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The Armchair Detective [Volume 7 Number 3, May 1974] ed. Allen J. Hubin ($6.00 for 4 issues, 155-234+20pp, quarto, cover by William Dixon) [] 155 · The Pleasures of Histo-Detection · Lillian de la Torre · ar adapted from the eighteenth lecture sponsored by the Associates of the Rare Books Room of the University of Colorado, October 19, 1973. 162 · Movie Note: The Maltese Falcon · William K. Everson · mr 163 · Walls of Guilt: Donald E. Westlake as Tucker Coe · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Donald E. Westlake] 165 · Stalking Forsyth’s Jackal · Peter Wolfe · ar [Ref. Frederick Forsyth] 175 · A Possible Source for the Opening of Sleuth · Veronica M. S. Kennedy · ar [Ref. Anthony Shaffer] 176 · Mark Twain: Detective Story Writer · R. Jeff Banks · ar [Ref. Mark Twain] 177 · The Missing Golf Balls [Sherlock Holmes] · Wex Jones · vi London Opinion and To-Day December 9 1905; subtitled “A Magazine Story a la Mode”. 178 · The Problem of Moral Vision in Dashiell Hammett’s Detective Novels: Part IV: The Maltese Falcon · George J. Thompson · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 193 · Evan Pinkerton · Fred Dueren · ar 194 · Answers to “A Mysterious Quiz” · R. E. Briney · ms 195 · Sports and the Mystery Story. IV: Football · Marvin Lachman · ar 198 · John Buchan · Theodore P. Dukeshire · ar [Ref. John Buchan] 203 · Addenda to “Chess in the Detective Story” · R. W. Hays · ar 204 · The Passing of Third Floor Back · Robert W. Hahn · ar [Ref. Vincent Starrett] 205 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 205 · Movie Note: The Murder Man · R. W. Hahn · mr 206 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective, and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., January-March 1974 · Robert Breyfogle Green · bi 208 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 208 · The Melamare Mystery · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. Maurice Leblanc] 208 · Mansion of Evil · Edward Lauterbach · br [Ref. Joseph Millard] 209 · Death in Harley Street · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. John Rhode] 209 · The Judas Window · James Sandoe · br [Ref. Carter Dickson] 209 · Scientific Sprague · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. Francis Lynde] 210 · The Bronze Mermaid · Edward Lauterbach · br [Ref. Paul Ernst] 211 · Saturn Over the Water · James Sandoe · br [Ref. J. B. Priestley] 211 · By Order of the Five · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. Herbert Adams] 212 · Who Rides a Tiger · Marvin Lachman · br [Ref. Doris Miles Disney] 212 · As Bad as I Am · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. William Ard] 212 · The Art of the Mystery Story · Bruce R. Beaman · br [Ref. Howard Haycraft] 213 · The Wine Room Murder · Hal Brodsky · br [Ref. Stanley Vestal] 213 · Murders at Turbot Towers · Amnon Kabatchnik · br [Ref. S. John Peskett] 214 · The Dead Letter · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Seeley Regester] 216 · Reviews of Current Material · Various · rc 216 · Ellery Queen’s Mystery Anthology · Marvin Lachman · br [Ref. Ellery Queen] 217 · The Medical Detectives · Veronica M. S. Kennedy · br [Ref. Paulette Cooper] 217 · The Evidence I Shall Give · Deryck Harvey · br [Ref. John Wainwright] 217 · The Killings · Veronica M. S. Kennedy · br [Ref. Clark Howard] 218 · The Scarlet Ruse · G. A. Finch · br [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 218 · Detective Fiction: Crime and Compromise · Donald J. Pattow · br [Ref. Dick Allen & David Chacko] 219 · Eight Dime Novels · J. Randolph Cox · br [Ref. E. F. Bleiler] 220 · A Prayer for the Dying · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Jack Higgins] 220 · The Lester Affair · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Andrew Garve] 220 · The Gambler · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Olle Hogstrand] 221 · The Captivator · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Andrew York] 221 · The Poison Oracle · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Peter Dickinson] 221 · The Casebook of Jimmy Lavender · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Vincent Starrett] 221 · Slayride · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Dick Francis] 221 · The Poison Summer · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Joe L. Hensley] 222 · Epitaph for a Lobbyist · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. R. B. Dominic] 222 · The Life and Death of Peter Wade · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Lionel Black] 222 · Location Shots · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. J. F. Burke] 222 · The Emerald Trap · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Leonard St. Clair] 222 · 221A Baker Street: The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Hapi] 222 · Watson’s Revenge · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Richard Mallett] 222 · Melville Davisson Post: Man of Many Mysteries · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Charles A. Norton] 222 · The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Donald H. Tuck] 222 · Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. E. F. Bleiler] 222 · The Soaps · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Madeleine Edmondson & David Rounds] 223 · Letters · The Readers · lc 234 · Book Exchange · Various · cl K-16 · Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 7 Number 4, August 1974] ed. Allen J. Hubin ($6.00 for 4 issues, 235-306+22pp, quarto, cover by William Dixon) [] 235 · Ronald Arbuthnott Knox · Norman Donaldson · ar [Ref. Ronald A. Knox] 247 · Was “Jack Wylde” Really R. Austin Freeman · W. O. G. Lofts & D. J. Adley · ar [Ref. R. Austin Freeman] 251 · Hick Dick from the Sticks: Harry Stephen Keeler’s Quiribus Brown · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Harry Stephen Keeler] 253 · The Siegel-Eastwood Quest · Kathy Esselman · ar 258 · A Word with Desmond Bagley · Deryck Harvey · iv [Ref. Desmond Bagley] 260 · The Literary Works of Fictional Detectives and “Watsons” · B. A. Pike · qz 261 · Sports and the Mystery Story. V: Golf · Marvin Lachman · ar 263 · Charlie Chan: A Biography [Charlie Chan] · Fred Dueren · ar [Ref. Earl Derr Biggers] 264 · Footsteps on the Golden Road: An Addendum to “The Golden Road to Samarkand” · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar 265 · It’s for You, Inspector, You’ve Been Canceled · Jon Ury · ar 266 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1973 · Walter Albert · bi 270 · The Problem of Moral Vision in Dashiell Hammett’s Detective Novels. Part V: The Glass Key · George J. Thompson · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 281 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 283 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective, and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., April-June 1974 · Robert Breyfogle Green · bi 285 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 285 · The Case of the Angel’s Trumpets · L. F. Ashley · br [Ref. Michael Burt] 285 · The Eight of Swords · Marvin Lachman · br [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 285 · Detective Duff Unravels It · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. Harvey O’Higgins] 287 · The Diamond Murders · James Kingman · br [Ref. J. S. Fletcher] 287 · Death Among the Writers · L. F. Ashley · br [Ref. Edwin De Caire] 287 · Some Day I’ll Kill You · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. Dana Chambers] 288 · Death Among the Sunbathers · Edward Lauterbach · br [Ref. E. R. Punshon] 289 · The Death Gong · Charles Shibuk · br [Ref. Selwyn Jepson] 289 · Common Sense Is All You Need · L. F. Ashley · br [Ref. J. J. Connington] 290 · Reviews of Current Material · Various · rc 290 · The Seven-Per-Cent Solution · Jon L. Lellenberg · br [Ref. Nicholas Meyer] 291 · 50 Great Ghost Stories · Veronica M. S. Kennedy · br [Ref. John Canning] 291 · Triple Zeck · Bruce R. Beaman · br [Ref. Rex Stout] 292 · The Case of the Shaky Showman · Edward Lauterbach · br [Ref. Henry Slesar] 292 · Sweet and Low · Douglas M. Armato · br [Ref. Emma Lathen] 293 · The Case of His Headless Highness · Edward Lauterbach · br [Ref. Henry Slesar] 293 · American Gothic · Douglas M. Armato · br [Ref. Robert Bloch] 293 · Royal Bloodline · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Francis M. Nevins, Jr.] 294 · The Pontine Dossier · Allen J. Hubin · lr 294 · The Methods of Uncle Abner · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Melville Davisson Post] 294 · A Round Trip to the Year 2000 · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. William W. Cook] 294 · The Immortal Storm · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Sam Moskowitz] 294 · Deckar och Thrillers pa Svenska 1864-1973 · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Iwan Hedman] 294 · Butcher’s Moon · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Richard Stark] 295 · The Wager · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Robert L. Fish] 295 · Snowbound · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Bill Pronzini] 295 · The Face of Trespass · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Ruth Rendell] 295 · A Burial in Portugal · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Noah Webster] 295 · Saturday Games · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Brown Meggs] 295 · The Gooseberry Fool · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. James McClure] 295 · Appleby’s Other Story · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Michael Innes] 296 · Dingdong · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Arthur Maling] 296 · A Dressing of Diamond · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Nicolas Freeling] 296 · The Spiral Web · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Jeffrey M. Wallmann] 296 · Bones of Contention · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Nicholas Gage] 296 · Ripley’s Game · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Patricia Highsmith] 296 · The Fun House · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Philip Reid] 297 · Dial 577 R-A-P-E · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Lillian O’Donnell] 297 · Jack London, Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Allen J. Hubin · br [Ref. Dale L. Walker] 297 · Naked Is the Best Disguise · Harold Hughesdon · br [Ref. Samuel Rosenberg] 298 · Letters · The Readers · lc 306 · Book Exchange · Various · cl L-16 · Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 8 Number 1, November 1974] ed. Allen J. Hubin ($6.00 per year, 100pp, cover by William Dixon) [] Details supplied by Steve Scott. 1 · Arthur William Upfield: September 1, 1888—February 13, 1964 · Betty Donaldson · bg [Ref. Arthur W. Upfield] 12 · “Shades of Dupin!”: Fictional Detectives on Detective Fiction · George N. Dove · ar 14 · Movie Note: Lancer Spy · William K. Everson · mr 15 · Aristotle’s Operative, or, The Case of the Classic Barzun · Newton Baird · ar [Ref. Jacques Barzun] 24 · Religion and the Detective Story · R. W. Hays · ar 27 · The Problem of Moral Vision in Dashiell Hammett’s Detective Novels: Part VI: The Thin Man · George J. Thompson · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 36 · Women and Wall Street: Portraits of Women in Novels by Emma Lathen · Jane S. Bakerman · ar [Ref. Emma Lathen] 41 · Shakespeare Quiz · R. W. Hays · qz 42 · Carmody: Sagebrush Detective · R. Jeff Banks · ar [Ref. Peter McCurtin] 44 · John J. Malone (and Cohorts) · Fred Dueren · ar [Ref. Craig Rice] 48 · Martin Russell: A Profile · Sven-Ingmar Pettersson · bg [Ref. Martin Russell] 50 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 51 · Movie Note: The Mysteries of Paris · William K. Everson · mr 51 · Movie Note: The Rat · William K. Everson · mr 52 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective, and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., July-September 1974 · Robert Breyfogle Green · bi 53 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 55 · Reviews of Current Material · Various · rc 68 · Letters · The Readers · lc 76 · Book Exchange · Various · cl M-9 · Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 8 Number 2, February 1975] ed. Allen J. Hubin (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 77 · An Old Friend—The Detective Book Blub · Michael L. Cook · ar 98 · Henri Bencolin · Fred Dueren · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 99 · Jim Thompson: A Walk in the Jungle · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar [Ref. Jim Thompson] 104 · Lew Archer’s “Moral Landscape” · Elmer R. Pry, Jr. · ar [Ref. Ross Macdonald] 108 · Sports and the Mystery Story. VI: Cricket · Marvin Lachman · ar 110 · Movie Note: Boast of the City · William K. Everson · mr 111 · Detection in the Guilt-Age · J. Randolph Cox · ar 120 · Movie Note: Bad Company · William K. Everson · mr 121 · Shadowing the Continental Op · William F. Nolan · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 124 · The Problem of Moral Vision in Dashiell Hammett’s Detective Novels, Part VII: Conclusion · George J. Thompson · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 131 · Bouchercon V · Marvin Lachman · ar 132 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 133 · S.S. Van Dine: A Biographical Sketch · Bruce R. Deaman · bg [Ref. S. S. Van Dine] 136 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., October-December 1974 · Robert Breyfogle Green · bi 137 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 141 · Reviews of Current Material · Various · rc 146 · Short Notes on the Current Crop · Various · rc 152 · Letters · The Readers · lc 164 · Book Exchange · Various · cl M-19 · Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 8 Number 3, May 1975] ed. Allen J. Hubin ($4.00 per year, 165-244+20pp, quarto, cover by William Dixon) [] Details supplied by Steve Scott. 165 · John Jasper’s Devotion [Part 1 of 3] · Nathan L. Bengis · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 179 · The Man Who Was Thursday [Max Thursday] · Marvin Lachman · ar [Ref. Wade Miller] 180 · A Discovery in Čapek · Josef Škvorecký · ar [Ref. Karel Čapek] 185 · Hans Stefan Santesson and the Unicorn Mystery Book Club · Edward D. Hoch · ar [Ref. Hans Stefan Santesson] 193 · The Adventures of Chubblock Homes · W. O. G. Lofts · ar 194 · Traveler with Crime: Suzanne Blanc · Winn Kearns · ar [Ref. Suzanne Blanc] 195 · The World of Cleve F. Adams · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Cleve F. Adams] 202 · Female Detectives, Ghost Books and the Relative Importance of It All · E. F. Bleiler · ar 203 · Donald E. Westlake: A Checklist · Nobumitsu Kodaka & Donald E. Westlake · bi 206 · Black Cops and/or Robbers: The Detective Fiction of Chester Himes · Frank J. Campenni · ar [Ref. Chester Himes] 210 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 211 · Was Watson Jack the Ripper? · Eileen Snyder · ar 217 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective, and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., January-March 1975 · Robert Breyfogle Green · bi 219 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 222 · Reviews of Current Material · Various · rc 225 · Short Notes on More of the Current Crop · Various · rc 231 · Letters · The Readers · lc N-6 · Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 8 Number 4, August 1975] (quarto) [] No fiction. · John Jasper’s Devotion [Part 2 of 3] · Nathan L. Bengis · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens]

The Armchair Detective [Volume 9 Number 1, November 1975] ed. Allen J. Hubin ($4.00 per year, 86+20pp, quarto, cover by William Dixon) [] Details supplied by Steve Scott. 1 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part I · Barry Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 6 · Detectives in Disguise · Veronica M. S. Kennedy · qz 6 · Movie Note: The Chinese Bungalow · William K. Everson · mr 7 · What Happens in Point Blank? · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar 11 · The American Regional Mystery—XI: The Mountain States, Pacific Northwest and Alaska · Marvin Lachman · ar; continuation of a series begun in The Mystery Reader’s Newsletter. 14 · Mycroft Holmes and Ian Murdock’s Case · J. W. Scheideman · ar 17 · Innocence and Arsenic: The Literary and Criminal Careers of C.J.L. Almqvist · Albert I. Borowitz · ar [Ref. C. J. L. Almqvist] 22 · Movie Note: The Enforcer · A. J. Wright · mr 23 · Philo Vance [Philo Vance] · Fred Dueren · ar 25 · John Jasper’s Devotion [Part 3 of 3] · Nathan L. Bengis · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 41 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 42 · K. C. Constantine · David Brownell · ar [Ref. K. C. Constantine] 43 · Conrad’s Probe to Absolute Zero · Newton Baird · ar [Ref. Joseph Conrad] 50 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 51 · Movie Note: Doctor Socrates · William K. Everson · mr 52 · A Note on the Chronology of the “Dr. Thorndyke” Novels [Dr. John Thorndyke] · Michael G. Heenan · ar 55 · Archer in Hollywood: The “Barbarous Coast” of Ross Macdonald · David J. Geherin · ar [Ref. Ross Macdonald] 58 · Find the Name Puzzle · Linda Gambino · pz 59 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 63 · Reviews of Current Material · Various · rc 72 · Short Notes on More of the Current Crop · Various · rc 75 · Letters · The Readers · lc R-7 · Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi