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Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, March 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5321-2, £8.99, 352pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics] vii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · The Loss of Sammy Crockett [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Strand Magazine April 1894, uncredited. 30 · The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter [Sherlock Holmes] · Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1904 58 · The Double Problem [Ebbie Entwhistle] · F. A. M. Webster · ss The Blue Magazine #34, April 1922 81 · A Fisherman’s Luck [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Flynn’s July 18 1925 98 · The Football Photograph [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Delineator July 1929 134 · The Red Golf Ball · Gerald Verner · nv (r) reworked from “The Fatal 13th” as by Donald Stuart, first published (anonymously) in Sexton Blake Annual for 1938. 155 · The Boat Race Murder · David Winser · ss Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940 171 · The Swimming Gala · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard July 25 1952 178 · The Case of the Man in the Squared Circle [Dr. Morelle] · Ernest Dudley · nv Meet Dr. Morelle Again by Ernest Dudley, Long, 1944 203 · I, Said the Sparrow [Sgt. Beef] · Leo Bruce · ss The Evening Standard October 6 1951 211 · Four to One—Bar One · Henry Wade · nv Policeman’s Lot by Henry Wade, Constable, 1933 232 · Death at the Wicket · Bernard Newman · ss Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 243 · The Wimbledon Mystery [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · na The Evening Standard June 25 1956 (+11), as “The Centre Court Mystery” 296 · The Drop Shot · Michael Gilbert · ss 1950 303 · Dangerous Sport · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1976

Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 2015, 978-0-7123-5610-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, an, cover by Chris Andrews) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details supplied by Steve Holland. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892, as “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” 36 · Parlour Tricks · Ralph Plummer · ss The Passing Show Christmas 1930 46 · A Happy Solution · Raymund Allen · ss The Strand Magazine December 1916 64 · The Flying Stars [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 20 1911 81 · Stuffing · Edgar Wallace · ss John Bull Annual Christmas 1926 90 · The Unknown Murderer [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv People’s March 1 1923 118 · The Absconding Treasurer [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction July 23 1927 133 · “Necklace of Pearls” [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 146 · The Case Is Altered [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine December 1938 166 · Waxworks · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1930 190 · Cambric Tea · Marjorie Bowen · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 214 · The Chinese Apple · Joseph Shearing · ss The Illustrated London News November 18 1948 233 · A Problem in White · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Magazine February 1949, as “The Snow Line” 251 · The Name on the Window [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #111, February 1953 265 · Beef for Christmas [Sgt. Beef] · Leo Bruce · ss The Tatler and Bystander November 8 1957

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5337-3, £9.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics] 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep [Loveday Brooke] · Catherine Louisa Pirkis · ss The Ludgate Monthly February 1893 43 · The Hole in the Wall [Horne Fisher] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #114, September 1921 73 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone. 111 · Persons or Things Unknown · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1938 133 · Dead Man’s Hand · E. R. Punshon · ss MacKill’s Mystery Magazine March 1953 141 · The Christmas Eve Ghost [Nat Craig] · Ernest Dudley · ss The Private Eye by Ernest Dudley, John Long, 1950 153 · Dick Whittington’s Cat · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard December 22 1950 161 · A Surprise for Christmas · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard 169 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 183 · Give Me a Ring · Anthony Gilbert · na The Illustrated London News Christmas 1955 265 · Father Christmas Comes to Orbins · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963 301 · The Turn-Again Bell · Barry Perowne · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine February 1960

Ten Year Stretch ed. Martin Edwards & Adrian Muller (No Exit Press, 2018, 978-0-85730-132-1, £9.99, 351pp, tp, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. 10 · Foreword · Peter James · fw 15 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 18 · The Hired Man · Bill Beverly · ss 34 · The Last Locked Room · Simon Brett · ss 58 · Shorty and the Briefcase · Lee Child · ss 68 · Moses and the Locked Tent Mystery · Ann Cleeves · ss 82 · Blind Date · Jeffery Deaver · ss 102 · Strangers in a Pub · Martin Edwards · ss 124 · Crime Scene · Kate Ellis · ss 142 · Normal Rules Do Not Apply · Peter Guttridge · ss 162 · Ask Tom St Clare · Sophie Hannah · ss 168 · Blue and Sentimental [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · nv 194 · “How Many Cats Have You Killed?” · Mick Herron · ss 204 · Daylight Robbery · Donna Moore · ss 224 · The Snapperoody · Caro Ramsay · ss 232 · Inside the Box [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 250 · Freezer Burn · James Sallis · ss 258 · Caught on Camera · Zoë Sharp · ss 278 · Road Trip · Yrsa Sigurðardóttir · ss 298 · Long Time No See · Maj Sjöwall; translated by Catherine Edwards · ss 314 · The Ring · Michael Stanley · ss 328 · The Five-Letter Word · Andrew Taylor · ss 347 · Afterword · Adrian Muller · aw

Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 10, 2023, 978-0-7123-5478-3, £10.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 13 · On the Irish Mail · Garnett Radcliffe · ss The Windsor Magazine 1931 27 · The Christmas Thief · Frank Howel Evans · nv Chums December 9 1911 57 · The Christmas Spirit · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1964 75 · Among Those Present Was Santa Claus · Vincent Cornier · ss Huddersfield Examiner December 20 1952 87 · Gold, Frankincense and Murder [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss A Classic Christmas Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995 107 · Secrets in the Snow [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Best Stories of the Underworld ed. Peter Cheyney, Faber and Faber, 1942 127 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 141 · Death at Christmas · Glyn Daniel · ss Welsh Short Stories ed. George Ewart Evans, Faber and Faber, 1959 155 · Scotland Yard’s Christmas · John Dickson Carr · ss Weekend Magazine December 25/December 29 1957, as “Detective’s Day Off” 167 · The Bird of Dawning [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · nv National and English Review December 1956 187 · The Christmas Train [Jeremiah Jones (The Laughing Crook)] · Will Scott · ss The Passing Show December 23 1933 203 · The Grey Monk [Supt. Robert Budd] · Gerald Verner · ss The Leader December 1934 215 · Who Suspects the Postman? [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard April 9 1958 223 · Herlock Sholmes’s Christmas Case [Herlock Sholmes] · Peter Todd · ss The Magnet Library December 9 1916 233 · A Present for Ivo · Ellis Peters · nv Everywoman’s Magazine December 1958 (+1)

Whydunit? Perfectly Criminal II ed. Martin Edwards (Severn House, September 25, 1997, 0-7278-5237-X, £16.99, 244pp, hc, oa)     Crime/mystery anthology. vii · Foreword · Keith Miles · fw ix · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · Clothes · Ruth Rendell · ss The Blood Lines by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1995 13 · Looking for David [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss 30 · Original Sin · Gillian Linscott · ss 48 · The Good and Gentle Harvey Christmas [P Division] · Peter Turnbull · ss 66 · On the Psychiatrist’s Couch · Reginald Hill · ss 83 · Instruments · John Owen · ss 90 · Diminished Responsibility · Martin Edwards · ss 110 · Deus Ex Machina · June Thomson · ss 121 · Because It Was There · Peter Lovesey · ss 134 · A Good Woman · Eileen Dewhurst · ss 148 · The Bluebird · Alison White · ss 163 · Best Behaviour · Simon Brett · ss 175 · A Regular Correspondent · Joan Lock · ss 182 · Nice People · Mat Coward · ss 202 · Remembering Kazarian · Marjorie Eccles · ss 212 · The Man Who Collected Ravens · Edward D. Hoch · ss 218 · Rum Business [Patrick Grant] · Margaret Yorke · nv 240 · Biographies of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Palace Corbie #6 ed. Wayne Edwards--- see under Palace Corbie #6, 1995.

Palace Corbie Eight ed. Wayne Edwards--- see under Palace Corbie #8, 1999.

Palace Corbie Seven ed. Wayne Edwards & John Marshall--- see under John Marshall.

Miss Darkness by Fredric Brown ed. Jonathan Eeds--- see under Fredric Brown.

The Forgotten Classics of Mystery Volume II: An Omnibus of American Mysteries ed. Michael Eenhoorn (Juniper, 1959, $5.50, 383pp, hc, an) 7 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891 12 · “Thou Art the Man” · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 26 · In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na R.H. Russell, 1901 77 · The Woman by the Fountain · F. Marion Crawford · nv (r) 100 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 108 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 125 · The Cut on the Lips · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · na (r) 179 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam's, 1896 206 · Wieland · Charles Brockden Brown · na H. Caritat, 1798; condensed. 305 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 326 · The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited. 343 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 356 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882 363 · A Tale of Negative Gravity · Frank R. Stockton · nv The Century Magazine November 1884

The Best of Greg Egan by Greg Egan (Subterranean Press, December 2019, 978-1-59606-942-8, $45.00, 731pp, hc, co, cover by David Ho)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. 7 · Learning to Be Me · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #37, July 1990 25 · Axiomatic · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #41, November 1990 41 · Appropriate Love · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #50, August 1991 59 · Into Darkness · Greg Egan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1992 79 · Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #61, July 1992 97 · Closer · Greg Egan · ss Eidolon Winter 1992 115 · Chaff · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #78, December 1993 141 · Luminous [Luminous] · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1995 179 · Silver Fire · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #102, December 1995 217 · Reasons to Be Cheerful · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #118, April 1997 257 · Oceanic · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1998 313 · Oracle · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2000 369 · Singleton · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #176, February 2002 431 · Dark Integers [Luminous] · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2007 479 · Crystal Nights · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #215, April 2008 509 · Zero for Conduct · Greg Egan · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review, 2013 541 · Bit Players [Sagreda] · Greg Egan · nv Subterranean (online) Winter 2014 571 · Uncanny Valley · Greg Egan · nv Tor.com August 9 2017 611 · 3-adica [Sagreda] · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2018 669 · Instantiation [Sagreda] · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2019 729 · Afterword · Greg Egan · aw

Crystal Nights and Other Stories by Greg Egan (Subterranean Press, September 2009, 978-1-59606-240-5, $35.00, 310pp, hc, co, cover by Steve Montiglio)     Stated first editionPublication month not stated, shipped on September 8, 2009 Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Greg Egan · in 11 · Lost Continent · Greg Egan · nv The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008 39 · Crystal Nights · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #215, April 2008 65 · Steve Fever · Greg Egan · ss Technology Review November/December 2007 81 · Tap · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1995 119 · Induction · Greg Egan · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007 133 · Singleton · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #176, February 2002 187 · Oracle · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2000 235 · Border Guards · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #148, October 1999 259 · Hot Rock · Greg Egan · na Oceanic by Greg Egan, Gollancz, 2009

Dark Integers and Other Stories by Greg Egan (Subterranean Press, March 2008, 978-1-59606-155-2, $25.00, 232pp, hc, co, cover by Steve Montiglio)     Collection of five stories. 7 · Introduction · Greg Egan · in 13 · Luminous [Luminous] · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1995 51 · Riding the Crocodile [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · na One Million A.D. ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006 103 · Dark Integers [Luminous] · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2007 149 · Glory [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 179 · Oceanic · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1998

Dispersion by Greg Egan (Subterranean Press, October 2020, 978-1-59606-989-3, $40.00, 158pp, hc, na, cover by David Ho)     Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Details taken from publisher website.

The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred by Greg Egan (Subterranean Press, November 2016, 978-1-59606-791-2, $40.00, 89pp, hc, na, cover by Dominic Harman)     SF novella. Deteriorating conditions have colonists fleeing the asteroid Vesta. This is an unsigned limited edition of 1,000.