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Nelson, John,
--Magwitch Returns, April, 1986.

Nelson, N.,
--Death Penalty, July-August, 1998. (author's first publication)

Nelson, Steven,
--Bride of Mister Hand, November, 1992.
--Statue of a Swine, September, 1993.
--Escape of the Egg, January, 1994.

Nesbit, E.,
--Man-Size in Marble, November, 2001. (reprint from Grim Tales, 1893.)

Nevins, Franics M., Jr., (1943- )
--Bad Bargain, January 7, 1981.
--The Lobsenz Intrusion, May, 1982.

Newton, B.,
--Brotherly Concerns, July, 1986. (author's first publication)
--Simple Minds, Simple Tasks, September, 1986.
--A Puppydog's Tail, November, 1987.
--Grave Sights, November, 1988.

Nielsen, Helen,
--A Degree of Innocence, 1958.

Niven, Larry,
--$16,940.00, February, 1974.

Noble, James A.,
--The Mountain Mishap Mystery, December, 1985.
--Murder in the Fast Lane, Mid-December, 1985.
--The Investment in Murder Mystery, February, 1986.
--Walling Up the Calls, July, 1986.
--The Invisible Clue, October, 1986.
--Epitaph for a Trash Bin, February, 1987.
--Package Deal, January, 1997.
--The Case of the Silent Kidnapper and the Seventy Pecent Solution, February, 1997.
--The Kompetition Killer, January, 1998.

Nodar, Janet,
--Zipimart Eddie, November, 1996. (author's first publication)
--The Callers, September, 1999.

Noetzel, Rick,
--Good Old Days, June, 2002. (short short)
--Second from the Right, February, 2003. (author's first feature publication)

Nolan, William F., (1928- )
--The Strange Case of Mr. Pruyn, December, 1956. (aka Into the Lion's Den)

Noonan, Richard Rowell,
--Uncles of Greed, December, 1996.

Novak, Stephen R.,
--No More Questions, 1975. *

Noyes, Alfred,
--Uncle Hyacinth, March, 1986. (reprint)
--Goblin Peaches, December, 1989. (reprint)

Nussbaum, Albert F.,
--The Counterfeit Conman, 1975. *

Obermayr, Erich,
--A Matter of Blood and Wax, February, 1988.
--A Matter of Brazilian Import, May, 1989.
--Murder in the Passage Vendome, January, 1992.
--Marcel Sieurac's Murder, Mid-December, 1993.
--An English Collection, May, 1997.

O'Connell, Steve, (Jack Ritchie)
--Death, Taxes, and ..., February, 1960.
--9 from 12 Leaves 3, November, 1960. *
--Put Together a Man, May, 1961.
--Remains to Be Seen, June, 1961.
--The Quiet Eye, August, 1961.
--Kill the Taste, June, 1964.
--A Piece of the World, June, 1965. * (as by Jack Ritchie)
--9 from 12 Leaves 3, June, 1991. (reprint)

O-Connor, Lawton,
--The Alias, Winter, 1989. (reprint)

O'Daniel, Janet,
--Career in Crime, December, 1985.
--Patchwork, Mid-December, 1985.
--House by the Road, January, 1987.
--Florida Primitive, October, 1988.
--Death of an Alumnus, December, 1988.
--A Heart for Murder, Mid-December, 1988.
--Murder Below Broad Street, Mid-December, 1992.
--Wake the Dead, May, 1993.

O'Donnell, Steve, (Jack Ritchie)
--Sound Alibi, August, 1957.
--The Women Behind the Gun, April, 1959.

O'Donohoe, Nick,
--Checking Out, September, 1990.

O'Keeffe, Patrick,
--Loyalty, 1971.
--Restored Evidence, 1972.
--Mute Robbery, Mid-December, 1991. (reprint)

Olcott, Anthony,
--A Dacha to Die In, April, 1992.

Oliphant, Mrs.,
--The Open Door, September, 1989. (reprint)

Olinghouse, Lane,
--The Thing Under the Bed, January, 1990.

Olson, Donald,
--The Truth That Kills, 1972.
--The Last Time, January 2, 1980.
--A Token of Appreciation, June, 1981.
--Deceiving Appearances, September, 1989.
--By Night Disguised, October, 1990.

O'Neill, Judith,
--The Note, April, 1988.
--Bridey's Caller, May, 1988.

Orenstein, Frank,
--But I Never Go to Chelsea, April, 1991.

Owens, Michael,
--The Billboard Killing, September, 1991.(author's first publication)
--Roses, Rhododendrons, and Ruth, June, 1994.
--McGuffy's House, June, 1997.
--The Car in the Woods, April, 1999.

Pachter, Josh,
--The Qatar Causeway, January, 1986.

Page, Lawrence,
--Final Arrangements, 1961.

Paretsky, Sara,
--The Case of the Pietro Andromache, December, 1988.

Parker, I. J.,
--Instruments of Murder, October, 1997. (author's first publication)
--The Curio Dealer's Wife, November, 1997.
--A Master of Go, December, 1998.
--Akitada's First Case, July-August, 1999.
--Rain at Rashomon, January, 2000.

Parker, Karen,
--Summer Notes, May, 1989.
--With the Best of Intentions, July, 1989.
--Camp Affair, December, 1989.
--Chet and Emily: A Strange Silence, July, 1990.

Parker, Percy Spurlark,
--Lady Luck, March 26, 1980.

Pastor, V.,
--The Find at Fenham Bog, June, 1993.

Paul, J. A.,
--When God's in Town, September, 1991.
--The Mirror, June, 1994.
--Streetwise, July-August, 1997.

Paul, Linda,
--King Josés Hobby, June, 1993. (poem)

Payne, Evelyn,
--The Hamburger Mind, Winter, 1989. (reprint)
--The Woman Who Could Not Lie, Mid-December, 1991. (reprint)

Perelman, S. J.,
--And Then the Whining Schoolboy, with His Satchel, December, 1996. (reprint)

Perkins, Wilder,
--Hoare and the Passed Master, November, 1998. (author's first publication)
--Hoare and the Frog Prince, February, 1999.
--Hoare and the Missing Mids, February, 2000.

Perry, Anne,
--Digby's First Case, August, 1988.

Peters, Lyn,
--A Class Act, January, 1988.
--Out of Touch, March, 1988.

Peterson, Charles,
--Augie and the White Sheep, June, 1986.
--Augie and the Fatal Fascination, September, 1988.
--Augie and the Ketchup King, December, 1989.
--Augie and the Mommy+s Curse, April, 1991.

Petrin, Jas. R.,
--The Smile, September, 1985. * (author's first publication)
--Man Next Door, November, 1986.
--Early Summer, December, 1986. *
--The Sailing, February, 1987.
--Magic Nights, March, 1987. *
--Prairie Heat, November, 1987. *
--The Still Small Voice, December, 1987.
--The Innocents, December, 1988. ** Arthur Ellis
--Killer in the House, Mid-December, 1988. Amphora
--Blanderson's Blue Blazes, February, 1990.
--Recumbent Among Lilies, August, 1990.
--The Ka, September, 1990.
--Human Man Gone, November, 1990. *
--The Potentate, January, 1991.
--The Shrew, May, 1991.
--The Bingo Players, July, 1991.
--Circle in the Field, December, 1991.
--Cop at the Wash, Mid-December, 1991.
--The Parade, October, 1992. (aka The Fireman)
--The Birthday, December, 1992.
--East End Cafe, June, 1993. *
--Zeke and the Dragon, June, 1994.
--Night Deposit, Mid-December, 1994. Petrin, Jas. R., (continued)
--Man in a Box, February, 1995.
--Death and Violets, May, 1995.
--Bump in the Night, October, 1995.
--The Wink, December, 1995.
--Dead in the Water, January, 1996.
--A Love Story, April, 1996.
--Skin Deep, August, 1996.
--The Snawfus, June, 1997.
--The Net, July-August, 1998.
--Second Sight, March, 1999.
--Missing Persons, July-August, 1999.
--The Secret of Life, November, 1999.
--Still Life, January, 2000.
--Old Con, March, 2000.
--Kidnapped, to appear.
--Just Wonderful, to appear.
--Black's Point, to appear.

Peverell, Anne,
--Pritt and the Twit, January, 1992. (author+s first publication)
--Blind Panic, September, 1992.

Phillips, Reynolds,
--The Only Good Umpire, December, 1990.

Pickard, Nancy,
--I, Witness, December, 1987.

Pierce, David,
--Mel's Rent-All, August, 1987.
--How to Murder Your Spouse, April, 1988.
--The Median Life, June, 1988.
--A Romantic Murder, July, 1988.

Pizzo, Sam,
--For the Taking, November, 1986.
--Hit Man, June, 1987.
--Wild Horses, April, 1996.
--So Far So Good, January, 1999.

Plews, Sara,
--Murder by the Tubful, December, 1986. (author+s first publication)

Poe, Edgar Allen,
--The Masque of the Red Death, July, 1992. (reprint)

Pomidor, William (or Bill),
--"M" Is for Mayo, June, 1991.
--Old Habits Die Hard, September, 1992.
--"B" Is for Bee, April, 1994.

Poole, Ed,
--A Day at the Lake, Winter, 1989. (author's first publication)

Porges, Arthur,
--A Change for the Better, 1963.
--Coffee Break, July, 1964. *
--The Beloved Object, June, 1986.
--Two Lunchdates with Destiny, August, 1990.
--Mystery and Magic on the Steppe, October, 1990.
--The Microdot Puzzle, November, 1997. * (short short)

Porges, Irwin,
--Find Artie Smerz - Dead or Alive, 1981.

Porter, Joyce,
--The Mystery of the White Elephant, June 16, 1980.
--The Stuff of Crime, February 3, 1982.
--Stamping on Crime, Mid-September, 1982.

Post, Judith L.,
--The Pigeon, March, 1992.
--A Bad Night in Derbyville, Mid-December, 1992.
--Aunt Sara's Favors, October, 1993.
--In the Balance, June, 1994.

Post, Melville Davisson,
--The Great Cipher, April, 1986. (reprint)

Potts, Jean,
--Murderer #2, 1960.

Powell, Talmage,
--Sudden, Sudden Death, November, 1957. * (novella)
--Old Man Emmons, February, 1962.
--Aftermath of Death, 1963.
--The Vital Element, November, 1967.
--Easy Mark, 1971. *
--Murder Method, January 30, 1980. (reprint)
--A Way with a Will, April 1, 1981.

Pronzini, Bill,
--Sometimes There Is Justice, 1968. * (also known as It's a Lousy World)
--The Snatch, May, 1969. *
--A Cold Day in November, November, 1969. (novelette)
--The Pattern, September, 1971. *
--Where Have You Gone, Sam Spade? January 30, 1980. (novelette)
--Wooden Indian, March, 1989.
--Free-Lance Operation, Mid-December, 1990. (reprint)
--also see Pronzini, Bill, and Barry N. Malzberg

Pronzini, Bill, and Barry N. Malzberg,
--Blazing Guns of the Rio Rangers, February 27, 1980.

Pulver, Mary Monica,
--The Oldest Established, Permanent Floating, March, 1986.
--Father Hugh and the Deadly Scythe, May, 1990.
--Father Hugh and the Miller's Devil, September, 1990.

Quill, Monica,
--The Other Urn, March, 1989.

Rafferty, S. S.,
--Go Disco 'Tec, Chick! January 2, 1980. (novelette)
--Tall Tommy and the Millionaire, September, 1982.
--Tall Tommy and the Millionaire, Winter, 1989. (reprint)
--Alectryon Slept, June, 1992. (reprint)

Ralston, Gilbert,
--A Very Cautious Boy, 1961.

Ramer, Edie,
--Retribution, September, 1990.
--Picking Daisies, June, 1991.
--A Pregnant Pause, October, 1992.
--Ripe for Death, September, 1993.

Raymond, Hope,
--Neighbors, July, 1989.

Reddall, D. H.,
--Seeing Red, October, 1990.
--Accounts Payable, June, 1991.
--Bad Blood, February, 1992.
--Backfire, September, 1992.
--Danger, Inc., June, 1993.
--Foursome, July, 1996.
--Bank Shot, June, 1997.
--Skin Game, January, 1999.

Rees, Arthur J.,
--The Missing Passenger's Trunk, October, 1987. (reprint)

Reeve, Paul G.,
--Atossa, September, 1997.

Reims, Gordon A.,
--A Summer Night's Visitor, August, 1987.

Reiss, Mike,
--Cro-Magnon, P.I., July-August, 1999. *

Resnicow, Herbert,
--The Christmas Bear, January, 1990.
--Filial Gifts, April, 1990.
--The Moonstone Earrings, May, 1990.

Reynolds, William J.,
--The Two Ninety-Nine Alibi, February, 1986.
--Guilt Enough to Go Around, September, 1986.
--Hit and Run, December, 1987.
--An Afternoon in the Country, February, 1997.

Rice, Jane,
--The Misfits, February, 1989.

Richards, Tony,
--The Writing on the Wall, September, 1991.
--Hamadryad, December, 1991.

Richardson, D. L.,
--Hunter and the Widow, June, 1984. *
--Hunter and the Bayman Puzzle, August, 1986.
--Hunter and the Ice Man, October, 1987.
--Emerald Hookers and Gold Shields, March, 1991. * (novelette)
--Hunter and the Sanibel Trade, June, 1993. (novelette)
--G-Men and Old Loves, July, 1993.
--The Provenance of Death, June, 1994.

Ripley, Ann, (Louise Eldridge)
--Woman in a Box, April, 1999.
--Skunked, October, 1999.

Ritchie, Jack,
--Bullet-Proof, January, 1957.
--Bomb #14, August, 1957.
--Welcome to My Prison, October, 1957.
--Hospitality Most Serene, January, 1958.
--What Frightened You, Fred? May, 1958.
--#8, June, 1958.
--Where the Wheel Stops ..., October, 1958.
--Man on a Leash, December, 1958.
--22 Stories up ... 22 Down, January, 1959.
--Frame-Up, April, 1959.
--The $5,000 Getaway, May, 1959.
--Such Things Happen at Night, July, 1959.
--Between 4 and 12, October, 1959.
--Painless Extraction, December, 1959.
--Falcons Fly Far, January, 1960.
--The Enormous $10, February, 1960.
--Fragrant Puzzle, March, 1960.
--Lily-White Town, May, 1960.
--When Buying a Fine Murder, June, 1960.
--The Fabulous Tunnel, September, 1960.
--Politics Is Simply Murder, November, 1960.
--The Crime Machine, January, 1961.
--You Can Trust Me, February, 1961.
--The Third Call, March, 1961.
--That Year's Victim, April, 1961.
--Play a Game of Cyanide, May, 1961.
--For All the Rude People, June, 1961. *
--Under Dim Street Lights, July, 1961.
--Good-bye, Memory, August, 1961.
--The Traveling Arm, November, 1961.
--Punch Any Number, December, 1961.
--Holdout, March, 1962.
--Upside Down World, May, 1962.
--Where the Finger Points, October, 1962.
--The Eyes Have It, November, 1962.
--Traveler's Check, December, 1962.
--A Taste for Murder, January, 1963.
--Just Between Us, Dad, February, 1963.
--The Green Heart, March, 1963. * Cinema: A New Leaf, 1970. Also recent Off-Broadway Musical Adaptation
--The Operator, June, 1963. *
--Anyone for Murder? January, 1964.
--Silence Is Gold, April, 1964. Ritchie, Jack, (continued)
--Sing a Song for Tony, April, 1965.
--Swing High, May 1965.
--A Piece of the World, June, 1965. *
--Memory Test, August, 1965.
--Package Deal, September, 1965. *
--Queasy Does It Not, October, 1965. *
--Copy Cat, January, 1966.
--Plan 19, April, 1966. *
--Twenty-Two Cents a Day, July, 1966. *
--Good-bye, Sweet Money, April, 1967.
--The Fifty-Cent Victims, May, 1967.
--The Push Button, June, 1967.
--With One Stone, July, 1967.
--The $15,000 Shack, August, 1967.
--The Best Driver in the Country, September, 1967. *
--By Child Undone, October, 1967. *
--Piggy Bank Killer, November, 1967.
--That Russian! May, 1968.
--The Killing Philosopher, June, 1968. *
--Dropout, January, 1969. *
--At Face Value, April, 1969.
--Pardon My Death Ray, October, 1969. *
--A Finger Here ... A Finger There, December, 1969. Ritchie, Jack, (continued)
--The Havana Express, July, 1970.
--Take Another Look, August, 1971. *
--The Violet Business, September, 1971.
--Listen, PIgs, Listen, November, 1971.
--Home-Town Boy, December, 1971.
--In Open Hiding, March, 1972.
--Let Your Fingers Do the Walking, April, 1972.
--Tight Little Town, May, 1972.
--Rights and Wrongs, June, 1972.
--Finger Man, July, 1972. *
--The Value of Privacy, August, 1972.
--Four on an Alibi, April, 1973.
--But Don't Tell Your Mother, August, 1973.
--End of the Line, October, 1973.
--The Wastebasket, December, 1973.
--When the Sheriff Walked, December, 1974. *
--Too Solid Mildred, March, 1975.
--To the Barricades! April, 1975.
--Bedlam at the Budgie, May, 1975.
--The Angler, October, 1975. *
--Finger Exercise, March, 1976.
--Next in Line, April, 1976. *
--Kid Cardula, June, 1976. *
--My Compliments to the Cook, January, 1977.
--The Cardula Detective Agency, March, 1977. *
--An Odd Pair of Socks, May, 1977.
--The Canvas Caper, August, 1977.
--Variations on a Scheme, September, 1977. *
--Box in a Box, October, 1977. *
--Cardula to the Rescue, December, 1977.
--The Scent of Camellias, March, 1978.
--Cardula and the Kleptomaniac, April, 1978.
--Cardula's Revenge, November, 1978.
--The Return of Bridget, December, 1978.
--The Hanging Tree, January, 1979.
--Stakeout, April, 1979.
--You Could Get Killed, June, 1979. Ritchie, Jack, (continued)
--The Last Journey, December 15, 1980.
--The Return of Cardula, February 3, 1982.
--Cardula and the Locked Rooms, March 31, 1982. *
--Ten Minutes from Now, January, 1986.
--Finger Man, Winter, 1989. (reprint)
--Variations on a Scheme, October, 1990. (reprint)
--The Angler, Mid-December, 1990. (reprint)
--The Killing Philosopher, June, 1991. (reprint)
--Pardon My Death Ray, Mid-December, 1991. (reprint)
--The Green Heart, December, 1997. (reprint)
--also see O'Connell, Steve
--also see O'Donnell, Steve

Ritchie, Steve,
--Post Mortem, May, 1987.
--You Can't Really Blame Them, November, 1996.

Roberts, Bethany,
--see Roberts, John Maddox, and Bethany Roberts

Roberts, John Maddox,
--Lotto, December, 1993.
--Mightier Than the Sword, Mid-December, 1993.
--also see Roberts, John Maddox, and Bethany Roberts

Roberts, John Maddox, and Bethany Roberts,
--Powderburn, December, 1996.

Robinson, Brian,
--Missing the Sign, May, 1999. (author's first publication)

Robinson, Gregor,
--The Haitian Murders, Mid-December, 1987.
--The Disappearance of Daphne, April, 1988.
--Voodoo Death, February, 1989.
--Metamorphosis, December, 1989.
--Pearls from Heaven, December, 1990.
--Guns at the Edge of the Empire, March, 1991.
--A Stranger Comes to the Village June, 1992.
--Flight from the Palm Court, June, 1994.

Rogers, Chris,
--My Finger's in the Light Socket and My Head's in the Oven, May, 1996.

Rolt, L. T. C.,
--The Mine, December, 1987. (reprint)

Romun, Isak,
--The Oracle of the Flag, December, 1987.
--Brittany, November, 1988.
--The Oriana Folio, June, 1989.
--The Pulcinella Pastiche, December, 1989.
--The Message, October, 1990. (reprint)
--The Colsum Painting, March, 1994.

Ross, Alec,
--Undercover, October, 1990.

Roth, Holly,
--The Pursuer, 1959.

Rowen, Ted,
--The Snake Bites Twice, July-August, 1997.

Rozan, S. J.,
--Body English, December, 1992.

Runyon, Charles W.,
--A Good Head for Murder, November, 1974.

Rusch, Kristine Kathryn,
--The Young Shall See Visions, and the Old Dream Dreams, July, 1989.
--Little Miracles, June, 1992.
--Scars, 1995. *

Russell, Lee,
--The Man at the Back of the Bus, December, 1988.

Rzetelny, Harriet,
--Graveyard Blues, October, 1999. (author's first publication)