"Playing Games" by Elaine Togneri , in  Noir at the Salad Bar,  edited by Verena Rose, Harriette Sacker, and Shawn Reilly Simmon...

"The Bubble," by Jennifer Harlow, in Atlanta Noir, edited by Tayari Jones, Akashic Press, 2017. I have started reading the Ak...

"Sleeping Beauty" by Gerald Elias , in  Noir at the Salad Bar,  edited by Verena Rose, Harriette Sacker, and Shawn Reilly Simmon...

"Smoked," by Michael Bracken, in Noir at the Salad Bar,  eidte by Verena Rose, Harriette Sacker, and SHawn Reilly Simmons, Lev...

"Publish or Perish," by Kevin Z. Garvey, in Mystery Weekly Magazine, July 2017. Every twist ending is a surprise. Not every s...

"An End in Bath," by Janet Laurence, in  Motives for Murder,  edited by Martin Edwards,  Crippen and Landru, 2017. Irene Woott...

"The False Inspector Lovesey," by Andrew Taylor, in Motives for Murder, edited by Martin Edwards,  Crippen and Landru, 2017. ...

"What Could Possibly Go Boing?", by Mat Coward, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2017. Nutty Mat Coward is ...

"Hard to Get," by Jeffery Deaver, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2017. It's a classic concept of the...

"Pain-Man," by Bev Vincent, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2017. Last week , a long novella about dr...