Peter Heck
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Peter Jewell Heck (born Chestertown, Maryland) is an American science fiction and mystery author. His books include the "Mark Twain Mysteries"—historical whodunits featuring the famous author as a detective—and the "Phule's Company" series, in collaboration with Robert Asprin, best described as "F-Troop in space".
Heck has also been an editor at Ace Books (where he edited Lynn S. Hightower and Robert J. Sawyer, among others), and created the SF newsletter Xignals and its mystery equivalent Crime Times for the Waldenbooks chain. He is also a regular reviewer for Asimov's Science Fiction and Kirkus Reviews.
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The Mark Twain Mysteries
- (1995) Death On the Mississippi. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime. ISBN 0-425-14939-0.
- (1996) A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime. ISBN 0-425-15474-2.
- (1997) The Prince and the Prosecutor. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime. ISBN 0-425-15970-1.
- (1999) The Guilty Abroad. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime. ISBN 0-425-17122-1.
- (2000) The Mysterious Strangler. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime. ISBN 0-425-17704-1.
- (2001) Tom's Lawyer. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime. ISBN 0-425-18205-3.
Phule's Company
- (1999) A Phule and His Money. New York: Ace Books. ISBN 0-441-00658-2.
- (2001) Phule Me Twice. New York: Ace Books. ISBN 0-441-00791-0.
- (2004) No Phule Like an Old Phule. New York: Ace Books. ISBN 0-441-01152-7.
- (2006) Phules Errand. New York: Ace Books. ISBN 0-441-01423-1.
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