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The Armchair Detective [v12 #4, Fall 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Mickey Spillane · Carolyn Hartman · cv 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 [Mickey Spillane] 308 · DAT’S Mike HAM-MUH! · Max Collins · ar [Mickey Spillane] 320 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 324 · An Interview with Marc Olden · Robert J. Randisi · iv 328 · An Appreciation of Archie Goodwin · Arden Knight · ar [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; edited by Marvin Dana · ss The Blue Book Magazine Aug 1907, as “The Ingenious Ruse of Mr. Crane”, uncredited 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 [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 · Anon. · cl 367 · TAD Goes to the Movies · Tom Godfrey · cl 368 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 369 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 372 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc 376 · Retrospective Review of TV Film Interview · Anon. · ms 382 · Crime Crossword · Anon. · 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 [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 [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 Aug 1910 58 · Blackout: Hubert Aquin’s Surreal Mystery · Russell M. Brown · ar [Hubert Aquin] 61 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 65 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 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 · Anon. · 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 [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 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 Jul 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 · cl 137 · The Worst Mystery Novel of All Time · Bill Pronzini · ar 141 · “The Wild Bunch” Revisited · Brian Garfield · ar 145 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 148 · On Compiling a Sax Rohmer Collection · Alan Warren · ar [Sax Rohmer] 150 · John le Carré’s Circus · Harry D. Dawson · ar [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 169 · Crime and Character: Notes on Rex Stout’s Early Fiction · David R. Anderson · ar [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) Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. fc. · The Old Man in the Corner · H. M. Brock · cv 1909 178 · The Uneasy Chair · Otto Penzler · ed 179 · Raoul F. Whitfield, A Star with the Mask · E. R. Hagemann · ar [Raoul F. Whitfield] 185 · The Playful Mysteries of Peter Dickinson · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Peter Dickinson] 194 · Nigel Morland—Fifty Years of Crime Writing · Pearl G. Aldrich · ar [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 [Dorothy L. Sayers] 219 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Happy Land · James M’Levy · ss Curiosities of Crime in Edinburgh, 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 [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 · Anon. · rc 250 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 251 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 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 [Craig Rice] 268 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · 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 · Anon. · rc 288 · James Sandoe: A Retrospective · Tom & Enid Schantz · ar [James Sandoe] 294 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 299 · An Interview with Elizabeth Linington · Margaret J. King · iv 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, Constable 1912, as “The Astounding Robbery of the Treasure Train” 325 · A Conversation with Judson Philips · Bernard A. Drew · ar [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 342 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 345 · Bill Pronzini: A Checklist · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Bill Pronzini · bi 351 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 354 · Another Watson: Captain Hastings · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar 361 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 362 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 365 · The Mystery of Robert Eustace · Joe R. Christopher · ar [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 [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 I · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [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 [Charles Dickens] 37 · Thomas Berger’s Comic-Absurd Vision in Who Is Teddy Villanova? · David Madden · ar [Thomas Berger] 44 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Donovan of Whitehall [Donovan] · William Le Queux · ss Donovan of Whitehall, Pearson 1917, as “Within Four Walls” 53 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc 57 · The Armchair Criminal · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar 71 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 74 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · 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 [Dashiell Hammett] 79 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl 80 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl 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 [Patricia Wentworth] 93 · Interview with Tony Hillerman · Bruce Taylor · iv

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 Aug 24 1889

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 Oct 29 1924 242 · A Story Against Reviewers · Anthony Berkeley Cox · vi Punch Jun 3 1925

The Armchair Detective [v14 #4, (Fall) 1981] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. fc. · The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Luke Fildes · cv 1870 336 · Garroted! · Frank Price · ss The Weekly Underwriter 1932

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. 46 · Red Hand · Neil Munro · ss The Lost Pibroch and Other Sheiling Stories, Blackwood 1896

The Armchair Detective [v15 #2, (Spring) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. fc. · [photo] · Robert Passokoff · cv 144 · Mr. Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Drugged Golfers [Sherlock Holmes] · Bertram Atkey · ss C.B. Fry’s Magazine Nov 1909

The Armchair Detective [v15 #3, (Summer) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 242 · Greaves’ Disappearance · Julian Hawthorne · ss Six Cent Sam’s, Price-McGill 1893

The Armchair Detective [v15 #4, (Fall) 1982] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $4.00, 96pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. fc. · Phantom of the Opera · André Castaigne · cv 1910 335 · The Mystery of a Diamond Robbery · Harvey Scribner · ss My Mysterious Clients, Robert Clarke 1900

The Armchair Detective [v16 #1, (Winter) 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Carolyn Hartman) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 46 · The Tracer of Lost Persons [Westrel Keen] · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jun 17 1905 (+1)

The Armchair Detective [v16 #2, Spring 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Holly Johnson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 179 · The Adventure of the Counterfeiters [LeDroit Conners] · Samuel M. Gardenhire · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 5 1905

The Armchair Detective [v16 #3, Summer 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Frank G. Jefferies) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 280 · In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na R.H. Russell 1901

The Armchair Detective [v16 #4, Autumn 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Lo Koon-Chiu) Given as Winter 1983 on the cover. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 391 · The Case of the Duelling Pistols [Dixon Hawke] · Anon. · ss Dixon Hawke’s Case Book Spr 1940

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 Dec 1903, uncredited

The Armchair Detective [v17 #2, Spring 1984] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 164 · The Spell of the Black Siren [Vincent Trill] · Dick Donovan · ss The Records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service, Chatto & Windus 1899