Fifty best mysteries Book

Fifty Best Mysteries is a who's who of mystery from the pages of the leading magazine in the field. Showcasing the best short fiction published in Ellery Queen magazine over the past sixty years, this book is a treasure trove for mystery lovers everywhere. As editor Eleanor Sullivan writes, "I took the task by decades and decided to go after solid and entertaining stories by regular and significant contributors, stories that reflected the time in which they were written and the best work being produced in that decade." To this end, Sullivan has collected an astounding array of talent, from early works by John Dickson Carr, Margery Allingham, Anthony Boucher, and Ngaio Marsh in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, to later selections by Patricia Highsmith, Robert Bloch, Ruth Rendell, Donald E. Westlake, and Simon Brett that have appeared over the past three decades. Correction: Eleanor Sullivan, the author of Twice Dead, is alive and writing in St. Louis. See www.EleanorSullivan.com. Eleanor Sullivan, the editor of Fifty Best Mysteries, passed away in 1991. This corrects the back page of the book and the entry in the Carroll & Graf imprint section of the Avalon Publishing Group catalog. The clue of the red wig / John Dickson Carr -- Lost star / C. Daly King -- The Bloomsbury wonder / Thomas Burke -- Dressing-up / W.R. Burnett -- Malice domestic / Philip MacDonald -- I can find my way out / Ngaio Marsh -- The fourth degree / Hugh Pentecost -- Midnight adventure / Michael Arlen -- A study in white / Nicholas Blake -- The phantom guest / Frederick Irving Anderson -- As simple as ABC / Ellery Queen -- Money to burn / Margery Allingham -- The gentlest of the brothers / David Alexander -- One-way street / Anthony Armstrong -- Murder at the dog show / Mignon G. Eberhart -- Always trust a cop / Octavus Roy Cohen -- The withered heart / Jean Potts -- The girl who married a monster / Anthony Boucher -- Between eight and eight / C.S. Forester -- Knowing what I know now / Barry Perowne -- Change of climate / Ursula Curtiss -- Life in our time / Robert Bloch -- The special gift / Celia Fremlin -- A neat and tidy job / George Harmon Coxe -- Run--if you can / Charlotte Armstrong -- Line of communication / Andrew Garve -- Danger at Deerfawn / Dorothy B. Hughes -- The man who understood women / A.H.Z. Carr -- Revolver / Avram Davidson -- The eternal chase / Anthony Gilbert -- Reasons unknown / Stanley Ellin -- Three ways to rob a bank / Harold R. Daniels -- The perfect servant / Helen Nielson -- The marked man / David Ely -- Flowers that bloom in the spring / Julian Symons -- A nice place to stay / Nedra Tyre -- Paul Broderick's man / Thomas Walsh -- When nothing matters / Florence V. Mayberry -- This is death / Donald E. Westlake -- Woodrow Wilson's necktie / Patricia Highsmith -- The jackal and the tiger / Michael Gilbert -- The fix / Robert Twohy -- One moment of madness / Edward D. Hoch -- Loopy / Ruth Rendell -- The plateau / Clark Howard -- The butchers / Peter Lovesey -- Burning bridges / James Powell -- A good turn / Robert Barnard -- Clap hands, there goes Charlie / George Baxt -- Big boy, little boy / Simon Brett