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Mystery Short Stories
Collections of short mystery stories.
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- The Adventures of the Missing Detective (edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg)
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- Akashic Noir series: see Noir (Akashic) series, below
- Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty years of Crime and Suspense (edited by Linda Landrigan)
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- Asimov, Isaac: Black Widowers series
- Tales of the Black Widowers
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- More Tales of the Black Widowers
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- Casebook of the Black Widowers
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- Banquets of the Black Widowers
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- Puzzles of the Black Widowers
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- The Return of the Black Widowers
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- Baltimore Noir (edited by Laura Lippman)
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- Beck, K.K.: The Tell-Tale Tattoo and Other Stories
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (edited by Lawrence Block)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (edited by James Ellroy)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (edited by Michael Connelly)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2004 (edited by Nelson DeMille)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (edited by Joyce Carol Oates)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (edited by Scott Turow)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2007 (edited by Carl Hiaasen)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (edited by George Pelecanos)
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- Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (edited by Jeffrey Deaver)
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- Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg)
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- The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (edited by Otto Penzler)
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- The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age (edited by Otto Penzler)
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- Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers (edited by Otto Penzler)
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- Block, Lawrence: Enough Rope
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- Block, Lawrence: One Night Stands and Lost Weekends
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- Blood on Their Hands (edited by Lawrence Block)
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- The Blue Religion: New Stories About Cops, Criminals, and the Chase (edited by Michael Connelly)
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- Bronx Noir (edited by S.J. Rozan)
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- Brooklyn Noir (edited by Tim McLoughlin)
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- Brooklyn Noir 2 (edited by Tim McLoughlin)
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- Candy Cane Murder by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, & Leslie Meier
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- Chandler, Raymond: Collected Stories
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- Chandler, Raymond: The Simple Art of Murder
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- Chicago Blues (edited by Libby Fischer Hellmann)
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- Chicago Noir (edited by Neal Pollack)
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- Clark, Mary Higgins: The Lottery Winner
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- Cohen, Stanley: A Night in the Manchester Store and Other Stories
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- Collins, Barbara & Max Allan: Murder -- His and Hers
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- Criminal Appetites (edited by Jeffrey Marks)
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- Criminal Tendencies (edited by Lynne Patrick)
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- D.C. Noir (edited by George Pelecanos)
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- Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table (edited by Otto Penzler)
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- The Deadly Bride and 21 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg)
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- Deadly Housewives (edited by Christine Matthews)
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- Death Do Us Part: New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder (edited by Harlan Coben)
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- Delhi Noir (edited by Hirsh Sawhney)
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- The Detection Collection (edited by Simon Brett)
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- Detroit Noir (edited by E.J. Olsen & John C. Hocking)
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- Dublin Noir (edited by Ken Bruen)
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- Expletive Deleted (edited by Jen Jordan)
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- Flesh and Blood series (edited by Max Allan Collins & Jeff Gelb)
- Flesh and Blood
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- Flesh and Blood: Dark Desires
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- Flesh and Blood: Guilty as Sin
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- Florida Heat Wave (edited by Michael Lister)
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- Gardner, Earle Stanley: The Casebook of Sidney Zoom
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- The Ghosts of Baker Street (edited by Martin H. Greenberg, John Lellenberg, & Daniel Stashower)
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- Greatest Hits: Original Stories of Assassins, Hitmen, and Hired Guns (edited by Robert J. Randisi)
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- Halter, Paul: The Night of the Wolf
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- Hansen, Joseph: Bohannon's Women
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- Havana Noir (edited by Achy Obejas)
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- Hart, Carolyn: Secrets and Other Stories of Suspense
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- Haywood, Gar Anthony: Lyrics for the Blues
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- A Hell of a Woman (edited by Megan Abbott)
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- Hensley, Joe L.: Deadly Hunger and Other Tales
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- Hess, Joan: Big Foot Stole My Wife & Other Stories
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- Hess, Joan: Death of a Romance Writer and Other Stories
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- Higgins, George V.: The Easiest Thing in the World
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- Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (edited by Sarah Cortez and Liz Mrtinez)
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- A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime (edited by Jeffery Deaver)
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- Kellerman, Faye: The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
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- Killer Year: Stories to Die For...From the Hottest New Crime Writers (edited by Lee Child)
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- Las Vegas Noir (Akhasic) (edited by Jarret Keene and Todd James Pierce)
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- Leonard, Elmore: When the Women Come Out to Dance
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- Lippman, Laura: Hardly Knew Her
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- London Noir (Akhasic) (edited by Cathi Unsworth)
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- London Noir (Capital Crime) (edited by Maxim Jakubowski)
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- Love and Death (edited by Carolyn Hart)
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- MacDonald, John D.: More Good Old Stuff
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- The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime (edited by Maxim Jakubowski)
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- The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries & Impossible Crimes (edited by Mike Ashley)
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- The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunits (edited by Mike Ashley)
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- The Mammoth Book of Vintage Whodunnits (edited by Maxim Jakubowski)
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- Mahattan Noir (edited by Lawrence Block)
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- McBain, Ed: Learning to Kill
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- McBain, Ed: The McBain Brief
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- A Merry Band of Murderers (edited by Claudia Bishop & Don Bruns)
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- The Mighty Johns (edited by Otto Penzler)
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- Minnesota Crime Wave series:
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- Silence of the Loons: Thirteen Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Crime Writers
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- Resort to Murder: Thirteen More Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Crime Writers
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- A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women (edited by Elizabeth George)
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- Much Ado About Murder (edited by Anne Perry)
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- Muller, Marcia: Somewhere in the City
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- Murder Among Friends (by the Adams Round Table)
- Murder at the Racetrack (edited by Otto Penzler)
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- Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg, & Daniel Stashover)
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- Murder in the Family (by the Adams Round Table)
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- Murder, My Dear Watson (edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg, & Daniel Stashover)
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- Murder on the Ropes: Original Boxing Mysteries (edited by Otto Penzler)
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- Murder on the Run (by the Adams Round Table)
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- My Sherlock Holmes (edited by Michael Kurland)
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- Noir (Akashic) series by various authors