Publication: Murder on the Menu

Publication: Murder on the MenuPublication Record # 257470
Editors: Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg,
Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh^?Carol-Lynn Roessel Waugh
Date: 1984-04-00
ISBN: 0-380-86918-7 [978-0-380-86918-3]
Publisher: Avon Books
Price:
$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 310
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes: Stated 1st printing as per number line. Associational interest because all but one of the authors have ISFDB entries and many of the stories as well. The story "Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor" is credited to "J. J. Marric (John Creasey) in the TOC and on the story's title page. The only story not entered here is "The Deadly Egg" (1980) by Janwillem van de Wetering.

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction: Poison! • [Asimov's Essays: Others' Work] • essay by Isaac Asimov
5 • The Chicken Soup Kid • (1984) • short fiction by Edward D. Hoch [as by R. L. Stevens]
12 • The Case of the Shaggy Caps • (1977) • short fiction by Ruth Rendell
41 • Poison a la Carte • (1960) • short fiction by Rex Stout
99 • Garden of Evil • (1973) • short story by Carol Cail
109 • The Specialty of the House • (1948) • novelette by Stanley Ellin
130 • Lamb to the Slaughter • non-genre • (1953) • short story by Roald Dahl
141 • When No Man Pursueth • [Black Widowers] • (1974) • short story by Isaac Asimov
159 • The Two Bottles of Relish • non-genre • (1932) • short story by Lord Dunsany (variant of Two Bottles of Relish)
173 • The Theft of the Used Tea Bag • [Nick Velvet] • (1982) • short fiction by Edward D. Hoch
192 • The Refugees • (1929) • short fiction by T. S. Stribling
228 • Recipe for a Happy Marriage • (1971) • short story by Nedra Tyre
265 • The Norwegian Apple Mystery • (1961) • short fiction by James Holding
281 • Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor • (1971) • short fiction by John Creasey [as by J. J. Marric]
288 • The Same Old Grind • non-genre • (1978) • short story by Bill Pronzini
294 • Dogsbody • (1976) • short fiction by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.