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