More the 30 years ago a young private investigator named Joe Gores was encouraged by the great mystery critic Anthony Boucher to record his experiences in a series of short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Thus began the first series of tales that looked at a PI's cases as they actually happened, from the very serious (for instance, when a repo-man — someone who repossesses cars when loans are in default — can send a woman to suicide) to the comic (as when the Dan Kearny associates have to grab a fire engine that hasn't been paid for). And the characters are just as colorful, ranging from professional conmen to a gypsy who issues a curse as her car is driven away.

Stakeout on Page Street includes a new introduction and prefaces to each story by the author, and a complete checklist of Joe Gores's mystery novels and short stories.

Contents:

• File # 1: Find the Girl
• File # 2: Stakeout on Page Street
• File # 3: The Three Halves
• File # 4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline
• File # 5: Be Nice To Me
• File # 6: Beyond the Shadow
• File # 7: O Black and Unknown Bard
• File # 8: The O'Bannon Blarney File
• File # 9: Full Moon Madness
• File #10: The Maimed and the Halt
• File #11: Jump Her Lively, Boys!
• File #12: Do Not Go Gentle
• Joe Gores Checklist