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Murder at Christmas ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1991, 0-451-17204-3, $4.99, 251pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 10 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. 9 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Theft of the Christmas Stocking [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1989 29 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins” 61 · Death in the Christmas Hour [Christmas Stories; Sherlock Holmes] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1983 79 · Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story · Paul Auster · ss The New York Times December 25 1990 88 · Christmas Gift · Robert Turner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 96 · Rumpole and the Chambers Party [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · ss Rumpole and the Age of Miracles by John Mortimer, Penguin, 1988 103 · Murder at Christmas [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1991 151 · Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas [Father Crumlish] · Alice Scanlan Reach · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 172 · 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). 236 · Miss Crindle and Father Christmas [Miss Crindle] · Malcolm Gray · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1990

Murder at Teatime ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, January 1996, 0-451-18543-9, $5.50, 269pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Name on the Wrapper [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · nv The Strand Magazine March 1938 33 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 45 · The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown · Peter Lovesey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1991 64 · Strychnine in the Soup [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The American Magazine December 1931, as “The Missing Mystery” 87 · Murder at Rokeby House [Phillip Bethancourt; Jack Gibbons] · C. M. Chan · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1995 142 · The Borgia Heirloom · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1987 148 · Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life January 1925 164 · Policeman’s Holiday [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1959, as “Sir John Discovers a Bare-Faced Fraud” 170 · The Ministering Angel [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine November 1938, as “Trent and the Ministering Angel” 188 · Home Is Where the Heart Is · Nell Lamburn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1994 204 · The Wicked Ghost · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1968 219 · The Gallowglass · David Braly · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1986 254 · Fen Hall · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1985

Murder by the Book ed. Cynthia Manson (Carroll & Graf, 1995, 0-7867-0250-8, $21.95, 290pp, hc, an)     Literary mysteries from EQMM and AHMM. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 1 · Body Language · Bill James · ss Winter’s Crimes 23 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1991 11 · Once a Writer… · Robert Cenedella · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1993 22 · The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979 39 · The Jane Austen Murder · Michelle Knowlden · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1992 51 · The Macbeth Murder Mystery · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker October 2 1937 55 · The Spy at the Crime Writers Congress [Jeffrey Rand] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1976 73 · Lieutenant Harald and the Treasure Island Treasure [Lt. Sigrid Harald] · Margaret B. Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1989 86 · Magwitch Returns · John Nelson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1986 95 · The Hit · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1994 104 · The Secret in the Woodpile [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1975 114 · A Woman’s Voice [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1993 149 · Something Ventured · Carl Martin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1992 163 · In the Bluebell Wood · Julian Symons · nv Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994 179 · Willie’s Last Trip · Donald Olson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1993 188 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head” 208 · The Man Who Read Dashiell Hammett · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1974 218 · Lord Chizelrigg’s Missing Fortune [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 29 1905 240 · The Copper Peacock · Ruth Rendell · nv 1988 254 · The World According to Uncle Albert · Penelope Wallace · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 8 1980 270 · With a Smile for the Ending · Lawrence Block · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1966, as “Bits and Pieces”

Murder on Main Street ed. Cynthia Manson (Barnes & Noble, July 1993, 1-56619-041-X, $9.98, 486pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 40 small-town crime stories from EQMM & AHMM. ix · Foreword · Cynthia Manson · fw 1 · How’s Your Mother? · Simon Brett · ss The Mystery Guild Anthology ed. John Waite, Constable, 1980 15 · The Dividing Fence · Jeffry Scott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 25 · Good Neighbors · Sharon Mitchell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1989 41 · Bridey’s Caller · Judith O’Neill · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1988 50 · Natural Causes · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1983 66 · Still Life with Orioles · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1988 76 · Something’s Happening at the Halliwells’ · Jeffrey Bush · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1989 81 · The Dettweiler Solution · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1976 93 · August Is a Good Time for Killing · Joyce Harrington · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1977 108 · Dead Standstill · Rex Miller · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1990 120 · Tall Boys [Ben Perkins] · Rob Kantner · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 145 · The Spring That Ellie Died · Stephen Wasylyk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1983 158 · So Long, Lana Turner · William T. Lowe · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 171 · To Kill a Kavanaugh · Brenda Melton Burnham · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 183 · The Maggody Files: D.W.I. · Joan Hess · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 195 · Early Summer · Jas. R. Petrin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1986 213 · Accidentally Yours · Donald Olson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1985 218 · A Soul to Tell [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1990 234 · Just an Unofficial Investigation · E. N. Welch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1987 247 · The Sounds of Sunday Morning · Augusta Hancock · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1987 255 · The Young Shall See Visions, and the Old Dream Dreams · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1989 270 · Best of Luck! · Vickie Dubois · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1987 283 · My First Murder · Steve Barancik · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989 292 · Death of an Otter [Hack Bohannon] · Joseph Hansen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1987 317 · Dark Places · James McKimmey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1983 327 · Summer Notes · Karen Parker · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989 333 · A Matter of Thin Air · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1983 343 · A Man Around the House · Virginia Long · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1989 349 · A Day at the Lake · Ed Poole · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Winter 1989 356 · Miz Sammy’s Honor · Florence V. Mayberry · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1992 369 · First Week in September · Jean Leslie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1967 381 · The Witch of Wilton Falls · Gloria Ericson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1967 396 · The Perfect Victim · William Bankier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 407 · Mercy’s Killing · Barbara Owens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1992 420 · A Friend in Deed · Don Marshall · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1992 427 · When God’s in Town · J. A. Paul · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1991 435 · Mrs. Mouse · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 453 · Just the Lady We’re Looking For · Donald E. Westlake · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1964 458 · The Hedge Between · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Conflict—Stories of Suspense Fall 1953, as “Meredith’s Murder” 480 · Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1983

Murder on Trial ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, September 1994, 0-451-17721-5, $4.99, 256pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 14 courtroom mystery stories that originally appeared in EQMM and AHMM. With an introduction by the editor. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · Witness for the Defense · Helen Nielsen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1963 29 · Your Word Against Mine · John F. Suter · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1955 57 · Money Talks · Cornell Woolrich · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 74 · The Lie Detector · James McKimmey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 29 1981 86 · The Auteur Theory · Jon L. Breen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1978 99 · Rumpole and the Female of the Species [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv Rumpole and the Golden Thread by John Mortimer, Penguin, 1983 140 · Hanged for a Sheep · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1990 155 · The Decision · Joe L. Hensley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1985 166 · The Prisoner’s Defense · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Collier’s January 8 1916 181 · P. · Robert Twohy · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 29 1981 197 · A Matter of Conscience · Gary Alexander · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 25 1981 214 · The Affair of the Reluctant Witness [Jerry Bane] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy April 1949 243 · Hung Jury [Henry Turnbuckle] · Jack Ritchie · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 257 · The Ehrengraf Presumption [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1978

Mysterious Menagerie ed. Cynthia Manson (Berkley, March 1996, 0-425-15232-4, $5.99, 260pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 1 · Stanley and Spook · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss The Cat Who Had 14 Tales by Lilian Jackson Braun, Jove, 1988 10 · Plateau · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1984 32 · Day of the Tiger · Jack Webb · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1966 44 · Your Penguin or Mine? · Bruce Scates · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989 59 · The Lost Dog [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1988 66 · The Mystery of the Missing Marsupial · Robert Halsted · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1992 91 · Groundhog · Bennie Lee Sinclair · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1993 96 · Death at the Excelsior · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1914, as “The Education of Detective Oakes” 117 · My Friend Sam · Penelope Wallace · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993 123 · The Circus Murders [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1989 141 · Dogs [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1987 160 · Hamadryad · William Beechcroft · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 172 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 194 · As Well to Be Hanged · Emmy Lou Schenk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1989 211 · Cannibal · Doug Allyn · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1989 242 · The Unlikely Demise of Cousin Claude · Charlotte MacLeod · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1985

Mystery Cats 3 ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, February 1995, 0-451-18293-6, $4.99, 252pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 16 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 · The Caller · Hugh B. Cave · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1993 29 · The Alexandrian Cat [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1994 54 · The Nile Cat · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 61 · The Searching Cats [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week December 2 1956, as “Cat and the Killer” 72 · Who Killed Wee Winky? · Barbara Owens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1993 88 · Professor Kreller’s Secret · Ingram Meyer · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1983 105 · The Black Cat · Lee Somerville · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 114 · Phut Phat Concentrates · Lilian Jackson Braun · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1963 127 · A Feline Felony · Lael J. Littke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 135 · The Cat in the Bag · Charles Peterson · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1983 150 · The Witch’s Cat · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales October 1939, as by Gans T. Field 172 · Chocolate · Leslie Meier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1992 180 · Helix the Cat · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, 1973 213 · Between a Cat and a Hard Place · Jimmy Vines · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1993 229 · The Empty Birdhouse · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 247 · Mrrrar! · Edgar Pangborn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #116, July 1953

Mystery for Christmas ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1990, 0-451-16909-3, $4.95, 244pp, pb, an)     Anthology of twelve mystery stories with a holiday setting, all of them from Ellery Queen’s or Alfred Hitchcock’s. 1 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 3 · The Christmas Bear · Herbert Resnicow · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1990 25 · Christmas Cop · Thomas Adcock · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 43 · Dead on Christmas Street · John D. MacDonald · nv Collier’s December 20 1952 67 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 81 · Kelso’s Christmas [Sgt. George Kelso] · Malcolm McClintick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 103 · The Marley Case · Linda Haldeman · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 131 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 155 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 171 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971 203 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 211 · Whatever Became of Ebenezer Scrooge? · Tom Tolnay · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989 231 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980

Mystery for Christmas ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, November 1990, 0-451-16909-3, $4.95, 244pp, pb, an)     Anthology of twelve mystery stories with a holiday setting, all of them from Ellery Queen’s or Alfred Hitchcock’s. 1 · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 3 · The Christmas Bear · Herbert Resnicow · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1990 25 · Christmas Cop · Thomas Adcock · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1986 43 · Dead on Christmas Street · John D. MacDonald · nv Collier’s December 20 1952 67 · I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus · George Baxt · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1990 81 · Kelso’s Christmas [Sgt. George Kelso] · Malcolm McClintick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1985 103 · The Marley Case · Linda Haldeman · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 131 · Mystery for Christmas · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1943 155 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 171 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971 203 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 211 · Whatever Became of Ebenezer Scrooge? · Tom Tolnay · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1989 231 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980

Mystery for Halloween ed. Cynthia Manson (Signet, October 1991, 0-451-17183-7, $5.99, 255pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 16 stories from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. ix · Introduction · Cynthia Manson · in 11 · The Haunted Portrait · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1972 29 · Clancy’s Bride · Terry Bacon · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 31 1982 42 · Kiss the Vampire Goodbye · Alan Ryan · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1985 85 · The Dog · Pauline C. Smith · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1976 98 · House by the Road · Janet O’Daniel · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1987 125 · The Ghost of Monday · Andrew Klavan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1987 130 · Sitter · Theodore H. Hoffman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1988 142 · Ghost in the House · George Sumner Albee · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1964 148 · Behold, Kra K’l! The Bohemian Demon of Gardenia Street · Richard F. McGonegal · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1989 168 · Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum · Elliott Capon · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1990 183 · The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1983 203 · The Night Watchman · David Braly · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1983 212 · Tony Libra and the Killer’s Calendar · Richard Ciciarelli · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1982 225 · In the Morgue · Dashiell Hammett · vi Saucy Stories October 15 1923, as “The Dimple” 229 · The Black Cat · Lee Somerville · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 238 · This Is Death · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977, as “In at the Death”