The best American mystery stories of the century /
The best American mystery stories of the century /
Tony Hillerman, editor ; Otto Penzler, series editor ; with an introduction by Tony Hillerman
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000
- xviii, 813 pages ; 24 cm
- Best American series .
- Best American series .
Includes bibliographical references
Retrieved reformation / Paul's case / Problem of cell 13 / Blind man's buff / Naboth's vineyard / Jury of her peers / Gutting of Couffignal / Haircut / Blue murder / Perfect crime / Baby in the icebox / Murder / Sense of humor / Ransom / Red wind / Catbird seat / Rear window / Error in chemistry / Nine mile walk / Adventure of the president's half disme / Homesick Buick / Gone girl / Moment of decision / First offense / Couple next door / Day of the execution / Terrapin / Possibility of evil / Comforts of home / Good man, bad man / Goodbye, Pops / Whimper of whipped dogs / Wager / Do with me what you will / Quitters, Inc. / Absence of Emily / By the dawn's early light / Iris / Three-Dot Po / Parker shotgun / Too many crooks / Hot springs / Dark snow / Red clay / Poachers / Running out of dog / O. Henry -- Willa Cather -- Jacques Futrelle -- Frederick Irving Anderson -- Melville Davisson Post -- Susan Glaspell -- Dashiell Hammett -- Ring Lardner -- Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Ben Ray Redman -- James M. Cain -- John Steinbeck -- Damon Runyan -- Pearl S. Buck -- Raymond Chandler -- James Thurber -- Cornell Woolrich -- William Faulkner -- Harry Kemelman -- Ellery Queen -- John D. MacDonald -- Ross Macdonald -- Stanley Ellin -- Evan Hunter -- Margaret Millar -- Henry Slesar -- Patricia Highsmith -- Shirley Jackson -- Flannery O'Connor -- Jerome Weidman -- Joe Gores -- Harlan Ellison -- Robert L. Fish -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Stephen King -- Jack Ritchie -- Lawrence Block -- Stephen Greenleaf -- Sara Paretsky -- Sue Grafton -- Donald E. Westlake -- James Crumley -- Brendan DuBois -- Michael Malone -- Tom Franklin -- Dennis Lehane
A collection of the best in mystery writing includes contributions by O. Henry, Dashiell Hammett, Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, Ellery Queen, James Thurber, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, John Steinbeck, and Mickey Spillane
0618012672 9780618012671 0618012710 9780618012718
Detective and mystery stories, American
Short stories, American
PS648.D4 / B468 2000
Includes bibliographical references
Retrieved reformation / Paul's case / Problem of cell 13 / Blind man's buff / Naboth's vineyard / Jury of her peers / Gutting of Couffignal / Haircut / Blue murder / Perfect crime / Baby in the icebox / Murder / Sense of humor / Ransom / Red wind / Catbird seat / Rear window / Error in chemistry / Nine mile walk / Adventure of the president's half disme / Homesick Buick / Gone girl / Moment of decision / First offense / Couple next door / Day of the execution / Terrapin / Possibility of evil / Comforts of home / Good man, bad man / Goodbye, Pops / Whimper of whipped dogs / Wager / Do with me what you will / Quitters, Inc. / Absence of Emily / By the dawn's early light / Iris / Three-Dot Po / Parker shotgun / Too many crooks / Hot springs / Dark snow / Red clay / Poachers / Running out of dog / O. Henry -- Willa Cather -- Jacques Futrelle -- Frederick Irving Anderson -- Melville Davisson Post -- Susan Glaspell -- Dashiell Hammett -- Ring Lardner -- Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Ben Ray Redman -- James M. Cain -- John Steinbeck -- Damon Runyan -- Pearl S. Buck -- Raymond Chandler -- James Thurber -- Cornell Woolrich -- William Faulkner -- Harry Kemelman -- Ellery Queen -- John D. MacDonald -- Ross Macdonald -- Stanley Ellin -- Evan Hunter -- Margaret Millar -- Henry Slesar -- Patricia Highsmith -- Shirley Jackson -- Flannery O'Connor -- Jerome Weidman -- Joe Gores -- Harlan Ellison -- Robert L. Fish -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Stephen King -- Jack Ritchie -- Lawrence Block -- Stephen Greenleaf -- Sara Paretsky -- Sue Grafton -- Donald E. Westlake -- James Crumley -- Brendan DuBois -- Michael Malone -- Tom Franklin -- Dennis Lehane
A collection of the best in mystery writing includes contributions by O. Henry, Dashiell Hammett, Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, Ellery Queen, James Thurber, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, John Steinbeck, and Mickey Spillane
0618012672 9780618012671 0618012710 9780618012718
Detective and mystery stories, American
Short stories, American
PS648.D4 / B468 2000