100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories

by Weinberg, Robert H.; Dziemianowicz, Stefan R.; Greenberg, Martin H.

• ISBN13: 9781402709746
• ISBN10: 1402709749
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Match wits with great detectives, devious criminals, and some of the finest minds in the all-time annals of detective literature. From crime-suspense (Tom Curry's "The Sign") to hard-boiled fiction ("A Hand of Pinochle") to modern noir ("Soul's Burning" by Bill Pronzini), the scope of these 100 detective stories is as wide as the tales are short. They're the brainchildren of such top names as James M. Barrie ("The Adventure of the Two Collaborators"), O. Henry ("The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud"), Charles Dickens ("An Artful Touch"), Bret Harte ("The Stolen Cigar-Case"), Jack London ("The Leopard Man's Story"), R.L. Stevens ("The Carnival Caper"), Stephen Deninger ("Damsel with a Derringer"), Nick Spain ("Duck Behind that Eight-Ball!"), and countless others. There's even one by Abraham Lincoln, "The Trailor Murder Mystery," which appeared in 1843. Prison breakouts, grand larceny, homicide: trying to solve these tricky cases will be a treat for all mystery fans.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
According to Plan
by Ray Darby	1	(4)
Adventure of the Baritone Singer
by George Barton	5	(8)
The Adventure of the Table Foot
by Zero	13	(3)
The Adventure of the Two Collaborators
by Sir James M. Borrie	16	(3)
The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes
by O. Henry	19	(5)
Affirmative Action
by Jon L. Breen	24	(3)
Anchor the Stiff!
by Dan Gordon	27	(8)
An Artful Touch
by Charles Dickens	35	(2)
An Axe to Grind
by Curt Hamlin	37	(4)
Behind Murder's Eight-Ball
by Don James	41	(6)
Better Hands
by Dale Clark	47	(4)
The Bloodless Corpse
by O.R. Dale	51	(9)
Bread Ahead
by C.J. Henderson	60	(5)
Cache and Carry
by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini	65	(5)
Calling Dr. Death
by C. William Harrison	70	(6)
The Cap'n Sleeps
by John Earl Davis	76	(5)
The Carnival Caper
by R.L. Stevens	81	(4)
The Case of the Barking Beagle
by R.L. Stevens	85	(4)
Checkmated!
by Coretta Slavska	89	(4)
The Clarion Call
by O. Henry	93	(6)
The Clincher
by Jack Foxx	99	(5)
The Cop and the Lady
by Booton Herndon	104	(2)
Cop Maker
by Ronald Henderson	106	(4)
The Course of Justice
by Hugh B. Cave	110	(8)
Curtains for Kelly
by John Randolph Phillips	118	(10)
Cut Glass
by Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr.	128	(9)
Damsel with a Derringer
by Stephen Rentinger	137	(6)
The Dead Go Overboard
by Fenton W. Earnshaw	143	(4)
Death Racket
by Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr.	147	(4)
The Deer that Ate a Diamond
by Edward D. Hoch	151	(9)
Detective for a Day
by Walt Sheldon	160	(8)
Die Before Bedtime
by Walt Sheldon	168	(7)
Dogs Know
by Gary Lovisi	175	(10)
Duck Behind that Eight-Ball!
by Nick Spain	185	(8)
Dust
by James W. Holden	193	(4)
Escape
by Jack Foxx	197	(4)
Exhibit D
by John Maclay	201	(4)
Extra Service
by John Mallory	205	(3)
Eye-Witness
by Donald S. Aitken	208	(5)
Eye Witness
by David X. Manners	213	(5)
A Friend of Davy Jones'
by Dan Gordon	218	(9)
Granny Gumption Solves a Murder
by C.J. Henderson and Charles Hoffman	227	(2)
A Hand of Pinochle
by Theodore Tinsley	229	(4)
Harsh Light of-Day
by Wayne D. Dundee	233	(6)
Heir-in-a-Hurry
by Morris Cooper	239	(6)
Higher Education
by Sidney Waldo	245	(3)
Hip and Thigh
by H.H. Matteson	248	(7)
If the Body Fits-
by Larry Holden	255	(4)
Ignorance of Art
by Vincent Hall	259	(5)
Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern
by Bill Pronzini	264	(5)
In the Library
by W.W. Jacobs	269	(9)
Ink's Jinx
by Anthony Clemens	278	(4)
An Irreducible Detective Story
by Stephen Leacock	282	(1)
Kansas City Connection
by Wayne McMillan	283	(4)
Knit One-Kill Two
by Fergus Truslow	287	(4)
The Leopard Man's Story
by Jack London	291	(3)
The Man Who Collected "The Shadow"
by J.V. Drexel	294	(5)
The Man Who Died Too Often
by David Crewe	299	(6)
The Mann Act
by Michael A. Black	305	(7)
Memento Mori
by Alex Saxon	312	(5)
Mrs. Belcourt Draws a Bier
by Alan Ritner Anderson	317	(7)
Murder at Rose Cottage
by Edward D. Hoch	324	(4)
Murderer's Handicap
by Alex Barber	328	(9)
Murder Offstage
by R.L. Stevens	337	(5)
Murder on the Limited
by Howard Finney	342	(8)
The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud
by O. Henry	350	(6)
Naked in Darkness
by Hugh B. Cave	356	(6)
Night Watch
by Scott O'Hara	362	(7)
Night Work
by Gerald Tollesfrud	369	(6)
A Novel Forgery
by Rodrigues Ottolengui	375	(9)
Old Calamity's Stick-up
by Joseph Fulling Fishman	384	(7)
Old Guy
by Maitland LeRoy Osborne	391	(5)
The Outside Ledge
by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace	396	(8)
Packed House
by Robert Zacks	404	(3)
The Pattern
by Alex Saxon	407	(8)
A Point of Honor
by Larry Segriff	415	(6)
The Rosary
by Michael A. Black	421	(9)
Safety Deposit
by B.B. Fowler	430	(3)
The Seventieth Number
by Stephen Dentinger	433	(10)
A Shroud with a Silver Lining
by Marion Lineaweaver	443	(3)
The Sign
by Tom Curry	446	(4)
The Sign of the "400"
by R.K. Munkittrick	450	(2)
Smoke Sign
by Dale Clark	452	(4)
Smothered Mate
by Stephen Dentinger	456	(5)
Snapping Out of It
by Bruce Holland Rogers	461	(4)
Something Green
by Edward D. Hoch	465	(8)
Something-Wrong
by Bill Promini	473	(5)
Souls Burning
by Bill Promini	478	(6)
The Spell of the Black Siren
by Dick Donovan	484	(10)
The Stolen Cigar-Case
by Bret Harte	494	(8)
Summer's End
by William Manners	502	(7)
The Terrarium Principle
by J.V. Drexel	509	(4)
Three Men and a Corpse
by Victor K. Ray	513	(7)
Today's Special-Poison!
by V.E. Thiessen	520	(7)
The Trailor Murder Mystery
by Abraham Lincoln	527	(6)
A Tulip in the Snow
by John McCurnin	533	(4)
The Umbrosa Burglary
by R.C. Lehmann	537	(3)
Waiting
by Jim Knapp	540	(3)
While the Cat's Away-
by Dorothy Dunn	543	(11)
The Wire-Pullers
by Morris Cooper	554