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This page lists crime fiction anthologies published by, or in association with, the Mystery Writers of America.

The Mystery Writers of America is an organisation of mystery and crime writers that was formed in New York in 1945.

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Murder Cavalcade: An Anthology

Preface: Richard Lockridge

1946

A Mystery Writers of America anthology. The contents are:

• His Heart Could Break (Craig Rice)
• Death At The Porthole (Baynard Kendrick)
• The Doctor Makes It Murder (George Harmon Coxe)
• Eye Witness (Robert Arthur)
• The Crime In The Envelope (Ken Crossen)
• Change For Twenty (Kurt Steel)
• Behind The Door (Percival Wilde)
• Twenty-Dollar Debt (Lawrence Treat)
• The Adventure Of The Sotheby Salesman (August Derleth)
• The Corpse In Grampa's Bed (Richard Burke)
• The Homecoming (Dorothy B. Hughes)
• The Nameless Clue (Helen Mccloy)
• The Swan-Boat Murder (Phoebe Atrwood Taylor)
• Trick-Or-Treat (Anthony Boucher)
• Case Of The Blind Witness (William Gresham)
• The Million-Dollar Motive (Brett Halliday)
• The Last Of Mrs. Maybrick (Q. Patrick)
• The Cafe Society Murder (Edward D. Radin)
• The Golden Twenty (Ellery Queen)
• The Whodunit In World War II (Howard Haycraft)

Murder by Experts

Editor: Ellery Queen

1947

A Mystery Writers of America anthology. The contents are:

• The Locked Room (John Dickson Carr)
• Human Interest Stuff (Brett Halliday)
• The Blast Of The Book (Gilbert K. Chesterton)
• P. Moran, Diamond-Hunter (Percival Wilde)
• The Age Of Miracles (Melville Davisson Post)
• The Witness For The Prosecution (Agath Christie)
• The Hound (William Faulkner)
• The Dancing Detective (Cornell Woolrich)
• The Hands Of Mr. Ottermole (Thomas Burke)
• The Little Dry Sticks (Cora Jarrett)
• The Last Exploit Of Harry The Actor (Ernest Bramah)
• Puzzle For Poppy (Patrick Quentin)
• Death Draws A Triangle (Edward Hale Bierstadt)
• Persons Or Things Unknown (Carter Dickson)
• Almost Perfect (William Macharg)
• Mr. Ponting's Alibi (R. Austin Freeman)
• Remember Galileo (Harry Klingsberg)
• Story Of The Young Man With The Cream Tarts (Robert Louis Stevenson)
• The Infallible Godahl (Frederick Irving Anderson)
• The Adventure Of The President's Half Dime (Ellery Queen)

Four and Twenty Bloodhounds: Short Stories Plus Biographies Of Fictional Detectives

Editor: Anthony Boucher

1950

A Mystery Writers of America anthology of 24 stories. The contents are:

• Never Trust The Obvious (Verne Chute)
• Death By Black Magic (Joseph Commings)
• The Perfect Secretary (W.T. Brannon)
• The Wrong Problem (John Dickson Carr)
• Too Late For Murder (Kenn Crossen)
• Three Strips Of Flesh (Matthew Head)
• The Disappearing Servant Wench (Lillian De La Torre)
• Widow In Waiting (Harold Q. Masur)
• Slay Upon Delivery (Frank Kane)
• The Finger Man (Jerome & Harold Prince)
• Start From Scratch (James M. Fox)
• The Clues Of The Tattooed Man & The Broken Legs (Clayton Rawson)
• The Fuzzy Things (D.B. Olsen)
• The Big Money (Robert Arthur)
• Screwball Division (Anthony Boucher)
• The Zarapore Beat (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Never Come Mourning (Stewart Sterling)
• The Adventure Of The Purloined Periapt (August Derleth)
• The Ides Of Michael Magoon (Ellery Queen)
• Michael Shayne As I Know Him (Brett Halliday)
• Mr. Smith Kicks The Bucket (Fredric Brown)
• Death Certificate (George Harmon Coxe)
• Girl Overboard (Q. Patrick)
• Two Over Par (Kelley Roos)
• The Riddle Of The Tired Bullet (Stuart Palmer)

20 Great Tales Of Murder

The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday

1951

The contents are:

• The Black Cabinet (John Dickson Carr)
• The Adventures Of A Dead Cat (Ellery Queen)
• Nine-Finger Jack (Anthony Boucher)
• Love Comes To Miss Lucy (Q. Patrick)
• The Last Day Of All (Fay Grissom Stanley)
• You Killed Elizabeth (Brett Halliday)
• Chinoiserie (Hellen Mccloy)
• Thread Of Life (Will Oursler)
• Good-Bye Miss Lizzie Borden (Lillian De La Torre)
• Uncle Charle (Philip Ketchum)
• The Absent Hat Pin (D.B. Olsen)
• Riviera Renegade (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• The Riddle Of The Snafu Murder (Stuart Palmer)
• My Last Book (Clayre And Michel Lipman)
• The Doctor Takes A Case (George Harmon Coxe)
• Live Bait (Morris Hershman)
• The Man In The Morque (Robert Arthur)
• The Man Who Had No Friends (Hugh Pentecost)
• The Nightmare Face (Walter Snow)
• The Hand Of God (Harry Stephen Keeler)

Maiden Murders

The Mystery Writers of America

Introduction: John Dickson Carr

1952

The contents are:

• Room Number Twenty-Three (Hugh Pentecost)
• The Fifty Carat Jinx (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Bezique Of Death (Veronica Parker Johns)
• The Little House At Croix-Rousse (Georges Simenon)
• The Riddle Of The Dangling Pearl (Stuart Palmer)
• Shoes For Breakfast (Lawrence Treat)
• Find The Woman (Kenneth Millar)
• Marksman (William Campbell Gault)
• Victim No. 5 (Harry Stephen Keeler)
• The Man In The Velvet Hat (Jerome And Harold Prince)
• The Adventure Of The Black Narcissus (August Derleth)
• And On The Third Day (David Alexander)
• Too Many Brides (Ruth Wilson)
• The Fourth Degree (Jerome Barry)
• The Second Sight Of Dr. Sam: Johnson (Lillian De La Torre)
• Old Calamity Tries A Bluff (Joseph Fulling Fishman)
• A Great Whirring Of Wings (Day Keene)
• Threnody (Anthony Boucher)
• The Adventure Of The One-Penny Black (Ellery Queen)
• The Specialty Of The House (Stanley Ellin)

Crooks Tour

Best Sellers By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Bruno Fischer

1953

The contents are:

• The MWA Murder (Robert Arthur)
• Fox In The Pennine Hills (Maurice Procter)
• Not A Lick Of Sense (Dorothy Gardiner)
• Flowers For An Angel (Nigel Morland)
• Nobody's Business (Bruno Fischer)
• A Boy's Will (Q. Patrick)
• The Dilemma Of Grandpa Dubois (Clayre And Michel Lipman)
• Big Shot (Brett Halliday)
• The Needle's Eye (Ellery Queen)
• The Lieabout (Margery Allingham)
• The Anomaly Of The Empty Man (Anthony Boucher)
• The Jimat Of Dorland (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Death, In The Bag (Walter Snow)
• Source Seven (Michael Gilbert)
• Letter To The Editor (Morris Hershman)
• The Sound Of Murder (William P. Mcgivern)
• Homicide House (Day Keene)
• The Wire Brush (Lawrence Treat And Sidney Tarachow)
• Bones For Davy Jones (Joseph Commings)
• The Chateau Of Missing Men (Georges Simenon)
• The Weapon (Fredric Brown)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (Ruthven Todd)

Butcher, Baker, Murder-maker

The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: George Harmon Coxe

1954

The contents are:

• Change Of Address (Robert Arthur)
• Killer In The House (Ben Benson)
• The Girl Who Married A Monster (Anthony Boucher)
• I'll Be Waiting (Raymond Chandler)
• My Aunt Celia (Bruno Fischer)
• Modus Operandi (Michael Gilbert)
• Extradition (Brett Halliday)
• Guilty Witness (Morris Hershman)
• Man-Killer (William Byron Mowery)
• The Riddle Of The Black Museum (Stuart Palmer)
• Witness For The Prosecution (Q. Patrick)
• No Place For Magic (Maurice Procter)
• The Gettysburg Bugle (Ellery Queen)
• Off The Face Of The Earth (Clayton Rawson)
• The Mcgregor Affair (Sidney Rowland)
• Stan The Killer (Georges Simenon)
• The Fatal Red Hair (Walter Snow)
• Cop's Gift (Rex Stout)
• The Blonde Nurse (Thomas Walsh)

Crime For Two

The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Frances & Richard Lockridge

1955

The contents are:

• Sixty Grand Missing (Robert Arthur)
• The Army Of Little Ears (Charles B. Child)
• The Swami Of Northbank (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Mystery For Christmas (Anthony Boucher)
• The Shadow And The Shadowed (Will Oursler)
• Where Angels Fear To Tread (Stuart Palmer)
• Inside Stuff (Jerome Barry)
• Dead Man's Code (Brett Halliday)
• Diamonds In Paradise (Ellery Queen)
• A Name For Baby (Thomas Walsh)
• Death Before Breakfast (Q. Patrick)
• The Amateur (Michael Gilbert)
• Dead To The World (John D. Macdonald)
• The Secret Of Fort Bayard (Georges Simenon)
• The Dog Died First (Bruno Fischer)
• One Morning They'll Hang Him (Margery Allingham)
• Homicide Expert (Lawrence Treat)

Eat, Drink, And Be Buried

The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Rex Stout

1956

The contents are:

• Scarecrow (David Alexander)
• The Big Kiss-Off (Ben Benson)
• Red Wine (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Crime Must Have A Stop (Anthony Boucher)
• The Great Hunger (Joseph Commings)
• No Loose Ends (George Harmon Coxe)
• Piece Of Cake (John Creasey)
• Specialty Of The House (Stanley Ellin)
• Sequel To Murder (Anthony Gilbert)
• Alfter All These Years (Michael Gilbert)
• Homecoming (Veronica Parker Johns)
• The Friends Of Pietro (James A. Kirch)
• The Case Of The Voracious Victim (Henry Kuttner)
• Turmoil (Fred Levon)
• The Impossible Murder (Dana Lyon)
• Homicidal Hiccup (John D. Macdonald)
• The Contradictory Case (Hugh Pentecost)
• The Telltale Bottle (Ellery Queen)
• By His Own Hand (Rex Stout)
• Proof Of The Pudding (Lawrence Treat)

For Love Or Money

The 1957 Anthology Of The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Dorothy Gardiner

1957

The contents are:

• Money To Burn (Margery Allingham)
• Ice Storm (Jerome Barry)
• The Dog That Wouldn't Talk (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Aren't Our Police Wonderful? (Christianna Brand)
• The Pearly Gates Are Open (Gladys Cluff)
• Courage Isn't Everything (George Harmon Coxe)
• Sam Rall's Private Ghost (Bruno Fischer)
• Proposal Perilous (Morris Hershman)
• A Roof In Manhattan (Hilda Lawrence)
• Sybilla (Margaret Manners)
• Kid Stuff (Ellery Queen)
• Quiet Day In The County Jail (Craig Rice)
• The Fixed Fight (Sidney Rowland)
• Journey Backward Into Time (Georges Simenon)
• Decoy (C.L. Sweeney, Jr.)
• Murder Me Twice (Lawrence Treat)
• I Killed John Harrington (Thomas Walsh)

Dolls Are Murder

From The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Harold Q. Masur

1957

The contents are:

• Human Interest Stuff (Brett Halliday)
• The Homesick Buick (John D. Macdonald)
• I'll Be Waiting (Raymond Chandler)
• Mind Over Matter (Ellery Queen)
• The Doctor Makes It Murder (George Harmon Coxe)
• The Dog Died First (Bruno Fischer)
• Affaire Ziliouk (Georges Simenon)
• Cop's Gift (Rex Stout)

A Choice Of Murders

Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Dorothy Salisbury Davis

1958

The contents are:

• The Blessington Method (Stanley Ellin)
• 11 O'clock Bulletin (Robert Turner)
• The Shill (Stephen Marlowe)
• Mr. Wickwire's "Gun Moll" (Mignon G. Eberhart)
• Guilt-Edged Blonde (Ross Macdonald)
• Murder For Fine Art (John Basye Price)
• The Inner Circle (Ellery Queen)
• Cover Her Face (Ruthven Todd)
• The Couple Next Door (Margaret Millar)
• Mr. Nobody (Wenzell Brown)
• The Glass Bridge (Robert Arthur)
• Blood Will Tell (Anthony Gilbert)
• A Matter Of Scholarship (Anthony Boucher)
• Nonie (Helen Kasson)
• A Decidedly Innocent Man (Margaret Manners)
• Future Imperfect (Stuart Palmer)
• The Girl With The Burgundy Lips (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• The Man Who Wasn't Scared (Andrew Garve)
• Theresa (Marc Seymour)
• Justice Magnifique (Lawrence Treat)
• The Stranger On Horseback (James A. Kirch)
• The Night The Stairs Creaked (Ryerson Johnson)
• Snap Shot (Michael Gilbert)

Big Time Mysteries

By Members Of The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Brett Halliday

1958

The Lethal Sex

An Anthology Of The Year's Best By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: John D. Macdonald

1959

The Comfortable Coffin

From The Mystery Writer Of America - 15 Of Their Wisest, Wickedest, and Wittiest Stories

Editors: Richard S. Prather

1960

The contents are:

• The Bottled Wife (Michael Fessier)
• A Coffin For Mr. Cash (Robert Arthur)
• The Faith Of Aaron Menefee (Stanley Ellin)
• My Queer Dean (Ellery Queen)
• Your Cake And Eat It (Berkely Mather)
• Squeakie's Second Case (Margaret Manners)
• First Man At The Funeral (Dion Henderson)
• The Strange Tale Of Mr. Elsie Smith (Dana Lyon)
• The Live Ones (Richard S. Prather)
• The Gentleman Caller (Veronica Parker Johns)
• Mr. Portway's Practice (Michael Gilbert)
• Fin De Siècle (William O'Farrell)
• Kiss Me, Dudley (Evan Hunter)
• To Strike A Match (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• It Wouldn't Be Fair (Jack Finney)

Tales For A Rainy Night

The 14th Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: David Alexander

1961

The contents are:

• Robert (Stanley Ellin)
• The Human Chair (Edogawa Rampo)
• Pressure (Morris Hershman)
• The Murder Of George Washington (Richard M. Gordon)
• The Widow Of Ephesus (Margaret Manners)
• Lost Leader (Michael Gilbert)
• Doctor's Orders (John F. Suter)
• Walking Alone (Miriam Allen Deford)
• The Twenty Friends Of William Shaw (Raymond E. Banks)
• Inspector's Lunch (Donald A. Yates)
• Reflections On Murder (Nedra Tyre)
• West Riding To Maryland (Maurice Procter)
• The Pink Caterpillar (Anthony Boucher)
• Flash Attachment (Dell Shannon)
• Death And The Compass (Jorge Luis Borges)
• Have You Lost Your Head? (Joseph Commings)
• The Child Watcher (Ernest Harrison)
• View From The Terrace (Mike Marmer)

Cream Of The Crime

The 15th Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Hugh Pentecost

1962

The contents are:

• The Black Cabinet (John Dickson Carr)
• One Morning They'll Hang Him (Margery Allingham)
• Coffee And (David Alexander)
• The Couple Next Door (Margaret Millar)
• Death Before Breakfast (Q. Patrick)
• A Quiet Day In The County Jail (Craig Rice)
• Proof Of The Pudding (Lawrence Treat)
• The Withered Heart (Jean Potts)
• Three Strips Of Flesh (Matthew Head)
• Walking Alone (Miriam Allen Deford)
• Robert (Stanley Ellin)
• Reflections On Murder (Nedra Tyre)
• Cop's Gift (Rex Stout)
• Mr. Dilby's Timetable (Margaret Manners)
• Modus Operandi (Michael Gilbert)
• The Little Dry Sticks (Cora Jarrett)
• Diamonds In Paradise (Ellery Queen)
• A Matter Of Ethics (Carolyn Thomas)
• The Dog That Wouldn't Talk (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• The Disappearing Servant Wench (Lillian De La Torre)
• The Anomaly Of The Empty Man (Anthony Boucher)

A Pride Of Felons

Twenty Stories By The Members Of The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: The Gordons

1963

The contents are:

• The Twelve-Hour Caper (Mike Marmer)
• The Converted Spouse (Ann May And Ryerson Johnson)
• The Dumb-Belle (Richard M. Gordon)
• Homicide House (Day Keene)
• An Instrument Of Justice (Margaret Manners)
• Mr. Manning's Money Tree (Robert Arthur)
• The Numbers Man (Anthony Boucher)
• You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead (Henry Slesar)
• The Adventure Of The Spectacled Band (Robert L. Fish)
• The Death Of Erick Heilkram (Miriam Allen Deford)
• Stickler For Details (Ed Lacy)
• The Seeds Of Murder (John Suter)
• The Banquo Trap (Lillian De Al Torre)
• Money Isn't Everything (C.L. Sweeney, Jr.)
• The Scarf (Hugh Munro)
• Piropos At Midnight (Antonio Helu)
• The Big Switch (Fred S. Tobey)
• His Wonders To Perform (Gladys Cluff)
• Absolute Pitch (Jerome Barry)
• Run Into Trouble (Lawrence Treat)

Crimes Across The Sea

An Anthology Of Short Stories By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: John Creasey

1964

The contents are:

• Foreword: Who Knows Enough? (John Creasey)
• The Devereaux Monster (Jack Ritchie)
• A Question Of Honor (Ellery Queen)
• Sea Of Troubles (Henry Slesar)
• The Unlocked Room (John F. Suter)
• Murder Delayed (Josephine Bell)
• The Hoofs Of Satan (Edward D. Hoch)
• Something White In The Night (Herbert Brean)
• Three Ex-Soldiers (James McKinney)
• Under Nations Murder Case (Lawrence Treat)
• Fear And Trembling's (Michael Gilbert)
• These Good Children (Gladys Cluff)
• The Queen's Jewel (James Holding)
• The Frightened American (Bill Knox)
• The Dynamics Of An Asteroid (Robert Bloch)
• Castle In Spain (Julian Symons)
• (Untitled) (Fred Levon)
• The Frantick Rebel (Lilian De La Torre)
• The Man Who Hated Scenes (Robert Arthur)
• Love Will Find A Way (David Alexander)

Masters Of Mayhem

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Edward D. Radin

1965

The contents are:

• A Woman Has Been Murdered (Margaret Manners)
• Merry-Go-Round (Robert L. Fish)
• Keep Away From My Wife (Jerome Barry)
• He Was Frightened (Miriam Allen Deford)
• The Solid Gold Brick (Richard M. Gordon)
• Direct Hit (John Buchanan)
• Family Affair (Richard Hardwick)
• A Great Day Coming (Michael Avallone)
• Time And Tide (Lawrence Treat)
• Man With A Hobby (Robert Bloch)
• Ripe For Plucking (James M. Ullman)
• An Exercise In Insurance (James Holding)
• I, Said The Sparrow (Gladys Cluff)
• The Truck That Went Nowhere (Charles Norman)
• The Fatal Diary (William T. Brannon)
• The Gentle Touch (Alice Scanlan Reach)
• Joke On A Nice Old Lady (Henry Slesar)
• The Secret Secret Secret (De Forbes)
• A Little Honest Stud (Anthony Boucher)
• She Fell Among Thieves (Robert Edmond Alter)
• When Are People Going To Learn? (John F. Suter)
• Touch And Blow! (Carl Henry Rathjen)
• Cops Don't Have Wings (Morris Hershman)
• Wild Goose Chase (Ross Macdonald)

Sleuths And Consequences

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Thomas B. Dewey

1966

The contents are:

• Hochmann Miniatures (Robert L. Fish)
• Ask A Stupid Question (Lawrence Treat)
• Specialist (James Reach)
• Squeeze Play (Allen Kim Lang)
• Twelve And A Half Cents (Charles Norman)
• Five-Minute Millionaire (James Cross)
• Pretty Polly Perkins (Gladys Cluff)
• Scent Of Terror (Robert Bloch)
• Choice Of Winesses (Henry Slesar)
• End Game (Polly Podolsky)
• Game Of Skill (Edward D. Hoch)
• Journeymen (John Buchanan)
• Impossible Theft (John F. Suter)
• Tired Romeo (Jean Johnson)
• Guessing Game (Rose Million Healey)
• $2,000,000 Defense (Harold Q. Masur)
• Perfectionist (Donald Mcnutt Douglass)
• By The Scruff Of The Soul (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• "Puddin' And Pie" (De Forbes)
• Crime Of Ezechiele Coen (Stanley Ellin)

Murder In Mind

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Lawrence Treat

1967

The contents are:

• The Sailing Club (David Ely)
• Thicker Than Water (Henry Slesar)
• The Chase (James A. Kirch)
• H As In Heist (Lawrence Treat)
• The Dinner Party (James Michael Ullman)
• Quetzalcoatl (De Forbes)
• Assignment: Marriage (C.M. Macleod)
• The Second Coming (Joe Gores)
• The Magic Tree (James Mckimmey)
• Who's Afraid Of Katherine Mansfield? (Walter Snow)
• What's The Answer, Lady? (James Reach)
• The Way Home (Richard M. Gordon)
• A Fair Share For Sadie (Fred S. Tobey)
• Mary, Mary (Baynard Kendrick)
• Unseen Alibi (Bruce Graeme)
• The Breakdown (Ann Loring)
• The Little Spy (Ellery Queen)

With Malice Toward All

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Robert L. Fish

1968

The contents are:

• The Merciful (C.L. Sweeney, Jr.)
• Long Shot (Henry Slesar)
• The Letter Of The Law (Don Knowlton)
• Every Litter Bit Hurts (Michael Avallone)
• Strictly Diplomatic (John Dickson Carr)
• The Impersonation Murder Case (Miriam Allen Deford)
• Always A Motive (Dan Ross)
• The Orderly World Of Mr. Appleby (Stanley Ellin)
• Number One (John Holt)
• The Release (Cornell Woolrich)
• The House At The End Of The Lane (Browning Norton)
• Command Performance (Anthony Boucher)
• End Of The Day (Jane Speed)
• The Reference Room (John D. Macdonald)
• Sauce For The Gander (Morris Hershman)
• Mr. Wickwire's Widow (Mignon Eberhart)
• Death By The Numbers (Ed Lacy)
• The Accident (Julian Symons)
• String Of Pearls (Robert Bloch)
• E=Murder (Ellery Queen)
• Darl I Luv U (Joe Gores)
• The Inquisitive Butcher Of Nice (James Holding)
• The Ring With The Velvet Ropes (Edward D. Hoch)
• Angelica Is Still Alive (Walter Snow)

Merchants of Menace

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Hillary Waugh

1969

The contents are:

• H As In Homicide (Lawrence Treat)
• Domestic Intrigue (Donald E. Westlake)
• The Front Room (Michael Butterworth)
• The Real Bad Friend (Robert Bloch)
• Wide O (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• Death On Christmas Eve (Stanley Ellin)
• Gone Girl (Ross Macdonald)
• The President's Half Disme (Ellery Queen)
• Amateur Standing (S. Blanc)
• The Peppermint-Striped Goodbye (Ron Goulart)
• Marmalade Wine (Joan Aiken)
• Counter Intelligence (Robert L. Fish)
• The Man Who Played Too Well (Don Von Elsner)
• Never Hit A Lady (Fred S. Tobey)
• Farewell To The Faulkners (Miriam Allen Deford)
• The Dead Past (Al Nussbaum)
• The Cries Of Love (Patricia Highsmith)
• Something Evil In The House (Celia Fremlin)
• The Tilt Of Death (Rod Amateau And David Davis)
• The Moon Of Montezuma (Cornell Woolrich)

Crime Without Murder

An Anthology Of Stories By The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Dorothy Salisbury Davis

1970

The contents are:

• Spy-Haunts Of The World (Eric Ambler)
• The Footprint In The Sky (John Dickson Carr)
• Freedom Fighter (Michael Collins)
• The Nine-To-Five Man (Stanely Ellin)
• A Matter Of Honor (Robert L. Fish)
• The System (Michael Gilbert)
• A Matter Of Pride (Morris Hershman)
• If You See This Woman (Dolores Hitchens)
• The Theft Of The Brazen Letters (Edward D. Hoch)
• How Does That Make You Feel? (Jeffery Hudson)
• The Granny Woman (Dorothy B. Hughes)
• Deerglen Queen (Bill Knox)
• The Man Who Talked With Books (Lucille Lewis)
• The Plot (Margaret Manners)
• Loaded With Money (Annthony Marsh)
• Rape (David Montross)
• Shutterbug (Al Nussbaum)
• The Snatch (Bill Pronzini)
• Mystery At The Library Of Congress (Ellery Queen)
• Jump Job (Calr Henry Rathjen)
• Art For Money's Sake (Jaime Sandaval)
• The Fall Of The High-Flying Dutchman (Georges Simenon)
• Present For Minna (Richard Martin Stern)
• The Monboddo Ape Boy (Lillian De La Torre)
• Suburban Tigress (Lawrence Treat)

Murder Most Foul

The 1971 Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Harold Q. Masur

1971

The contents are:

• Fat Chance (R. Bloch)
• Backward, Turn Backward (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• The Day Of The Bullet (Stanley Ellin)
• Double Entry (Robert L. Fish)
• Odendahl (Joe Gores)
• This Is A Watchbird Watching You (Allen Kim Lang)
• Selena Robs The White House (Patricia McGerr)
• Gone Girl (Ross Macdonald)
• Old Willie (William P. McGivern)
• Dark Encounter (William F. Nolan)
• Two Muscovy Ducks (Charles Norman)
• Mind Over Matter (Ellery Queen)
• The Cautious Man (Lawrence Treat)
• Nothing But Human Nature (Hillary Waugh)
• Give Her Hell (Donald A. Wollheim)

Dear, Dead Days

The 1972 Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Edward D. Hoch

1972

The contents are:

• The Ptarmigan Knife (Miriam Allen Deford)
• A Sad And Bloody Hour (Joe Gores)
• A Fool For A Client (Lillian De La Torre)
• Chinoiserie (Helen Mccloy)
• Decision (Bill Pronzini)
• The Other Hangman (John Dickson Carr)
• A Note On American Literature By My Uncle, Monroe Sanderson (Henry Slesar)
• The Ripper Of Storyville (Edward D. Hoch)
• Proposal Perilous (Morris Hershman)
• All The Way Home (Jaime Sandaval)
• Belgrade 1926 (Eric Ambler)
• The Austin Murder Case (Jon L. Breen)
• The Legacy (Clayton Matthews)
• The Gettysburg Bugle (Ellery Queen)
• The Adventure Of The Double-Bogey Man (Robert L. Fish)

Mirror, Mirror, Fatal Mirror

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories by The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Hans Stefan Santesson

1973

The contents are:

• The Gun Next Door (Michael Avallone)
• Untouchable (Robert Bloch)
• Chinatown Evening (S. Bond)
• The Scar (Wayne Brown)
• The Weaker Vessel (James Cross)
• Lost Generation (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• The Moment Of Time (Miriam Allen DeFord)
• Black Belt (Richard Deming)
• The Question (Stanley Ellin)
• Watch For It (Joe Gores)
• Murder In Eden (Morris Hershman)
• The Oblong Room (Edward D. Hoch)
• Justice Has A High Price (Patricia McGerr)
• The Great Glockenspiel Gimmick (Arthur Moore)
• The Smiler (Charles Norman)
• The Wineo Murder (Percy Spurlark Parker)
• The Hot Tamales Murder Case (J.F. Peirce)
• Death Of A Nobody (Bill Pronzini)
• Object Lesson (Ellery Queen)
• Letter From A Very Worried Man (Henry Slesar)
• M As In Mugged (Lawrence Treat)
• Circles In The Sky (D. Winston)

Killers Of The Mind

Annual Anthology Of The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Lucy Freeman

1974

The contents are:

• Goodbye, My Love, My Life (Donald A. Yates)
• The Game (Thomasina Weber)
• I'll Be The Judge, I'll Be The Jury (Edith L. Taylor)
• Experiment In Personality (Julian Symons)
• Something Like Growing Pains (Eleanor Sullivan)
• They Met For Murder (James O'Connor Sargent)
• Miracles Do Happen (Ellery Queen)
• Buttermilk (Bill Pronzini)
• The Lonely Ones (J.F. Peirce)
• The Lynx (Charles Norman)
• A Sweet Silly Little Problem (David Montross)
• The Other Side Of The Curtain (Helen Mccloy)
• Squealer's Reward (Harold Q. Masur)
• The Bed (Dana Lyon)
• Such Happy People (Miriam Lynch)
• The Missing Ingredient (George De Lucenay Leon)
• Cornerback (James Holding)
• The Perfect Time For The Perfect Crime (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Dog (Joseph Hansen)
• You're Putting Me On, Aren't You? (Joe Gores)
• Under The Last Scuttleful (Michael Gilbert)
• The Wager (Robert L. Fish)
• You Can't Be A Little Girl All Your Life (Stanley Ellin)
• The Man Who Was Two (Richard Deming)
• A Queer Sad Story (Miriam Allen Deford)
• A Matter Of Public Notice (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• The Helping Hand (James Cross)
• Kept Woman (Pauline Bloom)
• Dr. Coffee And The Whiz Kid (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Method For Murder (Robert Bloch)
• Josephine Rider Said (Mary Barrett)
• The Bridge (Gloria Amoury)

Every Crime In The Book

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories by The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Robert L. Fish

1975

The contents are:

• Last Bottle In The World (Stanley Ellin)
• I Ought To Kill You (Barry N. Malzberg And Bill Pronzini)
• Man Who Read John Dickson Carr (William Brittain)
• Reflected Glorey (Kay Nolte Smith)
• Apartment Hunting (Harvey. L. Bilker And Audrey L. Bilker)
• I'd Know You Anywhere (Edward D. Hoch)
• Rhyme Never Pays (Robert Bloch)
• If You Can't Stand The Heat (John F. Suter)
• Woman Trouble (Florence V. Mayberrry)
• Practically Perfect Crime (Morris Hershman)
• If You Want To See One (Al Nussbaum)
• Gold Medal Caper (Ron Goulart)
• Old Horny's Hounds (Phyllis Ann Karr)
• Motive (Lawrence Treat)
• Those Who Appreciate Money (Stanley Cohen)
• Carpenter Ant (Frank Sisk)
• Memory Expert (Henry Slesar)
• Plastic Jungle (Joyce Harrington)
• Mr. Portway's Practice (Michael Gilbert)
• Nine-Finger Jack (Anthony Boucher)
• Eye Of Shafti (James Powell)
• Adventure Of Abraham Lincoln's Clue (Elery Queen)
• Good-Bye, Pops (Joe Gores)
• Alarming Letters From Scottsdale (Warner Law)
• Mcgowney's Miracle (Margaret Millar)

Tricks and Treats: An anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini

1976

Published in the UK by Gollancz as Mystery Writers' Choice 1977.

The contents are:

• Introduction (Joseph N. Gores and Bill Pronzini)
• The Donor (Dan J. Marlowe)
• The Pill Problem (Pauline C. Smith)
• I Always Get the Cuties (John D. MacDonald)
• The Crooked Picture (John Lutz)
• Night Piece for Julia (Jessamyn West)
• No More Questions (Stephen R. Novak)
• Violation (William F. Nolan)
• Hollywood Footprints (Betty Buchanan)
• The Time of the Eye (Harlan Ellison)
• Face Value (Edward Wellen)
• The Leopold Locked Room (Edward D. Hoch)
• If I Quench Thee (William E. Chambers)
• The Spoils System (Donald E. Westlake)
• Rope Enough (Joe Gores)
• Robert (Stanley Ellin)
• My Mother the Ghost (Henry Slesar)
• Murder (Scalping (S. S. Rafferty)
• We All Have to Go (Elizabeth A. Lynn)
• The Little Old Lady of Cricket Creek (Len Gray)
• You Can Get Used to Anything (Anthony Boucher)
• Miser's Gold (Ellery Queen)
• The Girl Who Jumped in the River (Arthur Moore)
• Hand in Glove (James Holding)
• The Silver Curtain (John Dickson Carr)
• Shut the Final Door (Joe L. Hensley)
• The Counterfeit Conman (Albert F. Nussbaum)
• My Sister and I (Jean L. Backus)
• Goodbye Cora (Richard Ellington)
• Multiples (Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg)
• The Deveraux Monster (Jack Ritchie)

When Last Seen

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories by The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Arthur Maling

1977

Published in the UK by Gollancz as Mystery Writers' Choice 1978.

The contents are:

• Gone Girl (Ross Macdonald)
• The Crime Of Ezechiele Coen (Stanley Ellin)
• That Monday Night (Pauline C. Smith)
• The Three Halves (Joe Gores)
• Back In Five Years (Michael Gilbert)
• The Vanishing Of Velma (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Perfectionist (Tomlinson)
• The Girl Who Found Things (Henry Slesar)
• Born Killer (David Stuart Davies)
• Putting The Pieces Back (Bill Pronzini)
• The Philippine Key Mystery (James Holding)
• The Lost Heir (Lillian De La Torre)
• Nadigo (Stanley Cohen)
• The Dog Incident (O'Keeffe)
• The Blue Door (Vincent Starrett)
• All The Way Home (Dan J. Marlowe)

Cop Cade

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories by The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: John Ball

1978

The contents are:

• Clancy And The Subway Jumper (Robert L. Fish)
• Murder On The Night Boat (Cornell Woolrich)
• Conversation Piece (Ned Guymon)
• A Place For Bleeding (Edward D. Hoch)
• B As In Bullets (Lawrence Treat)
• The Case Of The Myra-Ann (Bill Knox)
• The Corruption Of Officer Avakadian (Stanley Ellin)
• Fido (John Ball)
• Time Trial (Frank Sisk)
• The Pattern (Bill Pronzini)
• A Matter Of Probablities (James Cross)
• The File On Zell (Gerald Tomlinson)
• The Cop Who Loved Flowers (Henry Slesar)
• A House Of Hawks (S.S. Rafferty)
• The Dog That Only Barked At Anglos (Helene Phipps)
• The Half-Invisible Man (Bill Pronzini And Jeffrey Wallmann)
• It Wouldn't Come Apart (John F. Suter)
• The Only Rule (Al Nussbaum)
• Fair Game (Francis M. Nevins, Jr.)
• The Quiet Neighborhood (Kathleen Hershey)

Women's Wiles

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories by The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Michele B Slung

1979

The contents are:

• Two Sisters (Joyce Harrington)
• Second Chance (Edward D. Hoch)
• Greek Refrain (Frank Sisk)
• Mom Knows Best (James Yaffe)
• Candle Flame (Lawrence Treat)
• Kitchen Floor (Dorothy A. Collins)
• Girl Friend (Morris Hershman)
• Double Jeopardy (Susan Dunlap)
• You Can't Be A Little Girl All Your Life (Stanley Ellin)
• Mrs. Norris Observes (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• Invitation To A Murder (Josh Pachter)
• Ransom Of Retta Chiefman (Stanley Cohen)
• Medicine Woman (Richard Deming)
• People Across The Canyon (Margaret Millar)
• Cost Of Respectability (Kathlenn Hershey)
• Matter Of Pride (Richard A. Moore)
• Raconteur (L. Fred Ayvazian)
• Prisoner Of Zemu Island (Joan Richter)
• Book That Squealed (Cornell Woolrich)

The Edgar Winners

33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Bill Pronzini

1980

"Each of these twenty-four stories won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Short Story of its year."

• The Adventure Of The Mad Tea-Party (Ellery Queen)
• After-Dinner Story (William Irish)
• Catfish Story (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Love Lies Bleeding (Philip Macdonald)
• Lamb To The Slaughter (Roald Dahl)
• The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
• The House Party (Stanley Ellin)
• The Blessington Method (Stanley Ellin)
• Over There, Darkness (William O'Farrell)
• The Sailing Club (David Ely)
• Special Award: This Will Kill You (Patrick Quentin)
• H As In Homicide (Lawrence Treat)
• The Chosen One (Rhys Davies)
• The Oblong Room (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Man Who Fooled The World (Warner Law)
• Goodbye, Pops (Joe Gores)
• In The Forests Of Riga The Beasts Are Very Wild Indeed (Margery Finn Brown)
• Moonlight Gardener (Robert L. Fish)
• The Purple Shroud (Joyce Harrington)
• The Whimper Of Whipped Dogs (Harlan Ellison)
• The Jail (Jesse Hill Ford)
• Like A Terrible Scream (Etta Revesz)
• Chance After Chance (Thomas Walsh)
• The Cloud Beneath The Eaves (Barbara Owens)

All But Impossible!

An Anthology Of Locked Room & Impossible Crime Stories by Members Of The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Edward D. Hoch

1981

The contents are:

• The Shadow Of The Goat (John Dickson Carr)
• The Little House At Croix-Rousse (Georges Simenon)
• The Problem Of The Emperor's Mushrooms (James Yaffe)
• From Another World (Clayton Rawson)
• Through A Glass, Darkly (Helen Mccloy)
• Snowball In July (Ellery Queen)
• The Newtonian Egg (Peter Godfrey)
• The Triple-Lock'd Room (Lillian De La Torre)
• The Brazen Locked Room (Isaac Asimov)
• The Martian Crown Jewels (Poul Anderson)
• The Day The Children Vanished (Hugh Pentecost)
• As If By Magic (Julian Symons)
• The Impossible Theft (John F. Suter)
• Mr. Strang Takes A Field Trip (William Brittain)
• No One Likes To Be Played For A Sucker (Michael Collins)
• The Arrowmont Prison Riddle (Bill Pronzini)
• Box In A Box (Jack Ritchie)
• The Number 12 Jinx (John L. Breen)
• The Magician's Wife (J.F. Peirce)
• The Problem Of The Covered Bridge (Edward D. Hoch)

A Special Kind Of Crime

An Anthology Of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Lawrence Treat

1982

The contents are:

• I'm Sorry Mr. Griggs (Stanley Cohen)
• Sugar And Spice (James Cross)
• The Nine-To-Five Man (Stanley Ellin)
• Intruder In The Maize (Joan Richter)
• Shooting Lines (Gerald Hammond)
• The Nine Eels Of Madame Wu (Edward D. Hoch)
• Payoff On Double Zero (Warner Law)
• Blurred View (John D. Macdonald)
• The Love Of Money (J.I. Mwagojo)
• The Man Who Collected "The Shadow" (Bill Pronzini)
• The Adventure Of Abraham Lincoln's Clue (Ellery Queen)
• Counselor At Law (Al Nussbaum)
• The Iron Collar (Frank Sisk)
• The Poison Pawn (Henry Slesar)
• The Canarsie Cannonball (Gerald Tomlinson)
• A Matter Of Kicks (Lawrence Treat and Richard Plotz)

The Mystery Hall of Fame: an Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories

Editor: Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh

1984

The contents are:

• The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allen Poe)
• The Adventure Of The Speckled Band (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
• The Oracle Of The Dog (G.K. Chesterton)
• The Monkey's Paw (W.W. Jacobs)
• The Problem Of Cell 13 (Jacques Futrelle)
• The Hands Of Mr. Otermole (Thomas Burke)
• The Two Bottles Of Relish (Lord Dunsany)
• The Gutting Of Couffignal (Dashiell Hammett)
• Accident (Agatha Christie)
• Red Wind (Raymond Chandler)
• Rear Window (Cornell Woolrich)
• The House In Goblin Wood (John Dickson Carr)
• Don't Look Behind You (Fredric Brown)
• The Nine Mile Walk (Harry Kemelman)
• The Specialty Of The House (Stanley Ellin)
• Love Lies Bleeding (Philip Macdonald)
• Lamb To The Slaughter (Roald Dahl)
• No Parking (Ellery Queen)
• The Oblong Room (Edward D. Hoch)
• Sweet Fever (Bill Pronzini)

The Crime of My Life: Favorite Stories by Presidents of the Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Brian Garfield

1985

The contents are:

• Chinoiserie (Helen Mccloy)
• Present For Minna (Richard Martin Stern)
• Hangover (John D. Macdonald)
• The Leopold Locked Room (Edward D. Hoch)
• Give The Devil His Due (Lawrence Treat)
• Framed For Murder (Harold Q. Masur)
• The Man Who Knew Women (Robert Bloch)
• The Question (Stanley Ellin)
• Galton And The Yelling Boys (Hillary Waugh)
• Mildady Bigamy (Lillian De La Torre)
• Scrimshaw (Brian Garfield)
• Blessed Are The Meek (Georges Simenon)
• The Purple Is Everything (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)

Last Laughs: The 1986 Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Gregory McDonald

1986

The contents are:

• Introduction (Gregory Mcdonald)
• Grief Counselor (Julie Smith)
• Kindly Dig Your Grave (Stanley Ellin)
• The Nine Best Movies (Gregory Mcdonald)
• I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Feldman (Henry Slesar)
• The Most Dangerous Man (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Last Meeting Of The Butlers Club (Jeffrey Bush)
• Sidney, Seth And S.A.M. (Charles R. Mcconnell)
• You Drive, Dear (Fred S. Tobey)
• The Problem Of Li T'ang (Jeffrey Bush)
• Hizzoner's Water Supply (Gerald Tomlinson)
• Light Fingers (Henry Slesar)
• It's All A Matter Of Luck (Tonita S. Gardner)
• Providence Will Provide (Thelma C. Sokoloff)
• Dogbane (Frank Sisk)

Murder On The Aisle: The 1987 Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Mary Higgins Clark

1987

The contents are:

• Introduction (Mary Higgins Clark)
• Revival In Eastport (Jon L. Breen)
• The Moment Of Decision (Stanley Ellin)
• It Was Bad Enough (Ron Goulart)
• Death Of A Princess (Joyce Harrington)
• A Slip Of The Lip (Lawrence Treat)
• Snookered (Gerald Tomlinson)
• The Last Escape (Henry Slesar)
• New York New York (Thomas Adcock)
• A Break In The Film (John F. Suter)
• Captain Leopold Goes To The Dogs (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Waste Pile Of Apple Bow (Joan Richter)
• Saturday's Shadow (William F. Nolan)
• The Double Death Of Neil Quigley (J. F. Pierce)
• The Enjoyment Of An Artist (Isak Romun)
• Gee Whiz My Lovely (Betty Buchanan)

Murder California Style

The Southern California Chapter Of The 1988 Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Jon L. Breen & John Ball

1987

Distant Danger: The 1988 Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Janwillem Van De Wetering

1988

The contents are:

• The Vultures Of Malabar (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Saintmaker's Wife (Helene Juarez Phipps)
• Greater Love Than This ... (Herbert Resnicow)
• Pahua (Joe Gores)
• The Second Sight Of Dr. Sam: Johnson (Lillian De La Torre)
• The Smoke People (Walter Satterthwait)
• Sungrab (William F. Nolan)
• A Little Piece Of Room (Barbara Owens)
• Deadhead Coming Down (Margaret Maron)
• Last Chance In Singapore (Clark Howard)
• The Treasure Of Pachacamac (James Holding)
• The Matchstick Hut (Jean Darling)
• Night Crawlers (Joyce Harrington)
• The Women In The Shadows (Stephanie Kay Bendel)
• Tanis's No Where (Amanda Cross)
• The Jughead File (Janwillem van de Wetering)

Beastly Tales: The Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Sara Paretsky

1989

"Presents a collection of fifteen chilling stories, in each of which an animal figures prominently, by a group of already regarded and newly discovered authors, including Isaac Asimov, James Holding, Margaret Maron, and Donald E. Westlake."

• Neighbors (Hope Raymond)
• A Good Story (Donald E. Westlake)
• A Visitor To Mombassa (James Holding)
• Dwindle, Peak And Pine (Joyce Harrington)
• A Cat Too Small For His Whiskers (Lilian Jackson Braun)
• The White Death (Justin Scott)
• Intruder In The Maize (Joan Richter)
• Best Evidence (Dick Stodghill)
• Plateau (Clark Howard)
• The Lost Dog (Isaac Asimov)

The New Edgar Winners

The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Martin H. Greenberg

1990

"Gathers award-winning mystery stories by Frederick Forsyth, Ruth Rendell, Lawrence Block, Harlan Ellison and others."

• Armed And Dangerous (Geoffrey Norman)
• Horn Man (Clark Howard)
• The Absence Of Emily (Jack Ritchie)
• There Are No Snakes In Ireland (Frederick Forsyth)
• The New Girl Friend (Ruth Rendell)
• By The Dawn's Early Light (Lawrence Block)
• Ride The Lightning (John Lutz)
• Rain In Pinton County (Robert Sampson)
• Soft Monkey (Harlan Ellison)
• Flicks (Bill Crenshaw)

Guilty As Charged

A Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Scott Turow

1996

"A collection of stories that deliver gripping drama as its team of top-notch authors take unique perspectives on our criminal justice system with crackling courtroom intrigue."

• Introduction (Scott Turow)
• Dogs And Fleas (John Lutz)
• Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor (Andrew Klavan)
• Real Life (Sarah Shankman)
• Knives At Midnight (Marcia Muller)
• Justice (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Cruel And Unusual (Carolyn Wheat)
• Grip (Jay Brandon)
• Beat Routine (Stan Washburn)
• Last Licks (Valerie Frankel)
• Turning The Witness (Jeremiah Healy)
• That Day At Eagle's Point (Ed Gorman)
• Celebrity And Justice For All (John Jakes)
• For The Good Of The Firm (Maynard F. Thomson)
• Dead Drunk (Lia Matera)
• Court Of Celestial Appeals (Susan Dunlap)
• Boobytrap (Bill Pronzini)

Diagnosis Dead

A Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Jonathan Kellerman

1999

"Mystery with a dash of romance enlivens this collection of stories by some of the best artists in the business."

• Dream Lawyer (Lia Matera)
• Broken Doors (Brendan Dubois)
• Four Views Of Justice (Jon L. Breen)
• The Bad Boz Klub (Doug Allyn)
• Image (Lohn Lutz)
• Verdit (Nancy Pickard)
• The Back Page (Faye Kellerman)
• Hero (Jeremiah Healy)
• Natural Death, Inc. (Max Allan Collins)
• The Oath (Marilyn Wallace)
• Backwater (Michael Z. Lewin)
• Expert Opinion (Benjamin M. Schutz)
• Show Me The Bones (Carolyn Wheat)

Night Awakens

A Mystery Writers of America Anthology

Editor: Mary Higgins Clark

2000

"Mystery with a dash of romance enlivens this collection of stories by some of the best artists in the business."

• Introduction (Mary Higgins Clark)
• The Perils Of Pond Scum (Sally Gunning)
• Widower's Walk (Joseph Hansen)
• All You Need Is Love (Sarah Shankman)
• Afraid Of The Dark (Nancy Pickard)
• Go Quietly Into The Day (Eleanor Taylor Bland)
• Sibling Rivalry (Brendan Dubois)
• The Haggard Society (Edward D. Hoch)
• Something Borrowed, Something Black (Loren D. Estleman)
• The Witch And Uncle Harry (Angela Zeman)
• Delta Double-Deal (Noreen Ayres)

Blood On Their Hands

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Lawrence Block

2002

"An anthology of nineteen short stories that explores the lives of people searching for their own brand of justice after official channels fail."

• Her Last Gift (Brendan Dubois)
• Jojo's Gold (Noreen Ayres)
• Black Heart And Cabin Girl (Shelley Costa)
• One Of Us (Tom Savage)
• A Trail Of Mirrors (Tracy Knight)
• Along For The Ride (Aileen Schumacher)
• Red Meat (Elaine Viets)
• The Maids (G. Miki Hayden)
• Guardian Angel (Elaine Togneri)
• The Day Of The 31st (Henry Slesar)
• Another Night To Remember (William E. Chambers)
• The Trouble With Harry (Stefanie Matteson)
• Any Old Mother (Charlotte Hinger)
• Guile Is Where It Goes (Dan Crawford)
• Doppelganger (Rhys Bowen)
• Bloody Victims (Mat Coward)
• Safety First (Marcia Talley)
• No Man's Land (Elizabeth Foxwell)
• The Lady From Yesterday (Jeremiah Healy)

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A Hot And Sultry Night For Crime

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Jeffrey Deaver

2003

"A new collection of short fiction from the Mystery Writers of America presents an entertaining and baffling collection of twenty original stories set in hot climates."

• Ninety-Eight Point Six (Jeffrey Deaver)
• The Last Of The Bad Girls (David Handler)
• Child Support (Ronnie Klaskin)
• Old Dog Days (Toni L.P. Kelner)
• Body In The Pond (Suzanne C. Johnson)
• Lady On Ice (Loren D. Estleman)
• El Palacio (John Lutz)
• Heat Lightning (Gary Brandner)
• Too Hot To Die (Mat Coward)
• Green Heat (Angela Zeman)
• No Lie (Robert Lee Hall)
• The Stay-At-Home Thief (Tim Myers)
• War Crimes (G. Miki Hayden)
• The Slow Blink (Jeremiah Healy)
• Hot Days, Cold Nights (Alan Cook)
• Prom Night (David Bart)
• Night Rose (Ana Rainwater)
• Neighborhood Watch (Sinclair Browning)
• Splitting (Marilyn Wallace)
• What The Dormouse Said (Carolyn Wheat)

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Show Business Is Murder

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Stuart M. Kaminsky

2004

"Members of the Mystery Writers of America join forces in an ingenious new anthology of short mysteries set in the world of entertainment."

• Small Time In His Heart (Carolyn Wheat)
• Money On The Red (Edward D. Hoch)
• Razzle Dazzle (Annette Meyers)
• Artful (John Lutz)
• Blonde Moment (Elaine Viets)
• Lah Tee Dah (Angela Zeman)
• Just Another Hollywood Ending (David Bart)
• Search For Robert Rich (Bob Shayne)
• Murder At The Heartbreak Hotel (Mark Terry)
• Bring Me The Head Of Osama Bin Laden (Gary Phillips)
• Line Reading (Parnell Hall)
• Arrangements (Susanne Shaphren)
• Berlin Story (Libby Fischer Hellmann)
• Goin' West (Charles Ardai)
• All Said And Done (Gregg Hurwitz)
• Fred Menace, Commie For Hire (Steve Hockensmith)
• Dying Artist (Shelly Freydont)
• On The Bubble (Robert Lopresti)
• Slap (Mat Coward)
• Break A Leg (Stuart M. Kaminsky)

Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Harlan Coben

2006

"This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today."

• Queeny (Ridley Pearson)
• Safe Enough (Lee Child)
• The Home Front (Charles Ardai)
• The Last Flight (Brenden DuBois)
• Part Light, Part Memory (Bonnie Hearn Hill)
• Blarney (Steve Hockensmith)
• Heat Lightening (William Krueger)
• Till death Do Us Part (Tim Maleeny)
• The Cold Hard Truth (Rick McMahon)
• One shot (P.J. Parrish)
• Cyberdate.com (Tom Savage)
• Homecoming (Charles Todd)
• The Masseuse (Tim Wohlforth)
• A Few Small Repairs (Jeff Abbott)
• Chellini's Solution (Jim Fusilli)
• One True Love (Laura Lippman)
• Wifey (R.L. Stine)
• Pushed or Was Fell (Jay Brandon)
• Entrapped (Harlan Coben)

The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Michael Connelly

2008

"Nineteen original stories about riveting showdowns between cops and criminals. From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves."

• Skinhead Central (T. Jefferson Parker)
• Sack O' Woe (John Harvey)
• The Drought (James O. Born)
• Divine Droplets (Paula L. Woods)
• Serial Killer (Jon L. Breen)
• A Certain Recollection (John Buentello)
• A Change In His Heart (Jack Fredrickson)
• The Herald (Leslie Glass)
• Such A Lucky, Pretty Girl (Persia Walker)
• Friday Night Luck (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Fool (Laurie R. King)
• Burying Mr. Henry (Polly Nelson)
• Oaths, Ohana And Everything (Diana Hansen-Young)
• The Price Of Love (Peter Robinson)
• Contact And Cover (Greg Rucka)
• Rule Number One (Bev Vincent)
• What A Wonderful World (Paul Guyot)
• Winning (Alafair Burke)
• Father's Day (Michael Connelly)

Prosecution Rests: New Stories About Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Linda Fairstein

2009

"This riveting collection traces the triumphs, defeats, and temptations of two opposing sides: those sworn to defend the accused, and those tasked with prosecuting them. They are the stories of lawyers under pressure, of criminals facing the needle, and of the heartbroken families - of both the victim and the defendant - who hope for justice from the back of the courtroom, and who sometimes take it into their own hands. This tantalizing collection proves that after the crime is over, the real drama begins."

• The Secret Session (Edward D. Hoch)
• Designer Justice (Phyllis Cohen)
• Follow Up (Jo Dereske)
• By Hook Or By Crook (Charlie Drees)
• The Letter (Eileen Dunbaugh)
• Spectral Evidence (Kate Gallison)
• Knife Fight (Joel Goldman)
• Death, Cheated (James Grippando)
• My Brother's Keeper (Daniel J. Hale)
• The Flashlight Game (Diana Hansen-Young)
• Mom Is My Co-Counsel (Paul Levine)
• Quality Of Mercy (Leigh Lundlin)
• The Mother (Michele Martinez)
• Red Dog (Anita Page)
• A Clerk's Life (Barbara Parker)
• Time Will Tell (Twist Phelan)
• The Evil We Do (John Walter Putre)
• Night Court (S.J. Rozan)
• Hard Blows (Morley Swingle)
• Custom Sets (Joseph Wallace)
• Bang (Angela Zeman)
• Going Under (Linda Fairstein)

On a Raven's Wing: New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Stuart M. Kaminsky

2009

"Twenty contemporary writers commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe with chilling stories inspired by the master himself."

• Introduction (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Israfel (Doug Allyn)
• The Golden Bug (Michael A. Black)
• William Allan Wilson (Jon L. Breen)
• The Tell-Tale Purr (Mary Higgins Clark)
• Nevermore (Thomas H. Cook)
• Emily's Time (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• The Cask Of Castle Island (Brendan Dubois)
• Bells (James W. Hall)
• In My Ancestor's Image (Jeremiah Healy)
• The Poe Collector (Edward D. Hoch)
• A Nomad Of The Night (Rupert Holmes)
• Rattle, Rattle, Rattle (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Development Hell (Paul Levine)
• The Deadliest Tale Of All (Peter Lovesey)
• Poe, Poe, Poe (John Lutz)
• The Tell-Tale Pacemaker (P.J. Parrish)
• Seeing The Moon (S.J. Rozan)
• Challenger (Daniel Stashower)
• Poe, Jo, And I (Don Winslow)
• Rue Morgue Noir (Angela Zeman)

Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Charlaine Harris

2010

"Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime."

• Introduction (Charlaine Harris)
• Dahlia Underground (Charlaine Harris)
• Small Change (Margaret Maron)
• Trespassers (Brendan Dubois)
• Madeeda (Harley Jane Kozak)
• House Of Horrors (S. W. Hubbard)
• Sift, Almost Invisible, Through (Jeffrey Somers)
• Bedroom Door (Elaine Viets)
• Conqueror Worm (Barbara D'amato)
• In Memory Of The Sibylline (Lous Kemp)
• Bloodflower (Martin Meyers)
• Awareness (Terrie Farley Moran)
• Tadesville (Jack Fedrickson)
• Limbo (Steve Brewer)
• Insider (Mike Wiecek)
• Swing Shift (Dana Cameron)
• Riding High (Carolyn Hart)
• Grave Matter (Max Allan Collins And Mickey Spillane)
• Death Of A Vampire (Parnell Hall)
• Taking The Long View (Toni L. P. Kelner)

The Rich and the Dead

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Nelson DeMille

2011

"Twenty original tales by today's most elite mystery writers who explore the life (and death) of the rich and infamous. From multinational boardrooms to palatial mansions to exotic playlands, these suspenseful, gold-standard tales reveal in scary, funny, and riveting ways just how much trouble money can buy."

• Introduction (Nelson Demille)
• Death Benefits (Nelson Demille)
• Pirate Of Palm Beach (Ted Bell)
• Thank God For Charlie (Peter Blauner)
• Sadowsky Manifesto (K. Catalona)
• Kiddieland (Tim Chapman)
• Addicted To Sweetness (Lee Child)
• Blood Washes Off (Michael Connelly)
• Gift (Frank Cook)
• Bling, Bling (David Delee)
• Murder In The 6th (Joseph Goodrich)
• Precipice (Daniel Hale)
• Itinerary (Roberta Islieb)
• Lamborghini Mommy (Harley Jane Kozak)
• Controller (David Morrell)
• Poetic Justice (Carolyn Mullen)
• Happine$$ (Twist Phelan)
• Iterations (S.J. Rozan)
• Ritchie And The Rich Bitch (Jonathan Santlofer)
• Paparazzo (Elaine Togneri)
• Daphne, Unrequited (Angela Zeman)

Vengeance

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Lee Child

2012

"A new collection of stories which reveals the shocking consequences when men and women take the law into their own hands. The heroes in these stories include a cop who's seen too much, a woman who has been pushed too far, or just an ordinary person doing what the law will not. Some call them vigilantes, others claim they are just another brand of criminal.."

• The Fourteenth Juror (Twist Phelan)
• Lost And Found (Zoe Sharp)
• The Mother (Alafair Burke)
• Blind Justice (Jim Fusilli)
• The Consumers (Dennis Lehane)
• Moonshiner's Lament (Rick Mcmahan)
• River Secret (Anne Swardson)
• Hot Sugar Blues (Steve Liskow)
• The Final Ballot (Brendan Dubois)
• Africa Always Needs Guns (Michael Niemann)
• The Unremarkable Heart (Karin Slaughter)
• It Ain't Right (Michelle Gagnon)
• Silent Justice (C.E. Lawrence)
• Even A Blind Man (Darrell James)
• The General (Janice Law)
• A Fine Mist Of Blood (Michael Connelly)
• Leverage (Mike Cooper)
• The Hotline (Dreda Say Mitchell)
• Blood And Sunshine (Adam Meyer)
• In Persona Christi (Orest Stelmach)
• The Hollywood I Remember (Lee Child)

The Mystery Box

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Brad Meltzer

2013

"A new collection of stories which reveals the shocking consequences when men and women take the law into their own hands. The heroes in these stories include a cop who's seen too much, a woman who has been pushed too far, or just an ordinary person doing what the law will not. Some call them vigilantes, others claim they are just another brand of criminal."

• Introduction (Brad Meltzer)
• The Amiable Miss Edith Montague (Jan Burke)
• Waco 1982 (Laura Lippman)
• War Secrets (Libby Fischer Hellmann)
• The Vly (C.E. Lawrence)
• Heirloom (Joseph Finder)
• The Boca Box (James O. Born)
• Mad Blood (S.W. Hubbard)
• Dear Mr. Queen (Joseph Goodrich)
• The Delivery (R.T. Lawton)
• Mokume Gane (Tom Rob Smith)
• Angelina (Mary Anne Kelly)
• The Remaining Unknowns (Tony Broadbent)
• Double Jeopardy (Steve Berry)
• The Secret Life Of Books (Angela Gerst)
• The Very Private Detectress (Catherine Mambretti)
• The Bird House (Stephen Ross)
• The Honour Of Dundee (Charles Todd)
• Hedge (Jonathan Stone)
• The Lunar Society (Katherine Neville)
• High Stakes (R.L. Stine)
• Remmy Rothstein Toes The Line (Annotated) (Karin Slaughter)

Ice Cold: Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Jeffrey Deaver and Raymond Benson

2014

"Twenty masterful tales of paranoia, espionage, and psychological drama."

• Introduction (Jeffery Deaver And Raymond Benson)
• Comrade 35 (Jeffery Deaver)
• Police Report (Joseph Finder)
• The Last Confession (John Lescroart)
• A Card For Mother (Gayle Lynds And John Sheldon)
• Miss Bianca (Sara Paretsky)
• The Essence Of Small People (Gary Alexander)
• Checkpoint Charlie (Alan Cook)
• Crush Depth (Brendan Dubois)
• The Honey Trap (Bev Vincent)
• House Of A Thousand Eyes (Katia Leaf)
• A Neighbor's Story (Vicki Doudera)
• East Meets West (Jonathan Stone)
• Show Stopper (Gigi Vernon)
• Deep Submergence (Joseph Wallace)
• Sparks To The Bear's Hide (Robert Mangeot)
• Side Effects (T. Jefferson Parker)
• The Everyday Housewife (Laura Lippman)
• Cuba Libre (Katherine Neville)
• His Mother's Son (J.A. Jance)
• Ghosts (Raymond Benson)

Manhattan Mayhem

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Mary Higgins Clark

2015

"Best-selling suspense author Mary Higgins Clark invites you on a tour of Manhattan's most iconic neighborhoods in this anthology of all-new stories from Mystery Writers of America, produced to commemorate its 70th anniversary. Illustrated with iconic photography of New York City and packaged in a handsome hardcover, Manhattan Mayhem is a delightful read for armchair detectives and armchair travelers alike!"

• Introduction (Mary Higgins Clark)
• Five-Dollar Dress (Union Square) (Mary Higgins Clark)
• White Rabbit (Central Park) (Julie Hyzy)
• Picture Of The Lonely Diner (Flatiron District) (Lee Child)
• Three Little Words (Upper West Side) (Nancy Pickard)
• Damage Control (Hell's Kitchen) (Thomas H. Cook)
• Day After Victory (Times Square) (Brendan Dubois)
• Serial Benefactor (Empire State Building) (Jon L. Breen)
• Trapped! (Chelsea) (Ben H. Winters)
• Wall Street Rodeo (Wall Street) (Angela Zeman)
• Copycats (Alphabet City) (N.J. Ayres)
• Red-Headed Stepchild (Upper East Side) (Margaret Maron)
• Sutton Death Overtime (Sutton Place) (Judith Kelman)
• Dizzy And Gillespie (Harlem) (Persia Walker)
• Me And Mikey (Little Italy) (T. Jefferson Parker)
• Evermore (Hudson River) (Justin Scott)
• Chin Yong-Yun Makes A Shiddach (Chinatown) (S.J. Rozan)
• Baker Of Bleecker Street (Greenwich Village) (Jeffrey Deaver)

Scream And Scream Again!

Spooky Stories From The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: R. L. Stine

2018

An anthology of stories for children.

"Scream and Scream Again! is full of twists and turns, dark corners, and devilish revenge. Collected in conjunction with the Mystery Writers of America, this set includes works from New York Times bestselling authors telling tales of wicked ice-cream trucks, time-travelling heroes, witches and warlocks, and of course, haunted houses."

Quality Of Murder: 300 Years of True Crime

Compiled By Members Of The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Anthony Boucher

1962

"Here is a fascinating sampler of murder in America, twenty-four of the most interesting murder cases in three centuries of our history. Chronicled especially for this collection by the leading writers of the Mystery Writers of America and introduced and edited with special notes by Anthony Boucher."

• Introduction (Anthony Boucher)
• The Pioneer Effort Of John Billington (Thomas M. McDade) (Plymouth Colony, 1630)
• The Palate Of Alfred G. Packer (Samuel A. Peeples) (Colorado, 1873)
• The Trick Alibi Of Irving Latimer (Anna Mary Wells) (Jackson, Mich., 1889)
• The Ordeal Of Florence Maybrick (Patrick Quentin) (Liverpool, 1889)
• The Financial Practice Of Dr. T. Thatcher Graves) (Dana Lyon (Denver, Colo., 1891)
• The Myth Of Lizzie Borden (James Reach) (Fall River, Mass., 1892)
• The Anatomical Practice Of Dr. H.H. Holmes (William T. Brannon) (Philadelphia & Chicago, 1894)
• The Chocolate Creams Of Cordelia Botkin (Lenore Glen Offord) (San Francisco, 1898)
• The Dementia Americana Of Harry Thaw (Charles Samuels) (New York, 1906)
• The Left-Handed Overalls Of Roy D'autremont (Eugene B. Block) (Oregon, 1923)
• The Bits And Pieces Of Bessie Ferguson (Marjorie Macdonald) (Oakland, Calif., 1925)
• The Patriotic Justice Of San Jose (Miriam Allen De Ford) (San Jose, Calif., 1933)
• The Hobby Of Gerald Thompson (Carl G. Hodges) (Peoria, Ill, 1935)
• The Invisible Murder Of Walter Baker (Clayton Rawson) (South Portland, Maine, 1941)
• The Mafiose End Of Nick Dejohn (John M. Eshleman) (San Francisco, 1947)
• The Ordinary Death Of Mabel King (Edward D. Radin) (Flushing, N.Y., 1948)
• The Long Odds Of Vincent Ciucci (Elisabeth Babbitt) (Chicago, 1953)
• The Mission Of Bart Caritativo (Anna Blake Mezquida) (Stinson Beach, Calif., 1954)
• The Illogical Wife Of Burton Abbott (J. Francis Mccomas) (Berkeley, Calif., 1955)
• The Lucky Henchman Of Joseph Peel (Harry Whittington) (Palm Beach, Fla., 1955)
• The Shambles Of Ed Gein (Robert Bloch) (Wisconsin, 1957)
• The Status Seeking Of Charles Starkweather (James Mckimmey) (Nebraska, 1957)
• The Helpful Friend Of Mohammed Abdullah (Poul Anderson) (Berkeley, Calif., 1960)
• The Love Of Ann Tracy (Thomas B. Dewey) (Laguna Beach, Calif., 1960)
• Afterword (Anthony Boucher)

I, Witness

Personal Encounters with Crime By Members of the Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Brian Garfield

1978

Plots And Pans: Recipes And Antidotes From The Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Nancy & Jean Francis Webb

1989

Illustrations: Gahan Wilson

"Hundreds of delicious recipes from the most ingenious writers in America - spiced with their wit, leavened with their malice, and served with their own distinctive style."

The Crown Crime Companion: The Top 100 Mystery Novels Of All Time

Selected by

Mystery Writers of America

Random House

1995

"For The Crown Crime Companion, the Mystery Writers of America have compiled a list of the best 100 mystery novels of all time, as well as a list of favorites in ten categories. Fully annotated and reviewed by Otto Penzler, this list of the top 100 mysteries will be a valuable resource to fans, introducing them to new novels and reminding them about books by favorite writers they may have missed. Each of the ten category lists is introduced by a master of that category. Also included is a list of all the Edgar Award-winning books since the inception of the award."

Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America

Editor: Sue Grafton with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman

Second edition

2002

Laurie R. King contributed a chapter on historical mysteries to this book.

" In this extraordinary compilation, more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America share insights and advice that can help make your writing dreams a reality. You'll learn how to:develop unique ideas; construct an airtight plot packed with intrigue and suspense; create compelling characters and atmospheric settings; develop a writing style all your own; write convincing dialogue; choose the appropriate point of view; work with an agent; conduct accurate research; and much, much more!"

In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

Mystery Writers of America Presents

Editor: Michael Connelly

2009

"In the Shadow of the Master is an exceptional collection of classic stories from the lord of literary darkness himself - the inimitable Edgar Allan Poe - accompanied by enthralling essays from twenty of his bestselling acolytes and admirers. With appreciations by Michael Connelly, Stephen King, Lisa Scottoline, Tess Gerritsen, Laura Lippman, Nelson DeMille, Lawrence Block, and thirteen others, In the Shadow of the Master is a must-have for thriller and mystery fans of all ages."