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This page lists crime fiction anthologies published in the Women of Mystery series.

Women of Mystery

Editor: Cynthia Manson

1992

Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

"From mystery to thriller to the "lighter side" of the genre, these exciting stories will thrill and delight mystery fans, both male and female alike. Here is a rich collection, thoughtfully chosen to represent the best of this explosive sub-genre."

• Introduction (Cynthia Mason)
• Stowaway (Mary Higgins Clark)
• Constitution Street (Janet Stockey)
• A Pair Of Yellow Lilies (Ruth Rendell)
• Discards (Faye Kellerman)
• The Girl Who Wanted To See Venice (Antonia Fraser)
• Chain Of Terror (Patricia Mcgerr)
• Tania's No Where (Amanda Cross)
• Old Friends (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• A Case For Clara Cates (Carolyn Jensen Watts)
• Guilt Feelings (Celia Fremlin)
• A Little More Research (Joan Hess)
• The Upstairs Flat (Elizabeth A. Dalton)
• The Takamoku Joseki (Sara Paretsky)
• Digby's First Case (Anne Perry)
• Night Vision (B.K. Stevens)

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Women of Mystery II

Editor: Cynthia Manson

1994

Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

"From the pages of the world's two most acclaimed mystery magazines Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, here are fifteen stories of women sleuths--stories that helped transform the conventions of a genre."

• Emerald Hookers And Gold Shields (D.L. Richardson)
• One Beautiful Body (Gillian Roberts)
• Not All Brides Are Beautiful (Sharyn Mccrumb)
• Evelyn Lying There (Anne Wingate)
• Sideshow (B.K. Stevens)
• Body English (S.J. Rozan)
• The General's Task Force (Pearl G. Aldrich)
• The Maggody Files: D.W.I. (Joan Hess)
• Arrie And Jasper (Amanda Cross)
• Deadly Fantasies (Marcia Muller)
• Cop Groupie (Joyce Harrington)
• Match Point In Berlin (Patricia Mcgerr)
• Jemima Shore At The Sunny Grave (Antonia Fraser)
• Mrs. Howell And Criminal Justice 2.1 (Margaret Maron)
• The Orchard Walls (Ruth Rendell)

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Women of Mystery III

Editor: Kathleen Halligan

1999

Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

"A collection of fifteen short stories by today's best-known women mystery writers features a complete range of mystery genres that involve female characters as private eyes, cops, amateur sleuths, journalists, and spies"

• The Last Open File (Marcia Muller)
• Caribbean Clues (Patricia McGerr)
• Justina (Dorothy Salisbury Davis)
• The Bottle Dungeon (Antonia Fraser)
• Death In Small Doses (B.K. Stevens)
• Skin Deep (Sara Paretsky)
• Solitary Journey (Shizuko Natsuki)
• Unacceptable Levels (Ruth Rendell)
• A Fine Set Of Teeth (Jan Burke)
• The Roots Of Death (Margaret Maron)
• The Maggody Files: Spiced Rhubarb (Joan Hess)
• The Last, Best Chance (Suzanne Jones)
• Accommodation Vacant (Celia Fremlin)
• Sic Transit Gloria (Barbara Paul)
• Fair And Square (Margaret Yorke)
• Once Upon A Time (Amanda Cross)
• Secondhand Rose (Joyce Christmas)
• Scars (Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
• The Man Kali Visited (Janice Law)