For Alyce Martha
With love
Copyright © 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 by Brian Garfield
Grateful acknowledgment is made to Davis Publications for permission to reprint the stories listed from the following publication:
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: “Joe Cutter’s Game” (which served as the basis for “Charlie’s Game” in this volume), July 1976
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine: “Charlie’s Shell Game,” February 1978; “Checkpoint Charlie,” May 1978; “Trust Charlie,” June 1978; “Charlie’s Vigorish,” August 1978; “Challenge for Charlie,” October 1978; “Charlie in Moscow,” November 1978; “Charlie in the Tundra,” January 1979; “Charlie’s Dodge,” March 1979; “Passport for Charlie,” July 1979; “Charlie’s Chase,” October 1979.