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Book Contents Lists: Page 1471

Mark Twain’s “Medieval Romance” and Other Classic Mystery Stories ed. Otto Penzler (Pegasus Books, 2012, 978-1-60598-279-3, $25.95, hc, an)     Eighteen stories that leave it to the reader to speculate how they end. · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in (r) · Unreasonable Doubt · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 · A Dilemma · S. Weir Mitchell · ss The Century Magazine July 1902 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #58, September 1948 [Ref. Frank R. Stockton] continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 · Karmesin and the Meter [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938 · One Hundred in the Dark · Owen Johnson · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 21 1911 · The Whole Town’s Sleeping [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss McCall’s September 1950 · Thimble, Thimble · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Broadway Magazine December 1908 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 · Tea for Two · Laurie York Erskine · ss Collier’s February 15 1936 · The Lady and the Dragon · Peter Godfrey · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 · A Medieval Romance · Mark Twain · ss Buffalo Express January 1 1870, as “An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance” · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955

The Mighty Johns ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, 2002, 1-893224-56-2, $23.95, 316pp, hc, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. 1 · The Mighty Johns · David Baldacci · na 93 · The Best of the Rest · Otto Penzler · in 99 · The Ehrengraf Reverse [Martin Ehrengraf] · Lawrence Block · ss 117 · Semi-Pro · James Crumley · ss 127 · A Sunday in January · Brendan DuBois · ss 147 · Whatever It Takes to Win · Tim Green · ss 163 · Good Seats · Colin Harrison · ss 181 · Gone Down to Corpus · Dennis Lehane · ss 195 · No Thing · Mike Lupica · ss 215 · The Empire Strikes Back · Brad Meltzer · ss 233 · The Arcane Receiver · Carol O’Connell · ss 241 · The End of Innocence · Anne Perry · nv 273 · Hollywood Spring and Axle · Gary Phillips · ss 289 · Gone to the Dawgs · Peter Robinson · ss 303 · Rumors of Gravity · John Westerman · ss

Murder Is My Racquet ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, June 2005, 0-446-69588-2, $13.95, 316pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 14 tennis mysteries, originally announced by New Millennium Press in 2002. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Terrible Tommy Terhune · Lawrence Block · ss Enough Rope by Lawrence Block, Morrow, 2002 24 · Tennis, Anyone? · Kinky Friedman · ss 31 · Six Love · James W. Hall · nv 52 · Promise [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · ss 72 · A Debt to the Devil · Jeremiah Healy · nv Off-Season and Other Stories by Jeremiah Healy, Five Star, 2003 104 · Stephen Longacre’s Greatest Match · Stephen Hunter · nv 132 · No Strings · Judith Kelman · nv 162 · A Killer Overhead · Robert Leuci · nv 183 · Needle Match · Peter Lovesey · ss 203 · The Rematch · Mike Lupica · nv 230 · Continental Grip · David Morrell · ss 242 · Close Shave · Ridley Pearson · na 289 · Love Match · Lisa Scottoline · ss 308 · A Peach of a Shot · Daniel Stashower · ss

Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, March 9, 1999, 0-385-31800-6, 406pp, hc, oa) 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 5 · Burglary in Progress · Kent Anderson · ss 19 · The Red Shoes · Edna Buchanan · ss 39 · The Double-Barreled Gun · Amanda Cross · ss 63 · The Mexican Pig Bandit · James Crumley · nv 97 · Dog Days · Philip Friedman · nv 127 · I, Richard · Elizabeth George · nv 171 · Crack · James W. Hall · ss 185 · Running Out of Dog · Dennis Lehane · nv 223 · Sparks · Elmore Leonard · ss 239 · Slow Burn · Eric Van Lustbader · nv 287 · Invitation to the Ball · Michael Malone · nv 325 · Barking at Butterflies · Ed McBain · ss 335 · The Vampire · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 377 · Heroes · Anne Perry · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998 395 · The Guilty Party · Shel Silverstein · ss

Murder at the Foul Line ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, January 2006, 0-89296-016-7, $24.95, 348pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today’s Great Writers”. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Keller’s Double Dribble [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 38 · Nothing but Net · Jeffery Deaver · nv 62 · Bank Shots · Sue DeNymme · ss 79 · The Taste of Silver · Brendan DuBois · ss 98 · Fear of Failure · Parnell Hall · nv 129 · Cat’s Paw · Laurie R. King · nv 152 · Mrs. Cash · Mike Lupica · nv 173 · White Trash Noir · Michael Malone · nv 200 · Galahad, Inc. · Joan H. & Robert B. Parker · ss 216 · String Music · George Pelecanos · nv 241 · Mamzer · R. D. Rosen · nv 264 · Shots · S. J. Rozan · na 307 · In the Zone · Justin Scott · ss 320 · Bubba · Stephen Solomita · nv

Murder at the Racetrack ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, April 2006, 0-89296-018-3, $24.95, 384pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today’s Great Writers.” 1 · Keller by a Nose [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 25 · The Return of the Thin White Dude— Screaming · Ken Bruen · ss 39 · Zuppe Inglese · Jan Burke · na 111 · Yellow Mama’s Long Weekend · Lorenzo Carcaterra · nv 134 · That Kind of Nag · Max Allan Collins · nv 162 · The Odds · Thomas H. Cook · ss 178 · The Hustle · Pat Jordan · nv 210 · The Great, the Good, and the Not-So-Good · H. R. F. Keating · ss 227 · The Cover Story Is Always a Lie · John Lescroart · nv 257 · Raindancer · Michael Malone · nv 282 · The Long Shot · Michele Martinez · nv 303 · Meadowlands · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 334 · Hotwalking · Julie Smith · ss 352 · Pinwheel · Scott Wolven · nv

Murder for Halloween ed. Otto Penzler & Michele B. Slung--- see under Michele Slung.

Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, January 1996, 0-385-31466-3, $19.95, 323pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 16 stories of romantic love gone wrong. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 7 · Dying Time · William J. Caunitz · ss 25 · For Whom the Beep Tolls · Carol Higgins Clark · ss 43 · Definitely, a Crime of Passion · Mary Higgins Clark · nv Cosmopolitan February 1996 77 · Hot Springs · James Crumley · nv 101 · The Loving You Get · John Gardner · ss 121 · The Stalker · Faye Kellerman · ss 139 · The Things We Do for Love · Jonathan Kellerman · ss 157 · Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco] · Elmore Leonard · nv 179 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv 203 · Nancy Drew Remembers (A Parody) · Bobbie Ann Mason · nv 229 · Running from Legs · Ed McBain · nv 261 · At the Paradise Motel, Sparks, Nevada · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 279 · Heartbreak House · Sara Paretsky · ss 299 · The Blackmailer · Anne Perry · ss 317 · For What She Had Done · Shel Silverstein · vi 323 · True Crime · Donna Tartt · vi

Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler (Delacorte, April 1998, 0-385-31715-8, $21.95, 360pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 12 stories of revenge. 1 · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 5 · Like a Bone in the Throat · Lawrence Block · nv 35 · Power Play · Mary Higgins Clark · nv 71 · Fatherhood · Thomas H. Cook · ss 87 · West End · Vicki Hendricks · ss 101 · Caveat Emptor · Joan Hess · ss 121 · Edadicum Homo Horribilus · Judith Kelman · nv 143 · Dead Cat Bounce · Eric Lustbader · nv 171 · Angie’s Delight · Phillip Margolin · ss 183 · Front Man · David Morrell · nv 225 · Murder-Two · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 253 · The Enemy · Shel Silverstein · pm 261 · Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff · Peter Straub · na

Murder in the Rough ed. Otto Penzler (Mysterious Press, June 2006, 0-89296-017-5, $24.95, 401pp, hc, oa)     “Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps from Today’s Great Writers.” ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · Welcome to the Real World · Lawrence Block · ss 21 · The Man Who Didn’t Play Golf · Simon Brett · ss 39 · Spittin Iron · Ken Bruen · ss 47 · His Mission · Christopher Coake · na 120 · Water Hazard · Stephen Collins · nv 160 · Those Good Days · Tom Franklin · nv 182 · Death by Golf · Jonathan Gash · nv 219 · Room for a Fourth · Steve Hamilton · ss 233 · Miss Unwin Plays by the Rules [Harriet Unwin] · H. R. F. Keating · nv 257 · A Good **** Spoiled · Laura Lippman · ss 271 · The Hoarder · Bradford Morrow · nv 298 · Graduation Day · Ian Rankin · nv 322 · Lucy Had a List · John Sandford · nv 352 · Unplayable Lies · William G. Tapply · ss 369 · The Secret · John Westermann · nv 395 · Golf Mysteries · [uncredited] · bi

Murderers’ Row ed. Otto Penzler (New Millennium Press, 2001, 1-893224-25-2, $24.95, 369pp, hc, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in xv · Foreword · Jim Bouton · fw 1 · Keller’s Designated Hitter [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv 33 · Pinch-Hitter [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv 71 · Two-Bagger · Michael Connelly · nv 93 · Strike-Zone · K. C. Constantine · ss 111 · A Family Game · Brendan DuBois · nv 143 · Chickasaw Charlie Hoke · Elmore Leonard · ss 161 · Sacrifice Hit · John Lescroart · nv 193 · Ropa Vieja · Laura Lippman · nv 217 · The Shot · Mike Lupica · nv 245 · The Power · Michael Malone · nv 283 · Harlem Nocturne · Robert B. Parker · ss; expanded into the novel Double Play. 293 · The Closer · Thomas Perry · ss 318 · Killing Teddy Ballgame · Henry Slesar · ss 339 · Pick-Off Play · Troy Soos · ss 363 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, 2006, 1-84724-066-6, £17.99, 528pp, tp, an) xi · Foreword · Harlan Coben · fw xiii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in 1 · One, Two, Three · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask May 1933 21 · The Creeping Siamese [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask March 1926 39 · Honest Money [Ken Corning] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask November 1932 73 · Frost Rides Alone [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask March 1930 109 · Stag Party [McFee] · Charles G. Booth · nv Black Mask November 1933 169 · Double Check · Thomas Walsh · ss Black Mask July 1933 195 · The City of Hell! · Leslie T. White · nv Black Mask October 1935 235 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938 287 · Wise Guy [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask April 1930 331 · Murder Picture [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask January 1935 375 · The Price of a Dime [Ben Shaley] · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask April 1934 393 · Chicago Confetti [Percy Warren] · William Rollins, Jr. · ss Black Mask March 1932 465 · The Third Murderer [Race Williams; The Flame] · Carroll John Daly · na Black Mask June 1931 (+2), as ““The Flame” and Race Williams” 525 · Two Murders, One Crime · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask July 1942, as “Three Kills for One 3 Kills for 1”

Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler (Quercus, July 2007, 1-84724-076-3, £17.99, xv+558pp, hc, an) ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xii · I, Felon · Harlan Ellison · in 1 · The Cat-Woman [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv The Black Mask February 1927 37 · Dilemma of the Dead Lady · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 4 1936 65 · The House of Kaa [Dean Bradley (The Cobra)] · Richard B. Sale · ss Ten Detective Aces February 1934 81 · The Invisible Millionaire [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Daily Mail May 10 1938 - May 24 1938 133 · Faith · Dashiell Hammett · ss 143 · Pastorale · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1928 153 · The Sad Serbian [Sam Cragg] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask March 1939 175 · You’ll Always Remember Me · Steve Fisher · ss Black Mask March 1938 195 · Finger Man [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask October 1934 237 · You’ll Die Laughing · Norbert Davis · nv Black Mask November 1940 265 · About Kid Deth · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask February 1931 299 · The Sinister Sphere [Steve Thatcher (The Moon Man)] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Ten Detective Aces May/June 1933 329 · Pigeon Blood · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask November 1933 349 · The Perfect Crime · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask July 1920 361 · The Monkey Murder [Lester Leith] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine January 1939 405 · The Crimes of Richmond City · gp (r) 407 · i) Raw Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask September 1928 438 · ii) Dog Eat Dog [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask October 1928 470 · iii) The Law Laughs Last [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask November 1928 499 · iv) Law Without Law [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · ss Black Mask April 1929 527 · v) Graft [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick L. Nebel · nv Black Mask May 1929