"Keep Walking," by Geoffrey Household, in The Days of Your Fathers, 1987.  (Originally published 1968) Sorry this is late; I ...

"It's So Peaceful In The Country," by William Brandon, in Black Mask Magazine, 1943, reprinted in The Hard-boiled Detective...

"The Lord of Central Park," by Avram Davidson, in The Investigations of Avram Davidson, St. Martin's Press, 1999. Well, i...

"The Fruit At The Bottom Of The Bowl" by Ray Bradbury, in The Golden Apples of the Sun.  (1948) This is the first time  in a ...

"Come Back, Come Back," by Donald E. Westlake, in Levine, 1984. Well, it has happened again.  For the second time in fifteen m...

"Rolling Rivera," by Steven Torres, in The Precinct Puerto Rico Files.   2012. I am not the first to notice that detective fi...

"Carrot For A Chestnut," by Dick Francis, in Field of Thirteen, Putnam 1998. (minor spoiler alert) Well, it finally happen...