Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v158 #3/4, #960/961 September/October 2021] ed. Janet Hutchings, mng. ed. Jackie Sherbow (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Brian Stauffer)
2 • White Chocolate • Jerrome Charyn • ss; illustration by Mark Evan Walker
9 • DNF • Kristine Kathryn Rusch • ss
28 • The Jury Box • Steve Steinbock • rc
_28 • The Bombay Prince, Sujata Massey, Soho Crime, $27.95 • br
–28 • Clark and Division, Naomi Hirahara, Soho Crime, $27.95 • br
_28 • A Comedy of Terrors, Lindsey Davis, Minotaur, $27.99 • br
_83 • Dead Dead Girls, Nekesa Afia, Berkley Prime Crime, $16.00 • br
_83 • Her Last Breath, Hillary Davidson, Thomas and Mercer, $24.95 • br
_141 • The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99 • br
_141 • Water Memory, Daniel Pyne, Thomas and Mercer, $15.95 • br
_141 • Unthinkable, Brad Parks, Thomas and Mercer, $24.95 • br
_141 • A Peculiar Combination, Ashley Weaver, Minotaur, $26.99 • br
_141 • Road of Bones, James R. Benn, Soho Crime, $27.95 • br
_150 • Live Fast, Spy Hard, Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens, Wolf Pack, $14.00 • br
_150 • Murder, She Drew Vol. 2, Tim Kashiba, Moriwaki Akira, & Morisaki Cuckoo, The Talkative Middles, ¥4000 • br
29 • Non Absolvo [Julian Hall] • David Dean • ss
39 • Stranger Than Fiction: The Pnzi of Paris: The Jazz-Age Seams of Marthe Hanau • Dean Jobb • tc
40 • Dig Down Deep • Frances Beck • ss; EQMM’s “Black Mask,” Black Mask July 1945
47 • The Stain of Memory [Magistrate Ovid] • Thomas K. Carpenter • ss
59 • Trick or Treat • Jane Jakeman • ss
65 • Nugget • John F. Dobbyn • pm
69 • The Very Last Time • Juliet Grames • ss
79 • Rage and Run • M. Zizzari • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
85 • Sixteen Lies [Nils Shapiro] • Matt Goldman • ss
99 • The Celestial Thief [Owen Burns] • Paul Halter; translated by John Pugmire • ss; EQMM’s “Passport to Crime” translated from the French
110 • Why Did You Do It? • Bill Pronzini • ss
112 • A Letter from the Editor • Janet Hutchings • ed
113 • Meals on Wheels • Sandy Smith • ss
118 • Blog Bytes • Kristopher Zgorski • cl
119 • To Slay a Stranger [Antonia Darcy & Major Payne] • R.T. Raichev • ss
139 • The Problem with Fish Markets • Trey Dowell • ss
142 • Weed Man • Hilary Davidson • ss
151 • Snail Mail • Denis Johnston • ss; EQMM’s “Department of First Stories”
158 • Demon in the Depths [Santa Ezeriņa] • William Burton McCormick • na; illustration by Jason C. Eckhardt
192 • Testing, Testing . . . • Marilyn Todd • pm
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