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Hoch, Edward Dentinger was born on February 22, 1930 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Earl George and Alice Mary (Dentinger) Hoch.
( Two computer cops race to protect a presidential electi...)
Two computer cops race to protect a presidential election against tampering. Radiation leaks in Chicago. Assassination attempts on Venus. Bombings in Washington, DC. Any crime that involves a computer falls under the jurisdiction of New York's Computer Investigation Bureau, and in the far-off days of the mid-twenty-first century, more criminals rely on digital tools than ever before. For Earl Jazine and Carl Crader, technology is not just their beat; it is their best weapon in the war against mayhem. Today, mayhem takes the form of a threat to the nation's electronic voting system. Thousands of ballots have been programmed into the FRIDAY-404 election machine, pledging votes to Jason Blunt and Stanley Ambrose - two men who aren't even running for president. Jazine and Crader have only a few weeks until election day, but they must put an end to this audacious fraud before democracy itself goes up in a puff of pixelated smoke.
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(The sin of Dr. Frankenstein was to dare to play God. He a...)
The sin of Dr. Frankenstein was to dare to play God. He aspired to create man, but made a monster instead. Now, there is another doctor, Dr. Hobbes, equipped with the technology of the 21st century, plans to recreate man from parts assembled from corpses in his cryonic vaults.
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(Impossible crimes -- locked rooms, sealed time capsules, ...)
Impossible crimes -- locked rooms, sealed time capsules, the vanishing of a horse and buggy from within a covered bridge -- by a master of the fairplay detective story.
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( When a government official dies on the operating table,...)
When a government official dies on the operating table, the president calls in the computer cops. On Venus, a radical exile escapes from a maximum-security prison, pledging to return to Washington and assassinate the president. Transport between Earth and the solar colonies is tightly regulated, but the exile knows a shortcut: the top-secret transvection machine, an experimental device that could theoretically be used to teleport men from planet to planet. Vander Defoe, the tool's creator, is busy securing it when he feels a pain in his stomach: His appendix is about to explode. Defoe dies in the operating room during routine computerized surgery, and the case falls in the lap of the Computer Investigation Bureau, which has jurisdiction over all computer-related crimes. As the team tries to determine who corrupted the system that killed Defoe, it finds that in this case, all roads lead to Venus.
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(Ever since his first story was published in 1955, Edward ...)
Ever since his first story was published in 1955, Edward D. Hoch has been the dominant force in the fairplay detective story. Like his predecessors of the Golden Age between the Wars, Ed Hoch challenges the reader to read all the clues correctly and come to the correct conclusion before the sleuth. But he does much more than that: his sleuths are cut out of various cloths – some are professional thieves, some investigate bizarre events, others are espionage agents, others specialize in locked rooms, and still others – like the Gypsy Michael Vlado – add a touch of exotic lore to their investigations. Long awaited by Hoch's fans, The Iron Angel is the first collection of Vlado's adventures, and it includes such cases as "The Gypsy's Paw" (in which the classic horror tale "The Monkey's Paw" seems repeated), "The Puzzle Garden" (in which murder is involved in a garden named after the apostles), "The Gypsy Wizard" (in which a wizard may, or may not, be able to fly), and other ingenious stories. Hoch has received the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, The Grand Master Award. He also has received Edgar and Anthony Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bouchercon. The cover painting is by Carol Heyer, one of the finest of the mystery and science fiction artists.
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(LImited edition of 275 clothbound copies in dust jacket e...)
LImited edition of 275 clothbound copies in dust jacket each of which has a separately printed pamphlet entitled Assignment: Enigma.
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(Dr. Sam Hawthorne, a New England country doctor in the fi...)
Dr. Sam Hawthorne, a New England country doctor in the first half of the twentieth century, was constantly faced by murders in locked rooms, impossible disappearances, and other so-called miracle crimes. More Things Impossible contains fifteen of Dr. Sam s extraordinary cases solved between 1927 and 1931, including impossible murder in a house that whispers; poisoning by a gargoyle on the courthouse roof; the case of the Devil in the windmill; the houseboat that resembles the Mary Celeste; the affair of the vanishing Gypsies; stabbing in the locked cockpit of a plane in midair; a ghostly pirate in a lighthouse; ad eight other ingenious riddles. Edward D. Hoch is a legend of ingenuity in the world of mystery writing. Author of more than 800 short stories, winner of the Edgar Award, former President of the Mystery Writers of America, and contributor to every issue of Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine since 1973, Hoch is one of the great mystery writers of our time. As John Dickson Carr remarked, Satan himself would be proud of his ingenuity. And Crippen & Landru is proud to be Edward D. Hoch s publisher. The publisher: Founded in 1994 as the only publishing house to specialize in mystery short-story collections, Crippen & Landru has been described as a monument in the making (Alfred Hitchcock s Mystery Magazine) ,the best edited, most attractively packaged line of mystery books introduced in this decade (Mystery Scene),the specialty publisher with the most star-studded list (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine), and even God bless Crippen & Landru (The Strand).
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(Nick Velvet is the choosey crook, who steals only the see...)
Nick Velvet is the choosey crook, who steals only the seeminglyvalueless — for a hefty fee of course. In The Velvet Touch, Nick steals a bald man's comb, a faded flag, an overdue library book, an ordinary playing card, a menu -- and 9 other items While engaged in pilfering, Nick finds that he often has to become a detective, sometimes in order to save Sandra Paris, the White Queen, who is also a thief -- a mistress of bizarre crimes, who does "Impossible Things Before Breakfast." Nick Velvet and Sandra Paris sometimes compete, sometimes work together — as in the theft of a snake-charmer's basket on the front cover.
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(I hope that Mays nightmare about her parents tragedy can ...)
I hope that Mays nightmare about her parents tragedy can pass."" Dr. Sam Hawthorne said. ""But she decided to go back to Boston for psychological treatment, so we had to say goodbye. It makes me sad. During the second Christmas, she wrote to me that she was doing well and had met a good guy. Her Dusenberg was too broken by car crashes to be repaired. Rex fixed my Mercedes. I was one nurse short. Later I found one, June, and she helped me solve one mysterious case that even I was puzzled.
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(This science fiction novel, is set in the mid-21st centur...)
This science fiction novel, is set in the mid-21st century, featuring Carl Crader and Earl Jazine of the Computer Investigation Bureau, nicknamed the "Computer Cops". The Transvection Machine, 1971 Edward Dentinger Hoch (February 22, 1930 - January 17, 2008) was a prolific American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast short story output which, at the time of his death, was over 950. Hoch was born in Rochester, New York and began writing in the 1950s; his first story appeared in 1955 in Famous Detective Stories and was followed by stories in The Saint Mystery Magazine. In January 1962 he began appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. In December 1962 he kicked off his most successful collaboration, with the appearance of his first story in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine; in the years since EQMM has published over 450 of Hoch's stories, roughly half of his total output. In May 1973 EQMM began publishing a new Hoch story in every monthly issue; as of May 2007 the author had gone an astonishing 34 years without missing a single issue. Other magazines Hoch wrote for included Adventure ,Double-Action Detective, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, The Magazine of Horror and Web Detective Stories.Hoch was a master of the classic detective story, emphasizing mystery and deduction rather than suspense and fast action; EQMM has called him "The King of the Classical Whodunit." His stories are very well written and are usually tightly plotted puzzles, with carefully and fairly presented clues, both physical and psychological. He was particularly partial to "impossible crime" tales, where to all appearances the crime (usually a murder) could not have been committed at all; he invented numerous variants on the locked room mystery popularized by John Dickson Carr and others.
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(Ross Craigthorn was successful, handsome and popular. And...)
Ross Craigthorn was successful, handsome and popular. And he was possessed of a terrible secret. While accepting and award at the Mystery Writers' Dinner, a bullet from nowhere struck him down. Who needed to silence Ross Craigthorn and what were they silencing him about?
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(GUNSLINGING AND HISTORICAL DETECTION Probably the most ...)
GUNSLINGING AND HISTORICAL DETECTION Probably the most honored of all current mystery short story writers, Edward D. Hoch combines ingenious plotting with a strong sense of time and place. The Ripper of Storyville is the first book collection of one of Hoch’s most imaginative creations, Ben Snow, the nineteenth century gunman who wanders through the West—and occasionally the East as well. The book begins with seven rare stories about Ben Snow published more than thirty years ago in The Saint Mystery Magazine and continues with seven more recent tales. Ben solves such mysteries as— The steamboat that vanishes as it leaves Vicksburg, Mississippi; The stallion that can be seen only by the victim; Crime in a Sacramento waxworks; The patent medicine man who claims to be able to stop time itself; Serial killings in old New Orleans; A mysterious death near a temple in Yucatan; and The killing of The Flying Man.
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Hoch, Edward Dentinger was born on February 22, 1930 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Earl George and Alice Mary (Dentinger) Hoch.
Student, University Rochester, 1947-1949.
Research assistant Rochester (New York ) Public Library., 1949-1950. Circulation assistant Pocket Books, New York City, 1952-1954. Public relations writer Hutchins Advertising Company, Rochester, 1954-1968.
With United States Army, 1950-1952.
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(Impossible crimes -- locked rooms, sealed time capsules, ...)
(This science fiction novel, is set in the mid-21st centur...)
(LImited edition of 275 clothbound copies in dust jacket e...)
(GUNSLINGING AND HISTORICAL DETECTION Probably the most ...)
(Nick Velvet is the choosey crook, who steals only the see...)
( When a government official dies on the operating table,...)
( Two computer cops race to protect a presidential electi...)
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Trustee Rochester Public Library., 1981—1998. Member of International Association Crime Writers, Crime Writers of Canada, Crime Writers Association (England), Authors Guild, Science Fiction Writers American, Mystery Writers American, Inc. (director, president 1982, Edgar award 1967, Edgar scroll 1980, Grand Master 2001).
Married Patricia Ann McMahon, June 5, 1957.