Pachter, Josh,
--E. Q. Griffen Earns His Name, December, 1968. (author's first publication)
-- May, 1970.
-- August, 1971.
--Invitation to a Murder, August, 1972. *
--Asu, #516, April, 1986.
--The Exchange, #518, June, 1986.
--The Night of Power, September, 1986.
Packer, Vin,
--Only the Guilty Run, #143, October, 1955.
Page, Juan,
--In Broad Daylight, #202, September, 1960.
--Story Without an Ending, #293, April, 1968.
--The Justice of Solomon, #295, June, 1968.
Palmer, Elizabeth,
--Post-Obit, 1970. *
Palmer, Stuart, (1905-1968)
--Green Ice, #2, Winter, 1942. (reprint)
--The Riddle of the Twelve Amethysts, #21, March, 1945.
--The Riddle of the Black Museum, #28, March, 1946.
--The Riddle of the Double Negative, #40, March, 1947.
--The Riddle of the Tired Bullet, #52, March, 1948.
--Hildegarde and the Spanish Cavalier, #145, December, 1955.
--The Return of Hildegarde Withers, #248, July, 1964.
--Hildegarde Withers Is Back, #293, April, 1968.
--also see Palmer, Stuart, and Craig Rice
Palmer, Stuart, and Craig Rice,
--Once Upon a Train, #83, October, 1950.
--Autopsy and Eva, #129, August, 1954.
--Rift in the Loot, #137, April, 1955. *
--Withers and Malone, Crime-Busters, #240, November, 1963.
Palumbo, Dennis,
--Many a Slip, #413, April, 1978. (short short)
--The Smart Guys Marching Society, September-October, 1996.
Pangborn, Edgar, (1909-1976)
--Mrrrar! #116, July, 1953. * (short short) EQ Prize Winner
--The Naked Man in the Elephant House, #193, December, 1959.
--Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, #227, October, 1962.
Parker, Percy Spurlark, (1940- )
--Block Party, #341, April, 1972.
--Crossword for Murder, December, 1996.
--The Cousin Noose, #687, December, 1998.
--Word of Mouth, #701, January, 2000.
--Weren't You Todd Jarvis? #705, May, 2000.
--Pulling Strings, #708, August, 2000.
--The Pleasant Hills Murders, #718, June, 2001.
--Second Thought, #723, November, 2001.
--Woman at the Window, #730, June, 2002.
--The Hell Book, #740, April, 2003.
Parker, Robert B., (1932- )
Parry, Henry T.,
--The Baker Street Irregulars Murder Case, #291, February, 1968.
--The Final Secret, July 15, 1981.
--Paris Green, November 4, 1981.
--Death Imminent, #468, Mid-July, 1982.
--The Right Thing to Do, #471, October, 1982.
--The Punchboards, March, 1983.
--Dear John, November, 1983.
Paterson, Neil,
--Man on the Tightrope, #252, November, 1964.
Patraw, Jessica,
--Victim, #727, March, 2002. (poem)
Patrick, Q., (Richard W. Webb and Hugh C. Wheeler)
--Love Comes to Miss Lucy, #41, April, 1947.
--The Corpse in the Closet, #50, January, 1948.
--Little Boy Lost,
--This Will Kill You, #84, November, 1950.
--Town Blonde, Country Bonde, #93, August, 1951.
--All the Way to the Moon, #94, September, 1951.
--Death on Saturday Night, #110, January, 1953.
--Woman of Ice, #111, February, 1953.
--The Glamorous Opening, #122, January, 1954.
--Death and Canasta, #125, April, 1954.
--Death Before Breakfast, #133, December, 1954. (reprint)
--Lioness vs. Panther, #176, July, 1958.
Paul, Barbara,
--Desperate Remedies, August, 1987.
--Play Nice, #625-#626, March, 1994.
--Sic Transit Gloria, #672, August, 1997.
--The Reluctant Op, #696-#697, September-October, 1999.
--Golden Retriever, #724, December, 2001. (novelet)
Pearce, Gerald,
--Homecoming, #684-#685, September-October, 1998.
--Revenant, #736, December, 2002.
Peirce, Hayford,
--A Coffin for a Banker, #625-#626, March, 1994.
--The Dead Dog, September-October, 1996.
--The Fatted Goose, #677, January, 1998.
--A Matter of Face, #678, February, 1998.
--The Girl in the Picture, #696-#697, September-October, 1999.
Peirce, J. F.,
--The Lonely Ones, #244, March, 1964.
--The Great Shakespeare Mystery, #246, May, 1964.
--Devil to Pay, #260, July, 1965.
--The Pale Face of the Rider, #276, November, 1966.
--Nothing New Under the Sun, #343, June, 1972.
--The Double Death of Nell Quigley, #361, December, 1973.
--Ace in the Hole, October 7, 1981.
--also see Peirce, J. F., and Fred Rosewald
Peirce, J. F., and Fred Rosewald,
--The Man Who Was a Station Wagon, #241, December, 1963.
Pellrene, Donna A.,
--Way to Go, #566, February, 1990.
Penick, Alan,
--The Mystery Crossword, #621, December, 1993. (puzzle)
Pentecost, Hugh, (Judson Pentecost Philips, 1903-1989)
--The Fourth Degree, #54, May, 1948.
--Room Number Twenty-Three, #67, June, 1949. (as by Judson Philips in Flynn's Detective Fiction Weekly, June 20, 1925.)
--The Contradictory Case, #93, August, 1951.
--Murder in Manhattan, #120, November, 1953. (novelet) (The American Magazine, February, 1952.)
--Talking Calf, #126, May, 1954.
--Murder Plays Through, #130, September, 1954.
--If I Should Die, #134, January, 1955.
--Hunting Day, #176, July, 1958.
--The Man With Half a Face, #181, December, 1958. * (novelette)
--The Unpunishable Murder, #188, July, 1959.
--The Girl Who Lived Dangerously, #189, August, 1959.
--The Missing Miss Maydew, #190, September, 1959.
--The Lame Duck House Party, #192, November, 1959.
Pentecost, Hugh, (continued)
--Waterfront Shakedown, #200, July, 1960.
--Hector Is Willin', #201, August, 1960.
--Who Wants to Be a Dead Hero? #205, December, 1960.
--A Kind of Murder, #225, August, 1962.
--Cop's Job to Know, #226, September, 1962.
--The Man with the Sixteen Beards, #229, December, 1962.
--The Day the Children Vanished, June, 1963. (This Week, 1958.)
--In the Middle of Nowhere, #237, August, 1963.
--Murder de Luxe, #239, October, 1963.
--The Man in Seat 12, #242, January, 1964.
--The Needle Sharp as Ever, #245, April, 1964.
--Jericho and the Skiing Clue, #252, November, 1964.
--Jericho and the Painting Clue, #260, July, 1965.
--Jericho and the Dying Clue, #263, October, 1965.
--Jericho and the Silent Witnesses, #264, November, 1965.
--Jericho and the Nuisance Club, #273, August, 1966.
--No Witnesses on the Waterfront, #290, January, 1968.
--Jericho and the Two Ways to Die, September, 1972. *
--The Long Cry for Help, 1975. *
--Chambrun and the Matter of Inches, February, 1977.
--The Dark Gamble: End of the Trail, October, 1977. (novelet)
Pentecost, Hugh, (continued)
--Pierre Chambrun's Dilemma, January 1, 1981.
--Paid in Full, November 4, 1981.
--Chambrun Gets the Message, February 24, 1982.
--Act of Violence, #467, Mid-July, 1982.
--Bitter Secret, #471, October, 1982.
--A Bad Influence, April, 1983.
--Chambrun and the 422 Names, August, 1984.
--Accessory After the Facts, May, 1985.
--Chambrun Defends His Man, November, 1985.
--Mismatch, #514, February, 1986.
--Eight-Point Spread, #517, May, 1986.
--Double Death, #522, October, 1986.
--Jericho's Way, February, 1987.
--also see Philips, Judson
Perelman, S. J.,
--Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer, #23, July, 1945. (reprint) (The New Yorker, 1944.)
--Danger in the Drain, #247, June, 1964. (reprint) (The New Yorker, 1948.)
Perkins, Bob,
--A Close Shave, August, 1986.
Perowne, Barry, (Philip Atkey, 1908-1985)
--The Blind Spot, November, 1945. *
--Knowing What I Know Now, #108, November, 1952. *
--Noel, Noel, #134, January, 1955.
--Raffles and the Princess Amen, #136, March, 1955.
--Raffles and the Death Date, #139, June, 1955.
--Papa Tral's Harvest, #244, March, 1964.
--The Raffles Hunt, January, 1974.
--Raffles and the Money-Belt, January, 1975.
--Raffles: The Enigma of the Admiral's Hat, March, 1975.
--Raffles and the Bridge of Sighs, May, 1975.
--Raffles on the Trail of the Hound,< July, 1975.
--Raffles and the Dangerous Game, #391, June, 1976.
--Raffles and the Shere Khan Pouch, January, 1977.
--Raffles and the Unique Bequest, August, 1978.
--Raffles in Love, February 11, 1980.
--Raffles and the Artful Dodger, June 2, 1980.
--Raffles and Operation Champagne, November 4, 1981.
--Raffles and an American Night's Entertainment, March, 1983.
Perretta, Armando,
--The Man Who Got Away with Murder, #141, August, 1955.
Perry, Anne,
--The Escape, March, 1996.
Peterkin, Julia,
--Ashes, #124, March, 1954.
Peters, Ellis, Character: Brother Cadfael
--The Price of Light, #486, December, 1983. *
--Eye Witness, #566, February, 1990.
--A Light on the Road to Woodstock, #597, April, 1992.
--The Trinity Cat, #607, Mid-December, 1992.
Peters, Steven,
--On Death Row, #295, June, 1968.
Peterson, Charles Alden,
--Mr. Peverill Returns for His Hat, #135, February, 1955.
--The Arithmetic of Poison, #291, February, 1968.
Peterson, Keith,
--Kneecap Carbone and the Theory of Relativity, #566, February, 1990.
Pevehouse, Alvin,
--The Fifth Element, #178, September, 1958.
Peyer, Rick,
--Rocky Knew, #603-#604, October, 1992.
Phaon, Jerrold,
--Hunting Season, 1972. *
--Something Comforting in It, #471, October, 1982.
Philips, Judson,
--The Critical Time, February, 1984.
--also see Pentecost, Hugh
Phillips, Reynolds,
--A Grave Mistake, #562, November, 1989.
Phillpotts, Eden,
--Peters, Detective, #125, April, 1954.
Phipps, Helene Juarez,
--A Margarita Without Salt, August, 1986.
Pickard, Nancy,
--A Man Around the House, December 2, 1981. (author's first publication)
--Speak No Evil, #667, March, 1997.
--Old Eyes, #728, April, 2002.
Pickering, R.,
--A Lesson in Logic, #228, November, 1962.
Pickthall, Marjorie L. C.,
--The Man Who Bought Things Cheap, #113, April, 1953.
Pierce, David M.,
--P.I. to the Stars, April, 1996.
Pierce, John,
--Miss Paisley on a Diet, February, 1970. *
--Once a Cop, #338, January, 1972.
--Abracadabra, #341, April, 1972.
--Inspector Seal Reminisces, #345, August, 1972.
--Walking Hubert Down, 1974. *
Pike, Sue,
--Final Jeopardy, #712, December, 2000.
Pisacreta, Sharon,
--A Taste for Foxglove, Mid-December, 1989. *
Plotz, Charles M.,
--see Treat, Lawrence, and Charles M. Plotz
Podolsky, Polly,
--End Game, #250, September, 1964.
Pollack, Dorothy Belle,
--Rising Dander, December, 1989. (poem)
--Such Things Will Happen, #600, July, 1992.
Pomidor, Bill,
--A Plain and Honest Death, September, 1995. *
Pomroy, Estella R.,
--Jessie and the One Called Evil, #576, December, 1990.
Ponti, Rex,
--Period Crime, November, 1996. (poem)
--Period Crime, #683, July, 1998. (poem)
Popkin, Zelda,
--Junie-No-Name, #123, February, 1954.
Porges, Arthur,
--Do You Believe in Astrology? #225, August, 1962.
--The Devil Will Surely Come, #239, October, 1963.
--The Unsolvable Crime, #244, March, 1964.
--The English Village Mystery, #253, December, 1964.
--The Scientist and the Bagful of Water, #264, November, 1965.
--The Scientist and the Obscene Crime, #274, September, 1966.
--Private Beachhead, #277, December, 1966.
--Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher, #714, February, 2001. * (short short)
--Stately Homes and the Invisible Giant, #738, February, 2003.
Porter, Joyce,
--Dover and the Dark Lady, #342, May, 1972.
--Dover Does Some Spadework, October, 1976. *
--Dover without Perks, November, 1978. *
--Sweating It Out with Dover, August 18, 1980. *
--Dover Sees the Trees, September, 198x.
--Dover Weighs the Evidence, March 24, 1982. *
--Dover Sees the Trees, #470, September, 1982.
--A Souvenir for Dover, December, 1985.
--Sweating It Out with Dover, October, 1991. (reprint)
--Dover as Nemesis, December, 1991. (reprint of Dover Weighs the Evidence)
--But Once a Year...Thank God! Mid-December, 1991.
Porter, R. E., (Edward D. Hoch)
--Crime Beat, August 18, 1980 - March, 1985. (non-fiction)
Post, Mary Brinker,
--That's the Man! #139, June, 1955.
Post, Melville Davisson,
--Naboth's Vineyard, #81, August, 1950.
--The God of the Hills, #115, June, 1953. (reprint)
--The Devil's Trick, #120, November, 1953.
--The Dark Night, #122, January, 1954.
--The New Administration, #128, July, 1954.
--The Witness in the Metal Box, #177, August, 1958.
--The Straw Man, #193, December, 1959. (reprint)
--The Marriage Contract, December 2, 1981. (reprint)
Potts, Jean,
--The Withered Heart, 1956.
--Two on the Isle, January, 1987.
Powell, Francis A.,
--She Shouldn't Have Married Harry, #565, January, 1990.
Powell, James,
--The Friends of Hector Jouvet, 1966. (author's first publication)
--The Stollmeyer Sonnets, #275, October, 1966.
--The Beddoes Scheme, 1967. *
--The Eye of Shafti, #291, February, 1968.
--Coins in the Frascati Fountain, May, 1970.
--The Plot Against Santa Claus, January, 1971.
--The Gobineau Necklace, March, 1971.
--Three Men in a Tub, September, 1971.
--Trophy Day at the Chateau Gai, #339, February, 1972.
--The Mandalasian Garotte, #344, July, 1972.
--Ganelon and the Master Theif, October, 1972.
--The Pomeranian's Whereabouts, January, 1973.
--The Ascent of the Grimselhorn, April, 1973.
--Bianca and the Seven Sleuths, June, 1975. *
Powell, James, (continued)
--Blind Man's Cuff, July 15, 1981.
--The Notorious Snowman, October 7, 1981.
--The Vigil of Death, #467, July, 1982.
--The Haunted Bookcase, #469, August, 1982.
--A Bagdad Reckoning, #472, November, 1982.
--Death in the Christmas Hour, January, 1983.
--The Bird-of-Paradise Man, July, 1983.
--The Phantom Haircut, October, 1983.
--The Meandering Pearl, November, 1983.
--The Dark Elf Master of Crack of Doom, #486, December, 1983.
--The Labyrinth of Life, February, 1984.
--The Stranger at the Crossroads, May, 1984.
--The Singular Bird, #516, April, 1986.
--The Origami Moose, #518, June, 1986.
--Death's Sandwich Man, August, 1986.
--The Cannibal Gourmet, #524, December, 1986.
--The Brim Whistle, February, 1987.
--The Mad Scientist, J. G., April, 1987.
--The Tulip Juggernaut, #534, September, 1987.
--Still Life with Orioles, December, 1988. *
--Burning Bridges, February, 1989.
--A Dirge for Clowntown, #562, November, 1989.
--Burning Bridges, 1989.
Powell, James, (continued)
--The Hot-Stove League, #565, January, 1990.
--Mrs. Brodie's Cow, #568, April, 1990.
--The Code of the Poodles, October, 1990. *
--The Baltman Bird's-Eye View, April, 1991.
--Winter Hiatus, October, 1991.
--Funeral Pie, December, 1991.
--Santa's Way, Mid-December, 1991.
--Dark Possessions, #594, February, 1992.
--Unquiet Graves, #599, June, 1992.
--The King of the Orangutans, #602, September, 1992.
--Ruby Laughter, Tears of Pearl, #607, Mid-December, 1992. *
--The Blue Bread of Happiness, March, 1993.
--A Keyhole in Time, September, 1993.
--Household Hints, #621, December, 1993.
--A Bequest for Mr. Nugent, February, 1994.
--The Black Daffodil, August, 1994.
--Midnight at Manger's Bird and Beast, #636, December, 1994.
--Grist for the Mills of Christmas, #637, Mid-December, 1994.
Powell, James, (continued)
--The Rasputin Fabergé, October, 1995.
--Breakout from Mistletoe Five, Mid-December, 1995.
--The Dibble and Noah Webster, September-October, 1996.
--Strangers on a Sleigh, #677, January, 1998.
--The Colossus of Lilliput, #684-#685, September-October, 1998.
--A Gallows Song, #688, January, 1999.
--Jerrold's Meat, #691, April, 1999.
--A Quilt of Crazies, #692, May, 1999.
--The Flower Diet, #704, April, 2000.
--The Gooseberry Fool, #709-#710, September-October, 2000.
--Honeydew Wine, #716, April, 2001.
--The Zoroaster Grin, #725, January, 2002.
--Bottom Walker, #729, May, 2002.
--The Jewels of Atlantis, #735, November, 2002.
--The Firebird's Feather, #740, April, 2003.
--The Amontillado Club, #741, May, 2003.
Powell, Talmage,
--Dear Mr. Lonelyheart, #180, November, 1958.
--Salesmanship, #180, November, 1958.
--Somebody Cares, #229, December, 1962.
--A Break in the Weather, #237, August, 1963.
--In the House of Rats, September, 1970.
--The Nylon Stocking Bandits, February, 1971.
Price, E. L.,
--Point of No Return, #244, March, 1964.
Price, R. G. G.,
--'Tec's Twilight, #118, September, 1953.
Priestley, J. B.,
--An Arabian Night in Park Lane, #40, March, 1947.
Prince, Harold,
--see Prince, Jerome, and Harold Prince
Prince, Jerome, and Harold Prince,
--"Can You Solve This Crime?," #82, September, 1950.
Promiscuo, Dorothy Peer,
--Search Warranted, #515, March, 1986.
--French Connection, #517, May, 1986. *
Pronzini, Bill, (1943- )
--Proof of Guilt, #361, December, 1973. ***
--A Cold Foggy Day, #413, April, 1978. *
--Strangers in the Fog, #415, June, 1978.
--Bank Job, August, 1978. *
--Caught in the Act, December, 1978.
--The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps, February, 1979.
--Black Wind, September, 1979. *
--A Nice Easy Job, November, 1979.
--A Craving for Originality, December 17, 1979.
--Times Change, February 11, 1980.
--Two Weeks Every Summer, June 2, 1980.
--The Dispatching of George Ferris, July 23, 1980.
--The Hanging Man, August 12, 1981. *
--Liar's Dice, #605, November, 1992. *
--A Taste of Paradise, #625-#626, March, 1994.
--Man on the Run, February, 1996.
--The Monster, November, 1996. * (short short)
--The Horseshoe Nail, #666, February, 1997.
--Zero Tolerance, #677, January, 1998. * (ND)
--Worried Mother Job, #683, July, 1998.
--Medium Rare, #684-#685, September-October, 1998.
--Flood, #691, April, 1999.
--The Highbinders, #693, June, 1999.
--I Think I Will Not Hang Myself Today, #705, May, 2000.
--also see Pronzini, Bill, and Barry N. Malzberg
Pronzini, Bill, and Barry N. Malzberg,
--Problems Solved, #391, June, 1976.
--Rebound, April, 1979.
--Million-to-One Shot, July, 1979.
Pronzini, Bill, and Jeffrey Wallmann,
--The Half-Invisible Man, May, 1974.
--Once a Thief, August, 1975.
Purser, Tom Varner,
--Deaths on Hiawassee, #251, October, 1964.
Queen, Ellery, (Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee)
--The Adventure of the Treasure Hunt, #1, Fall, 1941. (reprint)
--The Adventure of the Dead Cat, #35, October, 1946.
--The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle, #36, November, 1946.
--The Adventure of the President's Half Disme, #39, February, 1947.
--The Ides of Michael Magoon, #40, March, 1947.
--The Dauphin's Doll, #61, December, 1948.
--Queen's Quorum: Part One, #67, June, 1949. (article)
--As Simple as ABC, 1951.
--The Fallen Angel, #92, July, 1951.
--The Needle's Eye, #93, August, 1951.
--The Lonely Bride, #97, December, 1951. (short short) (reprint, aka The Lady Couldn't Explain)
--The Three Widows, January, 1952. * (reprint)
--A Lump of Sugar, February, 1953. * (reprint)
--The Witch of Times Square, May, 1953. *
--Miser's Gold, April, 1954. * (reprint)
--GI Story, August, 1954. *
--The Accused, #133, December, 1954. (reprint of The Witch of Times Square)
--Bride in Danger, August, 1955. (aka Eve of the Wedding)
--The Black Ledger, #145, December, 1955.
Queen, Ellery, (continued)
--Miracles Do Happen, July, 1957.
--No Parking, #171, February, 1958.
--No Place to Live, #172, March, 1958.
--Object Lesson, #173, April, 1958.
--A Question of Honor, #174, May, 1958.
--Child Missing! #175, June, 1958.
--The Motive (Part 1), #177, August, 1958. *
--The Motive (Conclusion), #178, September, 1958. * (reprint) (aka Terror Town)
--The Case Against Carroll, #200, July, 1960.
--The Death of Don Juan, 1962. *
--Mind Over Matter, #226, September, 1962.
--Mystery at the Library of Congress, February, 1963.
--The President's Half Disme, March, 1965. (reprint)
--The Fallen Angel, August, 1965. (reprint)
--Mum Is the Word, April, 1966.
--The Broken T, May, 1966.
--Payoff, July, 1966.
--Half a Clue, August, 1966.
--The Little Spy, September, 1966.
--Dead Ringer, October, 1966.
--Last Man to Die, January, 1967.
--Abraham Lincoln's Clue, March, 1967.
--The President Regrets, July, 1967.
--With the Compliments of Comus, #290, January, 1968.
--The Inner Circle, #291, February, 1968.
Queen, Ellery, (continued)
--GI Story, May, 1970.
--Death of a Pawnbroker, November, 1971.
--The 12 Most Famous Detectives, February, 1973. (article)
--The Odd Man, October, 1975.
--The Motive, #569, May, 1990. (reprint)
--The President's Half Disme, #636, December, 1994. (reprint)
Quentin, Patrick,
--Death and the Rising Star, #169, December, 1957.
Quill, Monica,
--A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose, June, 1993.
--Intent to Kill, January, 1996.
--The Visitor, #673-#674, September-October, 1997.