Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances

Includes the following 27 stories:1943: D.I.C. (Department of Impossible Crimes)—James Yaffe1943: Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector—Lillian de la Torre1947: The Nine Mile Walk—Harry Kemelman1947: The Widow’s Walk—Jack Finney1948: The Specialty of the House—Stanley Ellin1949: The Fine Italian Hand—Thomas Flanagan1954: Whistle While You Work—William Link and Richard Levinson1957: Never Anything But Trouble—Robert Twohy1954: The Adventure of the Ascot Tie—Robert L. Fish1962: In the Confessional—Alice Scanlan Reach1963: I Will Please Come To Order—William North Jayme1966: The Friends of Hector Jouvet—James Powell1967: The Crowded Hours—Jon L. Breen1971: A Single Minute of Fear—Richard A. Selzer1972: A Game in the Sun—John Coyne1972: Open Letter to Survivors—Francis M. Nevins, Jr.1972: The Dripping—David Morrell1972: The Purple Shroud—Joyce Harrington1973: Oddity Imports—Michael Talbot1973: Murder by Scalping—S. S. Rafferty1974: Reflected Glory—Kay Nolte Smith1974: The Sin Painter—Barbara Callahan1975: Never To Be Lost Again—Jean Darling1976: Like a Terrible Scream—Etta Revesz1976: Sound of a Distant Echo—Dorothy Benjamin1978: The Cloud Beneath the Eaves—Barbara Owens1979: Mr. Sweeney’s Day—Clements Jordan