The Year's Twenty-Five Finest Crime and Mystery Stories Book

	Introduction: The Year in Review	11
	Challenge the Widowmaker	29
	Stakeout	47
	Malibu Dog	57
	Decoy	67
	White Alligator	89
	The Detective's Wife	93
	The Fish Sitter	103
	Elvis Lives	111
	Mother Tucker	125
	The Mandrake Forgeries	133
	The Nick of Time	145
	Hanged for a Sheep	151
	Incident On and Off a Mountain Road	163
	Batman's Helpers	181
	The Valuation	195
	A Matter of Principal	205
	Final Resting Place	215
	The Maltese Cat	231
	Another Room	255
	Button in the Bag	261
	The Three Musketeers	269
	A Poison that Leaves No Trace	283
	Someone Else	295
	The Dead Past	305
	A Time for Every Purpose	317