Ellery Queen’s Minimysteries ed. Ellery Queen (World, September 1969, LC:69-18523, $6.95, 297pp, hc, an)
- xi · Mintroduction · Ellery Queen · in
- 2 · Origin of the Detective Business · Newton Newkirk · fa Wood-Morgan Detective Agency, 1931
- 6 · The Unreckonable Factor · Samuel Hopkins Adams · vi Liberty June 25 1938
- 9 · Murder à la Hollywood · Steve Allen · ss Playboy December 1958, as “Everybody Hates David Starbuck”
- 14 · A Matter of Timing · Charlotte Armstrong · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1966
- 17 · The Way Round · Phyllis Bentley · ss The Evening Standard June 2 1952
- 23 · The Living Bracelet · Robert Bloch · vi Bestseller Mystery Magazine November 1958, as “The Ungallant Hunter”
- 25 · The Sheriff Decides · Roark Bradford · vi Collier’s May 13 1939
- 29 · The Wedding Dress · Louis Bromfield · vi Collier’s October 31 1925
- 32 · Town Wanted · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 7 1940
- 35 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930
- 41 · The Showdown [Careful Jones] · Thomas B. Costain · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #14, January 1944, as by “Pat Hand”
- 44 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It”
- 47 · The Speech · Lord Dunsany · ss Collier’s November 25 1950
- 52 · The Neighbors · John Galsworthy · ss The Bellman #183, January 15 1910
- 57 · Over My Dead Body · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard June 19 1951
- 62 · Moonshine · W. Heidenfeld · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #91, June 1951
- 66 · Karmesin, Swindler [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as “Karmesin and the Meter”
- 71 · The Limitations of Pambé Serang · Rudyard Kipling · ss The St. James’s Gazette October 4 1887
- 76 · The Leopard Man’s Story · Jack London · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly August 1903
- 80 · Robbie Always Pays · Philip MacDonald · ss 1949, as “The Long Shot”
- 85 · How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped · Katherine Mansfield · ss Rhythm September 12 1912, as by Lili Heron
- 89 · The Best Policy · Ferenc Molnár · vi Lilliput May 1941
- 92 · Kill or Be Killed · Ogden Nash · ss Collier’s October 25 1947, as “The Other Mind Reader”
- 94 · A Death in the Stadium · Robert Nathan · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1927
- 98 · Conscience · Elmer L. Rice · vi Collier’s February 11 1928
- 102 · The True Story · Dylan Thomas · ss Yellowjacket May 1939
- 105 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · vi The New Yorker March 5 1932
- 108 · Somebody on the Phone · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Fiction Weekly July 31 1937
- 116 · Bridal Pond · Zona Gale · vi The American Mercury February 1928
- 121 · Through the Wall · Victor Canning · ss The (London) Evening News October 19 1961, as “Take a Second Look”
- 125 · The Blue Wash Mystery · Anna Katharine Green · vi Wide Awake Pleasure Book, D. Lothrop, 1889, uncredited.
- 129 · Haunted Ground · Oliver La Farge · vi Ladies’ Home Journal August 1930
- 133 · Death of an Old Man · Arthur Miller · ss Esquire August 1949, as “A Regular Death Call”
- 139 · Dove Dulcet Hitches His Wagon— [Dove Dulcet] · Christopher Morley · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #44, July 1947
- 142 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- 148 · An Ingenious Defense · [uncredited] · ss The Leisure Hour April 28 1877
- 152 · Sancho Panza, Detective · Miguel de Cervantes · ex from Don Quixote, 1615
- 154 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1922, as “Sleepy”
translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888).
- 159 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited.
- 164 · The Man of the Knife · Alexandre Dumas · ss (r)
translated from the French.
- 170 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).
- 175 · The Expense of Justice · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French.
- 179 · My Watch · Mark Twain · vi Buffalo Express November 26 1870
- 182 · The Dog and the Horse · Voltaire · ex from “Zadig; or, The Book of Fate”, Works of M. de Voltaire: Volume the Eleventh by Voltaire, tr. T. Smollett et al., J. Newbery et al., 1762
translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, Leseur, September 1748).
- 188 · An Irreducible Detective Story [The Great Detective] · Stephen Leacock · vi Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1916
- 189 · The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber [Sherlock Holmes] · John Dickson Carr · pl The Unicorn Mystery Book Club News v2 #3, 1949, as by Dr. John H. Watson
play performed at the Mystery Writers of America annual meeting, April 1949.
- 194 · The Case of the Missing Patriarchs · Logan Clendening, M.D. · vi Edwin B. Hill, August 1934
- 195 · A Case of Identities · Margaret Norris · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1966
- 202 · The Unseen Door [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News August 5 1945
- 206 · The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 3 1940
- 212 · The Initialed Case · Lawrence G. Blochman · vi 1942
- 214 · Crime on Mars · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1960
- 220 · The Simplicity of the Act · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty November 29 1941, as “Boy, Are You Lucky”
- 224 · The Crime by the River · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard February 25 1953, as “The House by the River”
- 229 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947
- 233 · The Downshire Terror · Andrew Garve · ss John Bull August 4 1956, as “The Man Who Wasn’t Scared”
- 239 · Tea Shop Assassin [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 15 1955
- 243 · Chicago Nights’ Entertainments · Ben Hecht · ss 1923, as “Sergeant Kuzick’s Waterloo”
- 246 · After Twenty Years · O. Henry · vi The (New York) Sunday World February 14 1904
- 250 · Inspector Appleby’s First Case [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #115, June 1953
- 254 · The Scent of Murder [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1960
- 259 · The Nose of a Beagle · Arthur Porges · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1967
- 263 · A Lump of Sugar [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week July 9 1950, as “The Mystery of the 3 Dawn Riders”
- 268 · Death on Saturday Night [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Patrick Quentin (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week November 26 1950, as by Q. Patrick
- 273 · The Man Who Swallowed a Horse [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Verdict August 1953, as “The Dead Mr. Duck”
- 275 · London Night’s Entertainment · Margery Sharp · ss The Graphic November 28 1932
- 280 · 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).
- 285 · Santa Claus Beat · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift”
- 290 · As If by Magic [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard April 19 1954, as “The Hiding Place”
- 296 · The Ultimate Clue · Anthony Boucher · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960
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