The Wrong Hands, by Peter Robinson, ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE

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The Wrong Hands

by Peter Robinson

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1998, pp. 32-49

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      5. Murder in the Air by Ellen Hart
      6. The Perfidious Parrot by Janwillem van de Wetering
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    14. The Fatted Goose by Hayford Peirce, pp. 140-162
    15. Cover Illustration by Dave Calver
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      8. A Tournament of Murders by P.C. Doherty
      9. Suspense by Parnell Hall
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    3. The Wrong Hands by Peter Robinson, pp. 32-49
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      4. The Third Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer
      5. Short Stories of Michael Gilbert by B.A. Pike
      6. Detective and Mystery Fiction by Walter Albert
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    12. Cover Illustration by Ken Joudrey
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    2. Innocent Until Caught by Ed Teja, p. 11
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    5. Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable by Barbara D'Amato, pp. 39-47
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      4. Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice by Ken Bruen
      5. Malice in Cornwall by Graham Thomas
      6. Dead Air by Ed Goldberg
      7. Death Wore a Fabulous New Fragrance by Orland Outland
      8. Dying to Get Published by Judy Fitzwater
      9. Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke
      10. The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch
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    13. My Shopping Day by Ian Rankin, pp. 128-146
    14. Cover Illustration by Michael Weaver
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      5. A Hemorrhaging of Souls by Nicola Furlong
      6. The Last Manly Man by Sparkle Hayter
      7. The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
      8. One False Move by Harlan Coben
      9. The Dog Who Bit a Policeman by Stuart M. Kaminsky
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    14. Index to Volumes 111 and 112, pp. 139-146
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