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The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 ed. Jeffery Deaver (Mariner Books, 2009, 0547237502, $14.00, xviii+381pp, tp, an)

· Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw

· Introduction · Jeffery Deaver · in

· Rust · N. J. Ayres · nv At the Scene of the Crime ed. Dana Stabenow, Running Press, 2008

· My Interview with the Avenger · Tom Bissell · ss (r)

· Winning · Alafair Burke · ss The Blue Religion ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown, 2008

· Big Midnight Special · James Lee Burke · ss Shenandoah v58 #3, 2008

· Beanball · Ron Carlson · ss (r)

· Father’s Day · Michael Connelly · ss The Blue Religion ed. Michael Connelly, Little Brown, 2008

· Pretty Little Parasite · David Corbett · nv Las Vegas Noir ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books, 2008

· Meantime, Quentin Ghlee · M. M. M. Hayes · ss (r)

· Two Thousand Volts · Chuck Hogan · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2008

· Manila Burning · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2008

· Down Home Blues · Rob Kantner · ss (r)

· My Son · Robert McClure · ss (r)

· Free Radicals · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker February 11/February 18 2008

· Dear Husband · Joyce Carol Oates · ss (r)

· Wanted Man · Nic Pizzolatto · ss Oxford American #62, Fall 2008

· Kamila and the King of Kandy · Garry Craig Powell · ss (r)

· The Man Who Fell in Love with the Stump of a Tree · Randy Rohn · ss (r)

· G-Men · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Sideways in Crime ed. Lou Anders, Solaris, 2008

· Bola de la Fortuna · Jonathan Tel · ss (r)

· This or Any Desert · Vu Tran · nv Las Vegas Noir ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce, Akashic Books, 2008

· Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

· Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2008 · [uncredited] · bi

A Century of Great Suspense Stories ed. Jeffery Deaver (Berkley, November 2001, 0-425-18192-8, $29.95, 500pp, hc, an)

xiii · Introduction · Jeffery Deaver · in

1 · The Gentleman in the Lake · Robert Barnard · nv Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994

17 · Life in Our Time · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966

25 · Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990

39 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #123, February 1954

56 · The Wench Is Dead · Fredric Brown · nv Manhunt July 1953

80 · Cigarette Girl · James M. Cain · ss Manhunt May 1953

91 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989

102 · The Weekender · Jeffery Deaver · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1996

123 · Reasons Unknown · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1978

135 · Killing Bernstein · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Monthly June 1976

146 · Leg Man [Pete Wennick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask February 1938

181 · One of Those Days, One of Those Nights · Ed Gorman · nv Crime Yellow ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Gollancz, 1994

203 · Missing: Page Thirteen [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · nv The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam's, 1915

235 · Voir Dire [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt, Doubleday, 1998

263 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986

273 · The Case of the Modern Medusa [Sebastian Blue & Laura Charme] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1973

290 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift by Stephen King, Doubleday, 1978

310 · So Young, So Fair, So Dead · John Lutz · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1973

329 · Nor Iron Bars · John D. MacDonald · ss Doc Savage March/April 1947

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

348 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996

364 · Poetic Justice · Steve Martini · nv Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt, Doubleday, 1998

383 · A Very Merry Christmas · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt December 1957, as “The Merry, Merry Christmas” by Evan Hunter

390 · Among My Souvenirs · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997

400 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962

415 · Benny’s Space [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991

432 · Heartbreak House · Sara Paretsky · ss Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996

445 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987

465 · Adventure of the Dauphin Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #61, December 1948, as “The Dauphin’s Doll”

489 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994

498 · Carrying Concealed · Lisa Scottoline · nv Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt, Doubleday, 1998

518 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947
translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929).

524 · The Girl Behind the Hedge [Inspector Early] · Mickey Spillane · nv Manhunt October 1953

535 · Fourth of July Picnic [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Look July 9 1957 (+2), as “Labor Union Murder”

566 · Lady Hillary · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Mangrove Mama by Janwillem van de Wetering, Dennis McMillan, 1995

579 · This Is Death · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977, as “In at the Death”

A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime ed. Jeffery Deaver (Berkley, February 4, 2003, 0-425-18839-6, xii+385pp, hc, oa)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Original anthology of 20 stories.

ix · Introduction · Jeffery Deaver · in

1 · Ninety-Eight Point Six · Jeffery Deaver · nv

26 · The Last of the Bad Girls · David Handler · nv

48 · Child Support · Ronnie Klaskin · ss

59 · Old Dog Days · Toni L. P. Kelner · ss

75 · Body in the Pond · Suzanne C. Johnson · nv

102 · Lady on Ice [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss

118 · El Palacio · John Lutz · nv

140 · Heat Lightning · Gary Brandner · nv

162 · Too Hot to Die · Mat Coward · ss

180 · Green Heat · Angela Zeman · nv

208 · No Lie · Robert Lee Hall · ss

217 · The Stay-at-Home Thief · Tim Myers · ss

229 · War Crimes · G. Miki Hayden · nv

251 · The Slow Blink · Jeremiah Healy · nv

273 · Hot Days, Cold Nights · Alan Cook · ss

286 · Prom Night · David Bart · ss

299 · Night Rose · Ana Rainwater · ss

317 · Neighborhood Watch · Sinclair Browning · ss

335 · Splitting · Marilyn Wallace · ss

351 · What the Dormouse Said · Carolyn Wheat · nv

Ice Cold ed. Jeffery Deaver & Raymond Benson (Grand Central Publishing, April 1, 2014, 978-1-4555-2073-2, $25.00, 400pp, hc, oa)
A Mystery Writers of America Anthology.

· Introduction · Jeffery Deaver & Raymond Benson · in

· Comrade 35 · Jeffery Deaver · ss

· Police Report · Joseph Finder · ss The Strand Magazine #42, February/May 2014

· The Last Confession · John Lescroart · ss

· A Card for Mother · Gayle Lynds & John Sheldon · ss

· Miss Bianca · Sara Paretsky · ss

· The Essence of Small People · Gary Alexander · ss

· Checkpoint Charlie · Alan Cook · ss

· Crush Depth · Brendan Dubois · ss

· The Honey Trap · Bev Vincent · ss

· House of a Thousand Eyes · Katia Leaf · ss

· A Neighbor’s Story · Vicki Doudera · ss

· East Meets West · Jonathan Stone · ss

· Show Stopper · Gigi Vernon · ss

· Deep Submergence · Joseph Wallace · ss

· Sparks to the Bear’s Hide · Robert Mangeot · ss

· Side Effects · T. Jefferson Parker · ss

· The Everyday Housewife · Laura Lippman · ss

· Cuba Libre · Katherine Neville · ss

· His Mother’s Son · J. A. Jance · ss

· Ghosts · Raymond Benson · ss

Nothing Good Happens After Midnight ed. Jeffery Deaver (Suspense Publishing, November 17, 2020, 978-0-578-75057-6, 338pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· 12:01 AM · Alan Jacobson · ss

· Cell Phone Intolerant · Kevin O’Brien · ss

· All Aboard · Hank Phillippi Ryan · ss

· Gone Forever · Joseph Badal · ss

· Night Shift · Linwood Barclay · ss

· Midnight in the Garden of Death · Heather Graham · ss

· The Sixth Decoy · Paul Kemprecos · nv

· A Creative Defense · Jeffery Deaver · ss

· After Midnight · Rhys Bowen · ss

· Easy Peasey · John Lescroart · ss

· Tonic · D. P. Lyle · ss

· Tonight Is the Night · Shannon Kirk · ss

· ATM · Jon Land · ss

Famous Occult Tales ed. Frederick de Berard (Isaac H. Blanchard, 1899, $1.00, 245pp, hc, an)
Reprinted as Classic Library of Famous Literature: Vol. 15, Occult Tales, New York: Bodleian Society 1902.

iii · Critical Synopsis of Selections · Frederick de Berard · in

vii · Biographical Dictionary of Authors · [uncredited] · bg

9 · The Metempsychosis · Dr. Robert Macnish · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1826

47 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon

63 · The Life Magnet · Alvey A. Adee · ss Putnam’s Magazine August 1870

80 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

105 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · na Heinemann, 1895

213 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866

Famous Weird Tales ed. Frederick de Berard (Isaac H. Blanchard, 1899, $1.00, 250pp, hc, an)
Reprinted as Classic Library of Famous Literature: Vol. 5, Weird Tales, New York: Bodleian Society 1902.

9 · The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.

57 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886

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

137 · The Were-Wolf · Clemence Housman · nv Atalanta #39, December 1890

183 · The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited.

229 · The Rime of the Ancient Mariner · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798

In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press, October 2024, 978-1-64524-147-8, $40.00, 96pp, hc, na, cover by Maurizio Manzieri) [Xuya]
Limited to 1250 signed, numbered, copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press, November 2020, 978-1-59606-976-3, $40.00, 171pp, hc, na, cover by Maurizio Manzieri) [Xuya]
Limited to 1500 signed, numbered, copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press, March 26, 2018, 978-1-59606-864-3, $40.00, 93pp, hc, na, cover by Maurizio Manzieri) [Xuya]
Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies.
Details taken from online listing.

Slaves of the Silver Serpent by Lemuel de Bra (Black Dog Books, 2002, 1-928619-22-3, $7.95, 72pp, ph, co, cover by L. R. Gustavson from 1938)
Four stories from the pages of Blue Book Magazine.

5 · The Curse of Hui Pa’o · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Blue Book Magazine April 1922

19 · Slaves of the Silver Serpent · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Blue Book Magazine March 1922

30 · The House of Drooping Wreaths · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1922

45 · The Kang-he Poison Jar · Lemuel de Bra · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1928; illustrated by Joseph Sabo

70 · About the Author · Tom Roberts · bg

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