Best Detective Stories of the Year: 14th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1959, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 255pp, hc)
- Also available in the U.K. (Boardman 1960 as Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 10th Annual Collection.
- 9 · Suppose You Were on the Jury · Thomas Flanagan· ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1958
- 25 · Over There—Darkness · William O’Farrell· ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958
- 41 · Sinner or Saint · Donald E. Westlake· nv Mystery Digest December 1958
- 64 · The Dark Corner · Frank Ward· na Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1959
- 116 · Ambitious Cop · Jack Dillon· ss The Saturday Evening Post December 13 1958
- 134 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers· nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1958
- 163 · To Crack a Safe · J. W. Aaron· ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958
- 183 · One More Clue [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice· nv Manhunt April 1958
- 205 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost· nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2 [serialized; continued in next 2 issues]), as “The Children Vanished”
- 239 · Your Witness · Helen Nielsen· ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958
***the several short short-story reviews which Should be here will be here briefly, as I juggle cats (almost literally), fight Blogspot's desire to retain "ghost" typeface indicators, and decamp from one slightly disabled computer to another as the better ones are tied up with Zoom meetings and the like. Apologies!
previous Best Detective Stories of the Year volume entries:
The best short stories of 1978 (the year I started reading new short fiction in earnest) as judged by the annual editors...
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