Just finished Best Detective Stories of the Year 1974. Picked this gem up for $1 at the Friends of the Seattle Public Library sale this spring. Excellent steal. There wasn't one story in this anthology that I didn't like. There was a little theme of wait for the last couple paragraphs to see how someone gets screwed
going on, but other than that it was highly original. None of the stories dragged.
- The Ghosts at Iron River Start Page: 11
- Beyond the Last House Start Page: 39
- Neighbors Start Page: 43
- The Magnum Start Page: 57
- Loaded Quest Start Page: 65
- Homage to John Keats Start Page: 70
- Sadie When She Died Start Page: 79
- The Last Contract Start Page: 117
- The Good Lord Will Provide Start Page: 130
- The O'Bannon Blarney File Start Page: 137
- Late, Late Call Start Page: 153
- No Comebacks Start Page: 161
- Woman Trouble Start Page: 175
- The Whimper of Whipped Dogs Start Page: 193
- A Murder Coming Start Page: 214
- Morning Watch Start Page: 223
- Over the Borderline Start Page: 234
Sorry, no author list to paste here. My catalog program doesn't show the authors in a collection except in a spot I can't cut and paste. I should make a to-do item to fix that.