The Columbo Phile by Dawidziak, Mark -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Author's Note Selected Quotes Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction PART I: THE PLOT THICKENS OR HOW COLOMBO FOUND NBC The Good Lieutenant Levinson & Link (or Is It Link & Levinson?): The Men Behind the Raincoat Filling the Raincoat

CASE #1: PRESCRIPTION: MURDER CASE #2: RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN

PART II: THE FIRST SEASON (1971-72) Getting the Wrinkles in

CASE #3: MURDER BY THE BOOK CASE #4: DEATH LENDS A HAND

MEMORABLE EXCHANGES ABOUT COLUMBO'S CAR

CASE #5: DEAD WEIGHT CASE #6: SUITABLE FOR FRAMING CASE #7: LADY IN WAITING CASE #8: SHORT FUSE CASE #9: BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER

Summing Up the First Season PART III: THE SECOND SEASON (1972-73) The Return of the Raincoat

CASE #10: ETUDE IN BLACK CASE #11: THE GREENHOUSE JUNGLE CASE #12: THE MOST CRUCIAL GAME CASE #13: DAGGER OF THE MIND CASE #14: REQUIEM FOR A FALLING STAR CASE #15: A STITCH IN CRIME CASE #16: THE MOST DANGEROUS MATCH CASE #17: DOUBLE SHOCK

Summing Up the Second Season PART IV: THE THIRD SEASON (1973-74) The Lucky Third

CASE #18: LOVELY BUT LETHAL CASE #19: ANY OLD PORT IN A STORM CASE #20: CANDIDATE FOR CRIME CASE #21: DOUBLE EXPOSURE CASE #22: PUBLISH OR PERISH CASE #23: MIND OVER MAYHEM CASE #24: SWAN SONG CASE #25: A FRIEND IN DEED

Summing Up the Third Season PART V: THE FOURTH SEASON (1974-75) Fourth and Six

CASE #26: AN EXERCISE IN FATALITY CASE #27: NEGATIVE REACTION CASE #28: BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT CASE #29: TROUBLED WATERS CASE #30: PLAYBACK CASE #31: A DEADLY STATE OF MIND

Summing Up the Fourth Season PART VI: THE FIFTH SEASON (1975-76) A Fifth of Columbo

CASE #32: FORGOTTEN LADY CASE #33: A CASE OF IMMUNITY CASE #34: IDENTITY CRISIS CASE #35: A MATTER OF HONOR CASE #36: NOW YOU SEE HIM CASE #37: LAST SALUTE TO THE COMMODORE

Summing Up the Fifth Season PART VII: THE SIXTH SEASON (1976-77) A Season of Sorts

CASE #38: FADE IN TO MURDER CASE #39: OLD FASHIONED MURDER CASE #40: THE BYE-BYE SKY HIGH I.Q. MURDER CASE

Summing Up the Sixth Season PART VIII: THE SEVENTH SEASON (1977-78) Seventh Summit

CASE #41: TRY AND CATCH ME CASE #42: MURDER UNDER GLASS CASE #43: MAKE ME A PERFECT MURDER CASE #44: HOW TO DIAL A MURDER CASE #45: THE CONSPIRATORS

The End of the Trail PART IX: AFTER COLUMBO FALK TALK THE STAR, THE PRODUCERS AND THE STORY EDITORS AFTER COLUMBO MRS. COLUMBO OR KATE LOVES A MYSTERY OR VIEWERS HATE KATE LATE NIGHT COLUMBO MORE COLUMBOS PART X: VIVA COLUMBO! COLUMBO AT THE EMMYS COLUMBO IN PRINT A COLUMBO CHARACTER SKETCH THE REAL MRS. COLUMBO MULTIPLE APPEARANCES ON COLUMBO CLASSIC COLUMBO LINES HOW THE MURDERERS SEE COLUMBO COLUMBO TRIVIA Bibliography