A Century of Great Suspense Stories ed. Jeffery Deaver (Berkley, November 2001, 0-425-18192-8, $29.95, 500pp, hc, an)
- xiii · Introduction · Jeffery Deaver · in
- 1 · The Gentleman in the Lake · Robert Barnard · nv Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994
- 17 · Life in Our Time · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966
- 25 · Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990
- 39 · The Girl Who Married a Monster [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #123, February 1954
- 56 · The Wench Is Dead · Fredric Brown · nv Manhunt July 1953
- 80 · Cigarette Girl · James M. Cain · ss Manhunt May 1953
- 91 · A Matter of Principal [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · ss Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1989
- 102 · The Weekender · Jeffery Deaver · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1996
- 123 · Reasons Unknown · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1978
- 135 · Killing Bernstein · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Monthly June 1976
- 146 · Leg Man [Pete Wennick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask February 1938
- 181 · One of Those Days, One of Those Nights · Ed Gorman · nv Crime Yellow ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Gollancz, 1994
- 203 · Missing: Page Thirteen [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · nv The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam's, 1915
- 235 · Voir Dire [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · nv Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt, Doubleday, 1998
- 263 · Chee’s Witch [Jim Chee] · Tony Hillerman · ss The New Black Mask No.7 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986
- 273 · The Case of the Modern Medusa [Sebastian Blue & Laura Charme] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1973
- 290 · Quitters, Inc. · Stephen King · ss Night Shift by Stephen King, Doubleday, 1978
- 310 · So Young, So Fair, So Dead · John Lutz · nv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1973
- 329 · Nor Iron Bars · John D. MacDonald · ss Doc Savage March/April 1947
- 334 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald
- 348 · Red Clay · Michael Malone · nv Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 364 · Poetic Justice · Steve Martini · nv Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt, Doubleday, 1998
- 383 · A Very Merry Christmas · Ed McBain · ss Manhunt December 1957, as “The Merry, Merry Christmas” by Evan Hunter
- 390 · Among My Souvenirs · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Vengeance Is Hers ed. Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1997
- 400 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962
- 415 · Benny’s Space [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991
- 432 · Heartbreak House · Sara Paretsky · ss Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1996
- 445 · Stacked Deck · Bill Pronzini · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 465 · Adventure of the Dauphin Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #61, December 1948, as “The Dauphin’s Doll”
- 489 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994
- 498 · Carrying Concealed · Lisa Scottoline · nv Legal Briefs ed. William Bernhardt, Doubleday, 1998
- 518 · The Little House at Croix-Rousse [Joseph Leborgne] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #48, November 1947
translated from the French (“Le Pavillon de la Croix-Rousse”, as by Georges Sim, Détective, May 2, 1929 & May 16, 1929).
- 524 · The Girl Behind the Hedge [Inspector Early] · Mickey Spillane · nv Manhunt October 1953
- 535 · Fourth of July Picnic [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Look July 9 1957 (+2), as “Labor Union Murder”
- 566 · Lady Hillary · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Mangrove Mama by Janwillem van de Wetering, Dennis McMillan, 1995
- 579 · This Is Death · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977, as “In at the Death”
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