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First Cases, Volume 2 ed. Robert J. Randisi (Signet, August 1997, 0-451-19017-3, $5.99, 282pp, pb, an) ix · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in 11 · Once Upon a Time [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1987 29 · The Theft of the Clouded Tiger [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1966 43 · After the Twelfth Chapter [Loren Mensing] · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972 59 · The Haunted Actress · Simon Brett · nv A Box of Tricks by Simon Brett, Gollancz, 1985 82 · Like a Thief in the Night [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lawrence Block · ss Cosmopolitan May 1983 96 · Hit-and-Run [Jill Smith] · Susan Dunlap · ss Great Modern Police Stories ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Walker, 1986 107 · See No Evil [Cat Marsala] · Barb D’Amato · nv I, P.I. by Barb D'Amato, 1996 126 · Deborah’s Judgment [Deborah Knott] · Margaret Maron · ss A Woman’s Eye ed. Sara Paretsky, Delacorte, 1991 147 · None of My Business, But… [Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins (Henrie O)] · Carolyn G. Hart · ss Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991 167 · Dead on Arrival · Joan Hess · ss Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991 180 · Old Rattler [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Partners in Crime ed. Elaine Raco Chase, Signet, 1994 196 · Parris Green [Irene Adler] · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv Malice Domestic 2 ed. Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, 1993 226 · Seascape · K. K. Beck · nv Sisters in Crime 5 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992 254 · The January Sale Stowaway · Dorothy Cannell · ss Christmas Stalkings ed. Charlotte MacLeod, Mysterious Press, 1991 267 · Anna Said… [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood IV ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1992

Greatest Hits ed. Robert J. Randisi (Carroll & Graf, 2005, 0-7867-1581-2, $26.00, 318pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 15 stories of assassins, hit men, and hired guns. vii · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in 1 · Keller’s Karma [John Keller] · Lawrence Block · nv Playboy February 1995 27 · The Catch · James W. Hall · nv 45 · Quarry’s Luck [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins · nv Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1994 69 · A Trip Home · Ed Gorman · ss 81 · Misdirection · Barbara Seranella · nv 103 · Snow, Snow, Snow · John Harvey · nv 129 · Upon My Soul · Robert J. Randisi · ss 153 · Karma Hits Dogma · Jeff Abbott · ss 171 · The Greatest Trick of All · Lee Child · ss 179 · Dr. Sullivan’s Library · Christine Matthews · ss 197 · Retrospective · Kevin Wignall · ss 215 · The Right Tool for the Job · Marcus Pelegrimas · nv 247 · For Sale by Owner · Jenny Siler · nv 269 · The Closers · Paul Guyot · nv 297 · Chapter and Verse · Jeffery Deaver · ss first appeared on Deaver’s Web site.

Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood ed. Robert J. Randisi (Pegasus Books, August 2007, 1933648287, $25.00, 322pp, hc, oa) 1 · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in 5 · Suicide Run · Michael Connelly · nv 31 · I Wasn’t There · Bill Pronzini · ss 45 · Murderlized · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv 71 · And the Winner Is… · Robert S. Levinson · ss 93 · Closing Credits · Terence Faherty · nv 127 · Too Sweet · Ken Kuhlken · ss 149 · And Then She Was Gone · Christine Matthews · ss 173 · Evangeline · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 189 · Jack Webb’s Star · Lee Goldberg · ss 213 · Devil Dog · Dick Lochte · nv 241 · When All Our Dreams Come True · Gary Phillips · ss 259 · Letter from a Dead Man · Percy Spurlark Parker · ss 279 · Barry of Hollywood · Paul Guyot · ss 299 · Moving Pictures · Gar Anthony Haywood · ss

Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi (Mysterious Press, August 1990, 0-89296-371-9, $18.95, 278pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of PI stories including work by Lawrence Block, James Ellroy, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Loren D. Estleman, John Lutz, and Max Allan Collins. A limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies (-425-1, $75.00) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in 3 · The Bookie’s Daughter · Michael Allegretto · ss 17 · Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss 34 · Private Consultation [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv 63 · The Chair [Dan Fortune] · Michael Collins · ss 77 · Naughty, Naughty [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · na 128 · Torch Number · James Ellroy · ss 146 · Death of a Fatcat · Paul Engleman · ss 158 · Cigarette Shop [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 172 · Someone to Turn Out the Lights [John Francis Cuddy] · Jeremiah Healy · ss 186 · Someone Else [Fred Carver] · John Lutz · ss 199 · Final Resting Place [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller · ss 218 · Bad to the Bone · W. R. Philbrick · ss 232 · Stakeout [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss 246 · Montezuma’s Other Revenge · Julie Smith · ss 262 · Bypass for Murder · Dick Stodghill · ss

Legend ed. Robert J. Randisi (Leisure, March 1999, 0-8439-4496-X, 406pp, pb, oa)     Technically this is a “shared novel” but since each author wrote a self-contained story about the main character, each story set in a separate decade, this could be considered an original anthology although none of the stories have separate names. 7 · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in · [Young Lyle’s quest to rescue his brother] · Elmer Kelton · nv · [Lyle’s first love] · Judy Alter · nv · [Takes Lyle into the 1860s and acquaints him with buffalo hunting] · Loren D. Estleman · nv · [Lyle’s brush with the Devereaux Gang in the 1870s] · James Reasoner · nv · [The story of how a woman finally captured the heart of Lyle Speaks] · Jane Candia Coleman · nv · [Takes Lyle into the 1890s and brings him face-to-face with his darkest fears] · Ed Gorman · nv · [All sections set in the 1900s: the opening, the bridges between sections, and the ending] · Robert J. Randisi · nv

Lethal Ladies ed. Robert J. Randisi & Barbara Collins--- see under Barbara Collins.

Lone Star Law ed. Robert J. Randisi (Pocket Books, 2005, pb, an) · Ghost Colts · Peter Brandvold · ss (r) · Requiem for Lost Souls · Randy Lee Eickhoff · ss (r) · One Hundred and Two Days · Marcus Galloway · ss (r) · Dead Man’s Gun · Ed Gorman · ss (r) · In the Line of Duty · Elmer Kelton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967 · A Job for a Ranger [Ranger Chick Bowdrie] · Louis L’Amour · ss Popular Western December 1946 · A Border Dispute · Rod Miller · ss (r) · One and Four · Robert J. Randisi · ss (r) · Time of the Gun-Wolves · James Reasoner · ss (r) · The Plum Creek Fight · Dusty Richards · ss (r) · Sundown · Troy D. Smith · ss (r) · The Blue Burro · L. J. Washburn · ss (r)

Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi (The Mysterious Press, 1986, 0-89296-924-5, $8.95, 230pp, tp, oa)     The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology. 1 · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in 5 · House Call [Nate Heller] · Max Allan Collins · nv 25 · Body Count [Joe Hannibal] · Wayne D. Dundee · nv 47 · I’m in the Book [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 65 · April in Peril [Brock (The Rock) Callahan] · William Campbell Gault · ss 81 · The Parker Shotgun [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · nv 103 · Busted Blossoms [Toby Peters] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ss 117 · Fly Away Home [Ben Perkins] · Rob Kantner · ss 135 · The Thunder of Guilt [Alo Nudger] · John Lutz · ss 149 · Missing in Miami · Arthur Lyons · nv 171 · At the Old Swimming Hole [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv 197 · Ace in the Hole · Bill Pronzini · ss 213 · Wrongful Death · Dick Stodghill · ss

Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi (Signet, November 2004, 0-451-21333-5, $6.99, 260pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 13 stories. vii · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in 1 · The P & G Ivory Cut-Whiskey Massacree · Craig Holden · ss cut from the original manuscript for the novel The Jazz Bird, 2001. 11 · Chop Suey · John Lutz · ss 25 · Snake Rag · Martin Meyers · nv 47 · East Side, West Side · Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens · nv 69 · Drummer Unknown · John Harvey · ss 85 · The Magic of Your Touch · Peter Robinson · ss 95 · Child’s Play · Bill Moody · ss 109 · Christmas Even [Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch] · Michael Connelly · nv first published on Connelly’s website c. 2001. 135 · Jazz Canary [Milan Jacovich] · Les Roberts · nv 161 · Kid Trombone [Talba Wallis] · Julie Smith · nv 185 · Muse · Ed Gorman · nv 223 · The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets [Tess Monaghan] · Laura Lippman · ss 239 · The Listening Room [Truxton Lewis] · Robert J. Randisi · nv

Tin Star ed. Robert J. Randisi (Berkley, April 2000, 0-425-17405-0, $5.99, 274pp, pb, oa)     Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Robert J. Randisi · in (r) · The Fugitive Book · Elmer Kelton · ss · Iron Dollar · Loren D. Estleman · ss · Anna and the Players [Anna Tolan] · Ed Gorman · nv Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1999 · Woollies · James Reasoner · ss · Maintien le Droit · Tim Champlin · ss · The Kid · Douglas Hirt · ss · Whiskeytaw Falls · L. J. Washburn · ss · Stanley and the Devil · Wendi Lee · ss · Mama’s Boy · Frank Roderus · ss · Law West of Lonetree · Deborah Morgan · ss · The Tailor of Yuma · Marthayn Pelegrimas · ss · The Cast-Iron Star · Robert J. Randisi · ss

Under the Gun: Mystery Scene Presents the Best Suspense and Mystery ed. Robert J. Randisi, Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Ed Gorman.

White Hats ed. Robert J. Randisi (Berkley, April 2002, 0-425-18426-9, $5.99, 258pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 16 western stories, two reprint. 1 · Introduction: Hi-Yo, White Hats · Robert J. Randisi · in 3 · Let the Cards Decide · Louis L’Amour · ss West of Dodge by Louis L'Amour, Random House, 1996 16 · Sojourn in Kansas · Lenore Carroll · ss 32 · On Peg Leg’s Trail · Jon Chandler · nv 62 · Who Would Kill a Dead Man? · Stef Donev · nv 87 · Likker Money · Jerry Guin · ss Western Digest #16, July/August 1997 97 · On the Peck · R. C. House · ss 114 · The Winning of Poker Alice · John Jakes · ss Complete Western Book Magazine February 1953 124 · Buffalo Bill’s Last Dream · Arthur Winfield Knight · ss 132 · At Freedom’s Edge · Judy Magnuson Lilly · ss 152 · Separating the Wheat from the Tares, Being a True Account of the Death and Life of Orrin Porter Rockwell · Rod Miller · ss 165 · Ribbons and Gee-Strings · Candy Moulton · ss 181 · Day of Vengeance · James Reasoner · ss 199 · The Diamond Ring Fling · Lori Van Pelt · ss 213 · The Cotton Road · L. J. Washburn · ss 231 · A Commercial Proposition · Richard S. Wheeler · ss 243 · The Bull’s Head · Sandy Whiting · ss

The Beat Goes On by Ian Rankin (Orion, October 9, 2014, 978-1-4091-5155-5, £19.99, 451pp, hc, co) [Insp. John Rebus]     Collection of “all the stories about Inspector John Rebus” but still missing four Rebus stories that had been published at this time: “My Shopping Day”, “The Acid Test”, “Get Shortie” and “Well Shot.” The first was published in the subsequent UK paperback edition and the US hardcover edition, which also included a new story, “Cinders”. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 1 · Preface · Ian Rankin · pr 3 · Dead and Buried [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Saints of the Shadow Bible (special Waterstones edition) by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2013 12 · Playback [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 22 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1990 28 · The Dean Curse [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 48 · Being Frank [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 58 · Concrete Evidence [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 75 · Seeing Things [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 91 · A Good Hanging [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 112 · Tit for Tat [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 127 · Not Provan [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 140 · Sunday [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 150 · Auld Lang Syne [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 161 · The Gentleman’s Club [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 175 · Monstrous Trumpet [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992 196 · Talk Show [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv Winter’s Crimes 23 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1991 212 · Trip Trap [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 227 · Castle Dangerous [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1993 245 · In the Frame [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Winter’s Crimes 24 ed. Maria Rejt, Macmillan UK, 1992 259 · Facing the Music [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Midwinter Mysteries 4 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1994 271 · Window of Opportunity [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1995 280 · Death Is Not the End [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · na Orion, 1998 320 · No Sanity Clause [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Sunday Telegraph December 24 2000, as “Father Christmas’s Revenge” 327 · Tell Me Who to Kill [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv Mysterious Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards, Little, Brown, 2003 first distributed as a photocopied typescript given to attendess of a reading by Rankin at a charity event in Edinburgh in early 2003. 346 · Saint Nicked [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Radio Times December 21 2002/January 3 2003 (+1) 362 · Atonement [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv The Complete Short Stories by Ian Rankin, Orion, 2005 382 · Not Just Another Saturday [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss John Rebus Limited, August 2005 written for SNIP, a charity organisation; people in attendance of the event were provided with a “typescript” of the story. 386 · Penalty Claus [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss The Mail on Sunday December 26 2010 (+1) 398 · The Passenger [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 414 · A Three-Pint Problem [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 429 · The Very Last Drop [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Spinetingler (online) March 26 2010 written in 2010 to be read aloud at an Edinburgh charity event to help the work of Royal Blind. 439 · Rankin on Rebus [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ar The Mysterious Bookshop, 2007, as “John Rebus”