Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 129, No. 6. Whole No. 790, June 2007

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A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, and one of the nation’s most popular crime novelists, Lawrence Block hasn’t always devoted as much time to short fiction as fans of his taut short stories might wish. This year we’re lucky; EQMM has three of his stories in its line-up, and there’s a new book of Keller stories, Hit Parade (William Morrow), not long off the presses and also out in audio.

The game changed over time. Technology made change inevitable: Racquets were larger and lighter and stronger, and even shoes got a little better every few years. And human technology had much the same effect; each generation of tennis players was taller and rangier than the one before it, and players improved on genetics by getting stronger through weight training and more durable through nutrition. So of course the game changed. It had to change.

But the players still — with rare exception — wore the traditional white clothing, and that was one thing he hoped would never change. Oh, some of them sported logos, and maybe that was inevitable, too, with all the money the corporations were throwing around. And you saw colored stripes on some of the white shirts and shorts, and periodically the self-appointed Brat of the Year would turn up in plaid shorts and a scarlet top, but by and large white prevailed.

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