In this issue

Usher in the fall with EQMM’s November 2015 issue. Stories run the gamut from the classical whodunit to the private eye story to psychological suspense, and include police procedurals, noir, and stories with a twist in the tail. Representing the traditional mystery are Terrie Farley Moran’s “A Killing at the Beausoleil” and Carolyn Hart’s puzzler with a twist, “What Goes Around.” In the private-eye category there’s James Powell’s humorous and fanciful “Guy Talk,” and if you like psychological thrillers there’s Katia Lief’s wry but dark “The Orchid Grower.”

Mysterious characters come to town in John M. Floyd’s suspenseful “Dentonville” and Brendan DuBois’s rural small-town tale “The Lake Tenant,” and with them come remnants of violent pasts. The issue contains an example of noir crime fiction, “The Female of the Species” by Chris Muessig and Steve Seder (a sequel to the professional-wrestling mystery “Death Match”) and, also an installment in a series, the police procedural “Like Jack” by Edgar winner Peter Turnbull.

Topping it off are our Department of First Stories and Passport to Crime entries, “Ninth Caller” by Philip Lowery—whose narrator is sure to draw you in to her dilemma—and “Black Widow” by Raphael Montes—which takes a surprising look at widowhood and murder. Also featured in this issue is Jon L. Breen’s annual short-story roundup for The Jury Box. Don’t miss it!

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