1001 Midnights the Aficionado’S Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction

1001 Midnights The Aficionado’s Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction

Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller

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

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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 Its original therefore, should be considered an historical reference publisher, Arbor House, assured us that it would have a work.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 (2) ...... *95 Early, Jack ...... 122 Bellem, Robert Leslie ...... 35 Cain, Paul ...... 63 Crofts, Freeman Wills (2) . . *96 Eberhart, Mignon (3) .... *123

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Ebersohn, Wessel ...... 124 Garve, Andrew (2) ...... 156 Healy, Jeremiah F. III ..... 188 Jay, Charlotte ...... 218 Egan, Lesley (2) ...... 125 Gash, Jonathan ...... 157 Heard, H.F...... 189 Jeffers, H. Paul ...... 219 Elkins, Aaron ...... 125 Gault, William Campbell(3)*157 Hecht, Ben ...... 189 Jeffreys, J.G...... 219 Ellin, Stanley (4) ...... **126 Gerrity, Dave J...... 159 Hendryx, James B...... 189 Jeffries, Roderic ...... 220 Ely, David ...... *127 Gibson, Walter ...... 159 Henry, O...... *190 Jenkins, Will F...... 220 Engel, Howard ...... 128 Gilbert, Anthony (2) ...... 160 Hensley, Joe L...... 190 Johns, Veronica Parker .... 221 Erskine, Margaret ...... 128 Gilbert, Michael (3) ..... *160 Heyer, Georgette ...... 191 Johnson, E. Richard ..... *221 Estleman, Loren D. (2) .... 129 Gilman, Dorothy ...... 162 Higgins, George V...... 191 Johnston, Velda ...... 222 Fair, A. A...... *129 Godey, John ...... 162 Higgins, Jack ...... *192 Jones, Cleo ...... 222 Falkirk, Richard ...... 130 Goldman, William ...... 163 Highsmith, Patricia (3) . . . *192 Joshee, O.K...... 223 Farrell, Henry ...... 130 Goodis, David (2) ...... 163 Hill, Reginald ...... 194 Kallen, Lucille ...... 223 Faulkner, William ...... *131 Goodrum, Charles A...... 164 Hillerman, Tony (3) ..... *194 Kaminsky, Stuart (2) .... *224 Faust, Ron ...... 131 Gordon, Richard ...... 164 Hilton, John Buxton ...... 196 Kane, Frank ...... 225 Fearing, Kenneth ...... *132 Gordons, The ...... 165 Himes, Chester ...... *196 Kane, Henry (2) ...... 225 Fenisong, Ruth ...... 132 Gores, Joe (2) ...... *165 Hinkemeyer, Michael T. . . . 196 Kaplan, Arthur ...... 226 Ferrars, E.X. (2) ...... 133 Gosling, Paula ...... 166 Hintze, Naomi A...... 197 Kavanagh, Paul ...... 227 Fickling, G.G...... 134 Goulart, Ron ...... 167 Hirschberg, Cornelius ..... 197 Kaye, M. M...... 227 Finney, Jack ...... 134 Grady, James ...... 167 Hitchens, Bert and Dolores *197 Kaye, Marvin ...... 228 Fischer, Bruno (2) ...... 134 Grafton, C. W...... 167 Hitchens, Dolores (2) .... *198 Keating, H.R.F. (2) ...... *228 Fish, Robert L. (2) ...... 135 Grafton, Sue...... *168 Hjorstberg, William ...... 199 Keeler, Harry Stephen .... 229 Fisher, Steve ...... 136 Green, Alan ...... 168 Hoch, Edward D. (2) .... *199 Keene, Day (2) ...... 230 Fleming, Ian (3) ...... *136 Green, Anna Katharine . . **169 Holding, Elizabeth Sanxay . 200 Kelland, Clarence Budington 230 Fletcher, J.S...... 138 Green, Edith Pinero ...... 169 Holme, Timothy ...... 200 Kemelman, Harry (3) .... *231 Flora, Fletcher ...... 138 Greenan, Russell H...... *170 Holmes, H. H...... 201 Kendrick, Baynard H. (2) . *232 Flynn, Jay ...... 139 Greene, Graham (2) ..... *170 Holt, Victoria ...... *201 Kenrick, Tony ...... 233 Foley, Rae ...... 139 Greene, Josiah E...... 171 Homes, Geoffrey (2) .... *202 Kenyon, Michael ...... 233 Follett, Ken ...... *139 Greenleaf, Stephen ...... 171 Hopley, George ...... *202 Kiefer, Warren ...... 234 Forbes, Stanton ...... 140 Gresham, William Lindsay *172 Horler, Sydney ...... 203 Kienzle, William ...... *234 Ford, Leslie (2) ...... 140 Grey, Harry ...... 172 Hornig, Doug...... 204 King, C. Daly ...... *234 Forester, C.S...... *141 Grimes, Martha ...... *173 Hornung, E. W...... *204 King, Rufus (2) ...... 235 Forrest, Richard ...... 141 Gruber, Frank (2) ...... 173 Household, Geoffrey (2) . *204 Kirst, Hans Hellmut..... *235 Forsyth, Frederick (3) .... *142 Guthrie, A.B., Jr...... 174 Houston, Robert ...... *205 Knickmeyer, Steve ...... 236 Foxx, Jack ...... 143 Hall, Adam (2) ...... *174 Hoyt, Richard ...... 206 Knight, Clifford ...... 236 Foy, George ...... 143 Hallahan, William H. (2) . *175 Hudson, Jeffrey ...... 206 Knight, Kathleen Moore . . . 237 Francis, Dick (4) ...... *143 Halliday, Brett (2) ...... 176 Huggins, Roy ...... 207 Knox, Bill (2) ...... 237 Fraser, Antonia ...... 145 Hamill, Pete ...... 177 Hughes, Dorothy B. (2) . . *207 Knox, Ronald A...... 238 Frazee, Steve ...... 145 Hamilton, Donald ...... *178 Hugo, Richard ...... 208 Koontz, Dean R...... 238 Freeling, Nicholas (2) .... *146 Hamilton, Nan ...... 178 Hull, Richard ...... *209 Kruger, Paul ...... 239 Freeman, R. Austin (2) . . . *147 Hammett, Dashiell (5) . . **178 Hunt, E. Howard ...... 209 Kurland, Michael ...... 239 Fremlin, Celia ...... 148 Hansen, Joseph (4) ...... *182 Hunter, Alan ...... 209 Kuttner, Henry ...... 240 Friedman, Mickey ...... 148 Hare, Cyril ...... 184 Hunter, Evan ...... 210 Kyle, Duncan ...... 240 Frome, David ...... 148 Harper, Richard ...... 184 Huxley, Elspeth ...... 210 Kyle, Robert ...... *241 Fuller, Samuel ...... 149 Harrington, Joyce ...... 184 Iles, Francis ...... 211 Lacy, Ed. (3) ...... *241 Fuller, Timothy ...... 149 Harris, Charlaine ...... 185 Innes, Hammond ...... *211 Lamb, J. J...... 243 Fuller, William ...... 150 Harris, Thomas ...... 185 Innes, Michael (3) ...... *211 Lange, John ...... 243 Futrelle, Jacques (2) ..... *150 Harris, Timothy ...... 186 Irish, William (4) ...... *213 Langton, Jane ...... 244 Gaboriau, Émile ...... *151 Hart, Frances Noyes ..... *186 Irvine, R.R...... 215 Lanham, Edwin ...... 244 Gardiner, Dorothy ...... 151 Harvey, William Fryer .... 186 Ives, John ...... *215 Larson, Charles ...... 245 Gardner, Erie Stanley (3) . . 152 Hayes, Joseph...... *187 Jacks, Jeff ...... 216 Lathen, Emma (4) ...... 245 Gardner, John (2) ...... 153 Haymon, S. T...... 187 Jahn, Michael ...... 216 Latimer, Jonathan (2) .... *247 Garfield, Brian (3) ...... *154 Haythorne, John ...... 188 Jakes, John ...... 216 Law, Janice ...... 248 Garrett, Randall ...... *156 Head, Matthew ...... 188 James, P. D. (3) ...... *217 Lawrence, Hilda ...... 248

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Le Carré, John (2) ..... **248 McShane, Mark (2) ..... *288 O’Donnell, Peter ...... 318 Ransome, Stephen ...... 350 Leffland, Ella ...... 249 Mahannah, Floyd ...... 289 Offord, Lenore Glen ...... 318 Rathbone, Julian ...... 350 Lemarchand, Elizabeth .... 250 Maling, Arthur ...... *289 O’Hanlon, James ...... 319 Rawson, Clayton (2) ..... *351 Leonard, Charles L...... 250 Mann, Jessica ...... 290 Olden, Marc...... 319 Reese, John ...... 352 Leonard, Elmore (2) ..... *251 Mantell, Laurie ...... 290 Olsen, D. B...... 320 Reeve, Arthur B...... *352 Le Queux, William ...... 252 March, William ...... *291 O’Malley, Patrick ...... 320 Reeves, Robert ...... 353 Leroux, Gaston ...... **252 Markham, Virgil ...... 291 Oppenheim, E. Phillips . . . 321 Reilly, Helen (2) ...... 353 Levin, Ira ...... *252 Marlowe, Dan J...... *292 Orczy, Baroness ...... **321 Rendell, Ruth (3) ...... *355 Lewin, Michael Z. (2) .... 253 Marlowe, Derek ...... *292 Ormerod, Roger ...... 322 Resnicow, Herbert ...... 356 Lewis, Norman ...... 254 Marlowe, Stephen (2) ..... 293 Ozaki, Milton K...... 322 Reynolds, William J...... 356 Lewis, Roy Harley (2) .... 254 Marquand, John P...... *293 Page, Marco ...... 322 Rhode, John (2) ...... *356 Lindsay, David L...... 255 Marric, J. J...... 294 Page, Martin ...... 323 Rhode, John, and Linington, Elizabeth (2) . . . 256 Marsh, Ngaio (3) ...... *294 Palmer, Stuart (2) ...... *323 Carter Dickson ...... *357 Linzee, David ...... 257 Marshall, William ...... *296 Palmer, Stuart & Craig Rice*324 Rhodes, Vivian ...... 358 Little, Constance & Gwenyth257 Marsten, Richard ...... 297 Papazoglou, Oriana ...... 324 Rice, Craig (2) ...... *358 Livingston, Jack ...... 258 Martin, Robert ...... 297 Paretsky, Sara ...... *325 Rich, Virginia ...... 360 Lockridge, Frances Mason, A.E.W...... *298 Parker, Percy Spurlark .... 325 Rinehart, Mary Roberts . . *360 and Richard (2) ..... *258 Mason, F. Van Wyck ..... 298 Parker, Robert B. (2) ..... 325 Ritchie, Jack ...... *361 Lockridge, Richard (2) .... 259 Masterson, Whit ...... 299 Parrish, Frank...... 327 Roberts, Willo Davis ..... 362 Long, Amelia Reynolds . . . 260 Masur, Harold Q...... 299 Patterson, Harry ...... 327 Roeburt, John ...... 362 Loraine, Philip ...... 260 Matheson, Richard ...... 300 Paul, Elliot ...... 328 Rogers, Joel Townsley . . . *363 Lovell, Marc ...... *260 Maugham, W. Somerset . . . 300 Pendleton, Don ...... 328 Rogers, Samuel ...... 363 Lovesey, Peter (2) ...... *261 Melville, James ...... 301 Pentecost, Hugh (3) ..... *328 Rohmer, Sax (3) ...... *364 Lowndes, Marie Belloc . . *262 Meredith, D.R...... 301 Perowne, Barry ...... 330 Roos, Kelley (2) ...... 365 Ludlum, Robert ...... 262 Merwin, Sam, Jr...... 301 Perry, Anne ...... *331 Roscoe, Mike ...... 366 Lutz, John (2) ...... *263 Meyer, Nicholas ...... 302 Perry, Ritchie ...... 331 Rosen, R.D...... 367 Lyall, Gavin ...... 264 Miles, John ...... 303 Perry, Thomas ...... 332 Rosenberger, Joseph ...... 367 Lynch, Jack ...... 264 Millar, Kenneth ...... 303 Peters, Elizabeth ...... *332 Ross, Barnaby ...... *368 Lynn, Margaret ...... 265 Millar, Margaret (3) ..... *304 Petersen, Herman ...... 332 Ross, Ivan T...... 369 Lyons, Arthur ...... 265 Miller, Wade ...... *305 Petievich, Gerald ...... 333 Roth, Holly ...... 369 McAuliffe, Frank ...... *266 Milne, A. A...... 305 Philbrick, W.R...... 333 Royce, Kenneth ...... 370 McBain, Ed. (5) ...... *266 Mitchell, Gladys (3) ..... *306 Philips, Judson (2) ...... *334 Russell, John ...... 370 McCloy, Helen (3) ...... *269 Moore, Barbara ...... 307 Pickard, Nancy...... 335 Sadler, Mark ...... *370 McClure, James (2) ..... *270 Morgan, Michael ...... 307 Pike, Robert L...... 335 Salas, Floyd ...... 371 McCoy, Horace (2) ...... *271 Morice, Anne ...... 308 Poe, Edgar Allan ...... **336 Sale, Richard ...... 371 McCutchan, Philip ...... 272 Morley, Christopher ...... 308 Porter, Joyce (2) ...... *336 Samson, Joan ...... 372 MacDonald, John D. (5) . . *273 Morrell, David ...... *309 Post, Melville Davisson(2)**337 Sanders, Lawrence ...... *372 MacDonald, Philip (3) . . . *275 Morrison, Arthur ...... 309 Potts, Jean ...... 338 Sauter, Eric ...... 373 Macdonald, Ross (6) .... *276 Morse, L. A...... 310 Powell, Talmage ...... 339 Sayers, Dorothy L. (5) . . . *373 Mcdonald, Gregory (2) .... 280 Motley, Willard ...... *310 Prather, Richard S. (3) . . . *339 Scherf, Margaret (2) ...... 375 McGerr, Patricia ...... *281 Moyes, Patricia ...... *311 Price, Anthony ...... 340 Schorr, Mark ...... 376 McGinley, Patrick ...... 281 Muller, Marcia (2) ...... *311 Proctor, Maurice ...... 341 Scott, Jack S...... 377 McGivern, William P. (2) *282 Murphy, Warren (2) ...... 312 Pronzini, Bill (3) ...... *341 Scott, Justin ...... 377 McHale, Tom ...... 283 Nebel, Frederick ...... 313 Pronzini, Bill, and Seeley, Mabel...... 377 MacHarg, William ...... 283 Neely, Richard ...... 314 Barry N. Malzberg . . . *343 Sela, Owen ...... 378 Mcllvanney, William ..... 283 Nelson, Hugh Lawrence . . . 314 Propper, Milton ...... 344 Seratin, David ...... 378 Maclnnes, Helen ...... 284 Nevins, Francis M...... 315 Quarry, Nick ...... 344 Shannon, Dell (2) ...... 378 Mackay, Amanda ...... 285 Nichols, Fan ...... 315 Queen, Ellery (5) ...... *344 Shattuck, Richard ...... *379 MacLean, Alistair (2) .... *285 Nielsen, Helen (2) ...... *315 Quentin, Patrick (2) ..... *347 Sheldon, Walter J...... 380 MacLeod, Charlotte (2) . . . 286 O’Cork, Shannon ...... 316 Rabe, Peter (2) ...... 348 Sherburne, James ...... 380 McMullen, Mary (2) ...... 286 O’Dell, J. W...... 317 Radley, Sheila ...... 349 Sheridan, Juanita ...... 381 McNamara, Joseph D. .... 287 O’Donnell, Lillian (2) .... 317 Randisi, Robert J...... 349 Shimer, R.S...... 381

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Short, Christopher ...... 382 Symons, Julian (3) ...... *403 Valin, Jonathan ...... 422 Whitechurch, Victor L. .... 440 Silver, Victoria ...... 382 Talbot, Hake ...... *404 Vance, John Holbrook .... 422 Whitfield, Raoul ...... 441 Simenon, Georges (4) .... *383 Tapply, WilIiam G...... 405 van de Wetering, Whitney, Phyllis A. (3) . . . 441 Simon, Roger L ...... 385 Taylor, Andrew ...... 405 Janwillem (2) ...... *423 Whittington, Harry (2) . . . *442 Singer, Loren ...... 385 Taylor, Elizabeth Atwood . 406 Van Dine, S.S...... *424 Wilcox, Collin (2) ...... *443 Singer, Shelley ...... 386 Taylor, Phoebe Atwood (3) *406 van Gulik, Robert (2) .... *425 Wilde, Percival. P...... 444 Sjöwall, Maj, Taylor, Samuel W...... 407 Vickers, Roy (2) ...... *426 Williams, Charles (3) .... *445 and Per Wahlöö (3) . . *386 Teilhet, Darwin& Hildegarde408 Von Eisner, Don ...... 427 Williams, David ...... 446 Sladek, John ...... *387 Tevis, Walter ...... *408 Wade, Henry ...... 427 Williams, Gordon M...... 446 Slesar, Henry ...... 388 Tey, Josephine (2) ...... *409 Wager, Walter ...... 428 Willie, Ennis ...... 447 Smith, Alison ...... 388 Thayer, Lee ...... 410 Wainwright, John ...... 428 Wilson, Barbara ...... 448 Smith, Charles Merrill.... 389 Thomas, Ross (3) ...... *410 Wallace, Edgar (2) ...... *429 Wilson, Colin ...... 448 Smith, David ...... 389 Thompson, Jim (3) ...... *411 Walling, R.A.J...... 430 Wilson, Dana ...... 449 Smith, Julie...... 390 Thomson, June ...... 413 Wallmann, Jeffrey M...... 430 Wodehouse, P.G...... *449 Smith, Martin ...... 390 Tilton, Alice ...... *413 Walsh, Jack ...... 431 Wood, Ted ...... *450 Smith, Martin Cruz ...... 390 Towne, Stuart ...... 414 Wambaugh, Joseph (2) . . . *431 Woods, Sara (2) ...... 450 Snow, Kathleen ...... 391 Tracy, Don ...... 414 Watson, Clarissa ...... 432 Woolrich, Cornell (3) .... *451 Spicer, Bart ...... *391 Tracy, Margaret ...... 414 Watson, Colin ...... 432 Wormser, Richard ...... 453 Spillane, Mickey (4) ..... *391 Train, Arthur ...... *415 Waugh, Hillary ...... 433 Wren, M. K...... 453 Stagge, Jonathan ...... 393 Treat, Lawrence ...... 415 Webb, Jack ...... 433 Wylie, Philip ...... 453 Stark, Richard (2) ...... *394 Trevanian ...... 416 Wells, Carolyn ...... 434 Wyllie, John ...... 454 Starrett, Vincent ...... 395 Trott, Susan ...... 416 Wells, Tobias ...... 434 Wynne, Anthony ...... 455 Stein, Aaron Marc (2) ..... 396 Troy, Simon ...... 417 Wentworth, Patricia (2) . . . 435 Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn .... 455 Stephens, Reed ...... 397 Truman, Margaret ...... 417 West, John B...... 436 Yates, Dornford ...... 456 Stout, Rex (6) ...... *397 Turnbull, Peter ...... 418 Westlake, Donald E. (4) . . *436 Yorke, Margaret ...... 456 Strange, John Stephen .... 400 Tyre, Nedra ...... 418 Weston, Carolyn ...... 438 Zackel, Fred ...... 456 Stribling, T.S...... *401 Uhnak, Dorothy (3) ..... *418 Wheat, Carolyn ...... 439 Zangwill, Israel ...... **457 Stuart, William L...... 401 Underwood, Michael ..... 420 Wheatley, Dennis ...... 439 Zaremba, Eve ...... 457 Swanton, Scott ...... 402 Upfield, Arthur W. (4) . . . *420 White, Lionel (2) ...... 439 Zochert, Donald ...... 457 Swarthout, Glendon ...... 402 Upton, Robert ...... 422 White, Teri ...... 440

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“A” Is for Alibi (168) The Beaded Banana (375) The Bone Is Pointed (420) The ABC Murders (77) Beast in View (304) Bonegrinder (263) About the Murder of the Clergyman’s The Beast Must Die (38) The Book of the Crime (100) Mistress (9) The Bellamy Trial (186) Boston Blackie (47) Accounting for Murder (245) Ben Gates Is Hot (241) Brandstetter and Others (182) Act of Fear (87) Best “Thinking Machine “ Detective Stories The Brass Cupcake (273) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (119) (150) The Brass Go-Between (40) The Affair at Royalties (32) Beyond This Point Are Monsters (304) Brass Knuckles (173) The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy The Big Bow Mystery (457) Breathe No More, My Lady (241) (17) The Big Caper (439) The Bride Wore Black (451) The Affair of the Blue Pig (320) The Big Cat (382) The Brighter Buccaneer (72) The Affair of the Limping Sailor (236) The Big Clock (132) The Broken Angel (289) The Affairs of O’Malley (283) The Big Enchilada (310) The Broker (86) The African Poison Murders (210) The Big Knockover (178) Brute in Brass (442) After the First Death (42) Big Money (418) The Buffalo Box (173) Aftershock (443) The Big Payoff (248) Build My Gallows High (202) Agent in Place (284) The Big Sleep (69) Burglars Can’t Be Choosers (42) Aground (445) Billingsgate Shoal (47) Bury Me Deep (299) Alive and Dead (133) The Billion Dollar Brain (106) But Nellie Was So Nice (286) All Shot Up (196) The Bishop Murder Case (424) Butcher’s Moon (394) Alter Ego (20) Bitter Finish (30) The Butler Died in Brooklyn (132) Amigo, Amigo (82) The Black Angel (452) Buyer Beware (264) An Equal Opportunity Death (121) Black Aura (387) C.B. Greenfield: The Piano Bird (223) An Exchange of Eagles (378) The Black Camel (36) The Cabinda Affair (188) An Eye for an Eye (436) The Black Curtain (452) The Cable Car Murder (406) An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (217) Black Money (276) Calamity Town (346) An Urge for Justice (428) The Black Mountain (399) California Thriller (60) And Be a Villain (399) The Black Seraphim (160) Callander Square (331) And Some Were Evil (447) Black Sunday (185) The Cannibal Who Overate (328) And Then There Were None (77) The Black Tower (217) Canto for a Gypsy (390) Angel Face (84) Black Wings Has My Angel (73) The Cape Cod Mystery (406) Angel Without Mercy (84) The Black-Headed Pins (257) A Caribbean Mystery (78) Angle of Attack (59) Blackstone’s Fancy (130) The Case Book of Jimmie Lavender (395) Anything but Saintly (108) Bleeding Hearts (440) A Case for Appeal (125) Appleby and Honeybath (211) Blind Corner (456) Case for Three Detectives (56) The Arabian Nights Murder (65) Blind Drifts (81) A Case of Need (206) The Arm of Mrs. Egan (186) The Blond Baboon (423) A Case of Spirits (261) Ashenden: or The British Agent (300) Blood Brotherhood (30) The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (45) The Ashes of Loda (156) The Blood of an Englishman (270) The Case of the Bouncing Betty (22) Asia Rip (143) Blood Sport (143) The Case of the Fan Dancer’s Horse (152) Assignment–Angelina (9) Blood Upon the Snow (248) The Case of the Gold Coins (455) At the Villa Rose (298) Bloodwater (97) The Case of the Missing Brontë (30) Atlanta Deathwatch (109) The Bloody Book of Law (450) The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (152) The Auctioneer (372) Blowup (31) The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece (153) Average Jones (10) Blue Death (88) The Case of the Violent Virgin (22) Back Country (150) Blue Fire (441) The Cases of Susan Dare (123) The Back of the North Wind (146) The Blue Hammer (277) Casino Royale (136) The Bad Seed (291) The Blue Knight (431) The Cask (96) The Bait (418) Blue Murder (428) Castle Skull (66) The Balloon Man (19) The Blue Room and The Accomplices (384) Castles Burning (265) Bank Job (335) Blunt Darts (188) Cat of Many Tails (346) Banking on Death (246) A Body for McHugh (139) The Cat Wears a Noose (320) Banshee (304) Bogmail (281) Catch Me, Kill Me (175) Bat Wing (364) A Bone and a Hank of Hair (57)

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The Cautious Overshoes (376) Dancing Aztecs (436) Deep Lay the Dead (103) The Caves of Night (80) The Danger (144) The Demise of a Louse (27) The Ceiling of Hell (312) The Dark Fantastic (126) The Demon Stirs (63) Cellini Smith: Detective (353) Dark Is the Tunnel (60) The Department of Dead Ends (426) Change for the Worse (250) The Dark Light (391) The Department of Queer Complaints (115) Charley Varrick (352) The Dark Page (149) The Desperate Hours (187) The Cheating Butcher (396) A Dark Power (19) The Detections of Dr. Sam Johnson (107) A Child’s Garden of Death (141) The Dark Tunnel (303) Detour (315) The Children’s Zoo (317) Darker than Amber (273) The Devil Drives (291) The Chinese Bandit (32) The Daughter of Time (409) The Devil Finds Work (108) The Chinese Mask (27) Day of the Guns (391) The Devil in Velvet (66) The Chinks in the Curtain (336) The Day of the Jackal (142) Devil’s Work (456) A Choice of Crimes (125) The Day the Children Vanished (329) Dewey Death (38) The Choirboys (432) Dead at the Take-Off (109) Dewey Decimated (164) Cholo (205) Dead in the Water (450) Diagnosis: Homicide (41) The Chrysanthemum Chain (301) Dead Lion (43) Didn’t Anybody Know My Wife? (362) The Circular Staircase (360) Dead Man’s Thoughts (439) Dig My Grave Deep (348) The Claverton Affair (356) Dead Run (259) Dirty Laundry (177) Cloud Nine (61) The Dead Side of the Mike (52) Discretion (257) Clouds of Witness (373) Dead Skip (165) Divide the Night (124) Clues of the Caribees (401) The Dead Thing in the Pool (396) The Doberman Wore Black (307) Coach North (272) Deadfall (90) Doctor Frigo (16) Cocaine and Blue Eyes (456) Deadline (111) Doctor, Lawyer.... (444) The Cockeyed Corpse (339) Deadline at Dawn (214) Doctor No (137) A Coffin for Dimitrios (16) Deadlock (325) The Dogs Do Bark (393) A Cold Mind (255) The Deadly Dames (117) Dolly and the Bird of Paradise (122) Cold Poison (323) The Deadly Percheron (29) Domino (442) The Cold War Swap (410) Deadly Petard (220) Don’t Cry for Me (158) A Comedian Dies (52) Death and Mr. Potter (139) Don’t Ever Love Me (84) Compartment K (353) Death and the Good Life (208) Don’t Lie to Me (83) The Complete Short Stories of Raffles—the Death Bed (171) Don’t Look Behind You! (363) Amateur Cracksman (204) Death by Bequest (287) Double Indemnity (61) Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Death by Gaslight (239) The Double Take (207) Poe (336) Death from a Top Hat (351) Dover Goes to Pott (337) The Con Game (433) Death in Donegal Bay (157) Down There (163) Conversations with a Corpse (109) Death in Harley Street (357) Dragon Hunt (159) The Cooking School Murders (360) Death in Retirement (34) The Dream Detective (364) The Corpse at the Quill Club (260) Death in the Fifth Position (46) Dreaming of Babylon (50) Corrupt and Ensnare (315) A Death in the Life (102) The Dummy Murder Case (322) Counterfeit Wife (176) Death in Zanzibar (227) Dupe (82) Country and Fatal (25) Death Merchant: Hell in Hindu Land (367) The Dutch Blue Error (405) A Cracking of Spines (255) Death of a Citizen (178) A Dying Fall (427) A Creative Kind of Killer (122) Death of a Corinthian (244) Easy Go (243) Crime by Chance (256) Death of a Fool (294) The Eiger Sanction (416) The Crimson Hair Murders (408) Death of a Ghost (14) Eight Million Ways to Die (42) The Crimson Madness of Little Doom (288) Death of a Harvard Freshman (382) 11 Harrowhouse (55) Crocodile on the Sandbank (332) Death on the Broadlands (209) End of Chapter (39) The Cruise of a Deathtime (24) Death on the Eno (285) End of the Line (197) Cue for Murder (269) Death on the Hour (259) End of the Line (316) The Curious Mr. Tarrant (234) Death Out of Thin Air (414) Even the Wicked (297) The Curse of Doone (203) Death Turns a Trick (390) The Executioner (328) The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (114) Death Walks in Eastrepps (33) The Executioners (274) Curtain Call for a Corpse (33) Death Wish (154) Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories The Czar of Halfaday Creek (189) Death’s Clenched Fist (380) of Anthony Boucher (46) Dai-Sho (319) Death-Wish Green (93) Exit Actors, Dying (20) The Dain Curse (179) Deceit and Deadly Lies (28) Eye of the Needle (139) Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (35) Decoy (307) The Fabulous Clipjoint (54) Dance Hall of the Dead (194) The Deding Secret (403) Fade Out (422) 1001 MIDNIGHTS 467

Fadeout (182) Gat Heat (340) Hell to Pay (90) Fall from Grace (44) A Gathering of Ghosts (254) High Sierra (58) A Fall from Grace (64) The Gathering Place (51) Himalayan Assignment (298) Falling Angel (199) The Gazebo (435) The Hobbema Prospect (196) The Falling Man (370) Generous Death (335) The Hog Murders (106) The False Inspector Dew (261) The Gentle Grafter (190) A Homicide for Hannah (23) False Witness (419) Ghost Blonde (110) The Hoods (172) The Family Burial Murders (344) Ghosting (167) The Hoods Come Calling (344) Family Vault (286) The Ghostway (195) Hopscotch (154) Farewell My Lovely (70) Gideon’s Fire (294) A Horse’s Head (210) Farragan’s Retreat (283) The Gift Shop (20) The Hot Rock (437) Fast Company (322) The Girl’s Number Doesn’t Answer (339) The Hound of the Baskervilles (119) Fast One (63) Give Up the Ghost (128) The Hours Before Dawn (148) Fatal Descent (357) The Glass Key (180) The House of Numbers (134) Fear in a Handful of Dust (215) The Glass Mask (318) House on Greenapple Road (101) Fellowship of Fear (125) Glass Village (347) The House Without a Key (37) Fenner (91) The Glimpses of the Moon (95) The Housewife and the Assassin (416) Fer-de-Lance (397) Go, Lovely Rose (338) How Awful about Allan (130) The Fever Tree (355) God Save the Mark (437) How to Succeed at Murder without Really Finding Maubee (64) The Gold Deadline (356) Trying (427) The Fire Trap (63) Goldfinger (137) The Hundred-Dollar Gift (158) Firefly Gadroon (157) Good Girls Don’t Get Murdered (325) Hunter (373) First Blood (309) Good Night and Good-bye (186) The Hunter (394) The First Deadly Sin (372) The Good Old Stuff (274) Hurricane Season (148) The First Directive (287) Goodey’s Last Stand (15) The Hustler (408) First Hit of the Season (110) Gorky Park (390) I Married a Dead Man (214) Fletch (280) The Grand Ole Opry Murders (228) I, the Jury (392) The Florentine Dagger (189) The Gravy Train (299) I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (213) Florentine Finish (197) Great Cases of the Thinking Machine (151) If Laurel Shot Hardy the World Would End Flyaway (25) The Great Impersonation (321) (140) Flynn’s In (280) The Great Merlini (351) If the Shroud Fits (239) Fool’s Mate (331) The Great Train Hijack (299) Ill Met by Moonlight (140) The Footprints of Satan (36) The Greek Coffin Mystery (344) In a Lonely Place (207) The Footsteps at the Lock (238) Green for Danger (50) “In Re: Sherlock Holmes”: The Adventures of Solar Pons (110) Footsteps in the Night (198) The Green Hell Treasure (135) In the Heat of the Night (26) For Murder I Charge More (266) Green Ice (441) In the Last Analysis (97) The Foretelling (93) The Green Ripper (275) In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Forfeit (145) The Green Stone (39) Stories (374) Forty Whacks (202) The Green Wound (22) The Incredible Schlock Homes (136) Foul Shot (204) Groomed for Murder (358) The Incredulity of Father Brown (74) The Four Just Men (429) Guilty Bystander (305) The Innocence of Father Brown (75) The Fourth Postman (358) Gulf Coast Girl (446) Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes (228) The Fourth Stage of Gainsborough Brown Gunmen, Gallants, and Ghosts (439) The Insulators (94) (432) The Guns of Navarone (285) The Invader (453) The Fox Valley Murders (422) Hammett (166) The Investigation (419) Free Draw (386) The Hanging Doll Murder (322) The Iron Spiders (232) A Free-Range Wife (233) Hangman’s Dozen (12) The Ivory Grin (278) Freebooty (143) A Hank of Hair (218) Jack and the Beanstalk (267) Freeze Frame (215) The Haunted Bookshop (308) The Jake of Diamonds (427) Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (231) The Haunted Monastery and The Chinese The Japanese Corpse (423) Frog in the Throat (133) Maze Murders (425) Jewel of the Java Sea (99) Full Contact (349) Have His Carcase (374) Johnny Havoc and the Doll Who Had “It” Full Fare for a Corpse (105) Have Mercy on Us (434) (216) A Funeral of Gondolas (200) He Who Digs a Grave (108) Judas Cross (430) Fuzz (266) A Healthy Way to Die (38) The Judge and His Hangman (122) Game Without Rules (161) Hearse of a Different Color (89) Judge Dee at Work (425) Games (341) Hell Is a City (18) Just What the Doctor Ordered (432) The Garden of Weapons (153) Hell on Friday (43) 468 1001 MIDNIGHTS

Keeper of the Keys (37) The Long Dark Night of Baron Samedi A Most Contagious Game (11) Kennedy for the Defense (191) (454) Mostly Murder (55) The Key to Nicholas Street (126) The Long Goodbye (71) The Mouse in the Mountain (104) The Kill Factor (184) The Long Wait (392) The Moving Toyshop (95) Kill the Boss Good-By (349) Look Your Last (400) Mr. Campion and Others (14) Kill Your Darlings (87) The Looters (352) Mr. Crook Lifts the Mask (160) Kill Zone (129) Losers Take All (243) Mr. Fortune Objects (25) Killed on the Ice (105) Losing Bet (74) Mr. Moto Is So Sorry (293) The Killer Inside Me (411) The Loss of the “Jane Vosper” (96) Mr. Pinkerton Has the Clue (148) A Killer Is Loose (53) The Lunatic Time (362) Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight (147) Killer’s Rights (178) The Madhouse in Washington Square (13) Mr. Surie (223) Killer’s Wedge (267) Madmen Die Alone (171) Mr. Tutt’s Case Book (415) A Killing for Charity (226) Madrid Underground (378) Mrs. Munck (249) The King Is Dead on Queen Street (44) Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (383) Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station (162) The King of Terrors (40) Maigret’s Boyhood Friend (383) Mrs. White (414) The King of the Rainy Country (146) Make with the Brains, Pierre (449) Murder and Chips (290) A Kiss Before Dying (252) Malice Aforethought (211) Murder at Horsethief (319) Kiss Me Again, Stranger (120) Malice in Wonderland (235) The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder (429) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (271) The Maltese Falcon (180) Murder Bound (17) Knife in the Dark (85) The Man in the Middle (254) Murder by Latitude (235) Knight Sinister (174) The Man on the Balcony (387) Murder by the Day (221) Knight’s Gambit (131) The Man Who Killed His Brother (397) Murder Comes Home (160) Knock on Any Door (310) The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself (89) Murder Goes Mumming (92) Knock Three-One-Two (54) The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa (323) Murder in Mimicry (308) The Kynsard Affair (426) The Man Who Was Thursday (75) Murder in Miniatures (301) LaBrava (251) The Man with a Load of Mischief (173) Murder in Shinbone Alley (354) The Lady in the Lake (70) The Man with My Face (407) Murder in the Collective (448) The Lady in the Morgue (247) Manhattan North (11) Murder in the Hellfire Club (457) Laidlaw (283) Marathon Man (163) Murder in the White House (417) Lament for a Lousy Lover (53) Mark of Treachery (230) Murder Las Vegas Style (27) The Last Good Kiss (97) Mark One: The Dummy (26) Murder Man (43) The Last Houseparty (113) Marooned with Murder (430) Murder, Murder, Little Star (24) The Laughing Policeman (386) Martin Hewitt, Investigator (309) Murder Must Advertise (374) The Laughter Trap (334) Master of the Moor (355) Murder of a Mistress (240) Laura (68) The Matlock Paper (262) The Murder of My Aunt (209) Laurels Are Poison (306) Matthew’s Hand (245) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (78) Leave a Message for Willie (311) Max Carrados (49) The Murder of the Maharajah (229) The Leavenworth Case (169) Mayhem in B-Flat (328) The Murder of the U.S.A. (220) The Left Leg (413) The McBain Brief (268) Murder on Martha’s Vineyard (365) The Lester Affair (157) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (120) Murder on Mike (219) Levine (438) The Men from the Boys (242) Murder on the Orient Express (79) Lew Archer, Private Investigator (278) Metzger’s Dog (332) Murder on the Rocks (115) License Renewed (153) The Middle Temple Murder (138) Murder on the Wild Side (216) The Light of Day (16) The Midnight Lady and the Mourning Man Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (224) Light Thickens (295) (17) Murder with Pictures (91) Lightning (268) The Midnight Man (225) The Murderer Invisible (453) The Lingala Code (234) Mile High (88) Murders in Volume 2 (100) Listen for the Whisperer (442) The Ministry of Fear (170) The Mysterious Mr. Quin (79) The Listening House (377) Minor Murders (190) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (113) Listening Woman (195) Miss Pym Disposes (409) The Mystery of the Green Ray (252) The Little Brothers (102) The Mistress of Mellyn (201) The Mystery of the Yellow Room (252) Little Caesar (59) Money Men and One-Shot Deal (333) Naked She Died (414) Loan Shark (317) The Money Trap (440) The Name of the Game Is Death (292) Location Shots (58) Monsieur Lecoq (151) Natural Causes (422) The Lodger (262) The Moonstone (88) Natural Enemy (244) The Lone Wolf (31) Moran, Operative (444) The Nebraska Quotient (356) The Loner (315) The Mordida Man (411) A Nest of Traitors (21) Morgue for Venus (92) Net of Cobwebs (200) 1001 MIDNIGHTS 469

The New Adventures of Ellery Queen (345) A Party to Murder (420) Reverend Randollph and the Unholy Bible A New Leaf and Other Stories (361) Passing Strange (371) (389) The New Shoe (421) The Patient in Cabin C (123) The Rheingold Route (289) Nice Fillies Finish Last (177) Payment Deferred (141) Ride the Pink Horse (208) Night Cover (253) The Penguin Pool Murder (323) Rim of the Pit (404) Night Cry (401) People vs. Withers and Malone (324) Ripley Underground (192) Night Has a Thousand Eyes (202) Perchance of Death (256) The Rising of the Moon (306) The Night of the Generals (235) Peter’s Pence (81) Rites of Murder (380) Night of the Jabberwock (55) The Phantom Cottage (222) Rocket to the Morgue (201) Night Rituals (216) Phantom Lady (213) Rogue Cop (282) Night Walking (391) Photographs Have Been Sent to Your Wife Rogue Mate (204) Night Without End (285) (260) Room to Swing (243) Nightmare Alley (172) Pick Up Sticks (246) The Rosary Murders (234) Nightmare in Manhattan (431) Pick Your Victim (281) The Rose of Tibet (101) Nightwork (183) A Piece of the Silence (258) Roseanna (387) 911 (73) Pieces of Modesty (318) The Ross Forgery (176) The Nine Mile Walk (231) A Pinch of Poison (258) Rotten Apples (169) The Nine Tailors (375) The Plague Court Murders (115) The Running of Beasts (343) No Comebacks (142) The Player (118) A Sad Song Singing (112) No Darker Crime (94) Please Omit Funeral (116) Sailor, Take Warning! (366) No Footprints in the Bush (421) Poison in the Pen (435) The Saint in New York (72) No Good from a Corpse (48) The Poisoned Chocolates Case (35) Samantha (98) No Holiday for Crime (378) The Poor Old Lady’s Dead (377) The Sands of Windee (421) No Man’s Island (290) Poor, Poor Ophelia (438) Sausalito (264) No One Knows My Name (184) Pop. 1280 (412) Savage Night (412) No Orchids for Miss Blandish (72) Portrait in Smoke (28) Saxon’s Ghost (136) No Second Wind (174) Position of Ultimate Trust (33) Say Yes to Murder (27) None of Us Cared for Kate (188) The Postman Always Rings Twice (62) The Schoolgirl Murder Case (448) The Noonday Devil (98) The Price of Silence (329) Sci Fi (296) Norgil the Magician (159) The Pricking Thumb (50) Scorpion Reef (446) North Star (211) A Private View (212) Séance (288) The Norths Meet Murder (258) Promised Land (325) The Season for Murder (314) Nothing’s Certain but Death (453) Proof of the Pudding (407) Seconds (127) Notorious (230) Prophet Motive (222) The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton Octagon House (406) Psycho II (40) (170) Odds Against (144) The Pub Crawler (341) A Secret Rage (185) Odds Against Tomorrow (282) A Puzzle for Fools (347) Sentence Deferred (111) The Odessa File (142) A Question of Guilt (164) Serenade (62) Odor of Violets (232) A Question of Identity (413) The Seven Percent Solution: Being a Quicksilver (342) Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Ogilvie, Tallant & Moon (455) Watson, M.D. (302) Quiet as a Nun (145) Old Bones (332) Seven Suspects (212) The Quiller Memorandum (175) The Old English Peep Show (114) The Seventh Mourner (151) Raffles of the Albany (330) The Old Man in the Corner (321) Shadow of a Broken Man (74) A Ragged Plot (31) The Old Vengeful (340) Shadow of a Lady (369) Rally to Kill (237) One for My Dame (433) Shadow of Shadows (14) The Rasp (275) One Lonely Night (393) Shady Lady (10) The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope (167) One Tear for My Grave (366) Shake Him Till He Rattles (49) A Reason to Kill (457) One Way Out (91) The Shattered Raven (199) Rebecca (121) Only on Tuesdays (112) The Sheriff and the Panhandle Murders Operation Terror (165) Rebecca’s Pride (117) (301) The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow and Other Stories Red Diamond, Private Eye (376) The Shipkiller (377) (348) The Red House Mystery (305) Shroud for a Nightingale (218) The Other David (85) The Red Mark and Other Stories (370) The Siege of Trencher’s Farm (446) Out, Brief Candle! (410) The Red Right Hand (363) The Silent Bullet (352) Overture to Death (296) The Red Scarf (53) The Silent Dust (134) Owls Don’t Blink (129) Relentless (155) The Silent Salesman (253) Paint the Town Black (13) The Rembrandt Panel (29) The Silver Bullet Gang (303) The Parallax View (385) Requiem for a Schoolgirl (369) 470 1001 MIDNIGHTS

Silver Street (221) (337) A Time for Pirates (37) The Simple Art of Murder (71) Strangers on a Train (193) Time Running Out (44) Sing Me a Murder (316) Street of No Return (163) A Time to Reap (196) The Singapore Wink (411) Streets of Death (379) To Catch a King (327) The Singing Bone (147) Strike Three, You’re Dead (367) To Have and to Kill (297) The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories Strip for Murder (340) To Play the Fox (93) (269) Striving with Gods (29) To See a Stranger (265) Siren in the Night (141) A Study in Scarlet (120) A Toast to Tomorrow (86) Six Days of the Condor (167) Such Men Are Dangerous (227) The Toff at the Fair (95) Six Deadly Dames (313) Sugartown (129) Tombs of Blue Ice (131) Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi (45) The Suicide Murders (128) Too Many Cooks (398) A Six-Letter Word for Death (311) The Summit (293) Too Many Magicians (156) Skeletons (402) Surrounded (83) Trace and 47 Miles of Rope (313) Skuldoggery (138) Swag (251) The Tragedy of X (368) The Sky Block (145) Sweet, Savage Death (324) The Trail of Fu Manchu (365) Slate (12) Sweetheart (402) Traitor’s Purse (15) Sleep with Slander (198) Switch (32) Trans-Siberian Express (11) Slit My Throat, Gently (51) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (162) Treachery in Type (34) Slow Dancer (333) A Talent for Destruction (349) The Tree of Death (312) A Small Town in Germany (249) Tales for a Stormy Night (103) Trent’s Last Case (35) Smallbone Deceased (161) Tales of the Black Widowers (21) Trinity in Violence (226) Smart Guy (283) Talk of the Town (445) Trouble in Triplicate (400) The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories (193) The Tamarind Seed (18) Trouble Is My Name (293) Snake (271) A Taste for Honey (189) Troublemaker (183) Snare in the Dark (327) The Taste of Ashes (56) True Detective (87) The Snarl of the Beast (100) Tattoo the Wicked Cross (371) Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (232) So Wicked My Love (135) Ten Little Indians (77) Twice So Fair (418) The Sole Survivor (426) Ten Little Niggers (77) Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries (338) Solo (192) A Tenant for Death (184) Undercurrent (342) Solomon’s Vineyard (247) The Chinese Chop (381) The Unfinished Clue (191) Some Buried Caesar (398) The Thefts of Nick Velvet (199) Unholy Writ (446) Somebody’s Sister (292) The Theme Is Murder (106) The Unspeakable (350) Someone Else’s Grave (388) There Is No Justice (117) V as in Victim (415) Someone Is Bleeding (300) They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (271) Valse Macabre (237) Someone Like You (99) Thieves’ Nights (229) The Venice Train (384) Something the Cat Dragged In (286) The Thin Man (181) The Violent Ones (209) Something to Hide (275) The Thin Woman (64) The Vision (238) Speaker of Mandarin (355) The Thing at the Door (388) Vultures in the Sky (118) The Specialty of the House and Other The Third Bullet and Other Stories (67) Waiting for Oliver (417) Stories: The Complete Mystery Tales, The Third Man (171) Waiting for the End of the World (405) 1948-1978 (127) 30 for a Harry (206) The Walls Came Tumbling Down (105) Speedy Death (306) The 39 Steps (57) The Walter Syndrome (314) The Splintered Man (68) This Girl for Hire (134) Warrant for X (276) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (248) This Man Is Dangerous (76) Watcher in the Shadows (205) The Spy with His Head in the Clouds (260) Though I Know She Lies (451) Watching the Detectives (350) Squaw Point (381) The Three Coffins (66) Web of Murder (443) Stacked Deck (225) Three Days of the Condor (167) The Wedding Guest Sat on a Stone (379) Stain of Suspicion (445) Three of a Kind (61) What a Body! (168) Stalking Point (240) Three Thirds of a Ghost (149) What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! (80) Star Light, Star Bright (127) A Three-Pipe Problem (404) When in Greece (246) The Stars Are Dark (76) Thrilling Stories of the Railway (440) When the Dark Man Calls (224) Stately Homicide (187) Through a Glass, Darkly (269) Where Are the Children? (80) Stealing Lillian (233) The Thursday Turkey Murders (359) Where the Pavement Ends (370) The Stolen Squadron (250) Thus Was Adonis Murdered (68) Whisper Town (334) Stories of the Railway (440) The Tiger Among Us (48) The White Dress (124) Straight (236) The Tigers of Subtopia and Other Stories Who Guards the Prince? (194) The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (383) (404) Who Has Wilma Lathrop? (230) The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason Timbuktu (389) Who Rides the Tiger (116) 1001 MIDNIGHTS 471

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