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ALPERT, HOLLIS. 1916-2007. AMATO, ANGELA [ANGELA AMATO VELEZ]. 1957- . ANDREWS, VAL. 1926-2006. ATLEE, PHILIP The Shankill Road Contract. [Northern Ireland] AVERY, FELICITY. Pseudonym: Anne Stevenson, q.v. AYLOTT, BOB. ca.1949- . -Cry for Tomorrow. Everest pb, 1973 [Northern Ireland] BAKER, LAURA Legend. (Deleting the dash.) -Stargazer. St. Martin’s pb, 1998 BALL, BRIAN N(EVILLE) Keegan: The No-Option Contract. Add U.S. edition: Wildside pb, 2003 Keegan: The One-Way Deal. Add U.S. edition: Wildside pb, 2003 BALLENGER, DEAN W. 1913-2005. BEARSHAW, BRIAN. 1932-2006. BERMAN, SUSAN. 1945-2000. BRADLEY, DAVID. Pseudonym of John (Bradley) Leslie, 1944- , q.v., and David Williams, 1941- . (Correction.) The Lodestar Project. PB, 1986 [ship] BRADLEY, DAVID (HENRY, JR.) -The Chaneysville Incident. Harper, 1981; Serpent’s Tail, 1986 The Lodestar Project. Delete (book moved to BRADLEY, DAVID) BRESLIN, JIMMY -World Without End, Amen. Viking, 1973; Hutchinson, 1974 [Northern Ireland] BRETT, LESLIE FREDERICK. 1907- . Pseudonym: Michael Brett, q.v. (Correction.) BRETT, MARTIN A Dum-Dum for the President. Add U.S. edition: Stark House pb, 2006, as by Douglas Sanderson BRETT, MICHAEL. (Author of “Key Witness.”) Pseudonym of Leslie Frederick Brett, 1907- . BRETT, MICHAEL. 1921-2000. Byline also: Mike Brett, q.v. BRETT, MIKE. 1921-2000. Byline also: Michael Brett, q.v. (Correction.) BRISCO, PATTY Mist of Evil. [Los Angeles] BRITTON, VICKIE (SALLMAN) Path of the Jaguar. Correct co-author to: Loretta (Sallman) Jackson, 1936- . CANNON, CURT I’m Cannon–for Hire. Also published as: The Gutter and the Grave. Hard Case pb, 2005, as by Ed McBain CARROLL, ROBERT. Hollis Alphert, 1916-2007. CASEY, KEVIN -Dreams of Revenge. Faber, 1977 CLARKE, ANNA The Poisoned Web. Correct publication date of U.S. edition to: 1982 CLAYFORD, JAMES Bed Time Girl. Astro pb, 1948 [New York City] (by Peggy Gaddis, 1895-1966, q.v.) Lady in Waiting. Crow (Canada), 1950 (by Peggy Gaddis, 1895-1966, q.v.) Week-End Girl. Astro pb, 1948 (by Peggy Gaddis, 1895-1966, q.v.) COULTER, CATHERINE [JEAN CATHERINE COULTER POGANY] The Autumn Countess. Signet, 1979. Revised edition: The Countess. Signet, 1999; Severn, 2003 DARBY, RUTH Death Boards the “Lazy Lady”. Show title thus. DEAN, DUDLEY. Dudley Dean McGaughey. (Corrected spelling.) DELL, ETHEL M(AY) [ETHEL MAY DELL SAVAGE]. (Adding married name.) DERN, PEGGY. Pseudonym: Gail Jordan, q.v. See also: James Clayford. DOUGLAS, MALCOLM The Deadly Dames. Also published as by Douglas Sanderson: Stark House pb, 2006 Pure Sweet Hell. Also published as by Douglas Sanderson: Stark House pb, 2004 DOWLING, KEVIN Interface: Ireland. Barrie, 1979 [Northern Ireland] DRAKE, LISA [with OTTO PENZLER]. The Medical Center Murders. Pocket Books, pb, 1984. Setting: New York City. (Written by Thomas Gifford, 1937-2000, from a detailed plot outline by Edward D. Hoch, 1930- , q.v.) This is the second of a three-book mystery series conceived by Otto Penzler, q.v., in which the ending was withheld and a cash prize was offered to the first reader to send in the correct solution. See Otto Penzler’s entry for others in the series. DRUMMOND, JUNE Bang! Bang! You’re Dead. [London] DUDLEY, OWEN. Dudley Dean McGaughey. (Corrected spelling.) DURRANT, THEO. Florence (Ostern) Faulkner, 1899-2006. EDWARDS, R. T. [with OTTO PENZLER]. Prize Meets Murder. Pocket Books, pb, 1984. SC: Matthew Prize. Setting: California. (Written by Ron Goulart, 1933- , q.v., from a detailed plot outline by Edward D. Hoch, 1930- , q.v.) This is the first of a three-book mystery series conceived by Otto Penzler, q.v., in which the ending was withheld and a cash prize was offered to the first reader to send in the correct solution. See Otto Penzler’s entry for others in the series. ![]() FAULKNER, FLORENCE (OSTERN). 1899-2006. -A Challenge for Two. Avalon, 1982 -Clue to Romance. Avalon, 1976 -House of Hostile Women. Avalon, 1978 -Magic Legacy. Avalon, 1984 Season of Deception. Avalon, 1981 [San Francisco] -Three Little Words. Avalon1, 976 -Tomorrow’s Dreams. Avalon, 1987 [San Francisco] FLETCHER, J(OSEPH) S(MITH) The Mantle of Ishmael. Also published as: The Million-Dollar Diamond. Jenkins, 1923 The Million-Dollar Diamond; see The Mantle of Ishmael FORMAN, JAMES (DOUGLAS). 1932- . -A Fine-Soft Day. Farrar, 1978 [Belfast] FOSTER, LORI Beguiled. Harlequin, 1992, in a 2- in-1 edition; reprinted alone: Harlequin, 1999 FRANKAU, GILBERT -The Lonely Man. [England, Turkey] (Adding the dash.) FREEMAN, MARY. Pseudonym of Mary Rosenblum, 1952- , q.v. Under this pen name, the author of four “gardening mysteries” having landscaper and amateur sleuth Rachel O’Connor (RO) act as the leading character. Three of these are in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV; the fourth and latest to date (Garden View, Berkley) was published in 2002. Each of the books takes place in Oregon. Bleeding Heart. Berkley, pb, 2000. RO ![]() Devil’s Trumpet. Berkley, pb, 1999. RO FUTRELLE, JACQUES. 1873-1912. (Correcting birth date.) Birth name: John Heath Futrell. FUTRELLE, (LILLIE) MAY (PEEL). (Adding first name.) GADDIS, PEGGY. Pseudonym: Gail Jordan, q.v. See also: James Clayford. -Doctor Prescott’s Secret. Uni-Book, 1952 Harvest in the Hills. Arcadia, 1946 [Georgia] -Hurrican Nurse. Berkley, 1961 [Florida] -Meredith Blake, M.D. Arcadia, 1943 [South] -Woman of Fire. Cameo, 1952 GIFFORD, THOMAS (EUGENE). 1937-2000. Add the following two titles. _The Medical Center Murders. [by Lisa Drake with Otto Penzler] Pocket Books, pb, 1984. Setting: New York City. See the entry under Lisa Drake. _This Prize Is Dangerous. [by Matthew Prize with Otto Penzler] Star, UK, pb, 1985. See the entry under Matthew Prize. GOULART, RON(ALD JOSEPH). 1933- . Add the following title: _Prize Meets Murder [by R. T. Edwards with Otto Penzler]. Pocket Books, pb, 1984. SC: Matthew Prize. Setting: California. See the entry under R. T. Edwards. GRENVILLE, HILARY. Pseudonym of Gwen Holder, q.v. Born in Ireland; living in Hampshire; prize-winning ss writer; has worked as a lecturer and secretary. HARDWICK, ELIZABETH (BRUCE). 1916-2007. HARDY, ALBERT -A Crown of Gold. Digby, 1896 HAWKE, CHRISTOPHER For Campaign Service. Corgi, 1979 [Northern Ireland] HERRON, SHAUN The Whore-Mother. [Northern Ireland] HOCH, EDWARD D(ENTINGER). 1930- . Although not named, the behind-the-scenes plotter of a three-book mystery series in which a cash prize was offered to the first reader to send in the correct solution, which was withheld from the book. All three books were then finished by other mystery writers whose names were also not mentioned. _The Medical Center Murders. See the entry under Lisa Drake. _Prize Meets Murder. See the entry under R. T. Edwards. _This Prize Is Dangerous. See the entry under Matthew Prize. HOLDER, GWEN. Pseudonym: Hilary Grenville, q.v. HULTMAN, HELEN JOAN Murder in the French Room. [Ohio] JACKSON, LORETTA (SALLMAN). 1936- . See also: Vickie (Sallman) Britton, 1956- . JAMES, P(HYLLIS) D(OROTHY) A Certain Justice. TV movie: United Film & Television, 1998 (scw: Michael Russell; dir: Ross Devenish) A Mind to Murder. TV movie: Anglia, 1995 (scw: Hilary Bevan Jones; dir: Gareth Davies) JOLLEY, (MONICA) ELIZABETH. 1923-2007. -Mr. Scobie’s Riddle. Penguin (Australia), 1983; Penguin (England), 1985 JONES, TRISTAN. Birth name: Arthur Jones. JORDAN, GAIL. Pseudonym of Peggy Gaddis, 1895-1966, q.v. See also: Peggy Dern. -Back-Country Wench. Croydon, 1954 KIELY, BENEDICT Proxopera. Gollancz, 1977; Godine, 1987 [Northern Ireland] KLAVAN, LAURENCE. Add pseudonym: Martin Owens, q.v. I Watch Lois. Pinnacle, 1981 KRENTZ, JAYNE ANN The Private Eye. Harlequin, 1992 (in a 2-in-1 edition); Mira, 1996 [N.W.] LAINE, ANNABEL. Reay Tannahill, 1929-2007. LANE, WILLOUGHBY. Val Andrews, 1926-2006. LESLIE, JOHN (BRADLEY). Joint pseudonym with David Williams, 1941- : David Bradley, q.v. McBAIN, ED The Big Bad City. Add SC: Matthew Hope McCABE, EUGENE Victims. [Northern Ireland] McGAUGHEY, DUDLEY DEAN. (Corrected spelling.) MADSEN, AXEL. 1930-2007. MARSH, ROBERT W. 1924-2006. MARTIN, DAVID M(cCART). 1937-1996. -The Task. Secker, 1975 [Ireland] -The Road to Ballyshannon. Secker, 1981; St. Martin’s, 1981 [Ireland, 1920s] MATTHEWS, ANNE McLEAN. Pseudonym of Anne Strieber, 1946- , wife of (Louis) Whitley Strieber, 1945- , q.v. The Cave. (Written by Whitley Strieber, 1945- , q.v.) MAY, NAOMI -Troubles. Calder, 1976 [Northern Ireland] MENDENHALL, KITTY Moon of the Lost Frenchman. [Wisconsin] MONTAGUE, RICHARD. 1925- . -Frank Faces of the Dead. New Horizon, 1979 [Northern Ireland] MORROW, JOHN. 1930- . -The Confessions of Proinsias O’Toole. Blackstaff (Belfast), 1977 [Belfast] OAKES, LESLIE MANTON. 1862-1949. Traitors Twain, with John Shaw, 1838-1906. Routledge, 1899 [Australia] OSBORNE, WILLIAM HAMILTON. A lawyer in New York. OWEN, DEAN. Dudley Dean McGaughey. (Corrected spelling.) OWENS, MARTIN. Pseudonym of Laurence Klavan, 1957- , q.v. Joint pseudonym with Andrew Klavan, 1954- , q.v.: Margaret Tracy, q.v. Legal Eagles. New York: Zoetrope pb, 1986 (Novelization of film: Universal, 1986; scw: Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr.; dir: Ivan Reitman.) PENZLER, OTTO. 1942- . Well-known editor and publisher of mystery fiction in the United States; owner of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Nominally the co-author of a three-book mystery series which he conceived; a cash prize was offered to the first reader to send in the correct solution, which was withheld from the book. In actuality, regardless of the bylines on the books, all three were plotted by Edward D. Hoch, 1930- , q.v., and written in final form by either Ron Goulart or Thomas Gifford, qq.v. _The Medical Center Murders. See the entry under Lisa Drake. _Prize Meets Murder. See the entry under R. T. Edwards. _This Prize Is Dangerous. See the entry under Matthew Prize. PHILLIPS, MARY. 1915- . Author of one novel included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below. Catchee Chinaman. Add earlier edition: Pretoria South Africa: El Greco, hc, 1973. Ian Henry, UK, hc, 1982. Add setting: South Africa. “Novel set in Capetown dealing with the illegal gambling game known in Chinese as Fah Fee (and elsewhere as the Numbers Racket).” PLUNKETT, SUSAN (IRENE). 1945- . Add as a new author entry. Lives in Washington state; primarily a writer of romantic fiction. Timepool. Jove, pb, 1999. Setting: California; 1890/1999. [A time-travel romance novel in which Caladonia Hornsby ends up in the future while hunting down her father’s killer.] ![]() The Alamut Ambush. TV movie: UK, 1986 (scw; Murray Smith; dir: Ken Grieve). Composed of two episodes of the British TV series Chessgame: “The Alamut Ambush” plus “Enter Hassan.” SC: Dr. David Audley (Terence Stamp) ![]() ![]() This Prize Is Dangerous. Star, UK, pb, 1985. (Written by Thomas Gifford, 1937-2000, q.v., from a detailed plot outline by Edward D. Hoch, 1930- , q.v.) SC: Matthew Prize. This is the third of a three-book mystery series conceived by Otto Penzler, q.v., in which the ending was withheld and a cash prize was offered to the first reader to send in the correct solution. See Otto Penzler’s entry for others in the series. After poor sales on the first two, Pocket cancelled the series in the US, and this final book appeared only in the UK. PROWSE, PHILIP. Since 1993 a full-time writer and freelance trainer, directing teachers courses overseas and in Cambridge where he now lives. All titles below intended for adults learning to read; add the ones indicated by an asterisk (*). Add series character: private eye Lenny Samuel, who has also appeared in several similar books published after 2000. This is now the author’s complete entry in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. * Bristol Murder. Heinemann, UK, 1973, 80pp. Setting: Bristol. [A runaway boy’s uncle has been found dead.] Double Cross. Cambridge University Press, UK, pb, 1999, 64pp. [A politician survives an attempted assassination in Stockholm; secret agent Monika Lundgren is instructed to find the people responsible.] L.A. Detective. Heinemann, UK, pb, 1993, 16pp. (LS) Add setting: Los Angeles. [Lenny has to make the ransom exchange for a businessman’s kidnapped daughter.] ![]() ROSENBLUM, MARY. 1952- . Primary a science fiction writer, the author has written four detective novels as Mary Freeman, q.v. Add the SF novel below as having a significant crime-related component. -The Stone Garden. Del Rey, 1995. Setting: New Mexico, future. [When a number of sculptors working with asteroids as material are murdered, Michael Tryon finds that he is being framed.] ![]() A Time to Live, a Time to Die. Minerva Press, UK, pb, 1997. Setting: New York City. A Wish to Die, a Will to Live. Minerva Press, UK, pb, 1997. Add: Trafford, Canada, pb, 2006. Add setting: New York City. “John Stone’s wife lay dead ... murdered along with his son and daughter, shot by a masked intruder.” ![]() SHAW, JOHN. 1838-1906. See: Leslie Manton Oakes, 1862-1949. SNELL, EDMUND Murder in Switzerland. Add [London, Paris] SOMERSET, ANNE Unnatural Murder. (True crime–novelized?) STEVENSON, ANNE. Pseudonym of Felicity Avery. STRIEBER, ANNE. 1946- . Pseudonym: Anne McLean Matthews, q.v. Ref: CA. STRIEBER, (LOUIS) WHITLEY. See also: Anne McLean Matthews. SUTHERLAND, GRANT -Mammon. Pyramid (Perth), 1988 [Perth] TANNAHILL, REAY. 1929-2007. TAYLOR, P(HILIP) N(EVILLE) WALKER. Had medical degree from Sydney University in 1927, and joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon in WWII. THOMPSON, W(ILLIAM) CRAWFORD. 1929-1998. TOMA, DAVID Toma, with Michael Brett, 1921-2000. WALLACE, EDGAR The Joker. [London] WARD, WILLIAM The Inn of Terror; see Jeff Clayton’s Man Trap Jeff Clayton’s Blind Trail; or, Trapped by the Letter S. Probably reprinted as: Trapped by the Letter S. Modern Readers Club, ca.1929 Jeff Clayton’s Man-Trap; or, The Inn of Terror. Probably reprinted as: The Inn of Terror. Modern Readers Club, ca.1929 Trapped by the Letter S.; see Jeff Clayton’s Blind Trail WARNER, KENNETH LOUIS. 1915-1990. WHITE, JON (EWBANK) MANCHIP Nightclimber. [Europe] WILLIAMS, DAVID. 1941- . Joint pseudonym with John (Bradley) Leslie, 1944- , q.v.: David Bradley, q.v WISE, ERNIE. Birth name: Ernest Wiseman. YOUD, (CHRISTOPHER) SAMUEL. Birth name: Sam Youd. YOUNG, KENDAL. Phyllis Brett Young, 1914-1996. YOUNG, PHYLLIS BRETT. 1914-1996. YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME: Copyright © 2007 by
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