Manhattan Mysteries

by Bill Pronzini (Editor), Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)

All 25 short stories by top writers, in this delightful compendium, have a common motif: intrigue, suspense, and crime in New York City. What a perfect companion for a snowed-in night! The editors of this great big collection have selected stories whose plots and styles differ widely. What shines through is the setting -- the Big Apple. Suggestion: Read one story a night and you'll look forward to even the coldest, most blustery evening. Perfect for your permanent library or as a gift to a friend or associate, Manhattan Mysteries gives you the widest spectrum of entertainment, from mystery/humor to mystery/suspense, at an astonishingly low price.

Contents:

Introduction: Mysterious island
The good samaritan / Isaac Asimov
Mom sings an aria / James Yaffe
The woman I envied / George Baxt
New York blues / Cornell Woolrich
Small homicide / Ed McBain
The gentleman from Paris / John Dickson Carr
The lord of Central Park / Avram Davidson
A craving for originality / Bill Pronzini
The day of the bullet / Stanley Ellin
The crime of the century / R. L. Stevens
The back stairway / Hal Ellson
The hawk and the dome of Hell / S. S. Rafferty
The beatings / Evan Hunter
A place of her own / Joyce Harrington
The medical finger / Ellery Queen
The corpse in the Statue of Liberty / William Irish
The cop and the anthem / O. Henry
Jericho and the cardboard box / Hugh Pentecost
The man who came back / Edward D. Hoch
Hildegarde Withers is back / Stuart Palmer
The quality of mercy / Eleazar Lipsky
Murder in one scene / Q. Patrick
The missing man / Katherine MacLean
The garrulous Garrity grand scam / Francis M. Nevins, Jr.
God save the mark: a novel / Donald E. Westlake

Genres: Short Stories, Anthologies

579 pages, Hardcover

First published May 20, 1987

About the author

Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels
Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink

Married to author Marcia Muller.

Pseudonyms:
Robert Hart Davis (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Jack Foxx
William Jeffrey (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Alex Saxon

Reviews

[Ryan Mishap · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yet another thrift store find, this has shorts from many authors--by the way, there are editors of this volume so I don't know why Asimov is listed as the author--all taking place in the titular locale. Some are trash--McBain, for instance--and others are good. In short, just like every other mystery anthology ever created. You probably don't need to go look this one up.

[Elysse AKA EILIS Heller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Various authors/short stories.