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has to do is dispose of the body. She is much better off now than she was before.” “That is a good point, Hamish.” “Thank you, Missmarple. Miss Nancy? Are you still there?” “Yes, I... I’m still here.” “Thank you for calling the Spade Detective Agency. Please stay on the line while I transfer you to our Customer Satisfaction group, where you will be asked to take a short survey.” [hold music] @ [Invex| VOLUMES ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE & ONE HUNDRED FORTY—2012 ALLYN, DouG: Wood-Smoke Boys March/April. . 31 Death of a Drama Queen Sept/Oct ALLYN, JIM: The Deer Woods February .... 76 BARNARD, ROBERT: Lime for a CHANGE... 66 he ee ce nee eae Sept/Oct... . 150 BARON, MIKE: Five Stars BECK, ZOE: Out There February .... BLAIN, W. EpwarD: The Charles Dickens Mystery November .... BOECKMANN, TORE: The Crime Behind the Fortune BOLAND, JOHN C.: Family Place March/April. 111 BONNER, BRYNN: Final Vinyl Sept/Oct....111 BREAZNELL, GENE: Tunnel Vision BREEN, JON L.: The Jury Box BRETT, SIMON: The Ritual of Mr. Tarplee Brown, STEWART: Dial Country Code M+1 for Murder BRUEN, KEN: Tort CAMERON, DANA: One Soul at a Time Mischief in Mesopotamia CARDENAS, ELIECER: The Strange Architecture of Destiny Cooper, N.J.: Diagnosis Death Lost Cause CRIDER, BILL: Blog Bytes CUTLER, JUDITH: The Parson and the Heiress What the Butler Saw Davis, JIM: Gone Fishing DEAN, Davin: Jenny’s Ghost DE Novx, O’NEIL: Misprision of Felony DIEHL, BARBARA WESTWOOD: God Bless DuBols, BRENDAN: His Daughter’s Island EDWARDS, MARTIN: No Flowers ELLIS, KATE: A Nice Neighbourhood ELLIS, RALPH: Never Enough EQMM Reader’s Award (2011) EQMM Reader’s Award ballot ¥10 ELLERY QUEEN has to do is dispose of the body. She is much better off now than she was before.” “That is a good point, Hamish.” “Thank you, Missmarple. Miss Nancy? Are you still there?” “Yes, I... I’m still here.” “Thank you for calling the Spade Detective Agency. Please stay on the line while I transfer you to our Customer Satisfaction group, where you will be asked to take a short survey.” [hold music] @ [Invex| VOLUMES ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE & ONE HUNDRED FORTY—2012 ALLYN, DouG: Wood-Smoke Boys March/April. . 31 Death of a Drama Queen Sept/Oct ALLYN, JIM: The Deer Woods February .... 76 BARNARD, ROBERT: Lime for a CHANGE... 66 he ee ce nee eae Sept/Oct... . 150 BARON, MIKE: Five Stars BECK, ZOE: Out There February .... BLAIN, W. EpwarD: The Charles Dickens Mystery November .... BOECKMANN, TORE: The Crime Behind the Fortune BOLAND, JOHN C.: Family Place March/April. 111 BONNER, BRYNN: Final Vinyl Sept/Oct....111 BREAZNELL, GENE: Tunnel Vision BREEN, JON L.: The Jury Box BRETT, SIMON: The Ritual of Mr. Tarplee Brown, STEWART: Dial Country Code M+1 for Murder BRUEN, KEN: Tort CAMERON, DANA: One Soul at a Time Mischief in Mesopotamia CARDENAS, ELIECER: The Strange Architecture of Destiny Cooper, N.J.: Diagnosis Death Lost Cause CRIDER, BILL: Blog Bytes CUTLER, JUDITH: The Parson and the Heiress What the Butler Saw Davis, JIM: Gone Fishing DEAN, Davin: Jenny’s Ghost DE Novx, O’NEIL: Misprision of Felony DIEHL, BARBARA WESTWOOD: God Bless DuBols, BRENDAN: His Daughter’s Island EDWARDS, MARTIN: No Flowers ELLIS, KATE: A Nice Neighbourhood ELLIS, RALPH: Never Enough EQMM Reader’s Award (2011) EQMM Reader’s Award ballot ¥10 ELLERY QUEEN FAHERTY, TERENCE: After Cana Sept/Oct.... FONSECA, RUBEM: Marta January November ... GATES, DAvID EDGERLEY: Old Man Gloom December... . GOLDBERG, LEE: Mr. Monk and the Open House January Mr. Monk and the Talking Car GREENWOOD, THERESE: Wrecked GROOME, Harry: The Girl Who Fished With aWorm.............. \ HALLSTEAD, WILLIAM: Golden Contract HALTER, PAUL: The Man with the Face of Clay Hewson, Davip: Dead Men’s Socks ................0.eccceecees December... . Hocu, EDWARD D.: The Suitcase November ... HOOVER, KENNETH MARK: Phaedra HoOwaARD, CLARK: Black Pearls The Street Ends at the Cemetary Howe, MELODIE JOHNSON: Losing It Soa LANIGAN, SUSAN: Gymnopédie No. 1 Sept/Oct LEVITSKY, RONALD: Naked Beach ... March/April. LEWIN, MICHAEL Z.: Last Laugh Sept/Oct .... Good Intentions November ... LEwIs, EvAN: Skyler Hobbs and the Garden Gnome Bandit Sept/Oct LINK, WILLIAM: Sally the Bookworm February .... Just Another Saturday Night March/April. . LOVESEY, PETER: Ghosted March/April . LoviTt, ZANE: Death at Le Shack February .... Mackay, Scott: Cruel Coast MALZBERG, Barry N.: Always Her Eyes (with Bill Pronzini) March/April. MANFREDO, Lou: The Home of the Brave A Path to Somewhere Sept/Oct MARSTON, EDWARD: The Unwritten Law MatTeERA, LIA: Champawat Sept/Oct. ... MAZUK, HARLEY: Ice McDERMID, VAL: Darkling Sept/Oct. ... McEACHERN, GORDON: The History Lesson MERCHANT, JUDITH: Annette Writes a Ballade MILCHMAN, JENNY: The Closet Moprack, BARBARA ARNO: Acting on a Tip MoRAN, TERRIE FARLEY: Fontaine House Moser, MILENA: In Walenstadt December... . 96 Murr, BRIAN: Floating Ant February .... Myers, Amy: Murder Uncordial August NADEL, BARBARA: Death in the Time Machine Nain Rouge OATES, JOYCE CAROL: So Near Any Time Always PEIRCE, HAYFORD: Le Pére Noél on Christmas Island PICCIRILLI, Tom: The Void It Often Brings With It POWELL, JAMES: The Fellowship of the Peach-Stone Ring INDEX PRONZINI, BILL: Always Her Eyes (with Barry N. Malzberg) Gunpowder Alley PULLEN, KAREN: Brea’s Tale ROGERS, CHERYL: Farewell to the Shade ROZAN, S.J.: Golden Chance SALZER, SUSAN K.: The Saint of Pox Island SANTLOFER, JONATHAN: The Muse SAVAGE, Tom: Rural Legend The Return of the Mummy SCHAEFER, P.A.: The Beautiful North SHADFORD, JUDITH L.: Walking Out SHANNON, JAMES T:: Shame the Devil SILVIS, RANDALL: The Indian March/April . . 62 SOLANA, TERESA: Still Life No. 41 March/April. 143 STEINBOCK, STEVE: The Jury Box Jan—March/April, June—Sept/Oct & December Stopor, ADAM: Check Number 275 STRICKLAND, J.L.: Amazing Grace, Sorta Topp, MARILYN: Cover Them With Flowers TOLNAY, TOM: The Misplaced Person TREMAYNE, PETER: Finnbarr’s Bell TURNBULL, PETER: The Long Shadow Karen Ovenhouse and the Ruin Snooper WARREN, JAMES LINCOLN: Shikari WARTHMAN, DAN: Sonny Taylor: A Nontraditional Man WEINMAN, SARAH: Cog in the Wheel WEISFELD, VICTORIA: Premeditation YATES, DONALD A.: Immortal Londoners (verse) ZELDOVICH, LINA: Marsh Island ZELTSERMAN, DAVE: One Angry Julius Katz and Eleven Befuddled Jurors Remember to fill out your Readers Award ballot on page 1 7! 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