Music to Murder By

Editor Tony Burton is out with the February issue of Crime and Suspense, which includes short stories by Mike Driver (“The Mistletoe Kiss”), Clair Dickson (“Small Favors”), and Brian C. Petroziello (“Tatters”), as well as the second installment of Gary R. Hoffman’s four-part serial, “No Motive for Murder,” and Burton’s own tribute to the late author Barbara Seranella.

By the way, after I complimented him last month on replacing the altogether cheesy theme from The A-Team with that of The Avengers on C&S’s front page, Burton asked that I pass along other noteworthy TV crime drana themes with which he could welcome visitors to his site. Well, how ’bout we start with Henry Mancini’s exhilerating intro to the NBC Mystery Movie? Or Jerry Goldsmith’s Barnaby Jones theme? Or Perry Mason’s atmospheric opening tune? Or even the theme from Get Smart? (Most of those, and others, are available at a site called TV Themes Online.)

Any other suggestions? Send them to editor Burton here.