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The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Follies and Grottoes ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Sarob Press, October 2022, 978-2-492-21507-0, £38.00, 177pp, hc, oa)     Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Rosemary Pardoe · in · Baines’ Folly · Christopher Harman · ss · Lady Elphinstone’s Folly · John Ward · ss · The Ptolemaic System · David Longhorn · ss Ghosts & Scholars #23, 1997 · The Crooked Rook · Rick Kennett · ss · Sweet Folly · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss · Branks’s Folly · C. E. Ward · ss Ghosts & Scholars #20, 1995 · Folly · Sam Dawson · ss · Minter’s Folly · Chico Kidd · ss In and Out of the Belfry by A. F. Kidd, A.F. Kidd, 1987 · Mothrot Hall · Katherine Haynes · ss · “Father” O’Flynn and the Fressingfold Friezes · Tina Rath · ss Midnight Never Comes ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997 · Mad Lutanist · Mark Valentine · ss Masques and Citadels: More Tales of the Connoisseur by Mark Valentine, Tartarus Press, 2003 · When I Heard My Days Before Me · John Howard · ss · And Music Shall Untune the Sky · S. A. Rennie · ss

The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Mazes ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Sarob Press, May 2020, 978-2-9562115-9-4, £35.00, xii+176pp, hc, an, cover by Paul Lowe)     Limited edition of 325 copies. Details supplied by Denny Lien. vi · Sources · [uncredited] · ms vii · Introduction · Rosemary Pardoe · in 1 · As Blank as the Days Yet to Be · Mark Valentine · ss self-published, Spring 2017 13 · The Maze · Michael Chislett · ss Formidable Visitants ed. Roger Johnson, Pyewacket Press, 1999 23 · My Dancing Days Are Over · Paul StJohn Mackintosh · ss Ghosts & Scholars #34, October 2018; a prequel to Mr Humphries and His Inheritance, by M.R. James. 28 · The Outsider [Ernie Pine] · Rick Kennett · nv Ghosts & Scholars #14, 1992 49 · The Rustling of Tiny Paws · Carole Tyrrell · ss Supernatural Tales #22, Winter 2012 59 · The Maze · Geoffrey Warburton · nv All Hallows #27, June 2001 79 · The Faerie Ring · John Reppion · ss Uncertainties: Volume I ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, 2016 83 · The Maze at Huntsmere · Reggie Oliver · nv Soliloquy for Pan ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 2015 102 · The Lost Maze · Helen Grant · ss 116 · Mr Rhodes and the Crawshay Inheritance · Katherine Haynes · ss 129 · Real Estate · C. E. Ward · ss 140 · The Air of Glory · John Howard · ss 150 · Mouselode Maze · Christopher Harman · ss 167 · The Mosaic Maze · Victoria Day · ss 177 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms

A Graven Image and Other Essex Ghost Stories ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, 1985, £1.60, 42pp, octavo, oa)     Small press anthology of ghost stories set in the county of Essex, 1 · Introduction · Rosemary Pardoe · in 3 · A Graven Image [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss 10 · The Searchlight · Roger Johnson · ss 17 · Margaret and Catharine · Mary Ann Allen · ss 21 · The Dog · Roger Johnson · ss 31 · Ne Resurgat [Jane Bradshawe] · Mary Ann Allen · ss 34 · Truth Will Out · David G. Rowlands · ss

Saints and Relics ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, 1983, £1.60, 44pp, octavo, oa)     Small press anthology of supernatural stories about saints. Internally entitled Strange Tales of Saints & Relics. 2 · Tales of Saints and Relics—A Selective Guide · Rosemary Pardoe · in 5 · Vita Sancti Cubiani · Darroll Pardoe · ss 8 · The Tears of St. Agathé [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss 17 · Grandsire Triples · A. F. Kidd · ss 28 · The Wall-Painting · Roger Johnson · ss 39 · The Vigil of St. Oswald · M. M. Thomas · ss

Pulpmaster: The Theodore Roscoe Story by Audrey Parente (Starmont House, May 1992, 1-55742-169-2, $11.95, 173pp, tp, nf, cover by Patael) [Ref. Theodore Roscoe]     Non-fiction, biography. The story of the life and work of the classic pulp writer, with a preface by William B. Hart, an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff, and an afterword by Rocco Musemeche—plus a foreword and postscript by the subject. A hardcover edition (-170-6, $21.95) is also available.

Pulpmaster: The Theodore Roscoe Story by Audrey Parente (Altus Press, September 23, 2012, 978-1-61827-076-4, $14.95, 178pp, tp, nf) [Ref. Theodore Roscoe]     Reprint (Starmont 1992) biography of Theodore Roscoe. Details taken from online listing.

Beastly Tales ed. Sara Paretsky (Wynwood, 1989, $17.95, 286pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. 9 · Introduction · Sara Paretsky · in 17 · Spring Fever · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #108, November 1952 45 · Dwindle, Peak and Pine · Joyce Harrington · nv 1989 67 · A Cat Too Small for His Whiskers · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss The Cat Who Had 14 Tales by Lilian Jackson Braun, Jove, 1988 85 · The White Death · Justin Scott · ss Beastly Tales ed. Sara Peretsky, Wynwood, 1989 101 · A Visitor to Mombasa · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1974 117 · A Good Story · Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy October 1984 127 · Best Evidence · Dick Stodghill · ss 1988 139 · Intruder in the Maize · Joan Richter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1967 153 · Plateau · Clark Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1984 179 · The Lost Dog [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1988 187 · Neighbors · Hope Raymond · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1989 199 · On Windy Ridge · Margaret B. Maron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1984 215 · Stork Trek · Edward Wellen & Josh Pachter · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1985 243 · A Gift of the Gods · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy October 1984 259 · The Problem of the Hunting Lodge [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1983 287 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2022 ed. Sara Paretsky (The Mysterious Bookshop, September 13, 2022, 978-1-61316-348-1, $17.95, 500pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. ix · Foreword · Otto Penzler · fw xiii · Introduction · Sara Paretsky · in 1 · Kiss of Life · Doug Allyn · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2021 44 · A Shooting in Rathreedane · Colin Barrett · ss The New Yorker December 13 2021 65 · White Chocolate · Jerome Charyn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2021 76 · Avalon · Michael Connelly · ss When a Stranger Comes to Town ed. Michael Koryta, Hanover Square Press, 2021 93 · Better Austens · Susan Frith · ss The Briar Cliff Review v33, 2021 106 · El Cuerpo en el Barril · Tom Larsen · na Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2021 157 · October in Kauai · Sean Marciniak · nv Mystery Tribune #15, March/April 2021 185 · Gun Running on Vacation · Stefon Mears · nv Fiction River #35, Chances 2021 205 · Sleigh Bells for the Hayride · Keith Lee Morris · ss The Cincinnati Review Spring 2021 223 · Violent Devotion · Gwen Mullins · ss New Ohio Review #29, Spring 2021 242 · Black Knight · Jo Nesbø; translated by Robert Ferguson · na The Jealousy Man and Other Stories by Jo Nesbø, tr. Robert Ferguson, Knopf, 2021 translated from the Norwegian. 295 · Detour · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Harper’s Magazine March 2021 320 · Little City Blues · Annie Reed · nv Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem #7, 2021 344 · Grief Spam · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Fiction River #36, Dark & Deadly Passions 2021 395 · A Heaven or a Hell [Lorraine Yarborough (The Librarian on the Run)] · Anna Scotti · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2021 416 · Bang on the Money · Ginny Swart · ss Crimeucopia: The Lady Thrillers, Murderous Ink Press, 2021 427 · The Influencer · Ellen Tremiti · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November/December 2021 460 · Give or Take a Quarter Inch · Joseph S. Walker · ss Tough July 5 2021 472 · The Theresa Job · Colson Whitehead · ss The New Yorker July 26 2021 491 · Where There’s Love · Michael Wiley · ss Crimeucopia: Careless Love, Murderous Ink Press, 2021 507 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 531 · The Best Mystery Stories 2022 Honor Roll · [uncredited] · bi

Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime ed. Sara Paretsky (Signet, October 2007, 0451222393, $7.99, 352pp, pb, oa) · Sisters on the Case · Sara Paretsky · in · Sister Death · Sue Henry · ss · Hearing Her Name · Susan Dunlap · ss · Frighted Out of Fear; or, The Bombs Bursting in Air · P. M. Carlson · ss · Guardian Angel · Rochelle Krich · ss · Never Too Old · Linda Grant · ss · Murder for Lunch · Carolyn Hart · ss · The Whole World Is Watching · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss · I Killed · Nancy Pickard · ss · Maubi and the Jumbies · Kate Grilley · ss Murderous Intent Fall 1999 · Estelle Is Dead · Medora Sale · ss · Steak Tartare · Barbara D’Amato · ss Death Dines at 8:30 ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley, 2001 · Animal Act · Claire McNab · ss · Lady Patterly’s Lover · Charlotte MacLeod · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #14, September 1965 · Not Just the Facts · Annette Meyers · ss · Ninjettes · Kate Flora · ss · The People’s Way · Eve K. Sandstrom · ss Love and Death ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime, 2001 · For the Common Good · Patricia Sprinkle · ss · A Family Sunday in the Park · Sara Paretsky · ss · You May Already Be a Winner · Margaret Maron · ss · Dies Irae · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss

A Woman’s Eye: Featuring the Finest Female Sleuths by the Best Women Crime Writers Ever ed. Sara Paretsky (Delacorte, September 1991, 0-385-30000-X, $19.00, 448pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 21 stories featuring female sleuths, with an introduction by Paretsky and Martin H. Greenberg. The book is copyrighted by Paretsky & Greenberg. viii · Eye of a Woman · Sara Paretsky · in 1 · Lucky Dip · Liza Cody · nv 28 · “Full Circle” [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · ss 44 · Benny’s Space [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss 66 · The Puppet · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv 91 · The Scar · Nancy Pickard · ss 114 · Murder Without a Text [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss 136 · Discards · Faye Kellerman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1990 159 · Getting to Know You [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss 174 · A Match Made in Hell · Julie Smith · ss 196 · Theft of the Poet [Cassandra Reilly] · Barbara Wilson · ss 214 · Death and Diamonds · Susan Dunlap · ss 235 · Kill the Man for Me · Mary Wings · ss 250 · The Cutting Edge · Marilyn Wallace · ss 273 · Looking for Thelma · Gillian Slovo · nv 299 · Deborah’s Judgment [Deborah Knott] · Margaret B. Maron · ss 323 · A Man’s Home · Shelley Singer · ss 334 · Her Good Name · Carolyn G. Hart · ss 353 · Ghost Station · Carolyn Wheat · ss 370 · Where Are You, Monica? · Maria Antonia Oliver · nv 400 · Settled Score [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss 423 · That Summer at Quichiquois · Dorothy B. Hughes · nv

Women on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky (Delacorte, June 1996, 0-385-31401-9, $21.95, 367pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 26 crime stories by women writers. vii · Introduction · Sara Paretsky · in 1 · Parties Unknown by the Jury; or, The Valour of My Tongue [Bridget Mooney] · P. M. Carlson · ss 21 · A Rock and a Hard Place · Nancy Pickard · ss 37 · Solar Zits · Liza Cody · ss 45 · The Astronomical Scarf · Ruth Rendell · ss 53 · On the Edge · Irina Muravyona; translated by Marian Schwartz · ss translated from the Ukrainian (“Na Kraiu”, Grani #167, 1993). 61 · Nightfire · Eleanor Taylor Bland · ss 71 · Beneath the Lilacs · Nevada Barr · ss 85 · Nothing to Lose · Frances Fyfield · ss 95 · The Surprise of His Life · Elizabeth George · nv 119 · Only a Woman · Amel Benaboura; translated by Jeremy L. Paretsky · ss 127 · Miles to Go · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss 143 · A Lesson in Murder · Andrea Smith · ss 163 · Miss Gibson [Carlotta Carlyle] · Linda Barnes · ss 179 · Green Murder [Syd Fish] · Susan Geason · ss 195 · The Baroness · Amanda Cross · ss 211 · 7.62 · Pieke Biermann; translated by Ines Rieder · ss 223 · I’ll Get Back to You [Celestial Detective] · Susan Dunlap · ss 241 · Saturday Night Fever · Helga Anderle; translated by Tobe Levin · ss 251 · Dreams of Home · Dicey Scroggins Jackson · nv 273 · Hamlet’s Dilemma · Linda Grant · ss 285 · Lost Dreams · Myriam Laurini; translated by William I. Neuman · ss 295 · A Witch and Her Cats [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1995 307 · Belladonna [Cassandra Reilly] · Barbara Wilson · ss 321 · Publicity Stunts [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · ss 341 · The Cracks in the Sidewalk · Marcia Muller · ss 355 · Performance Crime · Lia Matera · ss

Let Nothing You Dismay! by Edith Pargeter--- see under Ellis Peters.

The Lily Hand and Other Stories by Edith Pargeter (Heinemann, 1965, 21/-, vi+216pp, hc, co) · Three to Pass the Time · Grim Fairy Tale · Edith Pargeter · ss Argosy (UK) July 1958 · Trump of Doom · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · The Man Who Met Himself · Edith Pargeter · ss Argosy (UK) November 1958 · Two for the Young and for Music · The Linnet in the Garden · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · How Beautiful Is Youth · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · Three for the Exiles · All Souls’ Day · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · The Cradle · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · My Friend the Enemy · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · Three Moralities · The Lily Hand · Edith Pargeter · ss Lilliput January/February 1954 · A Question of Faith · Edith Pargeter · ss Argosy (UK) February 1955 · The Purple Children · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · Three Fantasies for Today and Tomorrow · I Am a Seagull · Edith Pargeter · ss (r) · Carnival Night · Edith Pargeter · ss Argosy (UK) November 1960 · The Ultimate Romeo and Juliet · Edith Pargeter · ss (r)