A Small Oversight, by Seiko Legru, ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE

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A Small Oversight

by Seiko Legru

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July 22, 1981, pp. 19-27

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    2. Death of an Englishman by Stephen Wasylyk, pp. 5-18
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    12. Crime On Screen by Peter Christian, pp. 120-130
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    12. The Lipstick Explosion by James Holding, pp. 138-147
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    14. That Kind of Day by Lawrence Block, pp. 165-174
    15. The Slave by Henry Slesar, pp. 175-191
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    17. The Marrow of Justice by Hal Ellson, pp. 204-211
    18. Favor by Stephen Wasylyk, pp. 212-224
    19. That Year's Victim by Jack Ritchie, pp. 225-233
    20. Innocent Witness by Irving Schiffer, pp. 234-247
    21. Dead Stop on the Road South by Robert Colby, pp. 248-269
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    25. The Ultimate Prey by Talmage Powell, pp. 297-307
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