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1001 Midnights The Aficionado’s Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller THE BATTERED SILICON DISPATCH BOX 2007 Copyright © 1986 by Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller. New edition copyright © 2007 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. Acknowledgments The editors would like to offer their thanks to the contributors who helped make 1001 Midnights a reality; and to Bruce Taylor of the San Francisco Mystery Bookstore for his generous assistance. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Pronzini, Bill 1001 midnights : the aficionado’s guide to mystery and detective fiction / by Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller. — 2nd ed. ISBN 978-1-55246-750-3 1. Detective and mystery stories--Book reviews. I. Muller, Marcia II. Title. III. Title: One thousand and one midnights. PN3448.D4P758 2006 809.3'872 C2006-904998-X Printed on acid free paper in Canada First Printing June 2007 All Inquiries and Orders; George A. Vanderburgh, Publisher THE BATTERED SILICON DISPATCH BOXTM Fax: (519) 925-3482 * e-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.batteredbox.com P. O. Box 204 P. O. Box 122 Shelburne, Ontario Sauk City, Wisconsin CANADA L0N 1S0 U.S.A. 53583-0122 1001 Midnights Table of Contents Introduction to the New Edition .......... 6 Introduction ......................... 7 Mystery and Detective Writers A to Z ..... 9 Bibliography ...................... 459 Contributors ....................... 459 Author Index ...................... 461 Title Index ........................ 465 Introduction to the New Edition 1001 Midnights was first published in 1985, the end product contributions to the genre. The reissued 1001 Midnights, of more than two years of fairly intensive effort. Its original therefore, should be considered an historical reference publisher, Arbor House, assured us that it would have a work. large first printing and that it would remain in print The Arbor House edition was riddled with typographical indefinitely as “a seminal reference work.” These turned out errors, through no fault of ours. We were not sent galley to be false promises. Arbor House clearly lost interest in the proofs prior to publication; instead, we were told that project even before it was published, as evidenced by because of the publisher’s deadline, a “professional proof- shoddy typesetting procedures and an initial (and only) print reader” had checked the galleys for errors and our input was run of less than 4,000 copies; and the book was remain- not necessary. Given the sheer number of errors, it seems dered less than six months after publication. The first probable that we were lied to and the galleys were never edition, as a result, has become an increasingly scarce and checked at all. (If in fact they were checked, the “pro- expensive collector’s item. fessional proofreader” should have been fired for gross No attempt has been made to update the contents for this incompetence.) For this reissue, we have painstakingly new edition. Time constraints and other factors prohibited corrected as many typos as we were able to detect, and also such a major revision. The reader should keep in mind that remedied a few minor factual errors of the sort that the reviews and commentary in these pages reflect the state invariably creep into a project of this size and scope. of mystery and detective fiction as of the early 1980s. Many It should also be noted that, all thanks to publisher important contemporary authors are not included, or were George A. Vanderburgh, this new edition contains both an given only a single entry at the time, because they had yet author index and a title index. to begin writing or were in the early stages of their careers. Conversely, some authors deemed worthy of inclusion are — Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller no longer publishing or have failed to make significant November 2006 6 Author Index Aarons, Edward S. ......... 9 Bentley, E. C. .......... **35 Cameron, Owen .......... 63 Cross, Amanda ........... 97 Abbot, Anthony. ........... 9 Berkeley, Anthony ....... *35 Cannell, Dorothy ......... 64 Crowe, John ............. 97 Adams, Cleve F. .......... 10 Berrow, Norman .......... 36 Canning, Victor .......... 64 Crumley, James ......... *97 Adams, Samuel Hopkins . *10 Biggers, Earl Derr (3) ..... *36 Carr, A.H.Z. ............. 64 Cunningham, E. V. ........ 98 Adler, Warren ............ 11 Black, Gavin ............. 37 Carr, John Dickson (5) .... *65 Curtiss, Ursula ........... 98 Aird, Catherine ........... 11 Black, Lionel ............ 38 Caspary, Vera ............ 68 Cushman, Dan ........... 99 Albrand, Martha .......... 11 Blackstock, Charity ....... 38 Caudwell, Sarah .......... 68 Dahl, Roald ............. 99 Aldyne, Nathan .......... 12 Blake, Nicholas (2) ....... *38 Chaber, M. E. ............ 68 Daly, Carroll John ....... 100 Alexander, David (3) ..... *12 Blanc, Suzanne ........... 39 Chandler, Raymond (5) . **69 Daly, Elizabeth (2) ...... *100 Allbeury, Ted ............ 14 Bleeck, Oliver ........... 40 Charteris, Leslie (2) ...... *72 Daniels, Harold R. ....... 101 Allingham, Margery (3) . *14 Bloch, Robert (2) ......... 40 Chase, James Hadley ...... 72 Davidson, Lionel ....... *101 Alverson, Charles ......... 15 Blochman, Lawrence G. *41 Chastain, Thomas ......... 73 Davis, Dorothy Salisbury(3)*102 Ambler, Eric (3) ......... *16 Block, Lawrence (3) ...... *42 Chaze, Elliot ............. 73 Davis, Frederick C. ....... 103 Anderson, James .......... 17 Bogart, William G. ........ 43 Chernyonok, Mikhail ...... 74 Davis, Kenn ............ 104 Anderson, Poul ........... 17 Bonett, John and Emery .... 43 Chesbro, George .......... 74 Davis, Norbert ......... *104 Anthony, David .......... 17 Bonnamy, Francis ........ 44 Chesterton, G.K. (3) ..... **74 Davis, Tech ............ 105 Anthony, Evelyn ......... 18 Booton, Kage ............ 44 Cheyney, Peter (2) ........ 76 Deal, Babs H. ........... 105 Ard, William ............ 18 Borgenicht, Miriam ....... 44 Christie, Agatha (7) ..... **77 DeAndrea, William L. (2) . 105 Arden, William .......... *19 Borges, Jorge Luis and Christopher, John ........ *80 deFord, Miriam Allen ..... 106 Armstrong, Charlotte (2) . *19 Adolfo Bioy-Casares . 45 Clark, Mary Higgins ....... 80 Deighton, Len (2) ....... *106 Arnold, Margot ........... 20 Boucher, Anthony (2) ..... *45 Clason, Clyde ............ 81 de la Torre, Lillian ....... 107 Arrighi, Mel ............. 20 Box, Edgar .............. 46 Cleary, Jon .............. 81 Delman, David .......... 108 Ashe, Gordon ............ 21 Boyer, Rick ............. 47 Clifford, Francis ......... *82 Delving, Michael ....... *108 Asimov, Isaac ............ 21 Boyle, Jack .............. 47 Cody, Liza .............. 82 Deming, Richard ........ 108 Atlee, Philip ............. 22 Brackett, Leigh (2) ........ 48 Coe, Tucker ............ *83 Dennis, Ralph ........... 109 Avallone, Michael ........ 22 Braly, Malcolm .......... 49 Coffey, Brian ............ 83 Dennis, Robert C. ........ 109 Babcock, Dwight V. ....... 23 Bramah, Ernest .......... *49 Cohen, Anthea ........... 84 Dent, Lester ............ 109 Babson, Marian (2) ........ 24 Brand, Christianna ........ 50 Cohen, Octavus Roy ....... 84 Dentinger, Jane .......... 110 Bagby, George ........... 25 Branson, H. C. ........... 50 Cohen, Stanley ........... 84 Derby, Mark ............ 110 Bagley, Desmond. ....... *25 Brautigan, Richard ........ 50 Coker, Carolyn ........... 85 Derleth, August (2) ....... 110 Bailey, H.C. ............. 25 Brean, Herbert ........... 51 Cole, G.D.H. and Margaret . 85 Dewey, Thomas B. (3) . *111 Ball, John (2) ........... *26 Breen, Jon L. ............ 51 Coles, Manning .......... 86 Dickens, Charles ....... **113 Ballard, W.T (2). ......... 27 Brett, Michael ............ 51 Collins, Max Allan (3) .... *86 Dickinson, Peter (2) ...... 113 Ballinger, Bill S.(2) ....... 27 Brett, Simon (2) .......... 52 Collins, Michael (2) ...... *87 Dickson, Carter (3) ...... *114 Bandy, Franklin .......... 28 Brewer, Gil (2) ........... 53 Collins, Wilkie ......... **88 Dietrich, Robert ......... 115 Banks, Oliver ............ 29 Brown, Carter ............ 53 Condon, Richard ......... 88 Disney, Doris Miles ...... 116 Bannister, Jo ............. 29 Brown, Fredric (4) ....... *54 Constantine, K.C......... *89 Dolson, Hildegard ....... 116 Bardin, John Franklin ...... 29 Browne, Gerald .......... 55 Constiner, Merle .......... 89 Dominic, R.B. .......... 117 Barnard, Robert (2) ....... 30 Browne, Howard ......... 56 Cory, Desmond .......... 90 Douglas, Malcolm ....... 117 Barnes, Linda ............ 30 Bruce, Leo (2) .......... *56 Cox, William R. .......... 90 Douglass, Donald McNutt . 117 Barry, Mike ............. 31 Buchan, John ........... *57 Coxe, George Harmon (3) . *91 Downing, Todd ......... 118 Barth, Richard ........... 31 Burke, J.F. .............. 58 Craig, Alisa ............. 92 Downing, Warwick ...... 118 Baxt, George ............ 32 Burley, W.J. ............. 58 Craig, Jonathan ........... 92 Doyle, Arthur Conan (4) **119 Bayer, William ........... 32 Burnett, W.R. (2) ........ *58 Craig, M. S. ............. 93 Du Maurier, Daphne (2) . *120 Becker, Stephen ......... *32 Burns, Rex .............. 59 Crane, Caroline .......... 93 Dunlap, Susan .......... 121 Beechcroft, William ....... 33 Burton, Miles ............ 60 Crane, Frances ........... 93 Dunnett, Dorothy ........ 122 Beeding, Francis .......... 33 Byrd, Max .............. 60 Creasey, John (3) ......... 94 Durrenmatt, Friedrich ..... 122 Bell, Josephine (3) ........ 33 Cain, James M. (4) ...... **61 Crispin, Edmund