An International Treasury of Mystery and Suspense ed. Marie R. Reno (Doubleday, 1983, 0-385-18532-4, $15.95, 527pp, hc, an)
- vii · The Landscape of Suspense · Marie R. Reno · in
- 3 · Red Wind [John Dalmas] · Raymond Chandler · nv Dime Detective Magazine January 1938
- 45 · The Gatewood Caper [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask October 15 1923, as “Crooked Souls”
- 60 · Wild Goose Chase [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald
- 85 · Africa Emergent · Nadine Gordimer · ss 1971
- 97 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933
- 111 · Strawberry Spring · Stephen King · ss Ubris Fall 1968
- 123 · Time and Time Again [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1962, as “The Man with the Two Watches”
- 135 · The Affair of the Twisted Scarf [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv The American Magazine September 1950, as “The Twisted Scarf”
- 179 · The Fat Man · Isak Dinesen · ss Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales by Isak Dinesen, University of Chicago, 1977
translated from the Danish (1975).
- 189 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953
- 198 · Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv Verdict of 13 ed. Julian Symons, Faber and Faber, 1978
- 217 · Wisp of Wool and Disk of Silver [Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte] · Arthur W. Upfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1979
- 231 · Not After Midnight · Daphne du Maurier · nv Not After Midnight by Daphne du Maurier, Gollancz, 1971
- 268 · The Most Obstinate Customer in the World [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Christmas by Georges Simenon, tr. Jean Stewart, Hamish Hamilton, 1976
translated from the French (“Le Client le plus obstiné du monde”, Maigret et l’inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cité, 1947).
- 299 · For Your Eyes Only [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, Jonathan Cape, 1960
- 333 · The Image in the Mirror [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1933
- 354 · The Prognosis for This Patient Is Horrible · Berton Roueché · ss The New Yorker January 25 1982
- 369 · Murder on the Orient Express [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · n. Collins, January 1934
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