Stephen Wasylyk

A fogged-in airport. A small plane that can't take off. A desperate man who needs to escape…and who's willing to kill....

Stephen Wasylyk (1922-1996) was a prolific author for both Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, penning more than 175 mysteries. He only published short stories during a career than spanned four decades.<P> CONSOLATION PRIZE<br> LESSON FOR A PRO<br> TEN DOLLAR$ A WEEK<br> THE MAN WHO DESERVED TO DIE<br> JIGSAW PUZZLE<br> GAME PLAN<br> MUSICIANS DON’T KILL EACH OTHER<br> THE ALLEY<br> ...

He was lying low in a small town after a bank job. There, on a gold green, he began to plant the seeds for another job. Because the local bank manager had a wife he didn&apos;t want, who wouldn&apos;t give him a divorce....

Stephen Wasylyk (1922-1996) was a prolific author for both Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, penning more than 175 mysteries. He only published short stories during a career than spanned four decades.<P> FAVOR<BR> PARENTAL DISCRETION<BR> FOOD FOR THE TIGER

There wasn’t much a one-armed, middle-aged man could do in that nice, clean, small town, after the army sent him home. Money was no problem. Finding a job was. So he spent his days on a bench in front of the courthouse, watching people, enjoying the sun, and knowing more than he really wanted to about the goings-on around him. Of course, when the sheriff found the bodies, Bencher was the one to ask about them…

Sharon Cramer believes the boy accused of murdering her husband is innocent, so she asks J. K. to investigate.

Toper Kelly died on the main street of Fox River at three o’clock on a chilly October morning, his life finished by a hit-and-run driver. At seven I sat at my desk in the sheriffs office and listened to Julio explain that all he could do was send Toper’s body to the hospital for examination by Dr. Blenheim and pick up the broken glass from the shattered headlight, which was the only physical evidence to be found…

Two seasoned bank robbers get more than they bargained for when they pick Carmody as hostage for their getaway. Carmody doesn&apos;t care if he lives or died – and promptly demands a cut of the loot!

When a body is dumped in an alley, the two witnesses react in very different ways. But the police detectives investigating are going to need them both to solve the case…

Two old men. Two folding chairs. One set of binoculars. A lot of things to watch—including a bank…