Contents:
Front Cover -- illustrated by JOEL SPECTOR
Editor's Notes: First Place In Mystery -- by LINDA LANDRIGAN
Cold Reason -- by JAMES LINCOLN WARREN, illustrated by EDWARD KINSELLA III
What Friends Are For -- by RUSSEL D. McLEAN
The Hard Case -- by ROBERT LOPRESTI
Case Capped -- by MARIANNE WILSKI STRONG
Talking Herself To Death -- by CATHRYN GRANT, illustrated by LINDA WEATHERLY
Dying Words (Acrostic Puzzle) -- by ARLENE FISHER
The Lagoon -- by EVE FISHER
8 Across -- by LEIGH LUNDIN, illustrated by GRANT NEWTON
Messenger From Hades -- by EDWARD D. HOCH, illustrated by HANK BLAUSTEIN
The Mysterious Photograph (Contest)
Booked And Printed (Book Reviews Of "THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL" by STEVE BERRY ; "THE SECRET SCROLL" by RONALD CUTLER ; "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT" by DIANE A. S. STUCKART)-- by ROBERT C. HAHN
Murder In The Barrens -- by JUDY ROE
If I Quench Thee. . . -- by WILLIAM E. CHAMBERS
Death Row -- by MICHAEL Z. LEWIN, illustrated by HANK BLAUSTEIN
The Story That Won : A Nagging Problem -- by MIKE DONOVAN
The Lineup (Contributors To This Issue)
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