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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

The Armchair Detective [Volume 18 Number 1, Winter 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) [] 2 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 4 · Jim Thompson and the Instant Loss of Innocence · W. R. Turney · ar [Ref. Jim Thompson] 18 · The Doings at Dubuque: A Sherlockian Seminar · Ann Byerly · ar 20 · Zen and the Art of Mystery Writing: The Novels of Janwillem van de Wetering · Sydney Schultze · ar [Ref. Janwillem van de Wetering] 32 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 35 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 41 · Charles Beaumont: A Bibliographical Note and a Checklist · William F. Nolan · bi [Ref. Charles Beaumont] 47 · What Happened to Edwin Drood? The Clues Are in Shakespeare’s Macbeth · Beverley Anne Miller · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 54 · Dorothy L. Sayers at Thirty-One · Joe R. Christopher · pm [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 54 · Dorothy L. Sayers at Thirty-Six · Joe R. Christopher · pm [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 54 · Poetic Justice · A. D. Accampo · pm 54 · Filmerick · Louis Phillips · pm 55 · Introduction to “The Mousetrap” · Otto Penzler · is 55 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Mousetrap · William E. S. Fales · ss Bits of Broken China by William E. S. Fales, Street & Smith, 1902 60 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Thomas Burke · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Thomas Burke] 64 · A Gaggle of Wallaces: On the Set with Edgar Wallace · John Croydon · ar [Ref. Edgar Wallace] 69 · Spy Guy · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 71 · Mortal Steaks: A Dinner with Robert B. Parker · Rosemary Herbert · ar [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 74 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 76 · Reflections on Westlake’s “The Hardboiled Dicks”: The Role of the Modern PI Writer · Robert A. Baker & Michael T. Nietzel · ar [Ref. Donald E. Westlake] 81 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 89 · Retro Reviews · [uncredited] · rc 90 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 91 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 92 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 93 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 94 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 95 · Letters · The Readers · lc 100 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 10 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback] 110 · Checklist: Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. July-September 1984 · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 18 Number 2, Spring 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Gregory Mcdonald) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 117 · An Interview with Gregory Mcdonald · Lorenzo Carcaterra · iv [Ref. Gregory Mcdonald] 125 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 127 · Collecting Bibliomysteries · John Ballinger · bi 140 · The Science Fiction Detective Story: Tomorrow’s Private Eyes · Robert Baker & Michael Nietzel · ar 151 · Foreign Intrigue #3 · William L. DeAndrea · ar 154 · The Self-Conscious Sergeant Beef Novels of Leo Bruce · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ref. Leo Bruce] 160 · Second City Skullduggery: Chicago’s Bouchercon XV · Edward D. Hoch · ar; convention report. 164 · The Unanswered Questions About Asia: Mysteries in the Far East · Mark Schreiber · ar 167 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Melville Davisson Post · Otto Penzler · bi 173 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell 181 · An Interview with George Kennedy · Richard Meyers · iv 185 · The Short Career of Robert Reeves · John L. Apostolou · ar 190 · Through a Glass Darkly: A Consideration of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window · Louis Phillips · ar [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock] 196 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 200 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 201 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 203 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 204 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc 210 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 212 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 213 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 215 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 216 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl 218 · Letters · The Readers · lc 220 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 220 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 221 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [Volume 18 Number 3, Summer 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of Mary Higgins Clark] by Robert Passokoff) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 226 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 228 · An Interview with Mary Higgins Clark · Lucy Freeman · iv 238 · Ellis Peters: Another Umberto Eco? · Andrew M. Greeley · ar [Ref. Ellis Peters] 246 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 248 · Juno Was a Man; or, The Case of the Hardboiled Homophobes · Geoffrey O’Brien · ar 258 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Robert B. Parker · Otto Penzler · bi [Ref. Robert B. Parker] 262 · Christie Tea or Chandler Beer: The Novels of Martha Grimes · Ray B. Browne · ar [Ref. Martha Grimes] 270 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Further Account of Peter Rugg · Jonathan Dunwell · ss New England Galaxy September 1 1826, as “Some Further Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New-England” 282 · Collecting Bibliomysteries Part II · John Ballinger · bi 302 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 304 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 305 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 306 · The Case of the Two Moving Fingers: Have American Editors Butchered Christie? · Robert & Louise Barnard · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie] 308 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 318 · Retrospective Reviews · Various · rc 320 · The (1985) Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominees and Winners · [uncredited] · ar 321 · This Pen for Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 323 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Creasy Case · T. M. McDade · cl 326 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 328 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 329 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 330 · Letters · The Readers · lc 332 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 333 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 333 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi

The Armchair Detective [v18 #4, Fall 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of actor Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes]) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell. 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 340 · An Interview with Jeremy Brett · Rosemary Herbert · iv [Ref. Jeremy Brett] 351 · The Last of the Golden Age Writers: Gladys Mitchell, 1901-1983 · William A. S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Gladys Mitchell] 361 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 364 · Justice on the Reservation: Tony Hillerman’s Novels Capture the Conflict Between Federal and Tribal Jurisdiction · Thomas Quirk · ar [Ref. Tony Hillerman] 372 · The Politics of Detective Fiction in Post-Mao China: Rebirth or Reextinction? · Jeffrey C. Kinkley · ar 380 · Saul Ferrett Albinodetective: The First of the Realistic (and Funny) Private Eyes · Dan Crawford · ar [Ref. Gelett Burgess] 382 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: The Basics of Collecting · Otto Penzler · bi The Armchair Detective v15 #1, 1982 387 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Detective Novels · A. E. W. Mason · ar The Nation February 7 1925 392 · The Longest Goodbye: Raymond Chandler and the Poetry of Alcohol · J. O. Tate · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler] 407 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · rc 408 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 410 · Current Reviews · Various · rc 420 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl 421 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: Father Schmidt · T. M. McDade · cl 424 · TAD at the Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl 427 · TAD on TV · Richard Meyers · cl 429 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl 430 · The Whodunnit List: One Writer’s Thoughts on the Essentials of a Good Mystery · Herbert Resnicow · ar 437 · This Pen for Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl 439 · Letters · The Readers · lc 442 · Dial N for Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl 443 · A Catalogue of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi 444 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi 446 · Two Poems · Isaac Asimov · gp _446 · Oh, Sherlock Holmes · Isaac Asimov · pm _446 · Song of the Sixty · Isaac Asimov · pm