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"To preserve the truth, we need mysteries."
— Andrei Tarkovsky
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Edgar Awards for Best First Mystery Novel [est. 1946]
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"Murder By Category: A Subject Guide To Mystery Fiction" [1991] by Tasha Mackler covers 1800 mysteries in 90 categories, emphasis on post-1985 works Scarecrow Press 8¾x5½ pb [11/91] for $65.50 |
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"The Blues Detective: A Study of African American Detective Fiction" [1996] by Stephen F. Soitos Univ MA Press 9½x6 pb [2/96] for $24.95 Univ MA Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/96] out of print/used |
A Few Classic Mysteries
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"Pulp" [1994] by Charles Bukowski [1920-94] Los Angeles PI Nicky Belane in Bukowski's bent and darker-than-noir celebration and parody of the hard-boiled detective novel. Black Sparrow 9x6 pb [5/94] for $10.50 Black Sparrow hardcover [5/94] out of print/used |
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"Berlin Noir" [1994] by Philip Kerr
Three complete novels. Policeman Bernie Gunther solves three murder mysteries in Berlin before & after World War II. Penguin 7¾x5 pb [4/94] for $12.24 |
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"Noir: Three Novels of Suspense" [1988] by Richard Matheson
includes "Someone Is Bleeding" [1953], "Fury On Sunday" [1953] & "Ride The Nightmare" [1959] Forge 8¼x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.66 Forge 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/2005] for $21.24 |
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"The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel" [1970] by George V. Higgins "I think 'Friends of Eddie Coyle' is the best crime book ever written." — Elmore Leonard Owl 8¼x5½ pb [9/2000] for $10.40 Knopf hardcover [1/72] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [10/90] for $37.99 |
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"The Friends of Eddie Coyle" feature film [Paramount June 1973] Directed by Peter Yates, written & produced by Paul Monash; starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Alex Rocco & Steven Keats video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"The Asphalt Jungle" [Knopf 1949] by W.R. Burnett
Just out of prison, a legendary criminal recruits a safecracker, a driver, a financial backer, and a strong-arm man for a million-dollar burglary. At first the plan goes like clockwork, but little accidents accumulate and each partner proves to have his own fatal weakness. Prion Books 7½x5 pb [9/99] out of print/used Wm. Morrow pb [4/84] out of print/used |
Mysteries by Well-Known Authors
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"Knight's Gambit: Six Mystery Stories" [1949] by Wm. Faulkner [1897-1962] tales starring Gavin Stevens: "Smoke" [1932]; "Monk" [1937]; "Hand Upon The Waters" [1939]; "Tomorrow" [1940]; "An Error In Chemistry" [1946]; and "Knight’s Gambit" [1949] Vintage pb [12/78] for $8.25 Random House hardcover [6/49] out of print/used |
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"Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel, 1942" [1977] by Richard Brautigan [1935-84] A goofball, down-and-out private eye in New Orleans fantasizes a better life. Delacorte Press pb [10/78] out of print/used Delacorte Press hardcover [1/77] out of print/many used Jonathan Cape hardcover [4/78] out of print/used |
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"Three By Box: The Complete Mysteries of Edgar Box" [1978]
written by Gore Vidal under the pseudonym Edgar Box includes "Death In The Fifth Position" [1952], "Death Before Bedtime" [1953], and "Death Likes It Hot" [1954] Random House hardcover [8/78] out of print/used |
Mystery Story Anthologies
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"The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories From The Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s" [2007] Edited by Otto Penzler includes tales by Charles Booth, James M. Cain, Paul Cain, Chandler, George Harmon Coxe, Norbert Davis, Erle Stanley Gardner, Hammett, Horace McCoy, Perry Paul, Reeves, William Rollins Jr., Leslie T. White, Cornell Woolrich & others, the novel "The Third Murderer" [1923] by Carroll John Daly, 'the inventor of the hard-boiled private-eye story', and another novel by Fredrick Nebel Vintage 9x7x2 inches {2.7 pounds} pb [11/2007] for $16.50 |
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"Pulp Fiction: The Dames" [2008]  Edited by Otto Penzler, Introduction by Laura Lippman Quercus pb [4/2008] pre-order - price not set "Pulp Fiction: The Villains" [2007] Edited by Otto Penzler, Introduction by Harlan Ellison Quercus 9x6 pb [7/2007] for $26.84 Quercus 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2007] for $29.74 "Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters" [2007] Edited by Otto Penzler, Introduction by Harlan Coben Quercus 7¾x5 pb [3/2007] for $18.58 |
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"Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During The History of Hollywood" [2007] Edited by Robert J. Randisi featuring stories by Michael Connelly, Terence Faherty, Bill Pronzini, Ken Kuhlken, Lee Goldberg, Max Allan Collins, Christine Matthews, Les Roberts, Stuart Kaminsky, and Dick Lochte Pegasus Books 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2007] for $16.50 |
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"Damn Near Dead: Old, Bold, Uncontrolled - An Anthology of Geezer Noir" [2006] Edited by Duane Swierczynski
new stories by Jeff Abbott, Megan Abbott, Charles Ardai, Ray Banks, Mark Billingham, Steve Brewer, Ken Bruen, Milton T. Burton, Reed Farrel Coleman, Collin Cotterill, Sean Doolittle, Victor Gischler, Bill Grider, Alan Guthrie, John Harvey, Simon Kernick, Laura Lippman, Stuart MacBride, Donna Moore, Zoë Sharp, Jenny Siler, Jason Starr, Charlie Stella, Duane Swierczynski, Robert Ward, Sarah Weinman & Dave White Busted Flush Press 7¾x5 pb [7/2006] for $13.14 |
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"Greatest Hits: Tales of Assassins, Hit Men & Hired Guns" [2006] original stories: "Chapter and Verse" by Jeffery Deaver; "Dr. Sullivan’s Library" by Christine Matthews; "The Right Tool For The Job" by Marcus Pelegrimas; and "For Sale By Owner" by Jenny Siler Request Audiobooks audio CD [4/2006] for $10.17 original stories: ; "Karma Hits Dogma" by Jeff Abbott; "The Greatest Trick of All" by Lee Child; "Upon My Soul" by Robert J. Randisi; "Misdirection" by Barbara Seranella; and "Retrospective" by Kevin Wignall Request Audiobooks audio CD [4/2006] for $10.17 |
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"Women of Mystery: An Anthology" [2005] Edited by Katherine V. Forrest Harrington Park Press hardcover [11/2005] for $19.95 |
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"The Last Noel" [2004]
includes "Sanity Clause" by Steve Brewer, "Finding Charity" by Catherine Dain, "Deep and Crisp" by Mat Coward, and "The Three Wise Women" by Linda Berry Worldwide Library mass pb [11/2004] out of print/many used |
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"Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist - Stories, 1929-35 [2004] by T.S. Stribling [1881-1965]; edited by Arthur Vidro A collection of detective stories long-recognized by Ellery Queen and long unavailable; reprinted for the C&L 'Lost Classics' series; author also won the 1932 Pulitzer in Fiction Crippen & Landru pb [9/2004] for $19.00 Crippen & Landru hardcover [9/2004] for $24.65 |
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"Brooklyn Noir" [19 stories 2004] Edited by Tim McLoughlin Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [7/2004] for $11.17 |
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"The World's Finest Mystery & Crime Stories: Fourth Annual Collection" [42 stories 2003] Edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg Forge 9¼x6 pb [8/2003] for $12.57 Forge 9½x6 hardcover [8/2003] for $20.97 |
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"The World's Finest Mystery & Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection" [39 stories 2002] Edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg Forge 9x6¼ pb [10/2002] for $12.57 Forge 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2002] for $19.57 |
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"Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction" [2002] Edited by Kerry Schooley and Ben & Peter Sellers Insomniac Press 9x6 pb [5/2002] for $15.95 |
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"A Century of Noir: Thirty-Two Classic Crime Stories" [2002] Edited by Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins NAL Trade 8x5.4 pb [4/2002] for $10.50 |
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"The World's Finest Mystery & Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection" [41 stories 2001] Edited by Ed Gorman Forge 9x6 pb [10/2001] for $13.27 Forge 9¾x6¾ hardcover [10/2001] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [12/2000] for $73.99 BooksOnTape CDROM [12/2000] for $89.99 |
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"The World's Finest Mystery & Crime Stories: First Annual Collection" [41 stories 2000] Edited by Ed Gorman Forge 9¼x6 pb [9/2000] for $12.57 Forge 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2000] for $29.94 BooksOnTape UNABR CDROM [12/2000] for $73.99 BooksOnTape audio [12/2000] for $73.99 |
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"Murder on Route 66" [1998] Edited by by Carolyn Wheat
16 stories by Barbara D'Amato, Les Roberts, John Lutz, Carolyn G. Hart, D.R. Meredith, J.A. Jance, Dick Lochte, Carolyn Wheat & others Prime Crime pb [7/99] out of print/used DH Audio UNABR [10/98] out of stock/used |
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"Murder On Deck!: Shipboard and Shoreline Mystery Stories" [1998] Edited by Rosemary Herbert Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [4/98] for $45.00 |
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"Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories" [1997] Edited by Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian Oxford Univ Press 8x5 pb [5/97] for $13.56 |
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"The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories" [34 stories 1996] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert Oxford Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [12/97] for $13.27 Oxford Univ Press 8¾x6 hardcover [4/96] out of print/used |
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"Women of Mystery II" [15 stories 1994] Edited by Cynthia Manson Book Sales hardcover [4/2002] for $9.99 Carroll & Graf 9¼x6¾ hardcover [9/94] out of print/used Berkley pb [11/95] out of print/many used |
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"Women of Mystery" [15 stories 1993] Edited by Cynthia Manson Castle Books hardcover [4/2002] for $9.99 Berkley pb [8/93] out of print/many used |
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"The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories" [33 stories 1990] Edited by Patricia Craig Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [2/2003] for $11.87 Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5¼ pb [8/92] out of print/used Oxford Univ Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [9/90] for $37.00 |
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"London Noir" [15 stories; 1995] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski Serpent's Tail 7¾x5 pb [4/95] for $11.99 |
"The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories" [1994]
Edited by Marie Smith
Carroll & Graf pb [7/94] out of print/used
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"Nobel Crimes: Stories of Mystery & Detection By Winners of The Nobel Prize For Literature" [1992] Edited by Marie Smith Carroll & Graf 8½x5.4 pb [11/92] for $11.95 |
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"The Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create The Perfect Crime" [1991] Edited by Jack Hitt The set-up is that a man's rich wife plans to disinherit him, she is having an affair with his best friend, so he wants to commit the perfect murder and blame the lover for her death. He writes to five top mystery novelists – Lawrence Block, Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman, Peter Lovesey, and Donald E. Westlake – and asks for advice in committing such a crime... HarperCollins mass pb [8/92] out of print/many used HarperCollins hardcover [7/91] out of print/many used Seuil French-language edition pb [3/99] out of print/used |
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"More Ms. Murder: More of the Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, By The Top Women Writers" [1991] Edited by Marie Smith Citadel Press 8½x5.4 pb [10/91] out of print/used Citadel Press hardcover [10/91] out of print/used |
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"Ms. Murder: The Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, By The Top Women Writers" [1989] Edited by Marie Smith Citadel Press 9x6 pb 10/89] for $17.95 Publng Mills ABR audio [6/94] 2 tapes for $24.95 |
Best American Mystery
Stories Series
Best British Mystery
Stories Series
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"The Best British Mysteries: Volume IV" [2007] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski includes 30 stories by Lee Child, Robert Goddard, John Harvey, Alexander McCall Smith & others Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [7/2007] for $16.16 Allison & Busby 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2007] for $17.13 |
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"The Best British Mysteries, 2006" Edited by Maxim Jakubowski includes stories by Jake Arnott, Mark Billingham, Barbara Cleverly, Colin Dexter, John Harvey, Val McDermid, John Mortimer & others Allison & Busby mass pb [9/2006] for $9.95 Allison & Busby 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $9.56 Allison & Busby 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] for $17.13 |
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"The Best British Mysteries, 2005" Edited by Maxim Jakubowski includes 28 stories from Mark Billingham, Colin Dexter, Reginald Hill, Lindsey Davis, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson & others Allison & Busby 7½x5¼ pb [11/2005] for $9.95 Allison & Busby 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2005] for $17.13 |
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"The Best British Mysteries, 2004" Edited by Maxim Jakubowski includes 25 stories by Simon Brett, Martina Cole, John Harvey, Peter Lovesey, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson & others Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [4/2005] for $9.95 Allison & Busby 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2003] for $25.95 |
Mini-Mystery Books
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"Five Minute Mysteries: 37 Challenging Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve" [1989] by Ken Weber Running Press pb [5/89] for $8.95 Allison & Busby pb [3/2002] out of print/used Running Press book & cassette [6/94] out of print/used Brilliance ABR audio [10/93] out of print/used |
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"More Five Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve" [1991] by Ken Weber Running Press pb [10/91] for $8.95 Running Press book & cassette [4/96] out of stock/used Brilliance ABR audio [4/95] out of stock/used |
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"Further Five-Minute Mysteries: 30 New Cases" [1994] by Ken Weber Running Press pb [10/94] for $8.95 |
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"Even More Five-Minute Mysteries: 40 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve" [1996] by Ken Weber Running Press pb [9/96] for $8.95 |
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"Five-Minute Whodunits" [1997] by Stan Smith Sterling pb [6/97] for $6.95 |
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"Five-Minute Crimebusters: Clever Mini-Mysteries" [2000] by Stan Smith Sterling pb [3/2000] for $6.95 |
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"Five-Minute Mini-Mysteries" [2003] by Stan Smith Sterling pb [3/2003] for $6.95 |
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