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The Armchair Detective [v11 #1, January 1978] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., 104pp, quarto, cover by John Odam) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 4 · Letters · The Readers · lc 6 · Humphrey Bogart: Some Comments on the Canonization Process · J. M. Purcell · ar 17 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 21 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 27 · Retro Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 28 · A Reading of Reeve: Some Thoughts on the Creator of Craig Kennedy · J. Randolph Cox · ar [Ref. Arthur B. Reeve] 34 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part VII · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 46 · Interview with Bill Pronzini · Robert J. Randisi · iv [Ref. Bill Pronzini] 49 · The Hard-Boiled Detective Hero in the 1970s · David J. Geherin · ar 52 · Report from the Bouchercon · R. E. Briney · ar 58 · Cats in Mysteries. Part I · Jane Merrill Filstrup · ar 63 · Roderick Alleyn: Ngaio Marsh’s Oxonian Superintendent · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ref. Ngaio Marsh] 72 · Upfield Collector: A Mystery Buff of the Purest Sort · Natalie Hall · ar [Ref. Arthur Upfield] 74 · The Police Are Always There: The Police Procedural IV · George N. Dove · ar 78 · The Marble Faun: A Whydunit · J. R. Christopher · ar 79 · The Return of Paul Pine · Caleb A. Lewis · ar 86 · Paradox and Plot: The Fiction of Fredric Brown—Part VI · Newton Baird · ar [Ref. Fredric Brown] 92 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Six) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 96 · Crime Writers Congress · [uncredited] · ms 96 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 100 · Crime Crossword · Louis C. Mandes, Jr. · pz 101 · Book Exchange · Various · cl 103 · Mystery Courses Update · [uncredited] · ms

The Armchair Detective [v11 #2, April 1978] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., quarto, cover by Karl Nicholason) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 106 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 108 · Letters · The Readers · lc 110 · Agatha Christie’s Other Detectives: Parker Pyne and Harley Quin · E. F. Burgainnier · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 116 · AJH Short Notes · Allen J. Hubin · cl 119 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 126 · Retro Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 128 · Movie Notes · [uncredited] · mr 130 · Controversy · Guy M. Townsend · ar 132 · Lament for a Legend: Lizzie Borden Revisited · Mary D. Smith · pm 134 · Cats in Mysteries. Part II · Jane Merrill Filstrup · ar 139 · Explorations of Love: An Examination of Some Novels by Ruth Rendell · Jane S. Bakerman · ar [Ref. Ruth Rendell] 145 · The Last Year · Mary Groff · ar 150 · The Tangled Emotions: The Police Procedural V · George N. Dove · ar 153 · International Crime Spree Rocks New York · Caleb A. Lewis · ar 156 · Mystery Writers Honor Their Own · Robyn Greenberg · ar 159 · Mystery, Murder, and Academe · Jane Gottschalk · ar 171 · Order and Disorder in The Maltese Falcon · Donald J. Pattow · ar 172 · Interview with Howard Browne · Caleb A. Lewis · iv [Ref. Howard Browne] 177 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part VIII · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 186 · Garfield for the Defense: Purcell vs. Bogart · Brian Garfield · ar 189 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 190 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 191 · Book Exchange · Various · cl 192 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 193 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Reference List · Peter E. Blau · ar 194 · Crime Crossword · Louis C. Mandes, Jr. · pz 195 · Mystery Courses Update · [uncredited] · ms 196 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1976 · Walter Albert · bi 203 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Seven) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi

The Armchair Detective [v11 #3, July 1978] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., 165-244pp, quarto, cover by Darrel Millsap) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 210 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 212 · Letters · The Readers · lc 214 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 1 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 230 · AJH Short Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 234 · Bloody but Readable · Mary Groff · ar 237 · Controversy · Myrna Smith · ar 238 · Endure and Prevail: The Novels of Dick Francis · Barry Bauska · ar [Ref. Dick Francis] 245 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 249 · The Rookie Type: The Police Procedural VI · George N. Dove · ar 252 · Retro Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 254 · America, Où est-vous? Speculations on Exbrayat · Margery Evernden · ar 257 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 258 · In Memoriam: Leigh Brackett · Robert E. Briney · ob [Ref. Leigh Brackett] 260 · Mysteries Make Headlines · C. David Hellyer · ar 262 · The English Detective Novel Between the Wars: 1919-1939 · Elaine Bander · ar 274 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part IX · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 281 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Eight) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 282 · A Word for John Creasey: J. J. Marric’s Gideon’s Risk · John Boyles · ar [Ref. John Creasey] 284 · Created, the Destroyer: An Interview with Warren Murphy · Dick Lochte · iv [Ref. Warren Murphy] 287 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 290 · The Case of the Canonical Collector · Jackie Geyer · ar 293 · Crime Crossword · Louis C. Mandes, Jr. · pz 294 · Detectives and Geology: An Investigation · William A. S. Sarjeant · ar 298 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 299 · In Defense of Ronald Knox · James Kingman · ar 300 · An Interview with Max Collins · Robert J. Randisi · iv [Ref. Max Collins] 305 · News & Clues · [uncredited] · cl 306 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc

The Armchair Detective [v11 #4, October 1978] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., 96pp+, quarto, cover: Chandler by Steranko) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 314 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 316 · Letters · The Readers · lc 318 · The Evolution of the Great American Detective: The Reader as Detective Hero · William Kittredge & Steven M. Krauzer · ar 331 · AJH Short Notes · Allen J. Hubin · cl 334 · The Sound of Suspense: John Dickson Carr as a Radio Writer · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 339 · John Dickson Carr, Alias Roger Fairbairn, and the Historical Novel · Douglas G. Greene · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 342 · Movie Notes · [uncredited] · mr 343 · Chinese Detectives in Poland · Everett F. Bleiler · ar 346 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 348 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 2 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 357 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: A Classic Forgery [Fidelity Dove] · Roy Vickers · ss The Exploits of Fidelity Dove by David Durham, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924, as by David Durham 365 · Series Synopses · [uncredited] · cl 366 · Sam Spade: Lover · Peter Wolfe · ar Xenophile #38, March/April 1978 [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 372 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part X · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 379 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 380 · Retro Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 382 · An Interview with Richard Lockridge · Chris & Janie Filstrup · iv [Ref. Richard Lockridge] 394 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Nine) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 395 · Radio Detectives’ Tag-Lines Quiz · R. Jeff Banks · ar 396 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 397 · Crime Crossword · Louis C. Mandes, Jr. · pz 398 · Controversy · J. M. Purcell · ar 402 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc

The Armchair Detective [v12 #1, January 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Gahan Wilson) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 3 · We Tell Stories: A Talk Given at a Monthly MWA Meeting in New York · Pete Hamill · ar 6 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 14 · W. T. Ballard: An Interview · Stephen Mertz · iv [Ref. W. T. Ballard] 20 · Lord Peter Views the Telly · J. R. Christopher · ar 28 · The Many Rises and Falls of J. Rufus Wallingford · Albert Borowitz · ar 30 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 32 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Ten) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 34 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part XI · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 40 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Eleventh Hour [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William MacHarg · nv Hampton’s Magazine February 1910 57 · Julian Symons and Civilization’s Discontents · Steven R. Carter · ar [Ref. Julian Symons] 62 · Series Synopsis · [uncredited] · cl 64 · On Reading Detective Fiction · John M. Reilly · ar 66 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 69 · John Dickson Carr on British Radio · Douglas G. Greene · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 72 · Introducing Paul Cain and His Fast One: A Forgotten Hard-Boiled Writer—A Forgotten Gangster Novel · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Ref. Paul Cain] 77 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 81 · Movie Notes · [uncredited] · mr 82 · Crime Crossword · [uncredited] · pz 83 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 3 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 89 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 91 · Letters · The Readers · lc 94 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc

The Armchair Detective [v12 #2, Spring 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Sorceress of the Strand · Gordon Browne · cv The Strand Magazine February 1903; originally published as an interior illustration to accompany “The Bloodstone” by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace. 98 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 99 · The Great Australian Detective · William Antony S. Sarjeant · ar 106 · Cornell Woolrich: The Years Before Suspense · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Cornell Woolrich] 111 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 118 · Patterns of Guilt and Isolation in Five Novels by “Tucker Coe” · Jane S. Bakerman · ar 122 · William Hope Hodgson’s Carnacki the Ghost-Finder · Peter Christensen · ar [Ref. William Hope Hodgson] 125 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1977 · Walter Albert · bi 130 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 132 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 133 · Series Synopsis · J. M. Purcell · cl 134 · An Interview with Gregory Mcdonald · Robert Randisi · iv [Ref. Gregory Mcdonald] 135 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 136 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Madame Sara [Madame Sara] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine October 1902; given as by L.T. Meade alone. 152 · The Mousetrap Phenomenon · Arthur Nicholas Athanason · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 158 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 4 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 164 · Pulps of the 1920’s and 30’s · [uncredited] · ar 165 · Crime Crossword · Louis C. Mandes, Jr. · pz 166 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 168 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part XII · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 174 · The Police in Society: The Novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö · Frank Occhiogrosso · ar [Ref. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö] 178 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 183 · “Edmund Crispin” · Robert Bruce Montgomery · ar 186 · Letters · The Readers · lc 189 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 191 · Detecting the Sponsors · R. Jeff Banks · ar

The Armchair Detective [v12 #3, Summer 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover: Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 193 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 195 · The Destiny of the House · Stanley Ellin · ar 196 · Ellery Queen: First Impressions · Robert W. Douty · ar 197 · The Comic Book Adventures of Ellery Queen · Ron Goulart · ar 200 · Growing Up with Ellery Queen · Edward D. Hoch · ar 201 · Fred Dannay and EQMM · Eleanor Sullivan · ar 203 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 209 · “To the Very Last: The Dying Message” · Lynn Biederstadt · ar 211 · Radio Mystery Quiz · R. Jeff Banks · ar 212 · The Lamp of God · Thomas Godfrey · ar 214 · Challenges to the Listener · Chris Steinbrunner · ar 216 · Ellery Queen on the Small Screen · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar 224 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 226 · The Quacks in the Quorum · Adrian Goldstone · ar 228 · A Reader’s Supplement to Queen’s Quorum · Douglas G. Greene · ar 236 · Frederic Dannay: Doctor of Humane Letters · Allen J. Hubin · ar 238 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Lingo Dan [Lingo Dan] · Percival Pollard · ss Lingo Dan by Percival Pollard, The Neale Pub. Co, 1903 244 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 246 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 5 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 255 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 256 · The Red Herring as Folklore · William M. Clements · ar 260 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 262 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 264 · Captain Shaw’s Hard-Boiled Boys · Stephen Mertz · ar 266 · Letters · The Readers · lc 270 · Inspector Bucket’s Rival · Clifford Jiggens · ar 272 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 274 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 276 · An Interview with John Lutz · Mary Ann Grochowski · iv [Ref. John Lutz] 280 · A Mirror to Our Crimes · Edward D. Hoch · ar 286 · Edgar Lustgarten, 1970-1978 · Mary Groff · ob [Ref. Edgar Lustgarten] 287 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc

The Armchair Detective [v12 #4, Fall 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover: Mickey Spillane by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 290 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 293 · Just a Writer Working for a Buck · Michael Barson · ar 300 · Spillane and the Critics · R. Jeff Banks · ar [Ref. Mickey Spillane] 308 · DAT’S Mike HAM-MUH! · Max Collins · ar [Ref. Mickey Spillane] 320 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 324 · An Interview with Marc Olden · Robert J. Randisi · iv [Ref. Marc Olden] 328 · An Appreciation of Archie Goodwin · Arden Knight · ar [Ref. Archie Goodwin] 330 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 332 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Peter Crane’s Cigars [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine July 1905 341 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 6 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 348 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part XIII · B. A. Pike · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 353 · Letters · The Readers · lc 358 · A Preliminary Chronology of the Documented Cases of Napoleon Bonaparte · William Antony S. Sarjeant · ar 360 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 362 · Detective Story Aspects of the Nouveau Roman · Erica M. Eisinger · ar 366 · Series Synopsis · [uncredited] · cl 367 · TAD Goes to the Movies · Tom Godfrey · cl 368 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 369 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 372 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 376 · Retrospective Review of TV Film Interview · [uncredited] · ms 382 · Crime Crossword · [uncredited] · pz

The Armchair Detective [v13 #1, Winter 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Pat Creswell) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 4 · Threats to Rationalism: John Fowles, Stanislaw Lem, and the Detective Story · Frank Occhiogrosso · ar [Ref. John Fowles & Stanislaw Lem] 8 · David (Pudd’nhead) Wilson: The Missing Figure in a Detectives’ Group Portrait · Louise Saylor · ar 12 · Drood the Obscure: The Evidence of the Names · Robert F. Fleissner · ar 17 · Lord Peter Wimsey of Piccadilly: His Lordship’s Life and Times · William M. Scott · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 23 · The Black Mask Boys Go Legit · William F. Nolan · ar 25 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 26 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 31 · Feminists as Detectives: Harriet Vane, Kale Fansler, and Sarah Chayse · Kathleen Gregory Klein · ar 36 · The “Amanda Cross” Case: Socializing the U.S. Academic Mystery · J. M. Purcell · ar 41 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 43 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1978 · Walter Albert · bi 48 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Twelve Green Russian Garnets · Arthur Sherburne Hardy · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 58 · Blackout: Hubert Aquin’s Surreal Mystery · Russell M. Brown · ar [Ref. Hubert Aquin] 61 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 65 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 67 · A Song for the Unsung · Joseph J. Coffey · ar 69 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 7 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 75 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 76 · Letters · The Readers · lc 78 · Retro Reviews · [uncredited] · rc

The Armchair Detective [v13 #2, Spring 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 82 · The Uneasy Chair · The Editor · ed 83 · The Chronology of the Travis McGee Novels · Allan D. Pratt · ar 90 · Conquering the Stereotypes: On Reading the Novels of John D. MacDonald · George S. Peek · ar [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 94 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 98 · An Interview with a Black Sheep of Amsterdam: Janwillem van de Wetering · Janie & Chris Filstrup · iv [Ref. Janwillem van de Wetering] 108 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 110 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 112 · A Fatal Attraction · G. A. Finch · ar 125 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Adventure of the House with the Baboons [Smiler Bunn] · Bertram Atkey · ss The Grand Magazine July 1910, as “The Place with the Baboons” 134 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 135 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 136 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 137 · The Worst Mystery Novel of All Time · Bill Pronzini · ar 141 · “The Wild Bunch” Revisited · Brian Garfield · ar 145 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 148 · On Compiling a Sax Rohmer Collection · Alan Warren · ar [Ref. Sax Rohmer] 150 · John le Carré’s Circus · Harry D. Dawson · ar [Ref. John le Carré] 151 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 8 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 158 · Letters · The Readers · lc 163 · The Failure of Two Swiss Sleuths · Kay Herr · ar 166 · Iwan Hedman: An Interview · Caleb A. Lewis · iv [Ref. Iwan Hedman] 169 · Crime and Character: Notes on Rex Stout’s Early Fiction · David R. Anderson · ar [Ref. Rex Stout] 171 · Some of My Best Friends Are Books · Mary Groff · ar 173 · Zadig as a Jew: An Early German Tale of Detection · Armin Arnold · ar

The Armchair Detective [v13 #3, Summer 1980] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover: The Old Man in the Corner by H. M. Brock from 1909) [] Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 178 · The Uneasy Chair · Otto Penzler · ed 179 · Raoul F. Whitfield, A Star with the Mask · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Ref. Raoul F. Whitfield] 185 · The Playful Mysteries of Peter Dickinson · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ref. Peter Dickinson] 194 · Nigel Morland—Fifty Years of Crime Writing · Pearl G. Aldrich · ar [Ref. Nigel Morland] 199 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 205 · 34th Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner · Jiro Kimura · ar; given as by Jimo Kimura on the article itself. 208 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 210 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. January-March 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 212 · Lord Peter Wimsey of Piccadilly: His Lordship’s Life and Times Part II · William M. Scott · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 219 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Happy Land · James M’Levy · ss Curiosities of Crime in Edinburgh by James M'Levy, Kay, 1861 224 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 226 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 228 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 230 · Karma and Spiritual Responsibility in James Jones’s A Touch of Danger · Steven R. Carter · ar [Ref. James Jones] 237 · Letters · The Readers · lc 240 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 9 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 244 · Dicks on Stage: Form and Formula in Detective Drama [Part 10 of 10] · Charles LaBorde · ar 247 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 250 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 251 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 253 · Binocular Eyes: Cross-Cultural Detectives · Margaret J. King · ar 261 · Eyes on the Screen · Mary Groff · ar 262 · [cartoon] · N. Schatell · ct 265 · Craig Rice: Merry Mistress of Mystery and Mayhem · Mary Ann Grochowski · ar [Ref. Craig Rice] 268 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc

The Armchair Detective [v13 #4, Fall 1980] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by William Frake) [] Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 274 · The Uneasy Chair · Allen J. Hubin · ed 276 · Comic Capers and Comic Eyes · David Geherin · ar 281 · Criminous Christmases · Jane Gottschalk · ar 286 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 288 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 288 · James Sandoe: A Retrospective · Tom & Enid Schantz · ar [Ref. James Sandoe] 294 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 299 · An Interview with Elizabeth Linington · Margaret J. King · iv [Ref. Elizabeth Linington] 308 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 310 · Japanese Mystery Fiction in English Translation · John L. Apostolou · ar 313 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1979 · Walter Albert · bi 319 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Kesho Naik, Dacoit [Kesho Naik] · Sir Edmund C. Cox · ss The Exploits of Kesho Naik, Dacoit by Edmund C. Cox, Constable, 1912, as “The Astounding Robbery of the Treasure Train” 325 · A Conversation with Judson Philips · Bernard A. Drew · ar [Ref. Judson Philips] 331 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 332 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 334 · Marmelahd or Marmelade · E. F. Bleiler · ar 335 · Quirky Quatrains · Jane Gottschalk · pm 336 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. April-June 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 338 · An Interview with Stuart Kaminsky · Robert J. Randisi · iv [Ref. Stuart Kaminsky] 342 · Letters · The Readers · lc 345 · Bill Pronzini: A Checklist · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Bill Pronzini · bi 351 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 354 · Another Watson: Captain Hastings · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar 361 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 362 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 365 · The Mystery of Robert Eustace · Joe R. Christopher · ar [Ref. Robert Eustace]

The Armchair Detective [v14 #1, Winter 1981] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Steven R. Austin) [] Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 3 · Ramon Decolta, a.k.a. Raoul Whitfield, and His Diminutive Brown Man: Jo Gar, The Island Detective · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Ref. Raoul F. Whitfield] 9 · Opus in G Minor for Blunt Instrument: The Development of Motive in Detective Fiction · Raymond Obstfeld · ar 14 · Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation · Stuart M. Kaminsky · ar 17 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 22 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 24 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 1 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 30 · A Bit of Inspiration from Denmark · Bjorne Nielsen · pm 31 · Dickens’s Last Book: More Mysteries Than One · Arthur J. Cox · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 37 · Thomas Berger’s Comic-Absurd Vision in Who Is Teddy Villanova? · David Madden · ar [Ref. Thomas Berger] 44 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Donovan of Whitehall [Hugh Donovan] · William Le Queux · ss The Royal Magazine May 1916, as “Within Four Walls” 53 · Current Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 57 · The Armchair Criminal · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar 71 · Letters · The Readers · lc 74 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 74 · The James Sandoe Retrospective Reviews · James Sandoe · rc 76 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. July-September 1980 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 78 · Murder by Client: A Reworked Theme in Dashiell Hammett · Christopher Bentley · ar [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 79 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 80 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · rc 82 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 84 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 86 · The Importance of “C—ing” in Earnest: A Comparison of The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown · William D. Bottiggi · ar 88 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 90 · Patricia Wentworth Revisited · Nancy Blue Wynne · ar [Ref. Patricia Wentworth] 93 · Interview with Tony Hillerman · Bruce Taylor · iv [Ref. Tony Hillerman]

The Armchair Detective [v14 #2, Spring 1981] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 144 · The Bravoes of Market-Drayton · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Chambers’s Journal August 24 1889 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 2 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback]

The Armchair Detective [v14 #3, Summer 1981] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Stanley Wood) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 239 · The Burglaring Joke · Anthony Berkeley Cox · ss Punch May 16 1923 240 · The Author’s Crowning Hour · Anthony Berkeley Cox · ss Punch October 29 1924 242 · A Story Against Reviewers · Anthony Berkeley Cox · vi Punch June 3 1925 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 3 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback]

The Armchair Detective [Volume 14 Number 4, (Fall) 1981] ed. Michael Seidman (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Russell. ifc. · The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Luke Fildes · cv 1870 · Executive Editor · Otto Penzler · el 290 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 291 · John Dickson Carr’s Solution to “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” · John Dickson Carr · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 295 · Adolf Hitler and John Dickson Carr’s Least-Known Locked Room · Douglas G. Greene · ar [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 298 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 302 · In Defense of Mr. Fortune [Reginald Fortune] · William Antony S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 313 · Patricia Highsmith—Interview · Diana Cooper-Clark · iv [Ref. Patricia Highsmith] 321 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 323 · Stockholm in June: Crime Writers 3rd International Congress · Edward D. Hoch · ar 328 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 330 · TAD Goes to the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 332 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl; article on two of the late actor Kevin Dobson’s post-Kojak TV projects. 335 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 336 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Garroted! · Frank Price · ss The Weekly Underwriter 1932; “Insurance Thrillers: Sinister Mysteries Centering About Insurance Frauds”. 341 · Stanislaw Lem and John Dickson Carr: Critics of the Scientific World-View · Edmund Miller · ar [Ref. Stanislaw Lem & John Dickson Carr] 344 · The Return of Michael Shayne [Mike Shayne] · Helen McCloy · ar [Ref. Brett Halliday] 346 · Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1980 · Walter S. Albert · bi 355 · Raymond Chandler’s Self-Parody · Randall R. Mawer · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 361 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 365 · Retro Reviews · Various · rc 366 · The James Sandoe Retrospective Reviews · James Sandoe · rc 367 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 4 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 372 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. April-July 1981 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 374 · Crime Hunt: The Wallace Case · T. M. McDade · cl 376 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 378 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 380 · Minor Offenses · H. Edward Hunsburger · cl 381 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Armchair Detective [v15 #1, (Winter) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Ken) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Steve Holland. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 4 · The Quality of Ingenuity: The Work of J. J. Connington · David Beams · ar [Ref. J. J. Connington] 10 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 18 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 5 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 23 · P.I. Novels of 1980 · Robert J. Randisi · ar 26 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 30 · Norbert Davis: Profile of a Pulp Writer · John L. Apostolou · ar [Ref. Norbert Davis] 36 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 38 · Chester Himes and the Hard-Boiled Tradition · Jay R. Berry, Jr. · ar [Ref. Chester Himes] 44 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 46 · Red Hand · Neil Munro · ss The Lost Pibroch and Other Sheiling Stories by Neil Munro, Blackwood, 1896 50 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 54 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 55 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 57 · Bouchercon XII Alias Beer City Capers · Mary Ann Grochowski · ar 62 · Letters · The Readers · lc 66 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 73 · Guilty Until Proven Innocent · Hannelore Hess · ar 76 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 78 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 80 · Introduction to “Ernest Bramah on Max Carrados” · William White · is [Ref. Ernest Bramah] 80 · Ernest Bramah on Max Carrados: An Unpublished BBC Talk · Ernest Bramah · ar broadcast on the BBC Empire Programme, 7 May 1935. 84 · Minor Offenses · H. Edward Hunsburger · br 85 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 86 · Miss Allingham’s Knight: The Saga of Albert Campion · J. Randolph Cox · ar [Ref. Margery Allingham] 92 · Lauran Bosworth Paine Interview · Allen J. Hubin · iv [Ref. Lauran Paine] 94 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl · Collecting Mystery Fiction: The Basics of Collecting · Otto Penzler · bi

The Armchair Detective [v15 #2, (Spring) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Robert Passokoff) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. 98 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 100 · A Toast to the Secret Service: In Tribute to Manning Coles and Tommy Hambledon · William A. S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Manning Coles] 114 · A Sense of History: The Espionage Fiction of Anthony Price · Jeanne F. Bedell · ar [Ref. Anthony Price] 114 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 126 · Mystery and Detective Fiction at Auction: The Adrian H. Goldstone Collection · James Pepper · ar 130 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 134 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 137 · Dick Francis: The Worth of Human Love · Michael N. Stanton · ar [Ref. Dick Francis] 144 · Mr. Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Drugged Golfers [Sherlock Holmes] · Bertram Atkey · ss Fry’s Magazine November 1909 148 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 150 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 154 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 155 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 158 · The World of William Ard · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. William Ard] 167 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 168 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 172 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 174 · Me and the Hardy Boys · Louis Phillips · ar 178 · Letters · The Readers · lc 182 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 184 · Japanese Mystery Fiction Revisited · John L. Apostolou · ar 186 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 188 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 190 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi

The Armchair Detective [v15 #3, (Summer) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. fc. · [front cover] · [uncredited] · cv (r); originally published as an illustration for American Detective Series #22 [ca. 1910, The Arthur Westbrook Company]. 194 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 196 · The Oriental in Crime Fiction: The Sinister Oriental · Greg Goode · ar 203 · The Oriental in Crime Fiction and Film: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources · Greg Goode · bi 212 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 214 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 219 · The Demoniacal St. Amand and the Brave Baron von Kaz · Douglas G. Greene · ar 234 · Paper Crimes · William L. DeAndrea · rc 236 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 238 · The Future Is Upon Us: A Necrology for the Year 1981 · Greg Wuyek · ar 242 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: Greaves’ Disappearance · Julian Hawthorne · ss Six Cent Sam’s by Julian Hawthorne, Price-McGill, 1893 249 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 253 · William R. Cox: An Interview and an Appreciation · Jim Traylor · ar [Ref. William R. Cox] 267 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 269 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 270 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 273 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl 274 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 276 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 278 · Letters · The Readers · lc 282 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 284 · Retrospective Review · T. John Shamon · br 285 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 286 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v15 #4, (Fall) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. fc. · Phantom of the Opera · André Castaigne · cv Bobbs-Merrill, 1911; originally appeared as the frontispiece illustration for the First American Edition of Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera. 290 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 292 · A Detective in Seventh-Century China: Robert van Gulik and the Cases of Judge Dee · William Antony S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Robert van Gulik] 306 · The Oriental in Mystery Fiction: The Orient · Greg Goode · ar 314 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl 316 · The Saga of Nick Carter, Killmaster · Will Murray · ar 330 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 335 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Mystery of a Diamond Robbery · Harvey Scribner · ss My Mysterious Clients by Harvey Scribner, Robert Clarke, 1900 346 · Interview with Stephen Greenleaf · Thomas Chastain · iv [Ref. Stephen Greenleaf] 350 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 357 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 359 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 361 · Paper Crimes · Raymond L. Obstfeld · rc 363 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 365 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 366 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 367 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Lindbergh Kidnapping · T. M. McDade · cl 370 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 372 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 374 · Letters · The Readers · lc 378 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl 379 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 381 · The Problem of Poe’s Purloined Letter · Kenneth Gavrell · ar [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe]

The Armchair Detective [Vol. 16 No. 1, (Winter) 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 4 · An Interview with James M. Cain · John Carr · iv [Ref. James M. Cain] 22 · City of Illusion: The Role of Hollywood in California Detective Fiction · Nicholas O. Warner · ar 26 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 29 · Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1981 · Walter S. Albert · bi 40 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 42 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 45 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 46 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Tracer of Lost Persons [Westrel Keen] · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 17 1905 (+1) 62 · The Oriental in Mystery Fiction: The Oriental Detective · Greg Goode · ar 75 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 83 · Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. July-September 1982 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 84 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Problem of Will West · T. M. McDade · cl 86 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 88 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 89 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 90 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 91 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 92 · Paper Crimes · Raymond Obstfeld · rc 94 · Current Reviews · Fred Dueren · rc 94 · Retro Reviews · Charles Shibuk & Jim Frinzel · rc 96 · Letters · The Readers · lc 101 · Today the Rabbi Gets Looked At · Libby Schlagel · ar [Ref. Harry Kemelman]

The Armchair Detective [Vol. 16 No. 2, Spring 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Holly Johnson) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley & Mike Russell. 114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 116 · The Novels of Michael Innes · LeRoy Panek · ar [Ref. Michael Innes] 131 · Spenser: The Illusion of Knighthood · Carl Hoffman · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 144 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 146 · A Talent to Disturb · Robert Barnard · ar [Ref. Ruth Rendell] 153 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 6 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 164 · Paper Crimes · Raymond Obstfeld · rc 166 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 167 · Interview with Mark Smith · John C. Carr · iv [Ref. Mark Smith] 179 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Adventure of the Counterfeiters [LeDroit Conners] · Samuel M. Gardenhire · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 5 1905 192 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 194 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 195 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 197 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 199 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 202 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Rice Case · T. M. McDade · cl 206 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 208 · Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee—with Hyoscine · Albert Borowitz · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 210 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 211 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 212 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 214 · Retro Reviews · Various · rc 217 · Letters · The Readers · lc 221 · Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. October-December 1982 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Vol. 16 No. 3, Summer 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: Father Brown by Frank G. Jefferies from 1924) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 227 · In Memoriam: Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald) 1915-1983 · Dennis Lynds · ob [Ref. Kenneth Millar] 228 · Eye to Eye: A Survey of the Private Eye Writers of America · Michael T. Nietzel & Robert Baker · ar 235 · An Interview with Elmore Leonard · Joel M. Lyczak · iv [Ref. Elmore Leonard] 241 · The Changing Face of Evil in the Hard-Boiled Novel · Frederick Isaac · ar 248 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 251 · G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown: A Bibliography · William White · bi [Ref. G. K. Chesterton] 257 · The Oriental in Mystery Fiction: Martial Arts · Greg Goode · ar 262 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 263 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 265 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 266 · From the Dawn of Television: Front Page Detective · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar; article about an early TV series which ran on the DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1953. 269 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 7 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 275 · Let’s Call It “Gun in Girdle” · Dean M. Dorn & C. E. “Teet” Carle · ar; article by the author duo who wrote under the pseudonym “Michael Morgan”, focusing on their 1953 Ace Double paperback novel “Decoy” (Ace Books D-09), which Bill Pronzini has called “the worst mystery of all time”. Pronzini offered a rebuttal to their article in the following issue of TAD. 278 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 280 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na R.H. Russell, 1901 292 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 293 · Characternyms in Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Novels · James L. Traylor · ar [Ref. Mickey Spillane] 296 · Paper Crimes · Raymond Obstfeld · rc 298 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 302 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 303 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 304 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 305 · Little Known Author Previews “World of Tomorrow” · Rafael Tilton · ar [Ref. Phoebe Atwood Taylor] 310 · The Oddly Colored Thread: Logic in Detective Fiction · Louis Phillips · ar 314 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 315 · A Nero Wolfe Quiz · Dave Lewis & Bruce Taylor, et al. · qz [Ref. Rex Stout] 316 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Leyra Case · T. M. McDade · cl 319 · Letters · The Readers · lc 323 · The First Five Capers of Ross H. Spencer · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ref. Ross H. Spencer] 330 · Children of Darkness: A Newgate Prison Tragicomedy · Albert Borowitz · ar [Ref. Edwin Justus Mayer] 333 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 334 · Two Poems · Mel D. Ames · pm

The Armchair Detective [Volume 16 Number 4, Autumn 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] Incorrectly dated Winter 1983 on the cover. Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. fc. · [front cover] · Lo Koon-Chiu · cv 1964; from the dust jacket of The Strange Cases Of Magistrate Pao by Leon Comber, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964. 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 339 · Jonathan Latimer Remembered: 1907-1983 · Maurice F. Neville · ob [Ref. Jonathan Latimer] 340 · The Asia Hand · Mark Schreiber · iv [Ref. James Melville] 348 · Arlette: Nicholas Freeling’s Candle Against the Dark · Jane S. Bakerman · ar [Ref. Nicolas Freeling] 354 · More Than a Thriller: “The Big Clock” · Robert M. Ryley · ar [Ref. Kenneth Fearing] 360 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 363 · A Practical Psychologist, Practicing in the Feminine · Robert Sampson · ar [Ref. Hulbert Footner]; about the Madame Rosika Storey mysteries by Hulbert Footner which appeared in the pulp magazine Argosy from 1922-1935. 375 · Sidewise in Crime: The Mysteries of Murray Leinster · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar [Ref. Murray Leinster] 386 · Other Names Same Word: The Pseudonymous Crime Novels of William Ard · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. William Ard] 391 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Case of the Duelling Pistols [Dixon Hawke] · [uncredited] · ss Dixon Hawke’s Case Book #4, Spring 1940 398 · Agatha Christie—Feminist · Marty S. Knepper · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 407 · Travis McGee—The Feminists’ Friend · Carol Cleveland · ar [Ref. John D. MacDonald] 414 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 416 · Retro Reviews · Robert J. Randisi · rc 417 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 418 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 419 · An Open Letter to Dean and Teet; or, “Look Out, Pronzini’s Got a Rebuttal in His Girdle!” · Bill Pronzini · ar [Ref. Dean M. Dorn & C. E. “Teet” Carle] 422 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 424 · Dorothy L. Sayers Newsletter · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 426 · The Personal I · Thomas Chastain · cl [Ref. Ross Macdonald] 428 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 430 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 432 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 433 · Programmed for Mystery · Bruce Chadwick · ar; on mystery computer games. 437 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Waite Case · T. M. McDade · cl 440 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 441 · Letters · The Readers · lc 442 · The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor · Celia Fremlin · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1970 443 · Civilized Recipes of Crime · Ellen Strenski · ar; on cookbooks for mystery fans. 446 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v17 #1, Winter 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 52 · Dimmock Turns Detective [Alfred Dimmock] · Fox Russell · ss The Royal Magazine December 1903, uncredited. · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 8 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] · The American Magazine Mystery Novel Checklist · Jon L. & Rita A. Breen · bi

The Armchair Detective [v17 #2, Spring 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] Details supplied by Mike Russell. fc. · [front cover] · Rudolph Belarski · cv Black Mask June 1935; as interior illustration for Raymond Chandler’s novelette “Nevada Gas”. 114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 116 · “Vee Were Young Then”: The Filming of Hammett · Brian Garfield · iv [Ref. Joe Gores, Dashiell Hammett & Ross Thomas]; an Interview with Joe Gores and Ross Thomas; the text in this issue is garbled. 124 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 128 · The Armchair Detective Readers’ Survey · Kathy Daniel, Otto Penzler & Michael Seidman · ms 132 · Of Metzger’s Dog and Perry’s Cat · Julie Smith · ar [Ref. Thomas Perry] 136 · Lost Among the Black Mask Boys: The Rags-to-Riches Saga of Horace McCoy · William F. Nolan · ar [Ref. Horace McCoy] 144 · The Sport of Sleuths · Paul Bishop · ar; on horse racing mysteries. 150 · An Interview with James Ellroy · Duane Tucker · iv [Ref. James Ellroy] 156 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Dashiell Hammett · Otto Penzler · bi 164 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Spell of the Black Siren [Vincent Trill] · Dick Donovan · ss The Records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899 171 · “The Big Sleep”: Romance Rather Than Detective Film · Anne Ponder · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 175 · Cornell Woolrich on the Small Screen · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Cornell Woolrich] 186 · The Third Conflict · Herbert Resnicow · ar 188 · Vertigo: After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness? · Louis Phillips · ar [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock] 194 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 9 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 201 · A.K.A. Philip Marlowe · John L. Apostolou · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 202 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 203 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 204 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 205 · The Personal I · Thomas Chastain · cl 206 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 208 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 213 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 214 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: Harvard and Homicide · T. M. McDade · cl 217 · A Shot in the Dark · A. D. Accampo · pm 218 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 219 · Letters · The Readers · lc 221 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 222 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 17 Number 3, Summer 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 228 · The Mark of Cain · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar 244 · Dr. Crippen & the Real Inspector Dew · Peter Lovesey · ar 250 · The Mystery Novel as Serious Business · Joseph Hansen · ar 255 · A Poem · Mel D. Ames · pm 256 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 261 · Collecting Mystery Fiction · Otto Penzler · bi 264 · Foreign Intrigue · William L. DeAndrea · ar 270 · “The Devil Is with Power”: Joshua Clunk and the Fight for Right · William A. S. Sarjeant · ar [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 280 · Introduction to “The Tsarina’s Wedding Present” · Otto Penzler · is [Ref. Headon Hill] 281 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Tsarina’s Wedding-Present · Headon Hill · ss Seaward for the Foe by Headon Hill, Ward Lock, 1903 290 · An Interview with a Man Called Bob · Rosemary Herbert · iv [Ref. Robert Barnard] 295 · Robert Barnard: A First Bibliography and a Note · William White · bi [Ref. Robert Barnard] 300 · A Janeite’s Life of Crime: The Mysteries of Georgette Heyer · James P. Devlin · ar [Ref. Georgette Heyer] 316 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 320 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 322 · Rex Stout Newsletter · John McAleer · cl [Ref. Rex Stout] 323 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: A Case of Circumstantial Evidence · T. M. McDade · cl 325 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 327 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 329 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 330 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 330 · The Personal I · Thomas Chastain · cl 331 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 332 · Letters · The Readers · lc 333 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 334 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. January-March 1984 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 17 Number 4, Fall 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of Robert B. Parker] by Kathleen Kruger) [] 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 340 · A Dialogue with Robert B. Parker · Anne Ponder · iv [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 350 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 354 · Foreign Intrigue II · William L. DeAndrea · ar 360 · A Decade of Dash, or: The Further Adventures of the Hammett Checklist · William F. Nolan · bi [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] 368 · Brittannia’s Bull Dog · Noel Behn · ar [Ref. H. C. McNeile] 370 · Anne Morice’s Latest: An Apologia for A.M. · J. M. Purcell · br [Ref. Anne Morice] 375 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: James Bond · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Ian Fleming] 382 · Outrage at Owlbury Hall: A Footnote on John Rhode · David Beams · ar [Ref. John Rhode] 392 · Edited by Frank Pemmon · Otto Penzler · is; describes Multum in Parvo Library Vol. 1, Number 11 (November 1894), from which the following stories were reprinted. 393 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Detective Stories · [uncredited] · gp _393 · Betrayed by a Dog · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _394 · The Key to the Mystery · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _395 · The Missing Finger · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _396 · A Grave Robbery · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894 _397 · A Strange Story · H. J. Murray, uncredited · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1866 402 · Who Was Hiram Grewgious? A Further Study of Identity in Charles Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Apryl Lea Denny Heath · ar 404 · On Teaching Detective Fiction · Steven R. Carter · ar 407 · The Reigning Phoenix · Charles E. Gould, Jr. · ar [Ref. Dick Francis] 411 · From the Dawn of Television: The Live Television of Ellery Queen · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Ref. Ellery Queen] 418 · Dorothy L. Sayers, Duchess of Redonda · Joe R. Christopher · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 420 · Vee Were Young Then · Brian Garfield · iv The Armchair Detective Spring 1984 [Ref. Joe Gores, Dashiell Hammett & Ross Thomas]; an Interview with Joe Gores and Ross Thomas; the text in this issue is corrected. 427 · A Mystery League Checklist · John W. Mitchell · bi 429 · Spy Guy · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 431 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 433 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 434 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 436 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 438 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 440 · Retro Reviews · Various · rc 441 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 442 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Murder Case as a Source of Fiction · T. M. McDade · cl 444 · Letters · The Readers · lc 445 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 446 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. April-June 1984 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi