Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader’s Companion ed. Dilys Winn (Westbridge Books, 1978, 0-7153-7748-5, £4.95, xx+522pp, tp, oa)
Reprint (Workman 1977) literary book.
- xix · Introduction · Dilys Winn · in
- 1 · Chapter 1: The Mystery History
- 3 · From Poe to the Present · Dilys Winn · ar
- 7 · Hearing Voices in My Head · Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, Richard Stark & Donald E. Westlake · iv
- 12 · The Most Asked Question: Why Do People Read Detective Stories? · Gladys Mitchell · ar
- 16 · Street Encounter Past Midnight: The Nonbeliever’s Comeuppance · Jacques Barzun · ms
- 18 · The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction: Two Centuries of Cornerstones, 1748-1948 · Howard Haycraft & Ellery Queen · bi
- 23 · Collecting Detective Fiction · Otto Penzler · ar
- 27 · The Mystery Reader’s Reference Shelf · Vernon Lay · bi
- 28 · American Editing · Joan Kahn · ar
- 29 · English Editing · Elizabeth Walker · ar
- 30 · Confessions of a Slush Reader · Eleanor Sullivan · ar
- 32 · Rendering a Verdict · Clifford A. Ridley · ar
- 34 · The Trailor Murder Mystery · Abraham Lincoln · ts Quincy, Illinois Whig April 15 1846, as “A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder”
- 40 · Mystery Organizations · [uncredited] · bi
- 43 · Chapter 2: Perpetrators
- 45 · You Call It a Pseudonym, We Call It an Alias · Carol Kountz · ar
- 49 · I.N.I.T.I.A.L.S. · H. R. F. Keating · ar
- 51 · Making a Name for Myself · Penelope Wallace · bg
- 53 · A Marriage of Minds · Mildred & Gordon Gordon · bg
- 55 · The Case of the Wall Street Mysteries · Max Hall · ar Harvard Magazine 1975 [Ref. Emma Lathen]
- 58 · Why I’ll Never Finish My Mystery · John Leonard · bg
- 61 · Book One: To Be Continued? · James McClure · ar
- 65 · The Lure of the Reichenbach · Peter Dickinson · ar
- 68 · Ought Adam to Marry Cordelia? · P. D. James · ar
- 70 · Mystery Writers: A Think Tank for the Police? · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ar
- 72 · Creating a Mystery Game · Lawrence Treat · ar
- 74 · The Lunch Room Murder · Lawrence Treat · pz from Bringing Sherlock Home, Doubleday Doran, 1935
- 76 · Living with a Mystery Writer · Abby Adams · bg [Ref. Donald E. Westlake]
- 79 · Interview with a Character · Colin Watson · ar
- 81 · The Solitary Life of the Writer · Joyce Porter · ar
- 83 · Chapter 3: Bloodhounds
- 85 · An Eyewitness Account of Holmes · John P. Oliver · ar [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]
- 88 · Nero Wolfe Consultation · Anthony Spiesman · ar [Ref. Rex Stout]
- 91 · The Ultimate Disguise Expert · Herb Galewitz · ar [Ref. Walter R. Brooks]
- 92 · The Many Disguises of Freddy the Pig · Kurt Weise · il (r) [Ref. Walter R. Brooks]
from the “Freddy the Pig” detective stories.
- 94 · H.M.: The Old Man · Donald Rumbelow · ar
- 96 · Hercule Poirot Is Dead · Thomas Lask · ms The New York Times August 6 1975 [Ref. Agatha Christie]
- 97 · Little Grey Cells · [uncredited] · ms
- 98 · Gervase Fen and the Teacake School · Catherine Aird · ar [Ref. Edmund Crispin]
- 101 · Tempest in a Teapot: The Care and Brewing of Tea · Jeanine Larmoth · ar Murder on the Menu by Janine Larmoth & Charlotte Turgeon, McIntosh & Otis, 1972
- 104 · Little Old Ladies · Heron Carvic · ar
- 106 · The Miss Marple Look-Alike Contest · [uncredited] · ms
- 108 · Hidden Detectives · James H. Olander · pz
- 109 · The BBC Through a Monocle · Ian Carmichael · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers]
- 110 · A Bell-Ringer Protests · Joan Sanderson · ms [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers]
- 113 · A Pince-Nez Propelled by Two Walking Sticks · Donald Rumbelow · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr]
- 114 · The Gothic Nightgown · Solomon Hastings · ms; illustrated by Marie Gilmore
- 116 · The Mystery of Nancy Drew · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Harriet Stratemeyer Adams]
- 119 · Miss Scarlet in the Library with a Wrench · John Watson · ar
- 120 · All in the Game · Suzanne Weaver · pm
- 121 · Chapter 4: Private Eyes and Spies
- 123 · Marxism and the Mystery · Robert B. Parker · ar
- 126 · How to Tell Spade from Marlowe from Archer · Richard R. Lingeman · ar Esquire August 1975 [Ref. Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler & Ross Macdonald]
- 132 · Mike and Mickey · Pete Hamill · ar [Ref. Mickey Spillane]
- 134 · Soft-Boiled but Still an Egg · Michael Z. Lewin · ar
- 137 · The Maltese Duck Caper · Margaret Boe Birns · pl
- 140 · The House Dick · Lawrence Frost · ar
- 144 · The Paperback Hero · Alice K. Turner · ar
- 148 · Tailing Techniques · Anthony Spiesman · ar
- 153 · The History of the Trench Coat · Hopley Croyden · ar; illustrated by Marty Norman
- 154 · The Invisible Bond · Michael Gilbert · ar [Ref. Ian Fleming]
- 158 · Becoming Modesty · Peter O’Donnell · ar
- 161 · Smiley at the Circus: Cold War Espionage · John Gardner · ar [Ref. John le Carré]
- 164 · Memoirs of an Ex-Spy · Ted Allbeury · ar
- 169 · Establishing a Cover · Berkely Mather · ar
- 172 · The Cryptography Bureau: How to Tell a Vigenère from a Pig-Pen · Edward D. Hoch · ar
- 173 · Code-Breaker Quiz · Joseph C. Stacey · qz
- 177 · False Passports: Getting Across the Border · Robin W. Winks · ar
- 181 · Chapter 5: Victims
- 183 · The Most Likely Victim · Rosamund Bryce · ar
- 186 · Disposing of the Body · Ione Paloma · ar
- 189 · Graveside Bouquets · [uncredited] · ms; illustrated by Marty Norman
- 191 · The Don’t List · Catherine Prezzano · ms
- 192 · The Dinner Plate · Carlotta Ogelthorpe · ar
- 194 · The Invalid’s Tray · Violet St. Clair · ar
- 196 · The Terrible Edibles: Innocuous (Seemingly) House and Garden Plants That Will (Quite Simply) Slay You · Ruth H. Smiley & Carolyn Fiske · ar
- 198 · A Puzzler to Mull Over · Stuart Bochner · pz
- 200 · The Ripper’s Ladies · Donald Rumbelow · ar
- 203 · The Edinburgh Pillow · Hugh Douglas · ar
- 205 · The Day I Ripped Off Lizzie’s House · Ellen Stern · ar
- 207 · Chapter 6: Modus Operandi
- 209 · Paraphernalia: Making Use of What’s Available · Jeanine Larmoth · ar
- 212 · Laundering Money: Numbered Accounts and Other Tax Shelters · Stanley H. Brown · ar
- 218 · Smuggling Pitfalls · Letitia Twyffert · ar
- 220 · Wiretapping: A Session with a Debugger · Thomas Seligson · ar
- 224 · The Rules of Poison Penmanship · [uncredited] · ar
- 227 · The Getaway Car: Step on the Pedal and Go · Warren Weith · ar
- 233 · The Dip: A Dance in 4/4 Time · Solomon Hastings · ms; illustrated by Marty Norman
- 234 · Difficulties of the Safe-Cracker · R. J. Pilgrim · ar
- 238 · Verses for Hearses · Isaac Asimov · gp
- _238 · Curare · Isaac Asimov · pm
- _238 · Belladonna · Isaac Asimov · pm
- _238 · Potassium Cyanide · Isaac Asimov · pm
- _238 · Phosgene · Isaac Asimov · pm
- _238 · Arsenic · Isaac Asimov · pm
- _238 · Botulism · Isaac Asimov · pm
- _238 · Snake Venom · Isaac Asimov · pm
- _238 · Arrow Poison · Isaac Asimov · pm
- 239 · The Assassin’s Arsenal · David Penn · ar
- 246 · The Correct Use of the Blunt Instrument · [uncredited] · ar
- 248 · Ms. Borgia & Co.: Posion Rings, Murder Rings · Leonard R. Harris · ar
- 251 · Chapter 7. Scenes of the Crime
- 253 · Walking Tour of London · Margaret Boe Birns · ar
- 256 · Waylaid in Lonely Places · [uncredited] · pi
- 258 · St. Mary Mead and Other Troubled Villages · Margaret Yorke · ar
- 261 · Nobody Leave the Room! · E. R. Emmet · qz from Brain Puzzler’s Delight, Emerson Books, 1967
- 262 · Maybe You Better Not Lock the Door · Gordon Bean · ar
- 264 · Oxford vs. Cambridge: The Dark Blues Have the Most · Margaret Yorke · ar
- 267 · The Gothic House · Peter Blake · ar; illustrated by Chas Addams
- 270 · Step to the Rear of the Book · [uncredited] · ms
- 272 · The United States Bullion Depository · [uncredited] · ar
- 274 · New York Literary Tour · Lionel Chelmsford · ar
- 276 · The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon-Colored Gloves · Kenneth Patchen · pm Collected Poems by Kenneth Patchen, New Directions Publishing, 1942
- 277 · The Suitcase Caper · Harriet Grollier · ar
- 279 · Chapter 8. Red Herrings
- 281 · Whodunit: A Guide to the Obvious · Mathew J. Mahler · ar
- 283 · Watsons · Frederick Arnold · ar
- 285 · Sleuths and Sidekicks · Betsy Lang · qz
- 287 · The Butler · Dilys Winn · vi
- 290 · The Pub · Hadrian Schwartz · ar
- 294 · Dames · Alison Wentworth · ar
- 297 · Stoolies · Christopher Rutledge · ar
- 299 · Chapter 9. Cops and Bobbies
- 301 · Carella of the 87th · James McClure · ar [Ref. Ed McBain]
- 306 · The Well-Dressed Cop · [uncredited] · ms
- 308 · Saturday Night with the 26th · Thomas Seligson · ar
- 312 · Offbeat Music · [uncredited] · ms
- 314 · The NYPD Glossary · Lynn Strong · ms
- 317 · The History of the English Police Force · Peter N. Walker · ar
- 320 · The Bobby Glossary · Peter N. Walker · ms
- 322 · The Black Museum of Scotland Yard · Laurence Henderson · ar
- 323 · Why “Scotland Yard”? · Peter N. Walker · ms
- 325 · Schematic of the Police System of England and Wales · Peter N. Walker · ar
- 328 · La Police Française · Eve Darge · ar
- 331 · Vidocq · Peter N. Walker · bg
- 332 · Maigret Interviewed · Eve Darge · ar [Ref. Georges Simenon]
- 334 · Polis! Polis! · K. Arne Blom · ar
- 336 · Interpol · [uncredited] · ms
- 337 · Chapter 10. The Lab
- 339 · A Fictional Prognosis · P. D. James · ar
- 343 · The Mystery Reader’s Pharmacopoeia · Rodger J. Winn, M.D. · ar
- 349 · The Busiest Morgue in the World · William DeAndrea · ar
- 353 · The Forensic Odontologist · Lowell J. Levine, D.D.S. · ar
- 354 · Something to Sink Your Teeth Into · Michael Baden, M.D. · ms
- 358 · The Forensic Anthropologist · Clyde Collins Snow, Ph.D. · ar
- 362 · The Pinocchio Machines · George J. O’Toole · ar
- 365 · The Astrological Imperative · Peter Bull · ar
- 368 · The Legs Diamond Configuration · Joyce Sanderson · ms
- 370 · Incriminating Evidence · [uncredited] · ms
- 371 · Chapter 11. Mouthpieces
- 373 · How to Pick a Good Lawyer · Washington C. Beenson · ar
- 375 · How to Make a Will · [uncredited] · ms; illustrated by Peter Arno
- 376 · Books by Crooks · Milt Machlin · ar
- 377 · The Best Defense · Paul Chevigny · ar
- 380 · That “Bastard Verdict” · Avon Curry · ar
- 383 · How It Feels When the Bad Guy Gets Off · Lee Fowler · ar
- 386 · The Barristers’ Wigmaker · [uncredited] · ms
- 387 · The Old Bailey · Peter N. Walker · ar
- 388 · The Difference Between a Barrister and a Solicitor · Michael Gilbert · ar
- 390 · Prisons: Getting In—Getting Out · Thomas M. McDade · ar
- 394 · Interview with a Warden · [uncredited] · ms
- 396 · Accommodations at Sing Sing · [uncredited] · pi
- 398 · Newgate Prison · Peter N. Walker · ar
- 400 · The Hangman’s Story · Laurence Henderson · ar
- 401 · The Last Cog in the Law Machine · Anne Worboys · ms
- 405 · Chapter 12. Caught in the Act
- 407 · Exeunt Dying · R. M. Whyte · ar
- 409 · The Role I Want Most · Jerry Stiller · ms
- 410 · A Visit with One of the Snoop Sisters · Mildred Natwick · ms
- 412 · The First Successful Mystery Movie · Richard Townsend · ar
- 415 · Starring in a Horror · Roy Scheider · ar
- 416 · Walton’s Wheels: Readying the Orient Express · Solomon Hastings · ar
- 420 · The MacGuffin Man · Peter J. Schuyten · ar [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock]
- 423 · Cosmetics to Make You Look Worse: The Make-Up Man’s Art · Solomon Hastings · ar
- 426 · To Walk Among Shadows · George Baker · ar [Ref. Ngaio Marsh]
- 428 · An Eerie Radio Quiz · Chris Steinbrunner · qz
- 431 · Foghorns, Footsteps, Gunshots, A Scream: The Noisy Memories of a Radio Effects Man · Chris Steinbrunner · ar
- 435 · Chapter 13. Accessories After the Fact
- 437 · Mystery Fans and the Problem of “Potential Murderers” · Edmund Bergler, M.D. · ar
- 444 · Simenon, Apollo and Dionysus: A Jungian Approach to the Mystery · John Boe, Ph.D. · ar
- 447 · Crosswords and Whodunits: A Correlation Between Addicts? · Colin Dexter · ar
- 449 · Murder Ink · Eugene T. Maleska · pz
- 451 · A Slight Debate: A Hard-Boiled Fan and a Country-House Fan Discuss the Genre · Marilyn Stasio & Richard Hummler · pl
- 454 · The Best Book I Never Wrote · Judith Crist · ar
- 457 · Christmas Gifts for Mystery Fans · Carol Brener · ar
- 459 · Tea with Ellery Queen · Dilys Winn · ar [Ref. Ellery Queen]
- 462 · Dear Mr Garfield: An Author Opens His Mail · Brian Garfield · ar
- 465 · Chapter 14. Looking for (More) Trouble
- 467 · The Devout: Benefit of Clergy · Catherine Aird · ar
- 470 · The Educator: The Case of the Screaming Spires · Reginald Hill · ar
- 473 · The Environmentalist: Storyteller Country · Duncan Kyle · ar
- 475 · The Historian: Once Upon a Crime · Peter Lovesey · ar
- 477 · Gardening: Thou Bleeding Piece of Earth · Avon Curry · ar
- 480 · Hobbies of the Famous: Something Betwen a Sport and a Religion · Anne N. Nixon · ar
- 482 · Commuting: An Unscheduled Stop at an Isolated Junction · Hugh Douglas · ar
- 485 · Competing: The Sporting Blood Syndrome · John L. Powers · ar
- 488 · Holidaying: The Christmas Mystery Lecture · Bill Vande Water · ar
- 491 · Sinister Orientals: Everybody’s Favorite Villains · Robin W. Winks · ar
- 494 · Homosexuals in the Mystery: Victims or Victimizers? · Solomon Hastings · ar
- 496 · A Few (Million) Words About My Good Friend Holmes · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]
- 502 · Good Little Girls and Boys · Phyllis A. Whitney · ar
- 505 · Are Girls More Inherently Evil Than Boys? · Arnold Madison · ar
- 507 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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