pm _446 · Song of the Sixty · Isaac Asimov · pm

The Armchair Detective [Volume 19 Number 1, Winter 1986] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of Elmore Leonard] by Gregg Sutter) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 4 · Getting It Right: Researching Elmore Leonard’s Novels, Part I · Gregg Sutter · ar 20 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 23 · The Spy in the Dark: A Short History of Espionage Fiction · Andy East · ar 41 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Horace McCoy · Otto Penzler · bi 44 · The Mystery Writer as Mystery: The Life and Work of “Spencer Bayne” · Robert E. Skinner · ar 52 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Mystery of a Handsome Cad · Moll Bourne · ss Time December 1888 58 · The Divine Detective in the Guilty Vicarage: Are Detective Stories Theological Works? · Robert Zaslavsky · ar 70 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 72 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 73 · This Pen for Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 74 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 85 · The President on Baker Street: FDR and the BSI · Louis Phillips · ar; on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s membership in The Baker Street Irregulars. 86 · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota: Noted Sherlockians Gather at the University of Minnesota · William A. S. Sarjeant · ar 93 · Retro Reviews · Various · rc 94 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Swope-Hyde Case · T. M. McDade · cl 97 · J’Accuse! · William L. DeAndrea · cl 99 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 99 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 104 · Letters · The Readers · lc 106 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 108 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 109 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 19 No. 2, Spring 1986] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of Ross Thomas] by David Moore) [] Details supplied by Mike Russell. 114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 116 · An Interview with Ross Thomas: The Art of Writing · Raymond Obstfeld · iv [Ref. Ross Thomas] 128 · Alice in Murderland, Part I: When Mystery Writers Allude to the White Rabbit, Is It Just a Red Herring? · Frank D. McSherry · ar 140 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 142 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Murder of Mrs. Gresh · T. M. McDade · cl 145 · Putting Women in Their Place: The Dichotomy of Irene Adler and Mrs. Hudson · Barbara Lawrence · ar 147 · Halo for Hire: The Novels of Howard Browne/John Evans · David A. Bowman · ar [Ref. Howard Browne] 158 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Frederick Irving Anderson · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Frederick Irving Anderson] 160 · Advance Man: Researching Elmore Leonard’s Novels, Part II · Gregg Sutter · ar [Ref. Elmore Leonard] 173 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 175 · This Pen for Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 177 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 179 · Mark Twain’s Detectives: Tom Sawyer Didn’t Just Paint Fences · Jane Gottschalk · ar [Ref. Mark Twain] 184 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 187 · J’Accuse! · William L. DeAndrea · cl 189 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 192 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 210 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 211 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 212 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 214 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 215 · Letters · The Readers · lc 218 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 220 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 19 Number 3, Summer 1986] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of John Gardner] by Richard Newton) [] Details supplied by Mike Russell. 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 227 · Always Mysterious: Walter Gibson in Memoriam · J. Randolph Cox · ob [Ref. Walter Gibson] 230 · A Conversation with John Gardner: One of England’s Premier Espionage Novelists Speaks Out on James Bond, Boysie Oakes, Herbie Kruger and Kim Philby · Joseph F. Bitowf · in [Ref. John Gardner] 238 · The Slightly Mad, Mad World of Christianna Brand: What Secret Ingredient Makes Her Novels So Scrumptious? · Robert Barnard · ar [Ref. Christianna Brand] 244 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 246 · Ross Macdonald’s Literary Offenses: Did He Miss the Bull’s Eye in “The Moving Target”? · Bill Delaney · ar [Ref. Ross Macdonald] 259 · J’Accuse! · William L. DeAndrea · cl 260 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 262 · Novel Verdicts · Jon L. Breen · rc 264 · Alice in Murderland, Part II: Read Me: Recommended Reading for a Mad Tea Party · Frank D. McSherry · ar 279 · Variations on a Mystery-Thriller: The Nightmarish World of Avant-Garde Author Paul Bowles Becomes Real When Murder Strikes in “Up Above The World” · Ellen G. Friedman · ar [Ref. Paul Bowles] 285 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl; famous insurance policy murder cases. 288 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 291 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 293 · The Burden the Living Bear: An Affectionate Look at Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Trouble with Harry” · Louis Phillips · ar [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock] 300 · The Mean Streets of Madrid: Now That Franco’s Gone, Spanish Mystery Writer Juan Madrid Can Tell It Like It Is · Patricia Hart · ar [Ref. Juan Madrid] 302 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 303 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 304 · This Pen for Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 307 · The 1986 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominees and Winners · [uncredited] · ar 308 · Book Reviews · Various · rc 328 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 329 · Letters · The Readers · lc 330 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun · bi 332 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 333 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v19 #4, Fall 1986] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp, quarto, cover: [photo of P. D. James] by Rosemary Herbert) [] Details supplied by Mike Russell. 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 340 · A Mind to Write: An Interview with P.D. James · Rosemary Herbert · iv [Ref. P. D. James] 350 · The Labyrinth Maker: The Espionage Fiction of Anthony Price · William Reynolds · ar [Ref. Anthony Price] 360 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 362 · Prime Time Crime: Dramatizations of the Great Litereary Detectives and Criminals for Television · Marvin Lachman · ar 374 · The Sound of Suspense: Cornell Woolrich on the Radio · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Cornell Woolrich] 388 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Cornell Woolrich · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Cornell Woolrich] 396 · J’Accuse! · William L. DeAndrea · cl 398 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: Famous Poisoners · T. M. McDade · cl 402 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 403 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 404 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 408 · One to Three: A Fictionalized Memoir · Stephen Greenleaf · ss 420 · Book Reviews · Various · rc 437 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 438 · Letters · The Readers · lc 441 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 442 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 442 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun · bi 444 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 20 Number 1, Winter 1987] ed. Michael Seidman (The Armchair Detective, Inc., $6.00, 112pp, quarto, cover: [photo] by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details supplied by Steve Scott. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 3 · Stanley Ellin: In Memoriam · Colby Willis · ob [Ref. Stanley Ellin] 4 · Hillerman Country · Betty & Riley Parker · iv [Ref. Tony Hillerman]; subtitled “An Interview with Tony Hillerman, Who, with His Two Navajo Policemen, Has Blazed a Trail of Mystery Through the American Southwest”. 16 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 20 · Stirring It Up: Dashiell Hammett and the Tradition of the Detective Story · Walter Raubicheck · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 26 · He Nails ’Em with Modesty · Bernard A. Drew · ar [Ref. Peter O’Donnell] 32 · Crime Hunt: The Disappearance of Eugenia Cedarholm · T. M. McDade · cl 34 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Collecting Cornell Woolrich: Part Two · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Cornell Woolrich] 39 · Fade to Black: Cornell Woolrich on the Silver Screen, Part One · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Cornell Woolrich] 54 · The Agatha Christie of Japan · Mark Schreiber · iv [Ref. Shizuko Natsuki]; subtitled “An Interview with Shizuko Natsuki, Who Defied Japanese Tradition to Become an Award-Winning Mystery Writer”. 58 · J’Accuse! · William L. DeAndrea · cl 62 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 64 · The Rise and Fall of Philo Vance · John Loughery · ar [Ref. S. S. Van Dine]; subtitled “Time and Hollywood Eroded the Essence of This Erudite Sleuth”. 72 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 74 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 76 · Novel Verdicts · Jon L. Breen · rc 77 · From Small Beginnings: Why Did Detective Fiction Make Its Debut in the Short Story Format? · Charles E. May · ar 82 · Book Reviews · Various · rc 98 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 100 · Letters · The Readers · lc 104 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 105 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 106 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun · bi 108 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v20 #2, Spring 1987] (quarto) [] No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [Volume 20 Number 3, Summer 1987] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 225-336pp, quarto, cover: [photograph of Jonathan Valin] by David Bowman) [] 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 228 · The Cincinnati Kid · David A. Bowman · iv [Ref. Jonathan Valin]; “An interview with Jonathan Valin, creator of the Harry Stoner private eye series”. 240 · Murder Most Rare · Barbara C. M. Dudley · ar [Ref. Elizabeth Daly]; “Death strikes the well-to-do in Elizabeth Daly’s mysteries”. 252 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 254 · Wherein the Truth Lies: Honesty and Deception in Hitchcock’s North by Northwest · Louis Phillips · ar [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock] 260 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Auctions · Otto Penzler · bi 262 · J’Accuse! · William L. DeAndrea · cl 264 · Crime Hunt · T. M. McDade · cl 266 · Gently Into the Darkness · Lucy Freeman · iv [Ref. Dorothy Salisbury Davis]; “An interview with Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Grandmaster of the ’84 Edgars”. 279 · Murder Once Removed, A Continuing Supplement to Detective and Mystery Fiction · Walter Albert · bi 294 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 296 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 299 · Murderous Affairs · Janet A. Rudolph · cl 300 · Book Reviews · Various · rc 320 · The 1987 Edgar Allan Poe Awards · [uncredited] · ms 322 · A Yen for Murder: A Look at Japan’s Ichiban Mystery Writer · John L. Apostolou · ar [Ref. Seicho Matsumoto] 326 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 328 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 329 · Letters · The Readers · lc 330 · Novel Verdicts · Jon L. Breen · rc 331 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun · bi 332 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 333 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi