Win, Lose or Die (1996) Anthology by Cynthia Manson; Constance Scarborough (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: A unique anthology, featuring works from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, gathers together a page-turning collection of stories where the stakes are always life and death, and the games range from poker and chess to Scrabble and crosswords.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Includes the following 26 stories:
Forrest V. Perrin – DEALER’S CHOICE
Anthony Boucher – THE LAST HAND
John Steinbeck – THE CRAPSHOOTER
John Philip Cohane – THE SCRABBLE CLUE
Henry Slesar – THE POISONED PAWN
Sara Paretsky – THE TAKAMOKU JOSEKI
“Pat Hand” – THE ACE OF SPADES
Lord Dunsany – THE NEW MASTER
Robert Loy – LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIAL CONCERNS
Agatha Christie – BEWARE THE KING OF CLUBS
Jack Ritchie – THE WAY TO DO IT
Robert L. Fish – MULDOON AND THE NUMBERS GAME
Phil Davis – MURDER, ANYONE?
Ruth Rendell – THE MAN WHO WAS THE GOD OF LOVE
Harry Kemelman – END PLAY
Lawrence Block – GENTLEMEN’S AGREEMENT
David Kaufman – MR. HANCOCKS LAST GAME
H.R.F. Keating – SCRABBLE BABBLE DABBLE
Theodore Mathieson – THE CHESS PARTNER
Bill Pronzini – SHADE WORK
R.L. Stevens – KING’S KNIGHT GAMBIT DECLINED
Nedra Tyre – THE MURDER GAME
James Holding – CARD SENSE
George C. Chesbro – FOUR KNIGHTS GAME
Stanley Ellin – FOOL’S MATE
Ellery Queen – THE GAMBLERS’ CLUB
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