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Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazine presents fifty years of crime and suspense / edited by Linda Landrigan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Pegasus Books, c2006.Description: xiii, 542 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1933648031
Other title:
  • 50 years of crime and suspense
  • Fifty years of crime and suspense
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Contents:
Introduction / Linda Landrigan -- The frightening frammis / Jim Thompson -- The day of the execution / Henry Slesar -- #8 / Jack Ritchie -- Not a laughing matter / Evan Hunter -- A genuine alectryomancer / Charles Willeford -- Good night! Good night! / Donald E. Westlake -- The cost of Kent Castwell / Avram Davidson -- The long way down / Edward D. Hoch -- The "method" sheriff / Ed Lacy -- Death of a nobody / Bill Pronzini -- Recipe for a murder / James Holding -- New neighbor / Talmage Powell -- Historical errors / William Brittain -- A candle for the bag lady / Lawrence Block -- Making a killing with Mama Cass / William Bankier -- The Takamoku Joseki / Sara Paretsky -- My brother's wife / Rob Kantner -- Final rites / Doug Allyn -- The search for Olga Bateau / Stephen Wasylk -- Hawks / Connie Holt -- Unbearable temptations / Jeffry Scott -- Priests / George C. Chesbro -- Pusan nights / Martin Limón -- Body English / S.J. Rozan -- The muse / Jan Burke -- Sinkhole / Carol Cail -- Saturday night at the Mikado Massage / Loren D. Estleman -- Lord of obstacles / Gregory S. Fallis -- Black Spartacus / James Lincoln Warren -- Erie's last day / Steve Hockensmith -- Tabloid press / Janice Law -- The o-bon cat / I.J. Parker -- Leaving Nairobi / Ed McBain -- Voodoo / Rhys Bowen.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Mystery Hitchcock Alf Available some water damage on edge of pages in middle of book. 4/28/2022 33111004646424
Total holds: 0

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Con men and criminals, PIs and amateur sleuths, the mean streets of New York and San Francisco, Chicago and Seoul, not to mention eighteenth-century London and eleventh-century Japan. For 50 years Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine has offered its readers a wide range of the finest crime and detective stories available and stands today as one of the foremost magazines of mystery and suspense. In anticipation of AHMM's golden anniversary, Ms. Landrigan invited readers to nominate their favorite stories, and this collection is packed with popular authors and well-known characters, including Lawrence Block's Matt Scudder, Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective, and Sara Paretsky's V. I. Warshawski. Linda Landrigan is editor-in-chief of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, She lives in New York.

Introduction / Linda Landrigan -- The frightening frammis / Jim Thompson -- The day of the execution / Henry Slesar -- #8 / Jack Ritchie -- Not a laughing matter / Evan Hunter -- A genuine alectryomancer / Charles Willeford -- Good night! Good night! / Donald E. Westlake -- The cost of Kent Castwell / Avram Davidson -- The long way down / Edward D. Hoch -- The "method" sheriff / Ed Lacy -- Death of a nobody / Bill Pronzini -- Recipe for a murder / James Holding -- New neighbor / Talmage Powell -- Historical errors / William Brittain -- A candle for the bag lady / Lawrence Block -- Making a killing with Mama Cass / William Bankier -- The Takamoku Joseki / Sara Paretsky -- My brother's wife / Rob Kantner -- Final rites / Doug Allyn -- The search for Olga Bateau / Stephen Wasylk -- Hawks / Connie Holt -- Unbearable temptations / Jeffry Scott -- Priests / George C. Chesbro -- Pusan nights / Martin Limón -- Body English / S.J. Rozan -- The muse / Jan Burke -- Sinkhole / Carol Cail -- Saturday night at the Mikado Massage / Loren D. Estleman -- Lord of obstacles / Gregory S. Fallis -- Black Spartacus / James Lincoln Warren -- Erie's last day / Steve Hockensmith -- Tabloid press / Janice Law -- The o-bon cat / I.J. Parker -- Leaving Nairobi / Ed McBain -- Voodoo / Rhys Bowen.

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