Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine March 1997

First edition first printing of this collection of 12 short stories and 1 poem. Collected are the following: The Ehrengraf Affirmation by Lawrence Block, No Parking by Jeffry Scott, The Kneeling Soldier by Jeffery Deaver, A Tough Case to Figure by Dick Lochte, Ach, Die Seemann 1st Perdu by Frances Joyce, Like Father, Like Son by Richard T. Chizmar, The Town Where No One Stayed Over by Edwad D. Hoch, Reasonable Doubts by Stephen F. Wilcox, Good Time had by All by Robert Barnard, The Habit of Neglect by Scott Mackay, Arthur's Story by Stephen K. Bendel, Speak No Evil by Nancy Pickard. The poem is: Crash Diet by Deborah Lee. SIGNED by Deaver above his story. The Deaver story was later collected in Twisted in 2003. Light edge wear. Light rubbing to the surface of the cover. Earlier owner roughly removed the address label on the front cover leaving sticker scars. In good condition.