num_pages: 209
description: Quitters, Inc. / Stephen King --Little paradise / Zena Collier --The man in the lake / Ernest Savage --Strangers in the fog / Bill Pronzini --Delayed mail / Jack Ritchie --Filmflam / Francis M. Nevins --The fire man / Elizabeth A. Lynn --The adventure of the blind alley / Edward Wellen --The cloud beneath the eaves / Barbara Owens --The closed door / Thomas Walsh --Truth will out / Ruth Rendell --Checkpoint Charlie / Brian Garfield --Rite of Spring / Jerry Jacobson --The golden circle / Patricia L. Schulze --Captain Leopold Incognito / Edward D. Hoch --The leech / Frank Sisk
language: English
title: Best Detective Stories 1979: 2
titlecomplete: Best Detective Stories 1979: 2
genres: Short Stories
ratings_count: 2
series: Best Detective Stories of the Year
publisher: Dutton Adult