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Mystery Story Anthologies
 | "Top Suspense: 13 Classic Stories By 12 Masters of The Genre" [2011] Edited by Dave Zeltserman 13 short stories by mystery authors Max Allan Collins, Bill Crider, Stephen Gallagher, Lee Goldberg, Joel Goldman, Ed Gorman, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Vicki Hendricks, Naomi Hirahara, Paul Levine, Harry Shannon, and editor Zeltserman – and the story "The Chase" by Top Suspense Group Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2011] for $2.99 CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [3/2011] for $8.99 |
 | "The Shamus Winners: America's Best Private Eye Stories - Volume I, 1982-1995" [2010] Edited by Robert J. Randisi includes 13 short stories by Linda Barnes, Lawrence Block, Max Allan Collins, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Sue Grafton, John Lutz, Marcia Muller, Nancy Pickard, Bill Pronzini, Benjamin M. Schutz & Mickey Spillane Perfect Crime 9x6 pb [7/2010] for $14.95 |
 | "The Shamus Winners: America's Best Private Eye Stories - Volume II, 1996-2009" [2010] Edited by Robert J. Randisi includes 14 short stories by Mitch Alderman, O'Neil De Noux, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Terence Faherty, Gar Anthony Haywood, Jeremiah Healy, Ceri Jordan, John Lutz, Lia Matera, Warren Murphy, I.J. Parker, Carolyn Wheat & Michael Wiecek Perfect Crime 9x6 pb [7/2010] for $14.95 |
 | "Noir: An Anthology of Crime Comics" [2009]
Dark Horse 9x6 pb [10/2009] out of print/used 13 short black & white graphic tales, featuring work of Brian Azzarello, Ed Brubaker, Alex de Campi, Matthew & Shawn Fillbach, Rick Geary, Paul Grist, David Lapham, Jeff Lemire, Ken Lizzi, Dean Motter, Chris Offutt, M.K. Perker, Gary Phillips, and others |
 | "Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers" [15 stories; 2009] Edited by Otto Penzler Pegasus Books 8x5½ pb [3/2009] for $10.27 Pegasus Books 8x5½ hardcover [3/2009] for $24.38 includes 15 short stories by Hughes Allison, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Charles W. Chesnutt, Alice Dunbar- Nelson, Rudolph Fisher, Gar Anthony Haywood, Chester Himes, Pauline E. Hopkins, Edward P. Jones, Walter Mosley, Anne Petry, Gary Phillips, George S. Schuyler, Paula L. Woods & Richard Wright |
 | "Paris Noir: Capital Crime Fiction" [2008] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski Serpent's Tail 7½x5 pb [2/2008] for $9.86 includes new stories by Cara Black, Jerome Charyn, Stella Duffy, Barry Gifford, Sparkle Hayter, John Harvey, Maxim Jakubowski, Jake Lamar, Dominique Manotti, Michael Moorcock, Jim Nisbet, Jean-Hughes Oppel, Scott Phillips, Romain Slocombe, Jason Starr, Dominique Sylvain, Marc Villard & John Williams |
 | "Hardcore Hardboiled: The Best of Neo-Noir Fiction" [24 stories 2008] Edited by Todd Robinson, Introduction by Otto Penzler Kensington 8x5½ pb [6/2008] for $11.20 from Robinson's online magazine Thuglit: 24 crime stories by Stephen Allan, Jeffrey Bangkok, David Bareford, Ken Bruen, Sean Chercover, Sam Edwards, Bill Fitzhugh, Victor Gischler, Jordan Harper, Vincent Kovar, Hana K. Lee, Mike MacLean, Donovan Arch Montierth, Ryan Oakley, Vinnie Penn, Bryon Quertermous, B.H. Shepherd, J.D. Smith, Charlie Stella, Duane Swierczynski, Patty Templeton, Mike Toomey, Tim Wohlforth, and Frank Zafiro |
 | "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
Vintage 9x7x2 inches {2.7 pounds} pb [11/2007] for $16.50 51 short stories & two novels by Charles Booth, James M. Cain, Paul Cain (2), Raymond Chandler (3), George Harmon Coxe, Erle Stanley Gardner (3), Dashiell Hammett (3), D. B. McCandless (2), Horace McCoy, Richard Sale (2), Roger Torrey (2), Leslie T. White, Cornell Woolrich (3) & others, plus "The Third Murderer" [1923 novel] by Carroll John Daly, 'the inventor of the hard-boiled private-eye story', and "The Crimes of Richmond City" [1928 novel] by Fredrick Nebel |
 | "Hollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During The History of Hollywood" [2007] Edited by Robert J. Randisi Pegasus Books 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2007] for $16.50 featuring stories by Michael Connelly, Terence Faherty, Bill Pronzini, Ken Kuhlken, Lee Goldberg, Max Allan Collins, Christine Matthews, Les Roberts, Stuart M. Kaminsky, and Dick Lochte |
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"Pulp Fiction: The Dames" [2008] Edited by Otto Penzler, Introduction by Laura Lippman Quercus pb [4/2008] for $29.46 "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 |
 | "Passports To Crime: The Finest Mystery Stories From International Crime Writers" [2007] From Ellery Queen Magazine, edited by Janet Hutchings 26 short stories in translation, from authors Isaac Aisemberg, Boris Akunin (Russia), Rene Appel (Netherlands), Baantjer (Netherlands), Mischa Bach, Luis Adrian Betancourt, Theo Capel, Daliso Chaponda, Marco Denevi, Bertil Falk, Rubem Fonseca (Brasil), Gunter Gerlach, Georgi Gospodinov, Paul Halter (France), Carmen Iarrera, Fred Kassak, Isaka Kotaro, Beatrix Kramlovsky, Richard Macker, Dominique Manotti (France), Jutta Motz, Ingrid Noll (Germany), Norizuki Rintaro, Frauke Schuster, Kjersti Screen, and Mitsuhara Yuri Running Press 7x5¼ pb [1/2007] for $13.51 |
 | "Damn Near Dead: Old, Bold, Uncontrolled - An Anthology of Geezer Noir" [2006] Edited by Duane Swierczynski
Busted Flush Press 7¾x5 pb [7/2006] for $13.14 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "Women of Mystery: An Anthology" [14 stories 2005] Edited by Katherine V. Forrest described as "a collection of never-before-published mystery stories by lesbian writers", including J.L. Belrose, Victoria A. Brownworth, Ouida Crozier, Joan M. Drury, Katherine V. Forrest, Jeane Harris, Karla Jay, Lisa Liel, Randye Lordon, Carole Spearin McCauley, Martha Miller, Diana McRae, J.M. Redmann & Ursula Steck Harrington Park Press hardcover [11/2005] for $17.95 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "Female Sleuths: Selections From A Woman's Eye" [2003]
Media Books Audio Publng audio CD [2/2003] out of prodn/used 8 short stories by Liza Cody, Susan Dunlap, Antonia Fraser, Sue Grafton, Carolyn G. Hart, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard & Carolyn Wheat |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories of The Century" [2000] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 9x6 pb [4/2001] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 9¼x6.4 hardcover [4/2000] for $19.60 |
 | "Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime" [20 stories 1999] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski Honoring but not including Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael); contains 20 tales by Catherine Aird, Molly Brown, Paul C. Doherty, Martin Edwards, Diana Gabaldon, Susanna Gregory, Edward D. Hoch, David Howard, Janet Laurence, Peter Lovesy, Edward Marston, Michael Pearce, Anne Perry, Julian Rathbone, Kate Ross, Steven Saylor, Marilyn Todd & Peter Tremayne iBooks 8x5¼ pb [12/2005] for $10.36 Headline Book Publng pb [6/99] out of print/used |
 | "Murder On Route 66" [1998] Edited by by Carolyn Wheat 16 stories by David August, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Barbara D'Amato, Michael Allen Dymmoch, Earlene Fowler, Carolyn G. Hart, J.A. Jance, Charles Knief, Dick Lochte, John Lutz, D.R. Meredith, Gary Phillips, Les Roberts, Lillian M. Roberts, Judith Van Gieson & Carolyn Wheat Prime Crime pb [7/99] out of print/used DH Audio UNABR [10/98] for $22.79 more Route 66 books at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "Murder On Deck!: Shipboard and Shoreline Mystery Stories" [1998] Edited by Rosemary Herbert Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [4/98] for $45.00 |
 | "Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories" [1997] Edited by Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian Oxford Univ Press 8x5 pb [5/97] for $13.56 |
 | "Jessica Fletcher Presents: Murder They Wrote" [1997] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Kate Kingsbury Berkley mass pb [2/97] out of print/used Berkley mass pb [4/98] out of print/used includes 18 new short stories, by female authors Mary Daheim, Jane Dentinger, Marjorie Eccles, Sally Gunning, Jean Hager, Charlaine Harris, Ellen Hart, editor Kingsbury, Janet LaPierre, Janet Laurence, Margaret Lawrence, Gillian Linscott, Sarah J. Mason, D.R. Meredith, Marlys Millhiser, Katherine Hall Page, Nancy Pickard, and Betty Rowlands |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "Deadly Allies II: Private Eye Writers of America & Sisters In Crime Collaborative Anthology" [1994] Edited by Robert J. Randisi & Susan Dunlap
Bantam Crimeline mass pb [4/94] out of print/used Doubleday 9¾x6½ hardcover [4/94] out of print/used Bookcassette UNABR cassette [4/94] out of prodn/used 22 stories: by P.M. Carlson, Max Allan Collins, Michael Collins, Barbara D'Amato, editor Dunlap, Loren D. Estleman, Jan Grape, Carolyn G. Hart, Jeremiah Healy, Joan Hess, Faye Kellerman, John Lutz, Chrintine Matthews, Marcia Muller, Maxine O'Callaghan, Cathy Pickens, editor Randisi, Les Roberts, S.J. Rozan, Benjamin Schutz, Sarah Shankman & Marilyn Wallace |
 | "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 |
 | "The New Mystery: International Association of Crime Writers Essential Crime Writing of The Late 20th Century" [42 stories 1993] Edited and with an Introduction by Jerome Charyn 42 crime stories, featuring work by Isaac Babel, Donald Barthelme, William Bayer, Pieke Biermann, Lawrence Block ("The Merciful Angel of Death"), Jorge Luís Borges, Italo Calvino, Angela Carter, Raymond Carver "Cathedral"), editor Charyn, George C. Chesbro, Didier Daeninckx, Don DeLillo, Harlan Ellison, James Ellroy ("Gravy Train"), Mickey Friedman, Herbert Gold, Nadine Gordimer, Joe Gores, Sue Grafton ("The Parker Shotgun"), Graham Greene, Laura Grimaldi, Patricia Highsmith, Tony Hillerman ("Chee’s Witch"), P.D. James, Stuart M. Kaminsky ("The Man Who Hated Books"), Clarice Lispector, Gabriel García Márquez, Yukio Mishima ("Martyrdom"), Manuel Vásquez Montal-bán, Walter Mosley ("The Watts Lions"), Flannery O’Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, Leonardo Sciascia, Julian Semionov, Roger L. Simon, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Ross Thomas, Andrew Vachss & Donald E. Westlake Dutton 9x6 hardcover [2/93] out of print/many, many used Dutton hardcover [2/93] out of print/used |
 | "Deadly Allies: Private Eye Writers of America & Sisters In Crime Collaborative Anthology" [1992] Edited by Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace
Crimeline mass pb [6/93] out of print/many used Doubleday hardcover [3/92] out of print/many, many used Phoenix Audio UNABR audio CD [8/2009] for $14.95 8 stories in the audiobook: by Loren D. Estleman, Sue Grafton, Jeremiah Healy, Rob Kantner, John Lutz, Margaret B. Maron, Lia Matera, Sara Paretsky & Julie Smith; 12 more stories in the books: by Sarah Andrews, Max Allan Collins, Michael Collins, Susan Dunlap, Jan Grape, Carolyn G. Hart, John Lutz, editor Randisi, Nancy Pickard, Benjamin M. Schutz, Sandra Scoppettone & editor Wallace |
 | "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 |
 | "London Noir" [15 stories; 1995] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski stories by Chaz Brenchley, Molly Brown, Liza Cody, Denise Danks, John Harvey, Liz Holliday, Jessica Palmer, Ian Rankin, Derek Raymond, Mark Timlin, and others Serpent's Tail 7¾x5 pb [4/95] for $11.99 |
 | "The Mysterious West" [20 original stories 1994] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Martin H. Greenberg 20 new mystery tales set in Western landscapes by Robert Campbell, Bill Crider, Susan Dunlap, Linda Grant, J.A. Jance, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Karen Kijewski, M.D. Lake, Lia Matera, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Dana Stabenow and others Harper mass pb [11/95] for $7.99 HarperCollins hardcover [12/94] out of stock/used |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories" [1994] Edited by Marie Smith includes works from the Victorian & Edwardian Eras, by authors including Arnold Bennett, Thomas Burke, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Harding Davis & Edgar Wallace Carroll & Graf 7½x5 pb [7/94] out of print/used Robinson Publng 7½x5 import 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 17 short stories by Nobel laureates, including Heinrich Böll, Albert Camus, T.S. Eliot ("Macavity, The Mystery Cat"), William Faulkner ("Smoke"), Anatole France, Nadine Gordimer, Ernest Hemingway ("The Killers"), Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Mann, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Bertrand Russell, G.B. Shaw (the hilarious "The Miraculous Revenge"), and John Steinbeck Carroll & Graf 8½x5½ pb [11/92] for $11.95 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "A Treasury of Modern Mysteries" in 2 volumes [1973] Edited by, with Introduction by Marie R. Reno includes 4 novels: "A Kiss Before Dying" [1953] by Ira Levin, "Endless Night" [1967] by Agatha Christie, "The Goodbye Look" [1969] by Ross Macdonald, and "In Cold Blood" [1966] by Truman Capote; also 15 shorter mysteries: "Cain's Mark" by Bill Pronzini; "Cottage For August" by Thomas Kyd; "Don't Look Now" by Daphne du Maurier; "Hit and Run" by John D. MacDonald; "The House Party" by Stanley Ellin; "Kessler, The Inside Man" by George Fox; "Never Shake A Family Tree" by Donald E. Westlake; "The Nine Mile Walk" by Harry Kemelman; "Norman and The Killer" by Joyce Carol Oates; "The Property of A Lady" by Ian Fleming; "The Purple Is Everything" by Dorothy Salis-bury Davis; "The Reason" by Arthur Porges; "Second Talent" by James Holding; "Stan The Killer" by Georges Simenon; and "The Villa Maria Celeste" by Margery Allingham Nelson Doubleday 9x6 hardcover set [1973] out of print/many used |
 | "The Lethal Sex" anthology [14 stories; 1959] from Mystery Writers of America, edited by John D. MacDonald "14 lively ladies spin torrid tales of mayhem and murder": short stories by Christianna Brand, Bernice Carey, Gladys Cluff, Ursula Curtiss, Miriam Allen deFord, Anthony Gilbert, Veronica Parker Johns, J. Sheridan MacDonald, Margaret Manners, Margaret Millar, Jean Potts, D. Jenkins Smith, Carolyn Thomas & Nedra Tyre Dell mass pb [1959] out of print/scarce |
The Akashic Noir Series
 | "Baltimore Noir" [16 stories 2006] Edited by Laura Lippman
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2006] for $10.17 brand-new stories by Rafael Alvarez, Jack Bludis, Tim Cockey, Dan Fesperman, Lisa France, Jim Fusilli, Rob Hiassen, editor Lippman, Sujata Massey, Ben Neihart, David Simon, Charlie Stella, Marcia Talley, Joseph Wallace, Robert Ward, and Sarah Weinman |
 | "Boston Noir" [11 stories 2009] Edited by Dennis Lehane
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [11/2009] for $10.85 brand-new stories by Russ Aborn, Dana Cameron, Brendan DuBois, John Dufresne, Jim Fusilli, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, editor Lehane, Itabari Njeri, Stewart O'Nan, and Patricia Powell |
 | "Bronx Noir" [19 stories 2007] Edited by S.J. Rozan
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [8/2007] for $13.63 brand-new stories by Thomas Adcock, Kevin Baker, Thomas Bentil, Lawrence Block, Jerome Charyn, Suzanne Chazin, Terrence Cheng, Ed Dee, Joanne Dobson, Robert Hughes, Marlon James, Sandra Kitt, Rita Laken, Miles Marshall Lewis, Pat Picciarelli, Abraham Rodriguez Jr., editor Rozan, Steven Torres, and Joe Wallace |
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"Brooklyn Noir" [19 stories 2004] Edited by Tim McLoughlin
Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [7/2004] for $11.17 "Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics" [2005] Edited by Tim McLoughlin Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [6/2005] for $11.96 "Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But The Truth" [2008] Edited by Tim McLoughlin Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [5/2008] for $11.96 |
 | Chicago Noir" [18 stories 2005] Edited by Neal Pollack
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $12.78 brand-new stories by Jeff Allen, Jim Arndorfer, Daniel Buckman, Todd Dills, Andrew Ervin, Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski, Luciano Guerriero, Kevin Guilfoile, Adam Langer, Joe Meno, M.K. Meyers, Achy Obejas, Bayo Ojikutu, Peter Orner, editor Pollack, Amy Sayre-Roberts, C.J. Sullivan, and Claire Zulkey |
 | "D.C. Noir" [16 stories 2006] Edited by George Pelecanos
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [2/2006] for $12.44 brand-new stories by Robert Andrews, Jim Beane, Ruben Castaneda, Richard Currey, Jim Fusilli, James Grady, Jennifer Howard, Lester Irby, Kenji Jasper, Norman Kelley, Laura Lippman, Jim Patton, editor Pelecanos, Quentin Peterson, David Slater, and Robert Wisdom "D.C. Noir 2: The Classics" [16 stories 2008] Edited by George Pelecanos Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [9/2008] for $12.44 classic reprints from Rhozier 'Roach' Brown, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Marita Golden, James Grady, Elizabeth Hand, Langston Hughes, Edward P. Jones, Ward Just, Julian Mayfield, Julian Mazor, Larry Neal, editor Pelecanos, Benjamin M. Schutz, Ross Thomas, Jean Toomer and, Richard Wright |
 | "Detroit Noir" [16 stories 2007] Edited by E.J. Olsen & John C. Hocking Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [11/2007] for $10.17 brand-new stories by Megan Abbott, Craig Bernier, Joe Boland, Desiree Cooper, Loren D. Estleman, Lolita Hernandez, Craig Holden, Roger K. Johnson, M.L. Liebler, Peter Markus, Dorene O'Brien, Joyce Carol Oates, editor Olsen, P.J. Parrish, Nisi Shawl, and Michael Zadoorian |
 | "Dublin Noir" [19 stories 2006] Edited by Ken Bruen
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [3/2006] for $12.71 brand-new stories by Ray Banks, James O. Born, editor Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Eoin Colfer, Jim Fusilli, Patrick J. Lambe, Laura Lippman, Craig McDonald, Pat Mullan, Gary Phillips, John Rickards, Peter Spiegelman, Jason Starr, Olen Steinhauer, Charlie Stella, Duane Swierczynski, Sarah Weinman, and Kevin Wignall |
 | "Havana Noir" [18 stories 2007] Edited by Achy Obejas
Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [10/2007] for $12.44 brand-new stories by Alex Abella, Arturo Arango, Lea Aschkenas, Moises Asis, Arnaldo Correa, Mabel Cuesta, Yohamna Depestre, Michel Encinosa Fu, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Pablo Medina, Miguel Mejides, editor Obejas, Oscar F. Ortiz, Leonardo Padura, Mylene Fernandez Pintado, Ena Lucia Portela, Mariela Varona Roque, and Yoss |
 | "Istanbul Noir" [16 stories 2008] Edited by Mustafa Ziyalan & Amy Spangler
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [11/2008] for $12.44 brand-new stories by Yasemin Aydinoglu, Tarkan Barlas, Mehmet Bilal, Behcet Celik, Inan Cetin, Ismail Guzelsoy, Hikmet Hukumenoglu, Muge Iplikci, Riza Kirac, Lydia Lunch, Jessica Lutz, Baris Mustecaplioglu, Algan Sezginturedi, Feryal Tilmac, Sadik Yemni, and editor Ziyalan |
 | "Las Vegas Noir" [2008] Edited by Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce
Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [5/2008] for $10.85 16 brand-new stories by Preston L. Allen, Janet Berliner, Felicia Campbell, David Corbett, Bliss Esposito, Tod Goldberg, Jaq Greenspon, Lori Kozlowski, Christine McKellar, Pablo Medina, John O’Brien, Scott Phillips, Nora Pierce, José Skinner, Celeste Starr, and Vu Tran |
 | "London Noir" [17 stories 2006] Edited by Cathi Unsworth
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [8/2006] for $11.66 brand-new stories by Barry Adamson, Desmond Barry, Daniel Bennett, Ken Bruen, Max Décharné, Joolz Denby, Ken Hollings, Stewart Home, Patrick McCabe, Joe McNally, Mark Pilkington, Sylvie Simmons, Jerry Sykes, editor Unsworth, Martyn Waites, Michael Ward, and John Williams |
 | "Los Angeles Noir" [17 stories 2007] Edited by Denise Hamilton
Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [5/2007] for $10.85 brand-new stories by Michael Connelly, Robert Ferrigno, Janet Fitch, editor Hamilton, Naomi Hirahara, Emory Holmes II, Patt Morrison, Jim Pascoe, Gary Phillips, Scott Phillips, Neal Pollack, Christopher Rice, Brian Ascalon Roley, Lienna Silver, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, and Diana Wagman |
 | "Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics" [15 stories 2010] Edited by Denise Hamilton Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [4/2010] for $10.85 15 classic short stories by authors Leigh Brackett, Kate Braverman, Paul Cain, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy, William Campbell Gault, Joseph Hansen, Chester Himes, Naomi Hirahara, Ross Macdonald (“Find The Woman”), Margaret Millar (“The People Across the Canyon”), Walter Mosley (“Crimson Shadow”), Yxta Maya Murray, and Jervey Tervalon |
 | "Manhattan Noir" [15 stories 2006] Edited by Lawrence Block
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [4/2006] for $12.44 brand-new stories by Charles Ardai, Carol Lea Benjamin, editor Block, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffery Deaver, Jim Fusilli, Robert Knightly, John Lutz, Liz Martínez, Maan Meyers, Martin Meyers, S.J. Rozan, Justin Scott, C.J. Sullivan, and Xu Xi "Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics" [20 stories 2006] Edited by Lawrence Block Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [9/2008] for $14.04 20 classic stories & poems by Geoffrey Bartholomew, editor Block, Jerome Charyn, Stephen Crane, Horace Gregory, O. Henry, Clark Howard, Langston Hughes, Evan Hunter, Susan Isaacs, Barry N. Malzberg, Jerrold Mundis, Joyce Carol Oates, Edgar Allan Poe, Damon Runyon, Irwin Shaw, Jerome Weidman, Donald E. Westlake, Edith Wharton, and Cornell Woolrich |
 | "Mexico City Noir" [12 stories 2010] Edited by Paco Ignacio Taibo II Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [2/2010] for $11.99 brand-new stories by Eugenio Aguirre, Bernardo Fernández Bef, Óscar de la Borbolla, Rolo Díez, Victor Luiz González, F.G. Haghenbeck, Juan Hernández Luna, Myriam Laurini, Edu-ardo Monteverde, Eduardo Antonia Parra, Julia Rodríguez, and editor Taibo |
 | "Miami Noir" [16 stories 2006] Edited by Les Standiford
Akashic Books 8x5¼ pb [11/2006] for $12.44 brand-new stories by Kevin Allen, Preston Allen, Lynne Barrett, David Beaty, John Bond, Tom Corcoran, John Dufresne, Anthony Dale Gagliano, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, James W. Hall, Vicki Hendricks, Christine Kling, Paul Levine, Barbara Parker, George Tucker, and Jeffrey Wehr |
 | "New Orleans Noir" [18 stories 2007] Edited by Julie Smith
Akashic Books 8½x5¼ pb [4/2007] for $10.85 brand-new stories by Thomas Adcock, Ace Atkins, Patty Friedmann, David Fulmer, Barbara Hambly, Greg Herren, Laura Lippman, Tim McLoughlin, James Nolan, Ted O'Brien, Eric Overmyer, Jeri Cain Rossi, editor Smith, Maureen Tan, Jervey Tervalon, Olympia Vernon, Christine Wiltz, and Kalamu Ya Salaam |
 | "Paris Noir" [12 stories 2008] Edited by Aurélien Masson
Akashic Books 8¼x5¼ pb [11/2008] for $13.63 brand-new stories by Salim Bachi, Didier Daeninckx, 'D.O.A.', Jerome Leroy, Dominique Mainard, Laurent Martin, Christophe Mercier, Patrick Pecherot, Chantal Pelletier, Jean-Bernard Pouy, Herve Prudon, and Marc Villard |
http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Noir-Akashic-Patrick-Millikin/dp/1933354852/
http://www.amazon.com/Portland-Noir-Akashic-Kevin-Sampsell/dp/1933354798/
http://www.amazon.com/Queens-Noir-Akashic-Robert-Knightly/dp/1933354402/
http://www.amazon.com/Rome-Noir-Akashic-Chiara-Stangalino/dp/193335464X/
http://www.amazon.com/San-Francisco-Noir-Akashic/dp/1888451912/
http://www.amazon.com/San-Francisco-Noir-Classics-Akashic/dp/1933354658/
http://www.amazon.com/Seattle-Noir-Akashic-Curt-Colbert/dp/1933354801/
http://www.amazon.com/Toronto-Noir-Akashic-Janine-Armin/dp/193335450X/
http://www.amazon.com/Twin-Cities-Noir-Akashic/dp/1888451971/
http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Street-Noir-Akashic/dp/1933354232/
Best American Mystery
Stories Series
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2011" Edited by Harlan Coben & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 8x5½ pb [10/2011] for $10.17 20 short stories from 'old pros' as well as new authors: Brock Adams, Eric Barnes, Lawrence Block, Max Collins & Mickey Spillane, David Corbett & Luis Alberto Urrea, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Beth Ann Fennelly & Tom Franklin, Ernest J. Finney, Ed Gorman, James Grady, Chris F. Holm, Harry Hunsicker, Richard Lange, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles McCarry, Dennis McFadden, Christopher Merkner, Andrew Riconda, and S.J. Rozan |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2010" Edited by Lee Child & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 8¼x5½ pb [9/2010] for $10.03 20 stories by Gary Alexander, R.A. Allen, Doug Alleyn, Mary Stewart Atwell, Matt Bell, Jay Brandon, Phyllis Cohen, John Dufresne, Lyndsay Faye, Gar Anthony Haywood, Jon Land, Dennis Lehane, Lynda Leidiger, Phillip Margolin, Chris Muessig, Albert Tucher, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Joseph Wallace, Mike Wiecek, and Ryan Zimmerman |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2009" Edited by Jeffery Deaver & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 8x5½ pb [10/2009] for $9.83 20 stories by Tom Bissell, James Lee Burke, Ron Carlson, Michael Connelly, Robert McClure, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Nick Pizzolatto, Randy Rohn, Kristine Kathryn Rusch & others |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2008" Edited by George Pelecanos & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin pb [10/2008] for $11.90 Houghton Mifflin hardcover [10/2008] for $21.28 20 stories by James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Holly Goddard Jones, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Strout & others |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2007" Edited by Carl Hiaasen & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8x5½ pb [10/2007] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $21.28 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2006" Edited by Scott Turow & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [10/2006] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin hardcover [10/2006] for $18.48 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2005" Edited by Joyce Carol Oates & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [10/2005] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 8½x7 hardcover [10/2005] for $18.15 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2004" Edited by Nelson DeMille & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [10/2004] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2004] for $27.50 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2004" Edited by Michael Connelly & Otto Penzler Orion Publng 9x6 pb [10/2004] out of print/used |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2003" Edited by Michael Connelly & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [10/2003] for $11.05 Houghton Mifflin hardcover [10/2003] for $27.50 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2002" Edited by James Ellroy & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 8¼x5½ pb [10/2002] for $10.40 Houghton Mifflin 8.4x5¾ hardcover [10/2002] for $19.25 Houghton Mifflin ABR audio [10/2002] for $18.20 Houghton Mifflin UNABR audio CD [10/2002] for $24.50 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2001" Edited by Lawrence Block & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x6½ pb [10/2001] for $10.40 Houghton Mifflin 8.8x6¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $19.25 Houghton Mifflin UNABR audio [10/2001] for $18.20 Houghton Mifflin UNABR CD-ROM [10/2001] for $24.50 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 2000" Edited by Donald E. Westlake & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [10/2000] for $10.40 Houghton Mifflin 8¾x6.4 hardcover [10/2000] for $27.50 Mariner Books UNABR audio [11/2000] for $17.50 Houghton Mifflin UNABR audio CD [11/2000] for $24.50 |
| | "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century" [2000] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 9x6 pb [4/2001] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 9¼x6.4 hardcover [4/2000] for $19.60 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 1999" Edited by Ed McBain & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [10/99] for $10.40 Houghton Mifflin 8.6x5¾ hardcover [10/99] for $27.50 Mariner Books UNABR audio [11/99] for $17.50 |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 1998" Edited by Sue Grafton & Otto Penzler Mariner Books 8¼x5½ pb [10/98] for $10.40 Houghton Mifflin 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/98] out of print/used |
 | "The Best American Mystery Stories, 1997" Edited by Robert B. Parker & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [11/97] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [11/97] out of print/used |
Best British Mystery
Stories Series
 | "The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 7" [2010] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski includes 35 short stories by Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, John Mortimer, Colin Dexter, many others Running Press 7¾x5½ pb [7/2010] for $9.60 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 6" [2009] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski includes 35 short stories by Jake Arnott, Lee Child, Ann Cleeves, Colin Dexter, Val McDermid, Donna Moore, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, and others. Running Press 7½x5 pb [5/2009] for $11.16 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries" [2008] Edited by Maxim Jakubowski includes 35 short stories by Jake Arnott, Mark Billingham, Lee Child, Len Deighton, Colin Dexter, John Harvey, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, and others. Running Press 7½x5 pb [4/2008] for $11.16 Constable & Robinson Publng 7¾x5 pb [4/2008] for $15.78 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's 'A Pocketful of Brits' Page
Mini-Mystery Books
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
 | "Further Five-Minute Mysteries: 30 New Cases" [1994] by Ken Weber Running Press pb [10/94] for $8.95 |
 | "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 |
 | "Five-Minute Whodunits" [1997] by Stan Smith Sterling pb [6/97] for $6.95 |
 | "Five-Minute Crimebusters: Clever Mini-Mysteries" [2000] by Stan Smith Sterling pb [3/2000] for $6.95 |
 | "Five-Minute Mini-Mysteries" [2003] by Stan Smith Sterling pb [3/2003] for $6.95 |
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