This wonderful book is a reprint with title change of Ellery Queen's Best of Suspense, with a few items left out. Here are its contents:
Still a Cop by James Holding
Blue Monday by Joyce Harrington
Installment Past Due by Robert Twohy
The Clue of the Screaming Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Pinwheel Dream by Barbara Callahan
This Is Death by Donald E. Westlake
Jericho and the Deadly Errand by Hugh Pentacost
The Theft of Nick Velvet by Edward D. Hoch
One for Virgil Tibbs by John Ball
Doc Wharton's Legacy by Ernest Savage
Dream House by Kathryn Gottlieb
The Plastic Jungle by Joyce Harrington
A As in Alibi by Lawrence Trent
The Pool Sharks by Ursula Curtiss
Nobody Tells Me anything by Jack Ritchie
Etiquette for Dying by Celia Fremlin
One Thing Leads to Another by Harold O. Masur
Homage to John Keats by Henry T. Parry
A Stroke of Genius by Victor Canning
The Odd Man by Ellory Queen
Hunting Accident by Brian Garfield
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann Mackenzie
Captain Leopold Plays a Hunch by Edward D. Hoch
Jericho and the Studio Murders Hugh Pentecost
Warm and Dry by Edgar Wallace
A Case of Maximum Need by Celia Fremlin
Dangerous Sport by Celia Fremlin
Charlie's Shell Game by Brian Garfield
The Pencil by Edmund Crispin
Just Like Inspector Maigret by Vincent McConnor
Advice, Unlimited by Douglas Shea
Raffles and the Dangerous Game by Barry Perowne
Last Rendezvous by Jean L. Backus
Virgil Tibbs and the Coctail Napkin by John Ball
The Happy Brotherhood by Michael Gilbert
The Sacrificial Goat by Thomas Walsh
When in Rome by Patricia Highsmith
Locks Won't Keep You Out by Nedra Tyre
Waiting for the Police by Celia Fremlin
Nothing But the Truth by Patricia McGerr
Have You a Fortune in Your Attic? by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
The Killer with No Fingerprints by Lawrence G. Blochman
Paying Joe Back by Richard Laymon
The Merry Band Michael Gilbert
The Man Who Kept His Promise by L. E. Behney
Why Don't You Like Me? by L. E. Behney
Cry Havoc by Davis Grubb
Murder Never Solves Anything by Harold Q. Masur
A Drop Too Much by Ruth Rendell
The Grass Widow by Florence V. Mayberry
The Seed Caper by Jack Ritchie
The Men in Black Raincoats by Pete Hamill
Dead Ringer by Ellery Queen
Under the Skin by Bill Prozini
If you read mystery stories, you'll recognize with fondness dozens of these author's names.
Still a Cop by James Holding
Blue Monday by Joyce Harrington
Installment Past Due by Robert Twohy
The Clue of the Screaming Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Pinwheel Dream by Barbara Callahan
This Is Death by Donald E. Westlake
Jericho and the Deadly Errand by Hugh Pentacost
The Theft of Nick Velvet by Edward D. Hoch
One for Virgil Tibbs by John Ball
Doc Wharton's Legacy by Ernest Savage
Dream House by Kathryn Gottlieb
The Plastic Jungle by Joyce Harrington
A As in Alibi by Lawrence Trent
The Pool Sharks by Ursula Curtiss
Nobody Tells Me anything by Jack Ritchie
Etiquette for Dying by Celia Fremlin
One Thing Leads to Another by Harold O. Masur
Homage to John Keats by Henry T. Parry
A Stroke of Genius by Victor Canning
The Odd Man by Ellory Queen
Hunting Accident by Brian Garfield
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann Mackenzie
Captain Leopold Plays a Hunch by Edward D. Hoch
Jericho and the Studio Murders Hugh Pentecost
Warm and Dry by Edgar Wallace
A Case of Maximum Need by Celia Fremlin
Dangerous Sport by Celia Fremlin
Charlie's Shell Game by Brian Garfield
The Pencil by Edmund Crispin
Just Like Inspector Maigret by Vincent McConnor
Advice, Unlimited by Douglas Shea
Raffles and the Dangerous Game by Barry Perowne
Last Rendezvous by Jean L. Backus
Virgil Tibbs and the Coctail Napkin by John Ball
The Happy Brotherhood by Michael Gilbert
The Sacrificial Goat by Thomas Walsh
When in Rome by Patricia Highsmith
Locks Won't Keep You Out by Nedra Tyre
Waiting for the Police by Celia Fremlin
Nothing But the Truth by Patricia McGerr
Have You a Fortune in Your Attic? by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
The Killer with No Fingerprints by Lawrence G. Blochman
Paying Joe Back by Richard Laymon
The Merry Band Michael Gilbert
The Man Who Kept His Promise by L. E. Behney
Why Don't You Like Me? by L. E. Behney
Cry Havoc by Davis Grubb
Murder Never Solves Anything by Harold Q. Masur
A Drop Too Much by Ruth Rendell
The Grass Widow by Florence V. Mayberry
The Seed Caper by Jack Ritchie
The Men in Black Raincoats by Pete Hamill
Dead Ringer by Ellery Queen
Under the Skin by Bill Prozini
If you read mystery stories, you'll recognize with fondness dozens of these author's names.
