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This page lists the series of crime fiction anthologies published by Ivy Books in the 1980s.

Prime Suspects

Editors: Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

1987

The contents are:

• Quitters, Inc. (Stephen King)
• You Can't Be Too Careful (Ruth Rendell)
• People Who Kill (Loren D. Estleman)
• The Sweetest Man In The World (Donald E. Westlake)
• Just For Kicks (Ed Mcbain)
• Smuggler's Island (Bill Pronzini)
• Wild Mustard (Marcia Muller)
• Tex (John Jakes)
• The Vanishing Men (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Dettweiler Solution (Lawrence Block)
• The Unholy Three (William Campbell Gault)
• The Girl Who Loved Graveyards (P.D. James)
• The Killer (John D. MacDonald)

Suspicious Characters

Editors: Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

1987

The contents are:

• The Redhead (Isaac Asimov)
• The Victim (P.D. James)
• Hot Cars (Ed Mcbain)
• Black Cat In The Snow (John D. Macdonald)
• Three-Dot Po (Sara Paretsky)
• Tickled To Death (Simon Brett)
• Is Betsey Blake Still Alive? (Robert Bloch)
• Theory Of The Crime (Kay Nolte Smith)
• The Treasure Of Jack The Ripper (Edward D. Hoch)
• Wriggle (John Lutz)
• Jode's Last Hunt (Brian Garfield)
• Sanctuary (Bill Pronzini)
• Eyes For Offa Rex (Jonathan Gash)

Criminal Elements

Editors: Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

1988

The contents are:

• Sadie When She Died (Ed McBain)
• A Man With A Fortune (Peter Lovesey)
• She Didn't Come Home (Sue Grafton)
• The Cross Of Lorraine (Isaac Asimov)
• A Very Desirable Residence (P.D. James)
• The Witch, Yazzie, And The Nine Of Clubs (Tony Hillerman)
• The Double Take (Richard S. Prather)
• Dust To Dust (Marcia Muller)
• All The Bagworms On The Block (Francis M. Nevins, Jr.)
• Sniff (Donald E. Westlake)
• The Reason Why (Edward Gorman)
• Hit-And-Run (Susan Dunlap)
• The Anderson Boy (Joseph Hansen)

Homicidal Acts

Editors: Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

1988

The contents are:

• Blond And Blue (Loren D. Estleman)
• Moving Spirit (Arthur C. Clarke)
• Address Unknown (Joyce Harrington)
• Charlie's Game (Brian Garfield)
• The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution (Donald E. Westlake)
• The Jail (Jesse Hill Ford)
• The Arrow Of God (Leslie Charteris)
• Dagger (John Jakes)
• Skin Deep (Sara Paretsky)
• Buried Treasure (John Lutz)
• The Candy Skull (Ray Bradbury)
• The Killer (Norman Mailer)
• The People Across The Canyon (Margaret Millar)
• Iris (Stephen Greenleaf)

Deadly Doings

Editor: Martin H. Greenberg

1989

Felonious Assaults

Editors: Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

1989

The contents are:

• Great-Aunt Allie's Flypapers (P.D. James)
• A Reason To Die (Michael Collins)
• Little Lamb (Bill Pronzini)
• Chee's Witch (Tony Hillerman)
• Collecting Ackermans (Lawrence Block)
• The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• The Granny Woman (Dorothy B. Hughes)
• The Siren And The Shill (John Jakes)
• Time And Time Again (Harry Kemelman)
• Deceptions (Marcia Muller)
• All The Heroes Are Dead (Clark Howard)
• Failed Prayers (Edward Gorman)
• The Phantom Pistol (Jack Adrian)
• Storm (Ed McBain)