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 | "The Great Detectives: The World's Most Celebrated Sleuths Unmasked By Their Authors" [1978] Edited by Otto Penzler includes Foreword by Otto Penzler; Roderick Alleyn by Ngaio Marsh; John Appleby by Michael Innes; Lew Archer by Ross Macdonald; Father Bredder by Leonard Holton; Flash Casey by George Harmon Coxe; Pierre Chambrun by Hugh Pentecost; Inspector Cockrill by Christianna Brand; Captain Josι Da Silva by Robert L. Fish; Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene; The 87th Precinct by Ed McBain; Fred Fellows by Hillary Waugh; Inspector Ghote by H.R.F. Keating; Matt Helm by Donald Hamilton; Duncan Maclain by Baynard H. Kendrick; Mark McPherson by Vera Caspary; Lt. Luis Mendoza by Dell Shannon; Mr. & Mrs. North by Richard Lockridge; Patrick Petrella by Michael Gilbert; Supt. Pibble by Peter Dickinson; Quiller by Adam Hall; Inspector Schmidt by George Bagby; The Shadow by Maxwell Grant; Michael Shayne by Brett Halliday; Virgil Tibbs by John Ball; Dick Tracy by Chester Gould; and Inspector Van der Valk by Nicolas Freeling Kindle Edition from Mysterious Press [8/2012] for $7.69 Penguin mass pb [8/79] out of print/used Little, Brown & Co. 8¼x5¾ hardcover [3/78] out of print/many used |
 | "Murder By Category: A Subject Guide To Mystery Fiction" [1991] by Tasha Mackler covers 1800 mysteries in 90 categories, emphasis on post-1985 works Scarecrow Press 8¾x5½ pb [11/91] out of print/used |
 | "The Blues Detective: A Study of African American Detective Fiction" [1996] by Stephen F. Soitos Univ MA Press 9½x6 pb [2/96] for $24.95 Univ MA Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/96] out of print/used |
 | "Nancy Drew and Company: Culture, Gender & Girls' Series" [1997] Edited by Sherrie A. Inness Chapters/topics include: Anne of Green Gables, the Isabel Carleton series, early twentieth-century girls automobile series, girls scouting novels (19101935), Cherry Ames in World War II, Nancy Drew & Judy Bolton Popular Press 8¾x6 pb [8/97] for $15.25 Popular Press 9x6 hardcover [8/97] for $41.95 |
 | "The Web of Iniquity: Early Detective Fiction By American Women" [1999] by Catherine Ross Nickerson a study of detective fiction written by American women between the Civil War & World War II Duke Univ Press 9¼x5¾ pb [2/99] for $23.95 Duke Univ Press 9½x6 hardcover [2/99] for $84.95 |
 | "The Art of Detective Fiction" [19 essays; 2000] by Warren Chernaik, Martin Swales & Robert Vilain Palgrave Macmillan 8¾x5¾ hardcover [5/2000] for $110.00 |
 | "Women of Mystery: The Lives & Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists" [2000] by Martha Hailey DuBose featured women authors (half British, half American) include Margery Allingham, Lilian Jackson Braun, Agatha Christie, Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, Anna Katharine Green, Patricia Highsmith, P.D. James, Emma Lathen, Ngaio Marsh, Margaret Millar, Anne Perry, Ruth Rendell, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Dorothy L. Sayers, Josephine Tey & Minette Walters St Martin/Minotaur 9½x6½ hardcover [12/2000] out of print/used |
 | "The Cambridge Companion To Crime Fiction" [2003] Edited by Martin Priestman Topic is covered broadly and includes thriller & spy fiction Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [2003 edition] for $17.20 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2003] for $29.32 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2003] for $104.00 {sic} |
 | "Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths: Essays On The Fiction of Girl Detectives" [2008] by Michael G. Cornelius & Melanie E. Gregg
McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [8/2008] for $31.50 and more on BlackHat Bookstore's Nancy Drew Mystery Series Page |
 | "The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell The Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives" [2009] Edited by Otto Penzler The stories of the creation of their main characters from Ken Brown, Lee Child, Lincoln Child, Michael Connelly, John Connelly, Robert Crais, Jeffery Deaver, Colin Dexter, John Harvey, Stephen Hunter, Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kedllerman, John Lescroart, Laura Lippman, David Morrell, Carol O'Connell, Robert B. Parker, Ridley Pearson, Anne Perry, Douglas Preston, Ian Rankin & Alexander McCall Smith Little, Brown 9¼x6 hardcover [11/2009] for $17.15 |
 | "Making The Detective Story American: Biggers, Van Dine, and Hammett and the Turning Point of The Genre, 1925-1930" [2010] by J.K. Van Dover
Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [4/2010] for $14.74 McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [4/2010] for $35.00 see also the pages about Earl Derr Biggers [1884-1933], Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961], |
 | "The Cambridge Companion To American Crime Fiction" [2010] Edited by Catherine Ross Nickerson Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [10/2012] for $24.00 {sic} Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2010] for $26.34 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [8/2010] for $76.00 {sic} |
 | "Los Angeles Review of Books - Issue 4: Noir" [2012] contains 'snappy and reckless' essays about Kent Anderson, noir master Paul Cain, Robert Crais (by Megan Abbott), James Ellroy, Richard Hallas, Andrey Kurkovs oddball Russian crime fiction, Ross Macdonald, Georges Simenon, Maj Sjφwall & Per Wahlφφs Martin Beck, Richard Stark, and P.G. Sturges (by Dan Fante) Kindle Edition from L.A.R.B. [5/2012] for 99’ {sic} L.A.R.B. official website |
 | "Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels" [2012] Edited by John Connolly & Declan Burke The 120 contributing authors include Megan Abbott, John Banville, Linda Barnes, M.C. Beaton, Rita Mae Brown, editor Burke (2), Lee Child, Max Allan Collins, Michael Connelly, editor Connolly (2), Jeffery Deaver, Denise Hamilton, John Harvey, Gar Anthony Haywood, Declan Hughes, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, Lisa Lutz, Marcia Muller, Jo Nesbo, Sara Paretsky, George Pelicanos, Bill Pronzini, Ian Rankin, S.J. Rozan, Joseph Wambaugh, and Qiu Xiaolong official book site Kindle Edition from S&S/Washington Square Press [10/2012] for $19.99 Atria/Emily Bestler Books 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2012] for $21.45 |
A Few Classic Mysteries
 | "The Moonstone" [1868 classic] by {William} Wilkie Collins [1824-89 Generally considered to be the first detective or mystery novel in the English language - fellow Edgar Allen Poe [1809-49] wrote only stories; this book has never been out of print. Originally serialized in Charles Dickens's magazine All The Year Round. On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder inherits a large yellow diamond with a dark history that is called 'The Moonstone'; on that very night, the diamond is stolen. CreateSpace 8¾x6 pb [10/2009] for $9.95 Dover Thrift 8¼x5¼ pb [10/2002] for $4.50 Bantam Classics mass pb [9/82] out of print/many used Everyman's Library 8¼x5¼ hardcover [12/92] for $15.66 book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Moonstone" feature film [Monogram Pictures Aug 1934] When a fabled gemstone is stolen at a dark old mansion, Inspector Irwin of Scotland Yard must determine which of the many aristocrats present is the thief. Directed by Reginald Barker; adapted by Adele S. Buffington; starring David Manners, Phyllis Barry, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Jameson Thomas, Herbert Bunston, Charles Irwin, Elspeth Dudgeon, John Davidson, Claude King & Evalyn Bostock Reel Classics Films b&w DVD [12/2008] for $12.95 Synergy Ent. b&w DVD [5/2007] for $9.95 Alpha Video b&w DVD [7/2003] for $4.72 {sic} NOTE: 47-minute version of 62-minute film (per reviewer); added 'bonus': inept transfer of "Murder At Midnight" [1931] full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Moonstone" TV miniseries [B.B.C./P.B.S. UK Jan 1972, USA Dec 1972] Five episodes directed by Paddy Russell; script by Hugh Leonard; starring Robin Ellis, Vivien Heilbron, Anna Cropper, Martin Jarvis, Maureen Morris, Madhav Sharma, Kathleen Byron & Basil Dignam Acorn Media color DVD [8/2006] 2 disks for $35.99 full credits at IMDb series entry at Wikipedia {empty} |
 | "The Moonstone" TV movie [B.B.C./P.B.S. Nov 1997] 112-minute telefilm directed by Robert Bierman; adapted by Kevin Elyot; starring Greg Wise, Keeley Hawes, Terrence Hardiman, Mellan Mitchell, Peter Vaughan, Patricia Hodge, Rachel Lumberg, Nicholas Lane, Lesley Sharp, Scott Handy & Kacey Ainsworth WGBH-TV Boston color DVD [11/2005] out of prodn/used Anchor Bay color VHS [12/97] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "No Good From A Corpse" [1944 classic] by Leigh Brackett After reading Brackett's first novel, director Howard Hawks hired 'that Brackett guy', and was surprised that the author was a woman. Hard-boiled private eye Ed Clive gets involved with the family of a murdered girl; suspects include all of her many boyfriends, an ex-husband, a blackmailer, a brute, and a woman; the long chase sequence along Sunset Strip is a doozy! BlackMask/Munsey's pb [7/2004] for $13.16 earlier edition includes Introduction by Ray Bradbury, Brackett's eight pulp crime short stories & Afterword by Michael Connelly Dennis McMillan Publns 9½x6¾ hardcover [4/99] out of print/used |
 | "The Asphalt Jungle" [Knopf 1949] by W.R. Burnett [1899-1982]
Just out of prison, a legendary criminal recruits a safecracker, a driver, a financial backer, and a strong-arm man for a million-dollar burglary. At first the plan goes like clockwork, but little accidents accumulate and each partner proves to have his own fatal weakness. Prion Books 7½x5 pb [9/99] out of print/used Wm. Morrow pb [4/84] out of print/used |
 | "The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel" [1970] by George V. Higgins "I think 'Friends of Eddie Coyle' is the best crime book ever written." — Elmore Leonard Picador 40th Anniversary Edition 8x5½ pb [4/2010] for $9.45 Owl 8¼x5½ pb [9/2000] for $10.40 Knopf hardcover [1/72] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [10/90] for $27.36 book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" feature film [Paramount June 1973] Directed by Peter Yates, written & produced by Paul Monash; starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Alex Rocco & Steven Keats Criterion widescreen color DVD [5/2009] for $27.49 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Library of America Crime Novels: American Noir of The 1930s & 40s" [1997] Edited by Robert Polito includes James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice" [1934]; Horace McCoy's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" [1935]; Edward Anderson's "Thieves Like Us" [1937]; Kenneth Fearing's "The Big Clock" [1946]; William Lindsay Gresham's "Nightmare Alley" [1946]; and Cornell Woolrich's "I Married A Dead Man" [1948] Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [9/97] for $24.50 |
 | "Library of America Crime Novels: American Noir of The 1950s" [1997] Edited by Robert Polito includes Jim Thompson's "The Killer Inside Me" [1952]; Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" [1955]; Charles Willeford's "Pick-up" [1955]; David Goodis's "Down There" [1956]; and Chester Himes's "The Real Cool Killers" [1959] Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [9/97] for $24.50 |
 | "Classic American Crime Fiction of The 1920s" omnibus [2018]  Annotated With A Foreword by Leslie S. Klinger Kindle Edition from Pegasus Books [10/2018] for $16.05 Pegasus Books 10¼x9 hardcover [10/2018] for $22.42 contains: Introduction by Otto Penzler; Foreword by Leslie S. Klinger; Charlie Chan in "The House Without A Key" [1925] by Earl Derr Biggers; Philo Vance in "The Benson Murder case" [1926] by S.S. Van Dine; "The Roman Hat Mystery" [1929] by Ellery Queen; "Little Caesar" [1929] by W.R. Burnett; bibliography |
Selected Mystery Novels
 | "The Mystery of The Boule Cabinet: A Detective Story" [1911] by Burton E. Stevenson Someone is murdered by a piece of furniture, and then another, and another . . . But how? And why? Kindle Edition from Classic Detective [2/2018] for 99’ Echo Library 9x6 pb [9/2006] for $4.18 "The Mystery of The Boule Cabinet and Other Mysteries" by Burton E. Stevenson Kindle Edition from Halcyon Press [5/2011] for $1.99 |
 | "Murder In Las Vegas" [1955] by Jack Waer "The gambling mob deals death" Avon Books mass pb [1955] out of print/used Avon Books mass pb [1955] out of print/used Avon Books mass pb [1955] out of print/used |
 | "Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel, 1942" [1977] by Richard Brautigan [1935-84] A goofball, down-and-out private eye in New Orleans fantasizes a better life. Delacorte Press pb [10/78] out of print/used Delacorte Press hardcover [1/77] out of print/many used Jonathan Cape hardcover [4/78] out of print/used |
 | "The Laurel and Hardy Murders: [1977] by Marvin Kaye (one-time president of Sons of The Desert) After learning that women are not allowed to belong to the Laurel & Hardy fan society 'Sons of The Desert', amateur sleuth Hilary Quayle sneaks into their convention in time to witness an onstage murder. Wildside Press 9x6 pb [6/2001] for $14.95 J. Curley hardcover [5/79] out of print/used |
 | "The New York Trilogy" [2006] by Paul Auster, Illustrations by Art Spiegelman, Introduction by Luc/Lucy Sante originally published sequentially as "City of Glass" [1985], "Ghosts" [1986], and "The Locked Room" [1986]; each novel is a different postmodern interpretation of detective & mystery fiction Penguin Classics Reissue 8½x5¾ pb [3/2006] for $17.69 book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Noir: Three Novels of Suspense" [1988] by Richard Matheson includes "Someone Is Bleeding" [1953], "Fury On Sunday" [1953], and "Ride The Nightmare" [1959] Forge 8¼x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.66 Forge 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/2005] for $21.24 |
 | Stone City: A Novel [1990] by Mitchell Smith
A former history professor, jailed for killing a girl in a drunken driving accident, is pressured by the prison authorities and by the inmate kingpin to find out who murdered two inmates. Reviewed as a gripping mystery, as an insightful view inside the walls of modern prisons, as well as a metaphor for the dangers and corruptions of American society. Busted Flush Press pb [4/2009] out of print/used Signet mass pb [4/91] out of print/many used S&S hardcover [4/90] out of print/many, many used |
 | "A Graveyard For Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities" [1990] by Ray Bradbury [1920-2012] An all-night party in a Hollywood cemetery next door to a movie studio turns deadly . . . Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [6/2001] for $11.38 Knopf 8½x5¼ hardcover [7/90] out of print/100+ used |
 | "Pulp" [1994] by Charles Bukowski Los Angeles PI Nicky Belane in a darker-than-noir celebration and parody of the hard-boiled detective novel, by Los Angeles writer Charles Bukowski [1920-94] Black Sparrow 9x6 pb [5/94] for $10.50 Black Sparrow hardcover [5/94] out of print/used |
 | "Devil's Garden" [2009] by Ace Atkins Pinkerton agent (and future noir master) Dashiell Hammett was indeed hired by the defense team in the notorious San Francisco manslaughter trials of silent screen star Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. From this seed of fact, Atkins weaves together the lives of Hollywood luminaries such as Arbuckle, his estranged wife Minta Durfee, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and Hearst's very public mistress Marion Davies. Berkley Trade 8¼x5½ pb [3/2010] for $11.70 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [4/2009] out of print/used |
 | "By The Balls: The Complete Collection" [2013] by Jim Pascoe & Tom Fassbender, Illustrated by Paul Pope includes Pascoe & Fassbender's 1998 noir novel about cigar-smoking, bourbon-drinking, Fifties detective throwback Ben Drake, a second novel, and five short stories; also tales from their publishing venture, UglyTown Kindle Edition from Akashic Books [4/2013] for $9.99 Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [4/2013] for $12.15 |
 | "Noir: A Novel" [2018] by Christopher Moore San Francisco in 1947; comic noir about a bartender, a dame, an Air Force general, local Chinese, and an aircraft crash in New Mexico – described as a combination of Raymond Chandler and Damon Runyon and Bugs Bunny Kindle Edition from Wm. Morrow/HarperCollins [4/2018] for $14.99 William Morrow 9x6 hardcover [4/2018] for $18.29 |
Mysteries by Well-Known Authors
 | "The Red House Mystery" [1922] by A.A. Milne [1882-1956] Mark Ablett's house party goes well until his brother Robert returns from Australia and joins the festivities. Shortly after Robert's arrival, he is found dead, and Mark disappears. Tony Gillingham is the stranger who decides to investigate, and what follows is a witty whodunit, the only murder mystery that Milne ever wrote. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2012] for FREE {sic} Dell mass pb [7/87] out of print/90+ used Serenity Publrs 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $5.99 North Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [6/2005] for $23.49 E.P. Dutton hardcover [5/70] out of print/used |
 | "Knight's Gambit: Six Mystery Stories" [1949] by William Faulkner six tales by Wm. Faulkner [1897-1962] starring Gavin Stevens: "Smoke" [1932]; "Monk" [1937]; "Hand Upon The Waters" [1939]; "Tomorrow" [1940]; "An Error In Chemistry" [1946]; and "Knights Gambit" [1949] Vintage pb [12/78] for $8.25 Random House hardcover [6/49] out of print/used |
 | "The Eighth Day: A Novel" [1967 bestseller] by Thornton Wilder Won the National Book Award, both a murder mystery and a philosophical story. Two families in a mining town in southern Illinois are blasted apart by the apparent murder of one father by the other; the accused killer miraculously escapes on the eve of his execution and his flight to freedom alters the fate of both men's wives and children. Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [1/2007] for $11.48 Amereon Ltd. 9x6¼ hardcover [12/98] out of print/used Harper & Row 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1967] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Three By Box: The Complete Mysteries of Edgar Box" [1978] written by Gore Vidal [1925-2012] under the pseudonym Edgar Box includes "Death In The Fifth Position" [1952], "Death Before Bedtime" [1953], and "Death Likes It Hot" [1954] Random House hardcover [8/78] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations" [1981] by Julian Symons, Illustrated by Tom Adams Orbis 10¾x8¾ hardcover [1981] out of print/used Seven slightly-interlinked original short stories from prolific author Symons, featuring elderly Sherlock Holmes (with a young Miss Marple), Nero Wolfe, Hercules Poirot, Philip Marlowe, Jules Maigret (with Poirot), Ellery Queen, and Miss Jane Marple |
 | "Death and The Good Life: A Murder Mystery" [1981] by American poet Richard Hugo [1923-82] A retired Seattle homicide cop seeks a quieter life and takes a sheriff's deputy job in a small Montana town; but very soon he is dealing with the axe-murders of two local residents . . . Caxton Press 8½x5½ pb [9/91] for $12.56 Clark City Press 8¾x5¾ pb [9/91] out of print/40+ used St. Martin's Press 8¼x5¼ hardcover [1981] out of print/60+ used |
 | "Murder Me!" [magazine serial 1937; book 1995] by Max Brand
A 1937 police procedural by Western author Max Brand [1892-1944] finally published in book form. New York police detectives Campbell and O'Rourke investigate the apparent suicide of a millionaire philanthropist who was about to be accused of bribery and corruption. St. Martin's Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/95] out of print/many used |
 | "The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures" [1996] by Max Brand, edited by Jon Tuska Four mystery tales set in the Old West by Western author Max Brand [1892-1944]: "A Matter of Honor" [1921 novella]; "The Ghost Wagon" [1921 novella]; "Rodeo Ranch" [1923 novella]; and "Slip Liddell" [1938 novella] Univ NE Press hardcover [1/96] out of print/used |
 | "The Vicious Circle: Mystery & Crime Stories By Members of The Algonquin Round Table" [12 stories 2007] Edited by Otto Penzler featuring Robert Benchley {the wickedly absurd "The Mystery of The Poisoned Kipper"}; Marc Connelly {"Coroner's Inquest"}; Edna Ferber {"The Man Who Came Back"}; George S. Kaufman ("The Great Warburton Mystery") with Howard Dietz; Ring Lardner {"Haircut", "Stop Me, If You've Heard This One"}; Dorothy Parker {"The Big Blonde"}; S.J. Perelman {"Up The Close and Down The Stair", "Four-and-Twenty Blackjacks", the laugh-out-loud PI parody "Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer"}; and Alexander Woollcott {"Moonlight Sonata", "Rien Ne Va Plus"} Pegasus Books 8x5¼ pb [1/2009] for $11.16 Pegasus Books 8¼x5¾ hardcover [12/2007] for $18.25 |
 | "Inherent Vice: A Novel" [New York Times bestseller 2009] by Thomas Pynchon "Part noir, part psychedelic romp." Southern California private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to find himself drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives & passions whose cast of characters includes surfers, hustlers, fellow dopers, rockers, a murderous loan shark, a tenor sax player working undercover, an ex-con with a swastika tattoo, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists. Penguin pb [7/2010] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9x6½ hardcover [8/2009] for $18.45 book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Inherent Vice" [Warner Bros. Dec 2014] Gordita Beach is where the low-rent scum of Los Angeles live and work, while the moneyed scum live and work in Hollywood. Co-produced, adapted & directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Jena Malone, Reese Witherspoon, Sasha Pieterse, Owen Wilson, Wilson Bethel, Maya Rudolph, Benicio Del Toro, Martin Short, Eric Roberts, Sam Jaeger, Jillian Bell, Katherine Waterston, Yvette Yates, Martin Donovan & Jeannie Berlin DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch 10/2014 official trailer [2:35] at YouTube |
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