Edward D. Hoch
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Longtime mystery writer and editor Edward Dentinger Hoch was practically an institution in the field. Born in 1930, he published over eight hundred mystery stories including one in every issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine from 1973 to 1981. His TV writing credits include episodes of "MacMillan and Wife", "Night Gallery", the "Alfred Hitchcock Show", and "Tales of the Unexpected". Mr. Hoch served as president of the Mystery Writers of America. He also wrote mysteries under the pseudonyms Anthony Circus, R.E. Porter and R.L. Stevens. Mr. Hoch died January 17, 2008. - Source
Books
Show Business Is Murder
Credit to Shakespeare [Short story] by Julian Symons What'sisname by George Baxt The Kumquats Affair by Francis M. Jr. Nevins Sock Finish by Robert Bloch Cliffhanger by Georgiana Eidukas Bad Actor by Gary Brandner Just a Gag by Tex Hill The Confrontation Scene by William Bankier Ten Percent of Murder [Short Story] by Henry Slesar Murder in the Movies by Karl Detzer The Lithuanian Eraser Mystery by Jon L. Breen Death at the Opera [Short story] by Michael Underwood On Different Tracks by Michael Scott Cain The Decline and Fall of Norbert Tuffy by Ron Goulart The Spy Who Stayed Up All Night [Short story] by Edward D. Hoch The Acting of a Dreadful Thing by Lionel Booker The Adventure of the Hanging Acrobat [Short story] by Ellery Queen Mystery Tune [short story] by Isaac Asimov
Murder for Halloween
Monsters / Ed McBain -- The lemures / Steven Saylor -- The adventure of the dead cat / Ellery Queen -- The odstock curse / Peter Lovesey -- The theft of the Halloween pumpkin / Edward D. Hoch -- Hallowe'en for Mr. Faulkner / August Derleth -- Deceptions / Marcia Muller -- [Black Cat]( / Edgar Allan Poe -- Omjagod / James Grady -- The cloak / Robert Bloch -- What a woman wants / Michael Z. Lewin -- Yesterday's witch / Gahan Wilson -- Walpurgis night / Bram Stoker -- Trick or treat / Judith Garner -- One night at a time / Dorothy Cannell -- Night of the goblin / Talmage Powell -- Trick-or-treat / Anthony Boucher -- Pork pie hat / Peter Straub.
100 Malicious Little Mysteries
Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries—selected by such prominent authors as Isaac Asimov—are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood. These tales come from the pen of many well-known writers in the field, including Michael Gilbert, Edward Wellen, Edward D. Hack, Bill Bronzini, Lawrence Treat, and Francis Nevins, Jr. Whether it’s “The Unfriendly Neighbor,” or a “Class Reunion,” “A Recipe for Revenge,” or “An Exercise in Insurance,” these stories are sure to keep you up all night, puzzling over their possible solutions. Each one has its own particular and irresistible appeal: an unexpected twist, a delectable puzzle, a devastating revelation, or perhaps even a refreshing display of pernicious spit Six words / Lew Gillis Little things / Isaac Asimov Matter of life and death / Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg Perfect pigeon / Carroll Mayers Cop who loved flowers / Henry Slesar Trick or treat / Judith Garner Twice around the block / Lawrence Treat Easy score / Al Nussbaum Good Lord will provide / Lawrence Treat and Charles M. Plotz Boomerang / Harold Q. Masur Way it's supposed to be / Elsin Ann Graffam Thank you, Mr. Thurston / Ed Dumonte Funeral music / Francis M. Nevins, Jr. Murder will out / Edward Wellen Insignificant crime / Maxine O'Callaghan Stray bullet / Gary Brandner Night out with the boys / Elsin Ann Graffam Office party / Mary Bradford Comes the dawn / Michael Kurland Acting job / Richard Deming Last smile / Henry Slesar Grief counselor / Julie Smith Best place / A.F. Oreshnik Dead end / Alvin S. Fick Pure Rotten / John Lutz Grounds for divorce / James Holding Inside out / Barry N. Malzberg Bell / Isak Romun Box / Isak Romun Physician and the opium fiend / R.L. Stevens Over the borderline / Jeff Sweet It could happen to you / John Lutz Class reunion / Charles Boeckman Way it is now / Elaine Slater Hot rock / James McKimmey Puff of orange smoke / Lael J. Littke Chicken player / Joe L. Hensley Nothing but bad news / Henry Slesar Quick and the dead / Helen McCloy Exercise in insurance / James Holding Old heap / Alvin S. Fick As the wheel turns / Jane Speed Knit one, purl two... / Thomasina Weber Paternal instinct / Al Nussbaum What kind of person are you? / Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg Shatter proof / Jack Ritchie Out of order / Carl Henry Rathjen Handy man / Marion M. Markham Nightmare / Elaine Slater Recipe for revenge / Jane Speed Sweet fever / Bill Pronzini Magnum / Jack Ritchie Two postludes / Isak Romun Deal in diamonds / Edward D. Hoch Last Day of Shooting / Dion Henderson Blisters in May / Jack Ritchie Collector / Patricia A. Mathews House call / Elsin Ann Graffam Adventure of the blind alley / Edward Wellen Unfriendly neighbor / Al Nussbaum Feline felony / Lael J. Littke Don't I know you? / Henry Slesar Meet Mr. Murder / Morris Hershman Co-Incidence / Edward D. Hoch Alma / Al Nussbaum Grand exit / Leo R. Ellis Hunting ground / A.F. Oreshnik Big trip / Elsin Ann Graffam Dutch / William F. Nolan Loaded quest / Thomasina Weber Hand in glove / James Holding Slantwise scales of justice / Phyllis Ann Karr Child on a journey / Fred S. Tobey Witches in the closet / Anne Chamberlain Setup / Jack Ritchie Very rare disease / Henry Slesar Two small vials / Elsin Ann Graffam Sweet remembrance / Betty Ren Wright Dip in the poole / Bill Pronzini Doctor's orders / John F. Suter Mrs. Twiller takes a trip / Lael J. Littke Such a lovely day / Penelope Wallace Matinee / Ruth Wissmann Big mouth / Robert Edmond Alter Weathered board / Alvin S. Fick Lot 721/XY258 / R.L. Stevens Thirteen / Edward D. Hoch Operative 375 / Gary Brandner He'll kill you / Richard Deming Caveat Emptor / Kay Nolte Smith Facsimile shop / Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallman Corner of the cellar / Michael Gilbert Every fifth man / Edward D. Hoch Pro / Robert H. Curtis Nobody, that's who / William F. Nolan Pigeon / William F. Nolan Prisoner / Edward Wellen Sooey pill / Elaine Slater Backing up / Barry N. Malzberg Wide O— / Elsin Ann Graffam
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [18 stories]
Infernal machine / John Lutz -- Final toast / Stuart M. Kaminsky -- Phantom chamber / Gary Alan Ruse -- Return of the Speckled Band / Edward D. Hoch -- Adventures of the unique Holmes / Jon L. Breen -- Sherlock holmes and "The Woman" / Michael Harrison -- Shadows on the lawn / Barry Jones -- Adventure of the Gowanus abduction / Joyce Harrington -- Dr. and Mrs. Watson at home / Loren D. Estleman -- Two footmen / Michael Gilbert -- Sherlock Holmes and the muffin / Dorothy B. Hughes -- Curious computer / Peter Lovesey -- Adventure of the persistent marksman / Lillian de la Torre -- House that Jack built / Edward Wellen -- [The Doctor's Case]/ Stephen King -- THE SECOND TREATY / Daniel Stashower THE ADVENTURE OF THE VENOMOUS LIZARD / Bill Crider Hostage to fortune / Anne Perry Afterword: Moriarty and the real underworld / John Gardner.
The ripper of Storyville, and other Ben Snow tales
Ben Snow is not a very lucky man. Not only is he a drifter and way too fast on the draw, but his age and general appearance match those of the late unlamented Billy the Kid; which can lead people to jump to dangerous conclusions. He often has to save his neck by solving a crime -- usually murder -- and then get out of town before someone starts putting two and two together and coming up with five. Excellent collection of stories, a little on the dark side, by a master of the craft.
Best Detective Stories of the Year, 1978
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Tantalizing locked room mysteries
Introduction: "No one done it" / Isaac Asimov The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe The adventure of the speckled band / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The problem of Cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle The light at three o'clock / MacKinlay Kantor Murder at the automat / Cornell Woolrich The exact opposite / Erle Stanley Gardner The blind spot / Barry Perowne The operator / Jack Wodhams The Leopold locked room / Edward D. Hoch Vanishing act / Bill Pronzini and Michael Kurland
Who done it?
Coronation year / Michael Gilbert Appointment with the governor / John Ball The locked-room cipher / Edward D. Hoch The cow and the jackrabbit / Janwillem van de Wetering Connoisseur / Bill Pronzini The lily pond / Rachael Cosgrove Payes Past tense / Elizabeth Gresham A dark blue perfume / Ruth Rendell The Arabella plot / Lawrence Treat The last party / Dorothy Salisbury Davis Who killed Father Christmas? / Patricia Moyes Widow / Joe L. Henseley Almost perfect / R.A. Lafferty The legend of Dirty Dick / Robert Bloch Revelation / Rosemary Gatenby The accomplice / John D. MacDonald Mama and the bastard / Florence Mayberry
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A Sherlockiana primer / Christopher Roden -- [The doctor's case / Stephen King]-- The horror of the many faces / Tim Lebbon -- The case of the bloodless sock / Anne Perry -- The adventure of the other detective / Bradley H. Sinor -- A scandal in Montreal / Edward D. Hoch -- The adventure of the field theorems / Vonda N. McIntyre -- The adventure of the death-fetch / Darrell Schweitzer -- The shocking affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland / Mary Robinette Kowal -- The adventure of the mummy's curse / H. Paul Jeffers -- The things that shall come upon them / Barbara Roden -- Murder to music / Anthony Burgess -- The adventure of the inertial adjustor / Stephen Baxter -- Mrs. Hudson's case / Laurie R. King -- The singular habits of wasps / Geoffrey A. Landis -- The affair of the 46th birthday / Amy Myers -- The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey / Peter Tremayne -- The vale of the white horse / Sharyn McCrumb -- The adventure of the Dorset Street lodger / Michael Moorcock -- The adventure of the lost world / Dominic Green -- The adventure of the antiquarian's niece / Barbara Hambly -- Dynamics of a hanging / Tony Pi -- Merridew of abominable memory / Chris Roberson -- Commonplaces / Naomi Novik -- The adventure of the Pirates of Devil's Cape / Rob Rogers -- The adventure of the Green Skull / Mark Valentine -- The human mystery / Tanith Lee -- A study in emerald / Neil Gaiman -- You see but you do not observe / Robert J. Sawyer.
Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs
Two stories: Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs by Edward D. Hoch The Fog by Ed Gorman