THE BEST OF MYSTERY
Hitchcock, Alfred (editor) (Edward D. Hoch; Henry Slesar; Pauline C. Smith; Avram Davidson; Lawrence Block; Jack Ritchie; Hillary Waugh; Charles Boeckman; Roderick Wilkinson; Bill Pronzini; F. J. Kelly; Ed McBain; Gilbert Ralston; Donald E. Westlake)
Published by Galahad Books, New York, 1980
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe
AbeBooks seller since June 9, 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
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636 pp. Black boards decorated in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Winter Run by Edward D. Hoch; You Can't Blame Me by Henry Slesar; A Flower in Her Hair by Pauline C. Smith; The Cost of Kent Castwell by Avram Davidson; Pseudo Identity by Lawrence Block; That Russian by Jack Ritchie; Galton and the Yelling Boys by Hillary Waugh; Blind Date by Charles Boeckman; Pressure by Roderick Wilkinson; The Running Man by Bill Pronzini; The Vietnam Circle by F. J. Kelly; Sadie When She Died by Ed McBain; A Very Cautious Boy by Gilbert Ralston; A Try for the Big Prize by Borden Deal; Undertaker Please Drive Slow by Ron Goulart; Never Shake a Family Tree by Donald E. Westlake; Here Lies Another Blackmailer by Bill Pronzini; Dead Duck by Lawrence Treat; Games for Adults by John Lutz; Night of the Twisters by James Michael Ullman; Variations on a Game by Patricia Highsmith; Child's Play by William Link and Richard Levinson; Just a Little Impractical Joker by Richard Stark; Murderer #2 by Jean Potts; The Third Call by Jack Ritchie; Damon and Pythias and Delilah Brown by Rufus King; Glory Hunter by Richard M. Ellis; Linda is Gone by Pauline C. Smith; Frightened Lady by C. B. Gifford; Come Back Come Back by Donald E. Westlake; Once Upon a Bank Floor by James Holding; Warrior's Farewell by Edward D. Hoch; Death by Misadventure by Wenzell Brown; With a Smile for the Ending by Lawrence Block; Television Country by Charlotte Edwards; Art for Money's Sake by Dan J. Marlowe; Nothing but Human Nature by Hillary Waugh; Murder 1990/C by C. B. Gifford; Panther Panther in the Night by Paul W. Fairman; Perfectly Timed Plot by E. X. Ferrars; #8 by Jack Ritchie; All the Needless Killing by Bryce Walton; A Melee of Diamonds by Edward D. Hoch; One for the Crow by Mary Barrett; Happiness before Death by Henry Slesar; News from Nowhere by Ron Goulart; A Case of Desperation by Kate Wilhelm; An Interlude for Murder by Paul Tabori; Death Overdue by Eleanor Daly Boylan; The Best Friend Murder by Donald E. Westlake; Pattern of Guilt by Helen Nielsen; A Real Live Murderer by Donald Honig; Doctor Apollo by Bryce Walton; The Pursurer by Holly Roth; Final Arrangements by Lawrence Page; Countdown by David Ely; Murder Between Friends by Nedra Tyre; Case of the Kind Waitress by Henry Slesar; Ghost of a Chance by Carroll Mayers; The Montevideo Squeeze by James Holding; and The White Moth by Margaret Chenoweth. Size: 8vo.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE BEST OF MYSTERY
- Author
- Hitchcock, Alfred (editor) (Edward D. Hoch; Henry Slesar; Pauline C. Smith; Avram Davidson; Lawrence Block; Jack Ritchie; Hillary Waugh; Charles Boeckman; Roderick Wilkinson; Bill Pronzini; F. J. Kelly; Ed McBain; Gilbert Ralston; Donald E. Westlake)
- Publisher
- Galahad Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- Very Good+
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Mystery and Detective
WF Sandercombe
Burlington, ON, Canada
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