Published in 2006
• Detection Club. The Verdict of Us All (An anthology in honor of H. R. F. Keating)
• Erle Stanley Gardner. The Casebook of Sidney Zoom (“Lost Classics”)
• Edward D. Hoch. More Things Impossible
• Amy Myers. Murder, ’Orrible Murder
• Ellis Peters. The Trinity Cat (“Lost Classics”)
• Rafael Sabatini. The Evidence of the Sword (“Lost Classics”)
• Julian Symons. The Detections of Francis Quarles (“Lost Classics”)
Published in 2007
• Lloyd Biggle. The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries (“Lost Classics”)
• Max Brand. Masquerade (“Lost Classics”)
• Mignon G. Eberhart. Dead Yesterday (“Lost Classics”)
• Ross Macdonald. The Archer Files
• Walter Satterthwait. The Mankiller of Pooejegai
Published in 2008
• John Dickson Carr and Val Gielgud. 13 to the Gallows
• Richard Lupoff. Quintet
• Peter Lovesey. Murder on the Short List
• Hugh Pentecost. The Battles of Jericho (“Lost Classics”)
Published in 2009
• Anthony Boucher and Denis Green. The Casebook of Gregory Hood (“Lost Classics”)
• Victor Canning. The Minerva Club (“Lost Classics”)
• Vera Caspary. The Murder in the Stork Club (“Lost Classics”)
• James Powell. A Pocketful of Noses
• Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett. A Little Intelli gence
• S. J. Rozan. A Tale About a Tiger
Published in 2010
• Erle Stanley Gardner. The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid
(“Lost Classics”)
• William Link. The Columbo Collection
• Philip Wylie. Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments (“Lost Classics”)
Published in 2011
• Vincent Cornier. The Duel of Shadows (“Lost Classics”)
• Loren D. Estleman. Valentino
• Elizabeth Ferrars. The Casebook of Jonas P. Jonas (“Lost Classics”)
• Melodie Johnson Howe. Shooting Hollywood
Published in 2014
• Charlotte Armstrong. Night Call (“Lost Classics”)
• Edward D. Hoch. Nothing Is Impossible
Published in 2015
• Phyllis Bentley. Chain ofWitnesses (“Lost Classics”)
• Anthony Berkeley. The Avenging Chance, Enlarged edition with one additional story (“Lost Classics”)
• Marilyn Todd. Swords, Sandals, and Sirens
Published in 2016
• Patrick Quentin. The Puzzles of Peter Duluth (“Lost Classics”)
• Frederick Irving Anderson. The Purple Flame and Other Detective Stories (“Lost Classics”)
• Detection Club. Motives for Murder, A Celebration of Peter Lovesey on His 80th Birthday
• JamesYaffe. My Mother, The Detective, Enlarged edition with one additional story
Published in 2017
• Edward D. Hoch. All But Impossible: The Impossible Files of Dr. Sam Hawthorne
• Anthony Gilbert. Sequel to Murder: The Cases of Arthur Crook and Other Mysteries (“Lost Classics”)
Published in 2018
• James Holding. The Zanzibar Shirt Mystery and Other Stories (“Lost Classics”)
• Elaine Viets. A Deal with the Devil and 13 Short Stories
• Edward D. Hoch. Challenge the Impossible, The Last Casebook of Dr. Sam Hawthorne
• William Brittain. The Man Who Read Mysteries (“Lost Classics”)
Published in 2019
• Peter Lovesey. The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories
• Q. Patrick/Patrick Quentin. The Cases of Lt. Timothy Trant
(“Lost Classics]
• Silver Bullets: The 25th anniversary of Crippen & Landru Publishing
Crippen & Landru has published a series of short stories as holiday gifts for subscribers and other supporters. Except for the first one, all the pamphlets are newly written for Crippen & Landru:
Margery Allingham. Room to Let, A Radio Play. 1999. Peter Lovesey. The Kiss of Death, A Peter Diamond Mystery.
2000.
Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Season of Sharing, A Sharon McCone and “Nameless Detective” Story. 2001.
James Yaffe. Mom Lights a Candle. 2002.
H.R.F. Keating. Majumdar Uncle, An Inspector Ghote Story. 2003.
Joe Gores. No Crib for His Bed, A DKA Files Story. 2004. Peter Robinson. Blue Christmas, An Inspector Banks Story.
2005.
Edward D. Hoch. The Christmas Egg, A Simon Ark Story.
2006.
Margaret Maron. Io Saturnalia! 2007.
Edward Marston. Hogmanay Homicide. 2008. Liza Cody. Mr. Bo. 2009.
Kathy Lynn Emerson. Lady Appleton and the Yuletide Hogglers. 2010.
Loren D. Estleman. Wolfe in the Manger, A Claudius Lyon Story. 2011.
Barbara and Max Allan Collins. writing as Barbara Allan. Antique Slay Ride. 2014.
Amy Myers. Tom Wasp and the Winter’s Rage. 2015. Marilyn Todd. Bull’s Eye, A Claudia Seferious Story. 2017 Elaine Viets. The Scrooge Society. 2018.
To honor writers recognized at Malice Domestic Conventions Crippen & Landru has been privileged to be associated with Malice Domestic in issuing chapbooks containing previously unpublished or little-known material. They are given to each person in attendance at the convention.
Ellery Queen. The Adventure of the Scarecrow and the Snowman. 1998.
John Dickson Carr. The Detective in Fiction and Harem-Scarem. 1999.
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. 2000. Rex Stout. By His Own Hand. 2001.
Tony Hillerman. Chee’s Witch. 2002. Elizabeth Peters. Liz Peters, PI. 2003. Erle Stanley Gardner. Early Birds. 2004.
Ellis Peters. Let NothingYou Dismay! 2005. Craig Rice. I’ll SeeYou in My Dreams. 2006. Georgette Heyer. Night at the Inn. 2007.
Peter Lovesey. The Homicidal Hat. 2008. Nancy Pickard. Dr. Couch Saves a Bird. 2009.
Edward D. Hoch. The Killdeer Chronicles. 2010. Sue Grafton. The Lying Game. 2011.
Lee Goldberg. Mr. Monk and the BBQ. 2012. Aaron Elkins. A Slight Mistake. 2013.
Kathy Lynn Emerson. The Tell-Tale Twinkle. 2014. Ann Cleeves. The Soothsmoothers. 2015.
Sarah Caudwell. Malice Among Friends. 2016. Martin Edwards. Acknowledgments. 2017.
Robin Hathaway. Does Thee Murder? 2018. Donna Andrews. The Birthday Dinner. 2019.
And we published one chapbook for a Bouchercon convention:
Edward D. Hoch. Bouchercon Bound. 2001.
AFTERWORD
I believe Kate Stine first introduced Doug to me at a conference over 20 years ago. He was finishing his definitive biography of John Dickson Carr, and I was researching my biography of Craig Rice. I cheered when his biography was nominated for an Edgar, and after my biography was published, he asked me to edit a collection of Craig Rice stories for Crippen & Landru. I was thrilled to participate and fell in love with the publishing house.
Besides our shared enjoyment of Golden Age Detection authors, we also shared a passion for education. Doug was a professor, where I teach middle school. Over the years, we chatted about books, many of which he’d published.
I had been introduced to mysteries at an early age. I’d read my first Agatha Christie (The Underdog and Other Stories – of course a short story collection) at the age of 14 and started collecting first editions over the years. I have a complete collection of the American first editions of Agatha Christie now, and I’ve expanded my collection to include signed copies of Craig Rice, Anthony Boucher and Ellery Queen, all of course American first editions. Due to the volumes that Crippen & Landru has produced, I’ve added Patrick Quentin/Q Patrick/Jonathan Stagge to my list of collectibles as well. It makes for a full, but happy house.
In the summer of 2014, I volunteered to help Doug get the Crip
pen & Landru website back in shape. I had twenty years as an IT specialist in a previous life, so that didn’t seem like a daunting task. The site had a problem with its SSL certificate, in case anyone is dying to know.
After the certificate issue was fixed, I saw some other ways to improve the site. By October, I’d upgraded the website to include a variety of different functionalities, email notifications, reviews, search capabilities and more. By December, I’d added information on upcoming books, and I’d added pages for eBooks too. At some point during all the improvements, I was hooked.
I spent the next two years upgrading the website and creating a number of eBooks for our readers. I still enjoy these tasks. Sometime during this time period, Doug named me as the Director of Development, a title I thought more than sufficient since I enjoyed everything about Crippen & Landru.
Fast forward to 2018, and I took the reins of Crippen & Landru. Doug has stayed on as Senior Editor. It’s been scary, wonderful, and amazing all at once. Doug and I have mapped out a cornucopia of mystery collections over the next four years, and I can’t wait to be able to introduce you all to familiar authors and new-to-you writers.
Jeffrey Marks
Cincinnati, OH
June, 2019
SILVER BULLETS
Silver Bullets is printed on 60-pound paper, and is designed by Jeffrey Marks using InDesign. The type is Perpetua, a serif typeface design by Eric Gill between 1925 and 1932.The cover is by Joshua Luboski. The first edition was published in two forms: trade softcover, perfect bound; and one hundred fifty copies sew in cloth, numbered and signed by Crippen & Landru’s two publishers. Each of the clothbound copies includes a separate pamphlet, The Long Arm of the Paw, a short story by current publisher, Jeffrey Marks. Silver Bullets was printed by Southern Ohio Printers and bound by Cincinnati Bindery. The book was published in July 2019 by Crippen & Landru Publishers, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.
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Praise for Crippen & Landru Publishers
This is the best edited, most attractively packaged line of mystery books introduced in this decade. The books are equally valuable to collectors and readers. [Mystery Scene Magazine]
The specialty publisher with the most star-studded list is Crippen & Landru, which has produced short story collections by some of the biggest names in contemporary crime fiction. [Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine]
God bless Crippen & Landru. [The Strand Magazine]
A monument in the making is appearing year by year from Crippen & Landru, a small press devoted exclusively to publishing the criminous short story. [Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine]
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
MISTRESS THREADNEEDLE’S QUEST
MR. BO
A BATTLEFIELD REUNION
MURDER ON THE BRIGHTON RUN
A RUN THROUGH THE CALENDAR
THE FLYING FIEND
THE SPARE KEY
CHANGE THE ENDING
READER, I BURIED THEM
THE CHATELAINE BAG
THE TEST
WHAT THE DORMOUSE SAID
A MATTER OF HONOR
DEATH ROW
A Crippen & Landru Checklist
AFTERWORD
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