100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories Author:Stefan Dziemianowicz (Editor), Robert Weinberg (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) Match wits with great detectives, devious criminals, and some of the finest minds in the all-time annals of detective literature. From crime-suspense (Tom Curry's "The Sign") to hard-boiled fiction ("A Hand of Pinochle") to modern noir ("Soul's Burning" by Bill Pronzini), the scope of these 100 detective sto... more »ries is as wide as the tales are short. They're the brainchildren of such top names as James M. Barrie ("The Adventure of the Two Collaborators"), O. Henry ("The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud"), Charles Dickens ("An Artful Touch"), Bret Harte ("The Stolen Cigar-Case"), Jack London ("The Leopard Man's Story"), R.L. Stevens ("The Carnival Caper"), Stephen Deninger ("Damsel with a Derringer"), Nick Spain ("Duck Behind that Eight-Ball!"), and countless others. There's even one by Abraham Lincoln, "The Trailor Murder Mystery," which appeared in 1843. Prison breakouts, grand larceny, homicide: trying to solve these tricky cases will be a treat for all mystery fans.
Contents, 100 tales:
-- According to Plan / Ray Darby;
-- Adventure of the Baritone Singer / George Barton;
-- The Adventure of the Table Foot / Zero;
-- The Adventure of the Two Collaborators [in Chapter XI; Sherlock Holmes] / Sir James M. Barrie;
-- The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes / O. Henry;
-- Affirmative Action / Jon L. Breen;
-- Anchor the Stiff! / Dan Gordon;
-- The Artful Touch / Charles Dickens;
-- An Axe to Grind / Curt Hamlin;
-- Behind Murder's Eight-Ball / Don James;
-- Better Hands / Dale Clark;
-- The Bloodless Corpse / O.R. Dale;
-- Bread Ahead / C.J. Henderson; -- Cache and Carry / Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini;
-- Calling Dr. Death / C. William Harrison;
-- The Cap'n Sleeps / John Earl Davis;
-- The Carnival Caper / R.L. Stevens;
-- The Case of the Barking Beagle / R.L. Stevens;
-- Checkmated! / Coretta Slavska;
-- The Clarion Call / O. Henry;
-- The Clincher Jack Foxx;
-- The Cop and the Lady / Booton Herndon;
-- Cop Maker / Ronald Henderson;
-- The Course of Justice / Hugh B. Cave;
-- Curtains for Kelly / John Randolph Phillips;
-- Cut Glass / Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.;
-- Damsel with a Derringer / Stephen Dentinger;
-- The Dead Go Overboard / Fenton W. Earnshaw;
-- Death Racket / Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.;
-- The Deer that Ate a Diamond / Edward D. Hoch;
-- Detective for a Day / Walt Sheldon;
-- Die Before Bedtime / Walt Sheldon;
-- Dogs Know / Gary Lovisi;
-- Duck Behind that Eight-Ball! / Nick Spain;
-- Dust / James W. Holden;
-- Escape / Jack Foxx;
-- Exhibit D / John Maclay;
-- Extra Service / John Mallory;
-- Eye-Witness / Donald S. Aitken;
-- Eye Witness / David X. Manners;
-- A Friend of Davy Jones' / Dan Gordon;
-- Granny Gumption Solves a Murder / C.J. Henderson and Charles Hoffman;
-- A Hand of Pinochle / Theodore Tinsley;
-- Harsh Light of Day / Wayne D. Dundee;
-- Heir-in-a-Hurry / Morris Cooper;
-- Higher Education / Sidney Waldo;
-- Hip and Thigh / H.H. Matteson;
-- If the Body Fits / Larry Holden;
-- Ignorance of Art / Vincent Hall;
-- Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern / Bill Pronzini;
-- In the Library / W.W. Jacobs;
-- Ink's Jinx / Anthony Clemens;
-- An Irreducible Detective Story / Stephen Leacock;
-- Kansas City Connection / Wayne McMillan;
-- Knit One -- Kill Two / Fergus Truslow;
-- The Leopard Man's Story / Jack London;
-- The Man Who Collected "The Shadow" / J.V. Drexel;
-- The Man Who Died Too Often / David Crewe;
-- The Mann Act / Michael A. Black;
-- Momento Mori / Alex Saxon;
-- Mrs. Belcourt Draws a Bier / Alan Ritner Anderson;
-- Murder at Rose Cottage / Edward D. Hoch;
-- Murderer's Handicap / Alex Barber;
-- Murder Offstage / R. L. Stevens;
-- Murder on the Limited / Howard Finney;
-- The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud / O. Henry;
-- Naked in Darkness / Hugh B. Cave;
-- Night Watch / Scott O'Hara;
-- Night Work / Gerald Tollesfrud;
-- A Novel Forgery / Rodrigues Ottolengui;
-- Old Calamity’s Stick-up / Joseph Fulling Fishman;
-- Old Guy / Maitland LeRoy Osborne;
-- The Outside Ledge / L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace;
-- Packed House / Robert Zacks;
-- The Pattern / Alex Saxon;
-- A Point of Honor / Larry Segriff;
-- The Rosary / Michael A. Black;
-- Safety Deposit / B.B. Fowler;
-- The Seventieth Number / Stephen Dentinger;
-- A Shroud with a Silver Lining / Marion Lineaweaver;