Short Stories: Mysteries
Thomas Ford staff recommend these collections of short mystery stories from some of the masters of the genre. all titles are in the mystery section unless otherwise noted.
LT = Large Type, PB = Paperback
Raymond Chandler
Collected Stories (M Chandler)
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple: The Complete
Short Stories (LT/M)
The Harlequin Tea Set (LT/M)
Double Sin (LT/M)
The Golden Ball (PB)
Mary Higgins Clark
My Gal Sunday (M Clark)
The Lottery Winner (M Clark)
Colin Dexter
Morse's Great Mystery (M Dexter)
Dashiell Hammett
Lost Stories (M Hammett)
The Big Knockover (M Hammett)
Dennis Lehane
Coronado: Stories (M Lehane)
John Clifford Mortimer
Rumpole a la Carte (M Mortimer)
Rumpole & the Angel of Death (M Mortimer)
Rumpole & the Primrose Path (M Mortimer)
Rumpole Rests His Case (M Mortimer)
Bill Pronzini
Oddments (M Pronzini)
Dorothy Sayers
Lord Peter (M Sayers)
The following collections feature stories from many mystery writers in each volume.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (M Best)
Chicago Blues: Crime Stories from 21 Chicago Authors
(M Chicago)
Chicago Noir (M Chicago)
Guilty as Charged (PB Guilty)
The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior (M International)
Irreconcilable Differences (M Irreconcilable)
A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries
(M Modern)
Murder and Mystery in Chicago (M Murder)
Murder on Deck: Shipboard & Shoreline Mystery Stories
(M Murder)
Murderer's Row: Baseball Mysteries (M Murderers)
Phyllis A. Whitney Presents Malice Domestic 5: An Anthology
(PB Phyllis)
A Woman's Eye (M Wom)
Unusual Suspects (M Unusual)
Nancy Long, Thomas Ford Memorial Library, June 2008
