Mary, Mary, Shut the Door and Other Stories — Benjamin M. Schutz

Mary, Mary, Shut the Door and Other Stories collects all of Benjamin M. Schutz's short fiction. It includes the title story, winner of both the Shamus and Edgar Allan Poe awards, and his other Leo Haggerty stories, "What Goes Around" and "Lost and Found." His newest private investigators, the Ellis Brothers, are represented by "Whatever it Takes" and a story written for this collection: "Til Death Do Us Part." Schutz's most recent novel, the acclaimed thriller, "The Mongol Reply" has as its protagonist a forensic psychologist. The collection also includes his earlier forensic psychology tales starring Dr. Ransom Triplett, "Not Enough Monkeys" and "Expert Opinion."Schutz's short stories have been translated into many foreign languages and reprinted in a number of distinguished anthologies. They bear the same hallmarks as his novels: airtight plotting, relentless suspense, and surprise endings conveyed in a style that is rich with memorable metaphors and dialogue.