Best Detective Stories of the Year 1977 31st Annual Collection by Edward D. Hoch (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: The Year’s Best Mystery & Suspense Stories 1982 edited by Edward D. Hoch, was the first volume in a then-new annual series of "best" short mystery-detective-suspense stories. Previously, from 1976 to 1981, Hoch had edited the annual series titled BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR, which was begun by David C. Cooke in 1946.
Probably most readers of detective/ mystery fiction harbor a secret desire to solve a mystery themselves. This unusual collection offers that opportunity because in many of the stories, you, the reader, are the detective. Although murder is the principal crime involved, there is also art fraud, literary theft, blackmail, conspiracy, and forged identity—a broad range of subjects on which to sharpen your skills. Pay close attention to detail and you will be rewarded. Ruth Rendell’s hero of “People Don’t Do Such Things’’ is a good example of just how well it can pay off; Joyce Porter’s Inspector Dover might be another; and surely Charles W. Runyon’s Breeze Henley will be a comfort to you in case you fail to solve the mystery by yourself. But there are too many wonderfully imaginative stories in these pages to enumerate all the main characters here
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION IX
ETTA REVESZ—Like a Terrible Scream From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
RUTH RENDELL—People Don’t Do Such Things From The Fallen Curtain
BARBARA CALLAHAN—November Story From Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine
JACK RITCHIE—Next in Line From Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
AVRAM DAVIDSON—Crazy Old Lady From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
BILL PRONZINI—Sweet Fever From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
JAMES HOLDING—Rediscovery From Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
CHARLES W. RUNYON—Death Is My Passenger From Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine
JANE SPEED—View from the Inside From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
LAWRENCE BLOCK—A Pair of Recycled Jeans From Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
JOYCE PORTER—Dover Does Some Spadework From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
ROBERT BLOCH—Crook of the Month From Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
S.S. RAFFERTY—The Georgia Resurrection From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
EDWARD D. HOCH—The Centennial Assassin From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
RICH RAINEY—The Man in the White Room From Mystery Monthly
LAURENCE SHEEHAN—“The Christmas Tree Lot Murders" From The Atlantic Monthly
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See also:
Best Detective Stories of the Year 1946 https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1294&t=4069016&hilit=Best+Detective+Stories
Best Detective Stories of the Year 1963 https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=121&p=8078219#p8078219
Best Detective Stories of the Year 1968 https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1294&t=4069265&hilit=Best+Detective+Stories
Best Detective Stories of the Year 1979 https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1294&t=3893031&hilit=Best+Detective+Stories
Best of the Best Detective Stories: 25th anniversary https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1294&t=3243160&hilit=Best+Detective+Stories
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