Ed McBain's Mystery Book No. 3

by Fredric Brown, Hampton Stone, Fletcher Flora

2 · Sounds and Smells · Fletcher Flora · ss
8 · The Mourners at the Bedside [Jeremiah X. (Gibby) Gibson] · Hampton Stone · nv
31 · Sacrifice · Warren Frost · ss
44 · Incidents on B Street · Paul W. Fairman · ss
48 · Cure for a Headache · Stuart Palmer · ss
58 · Dead Drunk [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Spr 1953
72 · Break-Out · Donald E. Westlake · ss
81 · Service Call · Bruno Fischer · ss
92 · Cops and Robbers · Vincent H. Gaddis · cl
94 · Before She Kills [Ed & Am Hunter] · Fredric Brown · nv
120 · Because We’re Friends · Irving Shulman · ss
130 · Future File · [Various] · ms
131 · Game · Herbert D. Kastle · ss
139 · Package Deal · Lawrence Block · ss

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Fredric Brown was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation. While never in the front rank of popularity in his lifetime, Brown has developed a considerable cult following in the almost half century since he last wrote. His works have been periodically reprinted and he has a worldwide fan base, most notably in the U.S. and Europe, and especially in France, where there have been several recent movie adaptations of his work. He also remains popular in Japan.

Never financially secure, Brown - like many other pulp writers - often wrote at a furious pace in order to pay bills. This accounts, at least in part, for the uneven quality of his work. A newspaperman by profession, Brown was only able to devote 14 years of his life as a full-time fiction writer. Brown was also a heavy drinker, and this at times doubtless affected his productivity. A cultured man and omnivorous reader whose interests ranged far beyond those of most pulp writers, Brown had a lifelong interest in the flute, chess, poker, and the works of Lewis Carroll. Brown married twice and was the father of two sons.