num_pages: 430
description: 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 spitSix Words by Lew GillisThe Little Things by Isaac AsimovA Matter of Life and Death by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. MalzbergPerfect Pigeon by Carroll MayersThe Cop Who Hated Flowers by Henry SlesarTrick or Treat by Judith GarnerTwice Around the Block by Lawrence TreatAn Easy Score by Al NussbaumThe Good Lord Will Provide by Lawrence Treat and Charles M. PlotzBoomerang by Harold Q. MasurThe Way It's Supposed to Be by Elsin Ann GraffamThank You Mr Thurston by Ed DumonteFuneral Music by Francis M. Nevins Jr.Murder Will Out by Edward WellenAn Insignificant Crime by Maxine O'CallaghanThe Stray Bullet by Gary BrandnerA Night Out with the Boys by Elsin Ann GraffamOffice Party by Mary BradfordCome the Dawn by Michael KurlandActing Job by Richard DemingThe Last Smile by Henry SlesarGrief Counselor by Julie SmithThe Best Place by A. F. OreshnikDead End by Alvin S. FlickPure Rotten by John LutzGrounds for Divorce by James HoldingInside Out by Barry N. MalzbergThe Belland The Box by Isak RomunThe Physician and the Opium Fiend by R. L. StevensOver the Borderline by Jeff SweetIt Could Happen to You by John LutzClass Reunion by Charles BoeckmanThe Way It Is Now by Elaine SlaterThe Hot Rock by James McKimmeyA Puff of Orange Smoke by Lael J. LittkeThe Chicken Player by Joe L. HensleyNothing but Bad News by Henry SlesarThe Quick and the Dead by Helen McCloyAn Exercise in Insurance by James HoldingThe Old Heap by Alvin S. FickAs the Wheel Turns by Jane SpeedKnit One Purl Two by Thomasina WeberThe Paternal Instinct by Al NussbaumWhat Kind Person Are You by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. MalzbergShatter Proof by Jack RitchieOut of Order by Carl Henry RathjenThe Handy Man by Marion M. MarkhamNightmare by Elaine SlaterRecipe for Revenge by Jane SpeedSweet Fever by Bill PronziniTwo Postludes by Isak RomunA Deal in Diamonds by Edward D. HochThe Last Day of Shooting by Dion HendersonBlisters in May by Jack RitchieThe Collector by Patricia M. MathewsHouse Call by Elsin Ann GraffamThe Adventure of the Blind Alley by Edward WellenThe Unfriendly Neighbor by Al NussbaumA Feline Felony by Lael J. LittkeDon't I Know You by Henry SlesarMeet Mr Murder by Morris HershmanCo-Incidence by Edward D. HochAlma by Al NussbaumGrand Exit by Leo R. EllisHunting Ground by A. F. OreshnikThe Big Trip by Elsin Ann GraffamDutch by William F. NolanLoaded Quest by Thomasina WeberHand in Glove by James HoldingThe Slantwise Scales of Justice by Phyllis Ann KarrChild on a Journey by Fred S. TobeyThe Witches in the Closet by Anne ChamberlainSetup by Jack RitchieA Very Rare Disease by Henry SlesarTwo Small Vials by Elsin Ann GraffamSweet Remembrance by Betty Ren WrightA Dip in the Poole by Bill PronziniDoctor's Orders by John F. SuterMrs Twiller Takes a Trip by Lael J. LittkeSuch a Lovely Day by Penelope WallaceMatinee by Ruth WissmannBig Mouth by Robert Edmond AlterThe Weathered Board by Alvin S. FickLot 721/XY258 by R. L. StevensThirteen by Edward D. HochOperative 375 by Gary BrandnerHe'll Kill You by Richard DemingCaveat Emptor by Kay Nolte SmithThe Facsimile Shop by Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey WallmanA Corner of the Cellar by Michael GilbertEvery Fifth Man by Edward D. HochThe Pro by Robert H. CurtisNobody That's Who and Pigeon by William F. NolanThe Prisoner by Edward WellenThe Sooey Pill by Elaine SlaterBack Up by Barry N. Malzbergand Wide O-- by Elsin Ann Graffam.
language: English
title: 100 Malicious Little Mysteries
titlecomplete: 100 Malicious Little Mysteries
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, Collections, Anthologies, Horror, Mystery Thriller, Humor, Fantasy
ratings_count: 365
publisher: Dorset Press