Algren, Nelson,
--Say A Prayer for the Guy, No. 1, 1985. (reprint)

Avallone, Michael,
--A Bullet for Big Nick, No. 2, 1985. (reprint)

Ball, James,
--Appointment with the Governor, No. 3, 1985. (reprint)

Banks, Carolyn,
--Mean to My Father, No. 6, 1986.

Barnes, Linda,
--Lucky Penny, No. 3, 1985. *

Bowman, David A.,
--Pincushion, No. 4, 1986. (reprint)

Brown, R. D.,
--Frisbee in the Middle, No. 6, 1986.

Chandler, Raymond,
--Backfire, No. 1, 1985. (reprint)

Charyn, Jerome,
--The Blue Book of Crime, No. 7, 1986.

Coggins, Mark,
--There's No Such Thing as Private Eyes, No. 4, 1986.

Collins, Michael,
--A Reason to Die, No. 2, 1985.
--Killer's Mind, No. 6, 1986.

Dimond, Clark,
--You Can't Fire Me for Doing My Job, No. 7, 1986.

Ellroy, James,
--High Darktown, No. 5, 1986.

Estleman, Loren D.,
--Bloody July, No. 1, 1985.
--Blond and Blue, No. 4, 1986.
--The Crooked Way, 1988. Shamus

Faust, Irvin,
--Action at Vicksburg, No. 5, 1986.

Gault, William Campbell,
--Dead-End for Delia, No. 2, 1985.

Gilbert, Michael,
--A Pity About the Girl, No. 3, 1985.

Glennon, Maurade,
--Murder, Though It Has No Tongue ..., No. 7, 1986.

Gores, Joe,
--Come Morning, No. 2, 1985. (excerpt)

Goulart, Ron,
--Hollywood Detective, No. 7, 1986.

Haggard, William,
--Timeo Danaos, No. 5, 1986. (reprint)

Hammett, Dashiell,
--After the Thin Man: Part I, No. 5, 1986.
--After the Thin Man: Conclusion, No. 6, 1986.

Handley, Mike,
--Psychodrama, No. 4, 1986.

Heyrman, Peter,
--One for the Money, No. 7, 1986.

Higgins, George V.,
--A Case of Chivas Regal, No. 1, 1985.
--The Sins of the Fathers, No. 4, 1986.

Hillerman, Tony,
--Chee's Witch, No. 7, 1986.

Hoch, Edward D.,
--The Other Eye, No. 4, 1986. (reprint)

Howard, Clark,
--Breaking Even, No. 3, 1985.

Keating, H. R. F.,
--And We in Dreams, No. 2, 1985. (reprint)

Koenig, Joseph L.,
--The Scoop, No. 4, 1986.

Le Carré, John,
--George Smiley Goes Home, No. 2, 1985. (reprint)

Leonard, Elmore,
--LaBrava, No. 2, 1985. (excerpt)

Lovesey, Peter,
--Trace of Spice, No. 2, 1985.

Lyons, Arthur,
--Trouble in Paradise, No. 1, 1985.

McBain, Ed,
--Honesty, No. 7, 1986.

Nolan, William F.,
--The Pulpcon Kill, No. 1, 1985.

Oates, Joyce Carol,
-- Little Moses/The Society for the Reclamation and Restoration of "E. Auguste Napoléon Bonaparte," No. 7, 1986.

O'Keefe, James,
--Death Makes a Comeback, No. 3, 1985.

Oren, Steve,
--The Death of the Tenth Man, No. 7, 1986.

Pachter, Josh,
--Busman's Holiday, No. 7, 1986.

Parker, Robert B.,
--Promised Land, No. 1, 1985. (excerpt, reprint)

Romun, Isak,
--The Grabber, No. 3, 1985.
--Capriccio, No. 7, 1986.

Sampson, Robert,
--Rain in Pinton County, No. 5, 1986.

Scott, Jeffry,
--A Friend to the Limit, No. 6, 1986.

Simenon, Georges,
--The Man Behind the Looking Glass (translated by Harold J. Salemson), No. 6, 1986. (reprint)

Sims, George,
--Remember Mrs. Fitz! No. 1, 1985.
--Family Butcher, No. 5, 1986.

Snyder, James Lee,
--Shopping Cart Howard, No. 5, 1986.

Thompson, Jim,
--The Ripoff: Part I, No. 1, 1985.
--The Ripoff: Part II, No. 2, 1985.
--The Ripoff: Part III, No. 3, 1985.
--The Ripoff: Conclusion, No. 4, 1986.

Walls, Harold,
--It Was a Hard Fall, No. 6, 1986.

Westlake, Donald E.,
--Good Behavior, No. 3, 1985. (excerpt)

Williamson, Chet,
--Some Jobs Are Simple, No. 5, 1986.