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“But that was the whole point of planting the idea,” the Major said, “and setting it up so he’d get his fourth seven on the sixth card. So he would suggest it. If he hadn’t, then I’m afraid all our hard work and preparation would have been in vain. But,” he added expansively, “it
wasn’t, and as the Good Book so aptly points out it’s what happens that counts, not all the what-ifs and might-have-beens.”
I looked at him curiously. “Is that really in the Bible?” I said.
“Oh, I’m sure it is someplace,” he said, “and if it isn’t it should be. You can look it up sometime. But for now I’d suggest we’d do better to arrange to forward White his share and then shake the dust of this place from our feet before Donner recovers enough from his shock to discover that not only is there no shopping-center project planned for this area but that the young architect he knew as Frank Harris is none other than my valued associate and friend Tom James.”
Bibliography
Short Stories by Robert Edward Eckels
Those stories marked with an asterisk (*) are included in Never Trust a Partner.
“The Man in the Revolving Door.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1969.
* “The Blue Lady.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, October 1969. “Double Jeopardy.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January,1970. “After the Fact.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, April 1970.
* “A Question of Honor.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1970. “Milk Run.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, August 1970.
“Payment on Demand.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, October 1970.
* “Only Bet on a Sure Thing.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 1971.
“Game with One Rule.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, April 1971. “Vicious Circle.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1971.
* “The Waldemeer Triptych.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 1971.
“To Catch a Spy.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September 1971. “The Munich Courier.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 1972.
* “Never Trust a Partner.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1972.
* “The Kidnaped Painting.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1972. “One Man’s Ignorance.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December
1972.
“Bread Upon the Waters.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1973.
“One Born Every Minute.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1973. “The Chance of a Lifetime.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, October
1973.
“The Hard Part.” Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, November, 1973. “Nobody Can Win ’Em All.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February
1974.
“The Last One to Know.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, April 1974
* “Hobson’s Choice.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1974.
* “The Switcheroo.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September 1974.
“The K’ang Sheng Memorandum.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine,
October 1974
“The Great Bread Swindle, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1975. “Site Unseen.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December 1975. “Attention to Detail.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September 1976. “Judgment Postponed.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December
1976.
“The Last of the Breed.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December 1976.
“Buchanan’s Squeal.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, February 1977.
“Account Settled.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May 1977.
“The Long Arm of the Law.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 1977. “Snow from the South.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July 1977.
* “Lang and Lovell Go Legit, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1977.
“Manhunt—Indiana Style.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July 1978.
“Only One Way to Go.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, August 1978.
* “Quit When You’re Ahead.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December 1978.
“Sufficient Unto the Day.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1978.
“The Right Circumstances.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, March 1979.
“Night to Remember.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, November 1979.
*”Never Play Another Man’s Game.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November 3 1980.
“Maybe It Didn’t Happen.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 28 1981.
“The Swindle.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May 27 1981.
* “The Canadian Caper.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, October 1982.
“The Kapalov Proposal.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May 1983. “The Pearson Affair.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, August 1983. “The Export Specialist.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November
1984.
“A Nice Thing Going.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1984.
“The Benefit of the Doubt.” Prime Crimes 3, Davis Publications, 1985.
* “The Bellman Portrait.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September 1986.
* “Major McDonlevy Does the Math.” Included as a separate pamphlet with the limited edition of this collection.
Published as by E.E. Roberts**:
“Mug’s Game.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February 1971. “Where There’s Smoke.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May 1971. “A Little Ride in the Car.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February
1972.
“The Enumerators.” Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, November/ December 1978.
**Note that some sources credit Eckels with two other stories written by E.E. Roberts for Esquire magazine, but that was an entirely different
E.E. Roberts.
Never Trust a Partner
Never Trust a Partner: The Con Games of Robert Edward Eckels is printed on 60-pound paper, and is designed by G.E. Satheesh, Pondicherry, India. The type is Adobe Caslon Pro. The cover is by Joshua Luboski. The first edition was published in two forms: trade softcover, perfect bound; and one hundred fifty copies sewn in cloth, numbered and signed by Robert Edward Eckels. Each of the clothbound copies includes a separate pamphlet, “Major McDonlevy Does the Math”, a short story by Robert Edward Eckels. Never Trust a Partner was printed by Southern Ohio Printers and bound by Cincinnati Bindery. The book was published in June 2021 by Crippen & Landru Publishers, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.
Robert Edward Eckels, Never Trust a Partner
