Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Vol. 133, Nos. 3 & 4. Whole Nos. 811 & 812, March/April 2009

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It is almost a year since EQMM lost one of the greatest mystery short story writers of all time, Edward D. Hoch. We have been publishing an assortment of remaining new Hoch stories and Hoch reprints since his death, in order to complete another full year in the unbroken streak of publication he’s had in this magazine since 1973. Fan Steve Steinbock suggested this story as a good way to conclude Ed Hoch’s 36-year streak. There will be periodic Hoch reprints in future.

Winterluck had been living with Von Baden for some five years before he ever raised the subject of the Heidelberg killing. It was on a mild April day — one of the first pleasant days of spring — and they were strolling around the big yard as they so often did when the weather was good. Overhead, the sky was blue with promise, and already the first small buds were clustering on branches.

“The German spring is a wonderful time,” Winterluck said that morning.

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