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PREDATORS: Slit; Hardshell; The Roadside Scalpel; The Man Who Collected Knives; Dead Things Don't Move; ...

1 review
Ed; Greenberg, Martin H. (editors) (Richard Laymon; Dean R. Koontz; Thomas F. Monteleone; John Gregory Betancourt; Lawrence Watt-Evans; T. L. Parkinson; Ed Naha; F. Paul Wilson; Billie Sue Mosiman; Edward D. Hoch; J. N. Williamson; Scott Fogel) Gorman

Roc - Penguin Books, 1993

Excellent
I bought this when it first came out along with "STALKERS", these two books are some of the best hooror that i've read, definitely a keeper for anyone interested in good horror that stays with you. All the top writers of horror are here, simply the best.

ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION - Volume 1, number 1 - Spring 1977: Think; Good-Bye Robinson Crusoe; The Doctors' ...

1 review
George H. (editor) (Isaac Asimov; John Varley; Martin Gardner; Arthur C. Clarke; Edward D. Hoch; Sally A. Sellers; George O. Smith; Herb Boehm; Jonathan Fast; Fred Saberhagen; Sherwood Springer; William Jon Watkins; Gordon R. Dickson) Scithers

Davis Publications, 1977

First issue - Collector's item
This is the first issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, which has been popular enough to continue even today, years after Asimov's demise. To start off with a bang, this first edition included works by some of the sci-fi fields best authors of the 20th century, including Arthur C. Clarke, Gordon R. Dickson, George O. Smith, John Varley, and Asimov himself. I recall buying this around ...

Mistletoe Mysteries (First Edition/First Printing)

1 review
Peter Lovesey, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, ...

The Mysterious Press, 1990

Perfect for a cozy Yuletide eve
These clever short mysteries are all different and all delightful. Settle in beside a crackling fire with a cup of tea and prepare to be entertained with wry and touching stories with just a hint of grue.

Banner Deadlines: The Impossible Files of Senator Brooks U. Banner (Crippen & Landru Lost Classics)

3 reviews
Joseph Commings, Robert Adey, ...

Crippen & Landru, Publishers, 2004

THE GREAT SENATOR
THIS ARE SHORT STORIES OF LOCKED ROOM MURDERS AND MYSTERIES, FROM THE GOLDEN AGE. ALL ARE VERY GOOD, AND THE READER WILL HAVE HOURS OF FUN. ANOTHER GREAT BOOK FROM CRIPPENLANDRU.

All but Impossible!: An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery ...

1 review

Ticknor & Fields, 1981

excellent short tales from impossible crime story masters
This is the first time I read so many short impossible crime stories at one time, and the experience is amazing. As a golden-age mystery lover, how come I didn't try to find this book earlier? ---If you like to challenge your intelligence with that of the masters, this is the right book!

The Night My Friend: Stories of Crime and Suspense (The Mystery Makers Series)

1 review
Edward D. Hoch

Ohio Univ Pr, 1992

Challenge to the Reader
Edward D. Hoch, whose stories have appeared in every issue of ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE since 1973, is a master of the puzzle story. His tales are reminiscent of the great Golden Age of mystery of the 1930's--the era of Ellery Queen, Agatha Christie, and John Dickson Carr. Yet his tales, especially in this collection, sometimes have a dark side, a realization that the puzzle cannot ...

Diagnosis impossible: The problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne

5 reviews
Edward D Hoch

Crippen & Landru, 1996

Nothing is impossible!
Fans of impossible crimes and locked room mysteries will love this book. How can a horse and carriage vanish from inside a covered bridge? How can a master criminal escape from a locked cell? How can a man be stabbed while alone in a voting booth? Get this book and find out the answers to these and nine other ingenious puzzlers from the great Edward D. Hoch, the reigning king of impossible ...

The Iron Angel and Other Tales of the Gypsy Sleuth

1 review
Edward D. Hoch

Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2003

GREAT GYPSY INVESTIGATIONS
One of the less known caracthers of Hoch, he has a dignity and humanity more strong that velvet or the others. The plots are good and will keep you wondering. Buy it!

Mystery Writing in a Nutshell

7 reviews
John McAleer, Andrew McAleer

James A Rock & Co. Publishers, 2007

Another Classic Is Born
This book is destined to become a classic writing text, much like that other perennial favorite, THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by Strunk and White. Instead of focusing on grammar and sentence structure, however, this book concentrates on how to assemble a suspense or mystery novel, from the first, throat-grabbing word, to a final denouement that is both surprising and inevitable. It tells the writer ...

More Things Impossible: The Second Casebook of Dr. Sam Hawthorne

5 reviews
Edward D. Hoch

Crippen & Landru, 2006

More impossible fun
Why stop at 12, when we can have 15 more impossible crimes? From this book, comes fifteen more and fifteen of the best impossible crimes. 13. The Problem of the Revival Tent - Dr. Sam Hawthorn is sceptical, to say the least, when smooth talking George Yester, and his seven year old son, come to Northmont, claiming to heal the sick. But when Yester is murdered alone in the revival tent, the ...

The Velvet Touch

1 review
Edward D. Hoch

Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2000

Vintage Nick Velvet.
Vintage Nick Velvet. The only problem is that reading more than one of these in a short period of time shows, in part, the formula that Hoch always follows. With that caveat, these are quite enjoyable.

Mystery Writers of America Presents the Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase

6 reviews

Tantor Media, 2008

concentrate on the "world of the cop"
These entertaining nineteen tales focus on the police procedural theme. However, as Mr. Connolly explains in his introduction, for the most part the entries concentrate on the "world of the cop" as the stories "explore the burden of the badge" more so than investigative procedures. The contributions run the gamut with a strong historical by Polly Nelson to the return of Harry Bosch to a retired ...

The Greatest Mystery Stories of the 20th Century

2 reviews
Lawrence Block, Ruth Rendell, ...

Audio Literature, 1998

Good combination of styles
It was Block's name that drew me to this collection, but it turned out his story was not my favorite. I enjoyed the range of voices and themes throughout the tape. Were the stories best of the 20th century? That's a pretty big boast. I don't think it met it, but it was an enjoyable listen.

The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, 1983

1 review

Walker & Company, 1983

1983 Collection of 16 Mystery & Suspense Stories
Contains the following stories: There Are No Snakes in Ireland by Frederick Forsyth, Gone by Peter Godfrey, Address Unknown by Joyce Harrington, Just Passing Through by Edward D Hoch, All the Heroes are Dead by Clark Howard, This One's On Me by Edward Hunsburger, To the Letter Harry by James McClure, A Date in Helsinki by Patricia McGerr, The Honest Blackmailer by Patricia Moyes, The Shape of ...

Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories 1986

1 review

Walker & Company, 1986

An older collection
I always have a problem with the word "Best" in a title. In this case the editor included one of his own short stories (a little bias there). This is an interesting collection of 12 short stories, but 6 are from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (including the one by the editor). Apparently the search did not look very far. It does include stories by some good writers including Marcia Muller ...

Ellery Queen (2 Classic and 2 New Ellery Queen Stories, Volume 114 Nos. 3 & 4)
Edward D. Hoch, Hayford Peirce, ...

Peter Kanter, 1999

Celebrating a great detective's 70th birthday. Double issue Sept/Oct Stories: The Circle of Ink The Girl in the Picture Cat Thief Wedding Anniversary Train to Nowhere The Gilbert and Sullivan Clue In Charity with her Neighbor The Reluctent Op The Naughty Professor

The Old Spies Club and Other Intrigues of Rand

2 reviews
Edward D. Hoch

Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2001

Old Spies Club
I have read several stories from this series in EQMM in the past and enjoyed them. Each time I have a new EQMM issue in hand, the first thing I do is look for one of Hoch's stories. The day the book arrived I started on the first story and kept reading. It was like eating peanuts.... I had to read them all. Edward D. Hoch is very clever and I like his re-occuring characters. If you haven't ...

Great British Detectives (Academy Mystery Novellas, No 4)

1 review
Martin Harry Greenberg

Academy Chicago Publishers, 1987

"I am interested in queer things."
Here's a good idea: Collect obscure novellas (too long to be in short story collections but not long enough to be published alone) by great mystery authors and publish them together in an omnibus. Reader's Digest did it, and so we have here four complete and original novellas by Leslie Charteris, G.K. Chesterton, Michael Gilbert and the always awesome Dorothy L. Sayers. They vary in quality, so ...

Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historic Crime

1 review

IBooks, Inc., 2005

Unimpressive
The name Ellis Peters in the title of the book was clearly meant to lure readers. None of the writers are up to her standards. There is no shame in not being a master but it left me feeling a little cheated. There were a couple of stories that I kinda liked but the rest were forgettable except two were downright yucky. And the tributes to Ellis Peters written by each and every author were so ...

The Ripper of Storyville

1 review
Edward D. Hoch, Marvin Lachman

Crippen & Landru Pub, 1997

The Ripper of Storyville, Edward D Hoch
This book contains 14 short stories originally written for mystery magazines about gunfighter/detective, Ben Snow, who is continually mistaken for the late Billy the Kid. Each story has a mysterious twist and is usually set in a historical background. Some stories approach being great "impossible" mysteries, but end disappointingly. Others are simply good short mysteries.

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