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The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, September 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5289-5, £8.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics] vii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891 34 · The Horror of Studley Grange [Doctor Halifax] · L. T. Meade & Clifford Halifax · ss The Strand Magazine January 1894, as by The Author(s) of “The Medicine Lady” 66 · The Tragedy of a Third Smoker · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine September 1898 80 · The Man Who Disappeared · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv The Strand Magazine December 1901 111 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926 134 · The English Filter · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss The Strand Magazine March 1926 155 · The Contents of a Mare’s Nest [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv The Magic Casket by R. Austin Freeman, Hodder, 1927 179 · After Death the Doctor · J. J. Connington · nv The First Class Omnibus ed. Helen Gosse, Hodder, 1934 213 · The Broken Toad [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine October 1934 252 · In the Teeth of the Evidence [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1939 271 · The Case of the Chemist in the Cupboard [Dr. Morelle] · Ernest Dudley · ss Meet Dr. Morelle by Ernest Dudley, Long, 1943 290 · The Purple Line · John Rhode · ss The Evening Standard January 20 1950 302 · Blood Sport [Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 6 1954 309 · The New Cement [Insp. Joseph French] · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss Many a Slip by Freeman Wills Crofts, Hodder, 1955

Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London’s Detectives ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, September 10, 2024, 978-0-7123-5551-3, £10.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details supplied by Martin Edwards. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 13 · The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928 35 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908 71 · The Miser of Maida Vale [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1925 105 · The Real Thing [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Poole] · Henry Wade · ss The London Magazine August 1930 123 · These Artists! [Constable John Bragg] · Henry Wade · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1937 141 · The Case of the Faulty Drier [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard December 19 1949 153 · Unsound Mind · Anthony Berkeley · ss Time and Tide October 14 1933 (+1) 173 · Man in Bond Street [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Daily Express April 15 1935 185 · Death on Nelson’s Column · Eric Bennett · nv The Evening Standard June 6 1939 (+4) 207 · The Crime in Nobody’s Room [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine June 1938, as by Carter Dickson 229 · The Locked Room [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine July 1940 249 · Sergeant Dobbin Works It Out · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss The Evening Standard September 26 1950 263 · Mum Knows Best [Albert Campion; Charley Luke] · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News May 12 1954, as “Mother Knows Best” 273 · Sergeant Pockle in Parliament [Sergeant Pockle] · Wilfred Fienburgh · ss The Evening Standard March 26 1954 281 · Murder in St. James’s [Mark Raeburn] · Malcolm Gair · ss The Evening Standard September 7 1956 289 · The Most Hated Man in London · Patricia Moyes · ss The (London) Evening News 1961 295 · The Dead Man Climbed Upstairs · Raymond Postgate · ss The Liverpool Daily Post August 20 1963 305 · Back in Five Years [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull December 18 1948

Miraculous Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, April 10, 2017, 978-0-7123-5673-2, £8.99, 350pp, tp, an, cover by Chris Andrews) [British Library Crime Classics]     Crime/mystery anthology. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Lost Special · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1898, as “The Story of the Lost Special” 33 · The Thing Invisible [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Ghost Pirates, a Chaunty, and Another Story by William Hope Hodgson, Paul R. Reynolds, 1909 61 · The Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room [Moris Klaw] · Sax Rohmer · nv The New Magazine (UK) April 1913 85 · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine March 1909 115 · The Miracle of Moon Crescent [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine May 1924 143 · The Invisible Weapon [Rowland Hern] · Nicholas Olde · ss The Incredible Adventures of Rowland Hern by Nicholas Olde, Heinemann, 1928 155 · The Diary of Death [Loreto Santos] · Marten Cumberland · nv The Strand Magazine January 1928 181 · The Broadcast Murder · Grenville Robbins · ss Pearson’s Magazine July 1928 201 · The Music-Room [Ronald Standish] · Sapper · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1935 221 · Death at 8.30 · Christopher St. John Sprigg · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 25 1935 243 · Too Clever by Half [Dr. Benjamin Tancred] · G. D. H. & Margaret Cole · nv Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939 271 · Locked In · E. Charles Vivian · ss The Evening Standard August 31 1936 287 · The Haunted Policeman [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Harper’s Bazaar February 1938 313 · The Sands of Thyme [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard June 27 1952 323 · Beware of the Trains [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Daily Sketch December 1949 337 · The Villa Marie Celeste [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1960, as “Family Affair”

Missing Persons ed. Martin Edwards (Constable, 1999, hc, oa)     A Crime Writers Association anthology. · Foreword · Ian Rankin · fw · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in · Nowhere to Be Found · Mat Coward · ss · Flying Pigs · Judith Cutler · ss · Miss You Nights · Carol Anne Davis · ss · Three’s Company · Eileen Dewhurst · ss · The Search for Otto Wagner · Marjorie Eccles · ss · A Stolen Life · Martin Edwards · ss · Raffles and Miss Morris [A.J. Raffles] · John Hall · ss · The Laddie Vanishes · Edward D. Hoch · ss · Missing · Bill Kirton · ss · A Small Problem at the Gallery · Janet Laurence · ss · After the Sega · Peter Lewis · ss · Trust Me · Phil Lovesey · ss · By the Time You Read This · Keith Miles · ss · People Don’t Do Such Things · Ruth Rendell · ss The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1976 · Coming Home · June Thomson · ss · A Busy Afternoon · Alison White · ss

M.O.—Crimes of Practice ed. Martin Edwards (Comma Press, March 2008, 1-905583-12-5, £7.95, 256pp, tp, an) · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · Vivisection · Bernie Crosthwaite · ss 15 · And Here’s the Next Clue… · Amy Myers · ss 31 · Closure · Carol Anne Davis · ss 43 · Anne and Clare · Liz Evans · ss 59 · The Nether World · Paul A. Freeman · ss 65 · Dirty, Evil Greed · Karline Smith · ss 83 · Bedside Manners · Martin Edwards · ss 89 · The Last Get-Together · Robert Barnard · ss 103 · All She Wrote · Mick Herron · ss 115 · Going Back · Ann Cleeves · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2007 129 · The Blogging Game · Yvonne Eve Walus · ss 139 · The End of a Series · Jürgen Ehlers · ss 153 · A Cabinet of Curiosities · Christine Poulson · ss 167 · Just Coming, After I Kill Myself · Andre Marois & Alba Griffin · ss 173 · Funeral Weather · Kate Ellis · ss 189 · One Last Pick-Up · Sarah Hilary · ss 191 · Inglenook · Douglas Stewart · ss 207 · Outrage · Jim Gregson · ss 221 · A Missing Person’s Inquiry · Martyn Bedford · ss 235 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Motives for Murder: A Celebration of Peter Lovesey on His 80th Birthday by Members of the Detection Club ed. Martin Edwards (Sphere, November 6, 2016, 978-0-7515-6615-4, £9.99, xix+394pp, tp, oa) vii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in xiii · Foreword · Len Deighton · fw 1 · The Reckoning of Sins · Alison Joseph · ss 25 · The False Inspector Lovesey · Andrew Taylor · nv 53 · Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey · Ann Cleeves · ss 60 · The Walrus and the Spy · Catherine Aird · ss 79 · Unfinished Business · David Roberts · ss 95 · The Adventure of the Marie Antoinette Necklace [Sherlock Holmes] · David Stuart Davies · ss 118 · An End in Bath · Janet Laurence · nv 140 · The Marquis Wellington Mug · John Malcolm · ss 159 · A Question of Identity · Kate Charles · ss 180 · The Mole Catcher’s Daughter · Kate Ellis · ss 204 · The Trials of Margaret · L. C. Tyler · ss 217 · Ghost Station · Liza Cody · ss 241 · The Suffragette’s Tale · Marjorie Eccles · ss 262 · Murder and Its Motives · Martin Edwards · ss 286 · Alive or Dead · Michael Jecks · ss 309 · The Right Thing · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 334 · The Super Recognizer of Vík · Michael Ridpath · ss 358 · Digging Deep · Ruth Dudley Edwards · ss 361 · A Sonnet for Peter Lovesey · Simon Brett · pm 363 · A Village Affair · Susan Moody · ss 376 · Spies, Superheroes and Stolen Goods: Peter Lovesey’s Memories of the Detection Club in the 1970s · Peter Lovesey · ar 389 · Peter Lovesey Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Peter Lovesey]

Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, February 2016, 978-0-7123-0993-6, £8.99, 384pp, tp, an, cover: [extract from L.N.E.R. poster (Ipswich)] by Fred Taylor) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details supplied by Steve Holland. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine June 1892, as “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” 43 · The Problem of Dead Wood Hall [Dick Donovan] · Dick Donovan · nv Riddles Read by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1896 83 · Gentlemen and Players [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Magazine August 1898 105 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900 121 · The White Pillars Murder · G. K. Chesterton · ss English Life January 1925, as “Dr. Hyde, Detective, and the White Pillars Murder” 138 · The Secret of Dunstan’s Tower [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World November 2 1913 - November 9 1913 168 · The Manor House Mystery · J. S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine March 15 1915, as “The Malachite Jar” 194 · The Message on the Sun-Dial · J. J. Bell · ss The Premier Magazine #6, March 1927 211 · The Horror at Staveley Grange · Sapper · nv Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine September 1922 245 · The Mystery of Horne’s Copse · Anthony Berkeley · nv Home and Country January 1931 (+11) 292 · The Perfect Plan · James Hilton · ss Britannia and Eve September 1933 313 · The Same to Us · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express May 17 1934 321 · The Murder at the Towers · E. V. Knox · ss This Other Eden by E. V. Knox, Methuen, 1929 331 · An Unlocked Window · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1926 353 · The Long Shot [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Magazine June 1944, as “It Fell to Earth” 370 · Weekend at Wapentake [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) October 1954

Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, August 10, 2021, 978-0-7123-5369-4, £9.99, 304pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details supplied by Leslie Kay Swigart. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 13 · A Lesson in Crime [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & M. Cole · ss A Lesson in Crime by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1933 31 · Trent and the Ministering Angel [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine November 1938 53 · A Slice of Bad Luck [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939 67 · The Strange Case of the Megatherium Thefts [Sherlock Holmes] · S. C. Roberts · ss Cambridge University Press, 1945 83 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946 109 · A Savage Game · A. A. Milne · ss The Evening Standard December 15 1949 121 · The Clue in the Book [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard May 5 1952 129 · The Manuscript · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard May 11 1953 135 · A Man and His Mother-in-Law [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #111, February 1953, as “The Man Who Could Not Hold Women” 171 · Grey’s Ghost [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Appleby Talks Again by Michael Innes, Gollancz, 1956 189 · Dear Mr. Editor… · Christianna Brand · ss The Lethal Sex ed. John D. MacDonald, Dell, 1959, as “Dear Mr. MacDonald” 201 · Murder in Advance · Marjorie Bremner · ss Choice of Weapons, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958 225 · A Question of Character · Victor Canning · ss Suspense (UK) July 1960 237 · The Book of Honour · John Creasey · ss John Bull December 1 1956 255 · We Know You’re Busy Writing, but We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind if We Just Dropped in for a Minute · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 1 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1969 277 · Chapter and Verse [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1973

Murder Squad ed. Martin Edwards (Flambard Press, 2001, 1-873226-51-9, 191pp, pb, oa)     Original anthology of 14 stories. 7 · Foreword · Val McDermid · fw 10 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 13 · The Plater · Ann Cleeves · ss 25 · Eternally · Martin Edwards · ss 39 · Big End Blues · Margaret Murphy · ss 45 · Flower Power · Stuart Pawson · ss 65 · Rock-a-Bye-Baby · Cath Staincliffe · ss Shots #9, Spring 2001 70 · An Old Fashioned Poisoning · John Baker · ss 76 · Up the Airy Mountain · Chaz Brenchley · nv Crimewave #3, 2000 101 · Ultra Violent · Stuart Pawson · ss 111 · Sad Girls · Ann Cleeves · ss 120 · The Corpse Candle · Martin Edwards · ss Where Do You Find Your Ideas? by Martin Edwards, Countyvise, 2001 137 · A Certain Resolution · Margaret Murphy · ss 142 · Defence · John Baker · nv Fresh Blood 2 ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, The Do-Not Press, 1997 164 · Death in the Air · Cath Staincliffe · ss 174 · Collage · Various · ss 191 · Murder Squad Who’s Who · [uncredited] · bg

Mysterious Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards (Little, Brown, November 6, 2003, 0-316-72563-3, 371pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 23 stories (eight new) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Crime Writers’ Association. vi · Foreword · Hilary Bonner · fw v11 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · One Morning They’ll Hang Him [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #81, August 1950 19 · The Blood Bargain · Eric Ambler · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 35 · Everybody’s Girl [Charlie Peace] · Robert Barnard · nv 51 · The Mystery of the Child’s Toy · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine September 1933, as “The Man Who Liked Toys” 69 · The Chief Witness [Roger West] · John Creasey · nv John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1957 91 · Indian Rope Trick · Lionel Davidson · nv Winter’s Crimes 13 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1981 113 · Something Spooky on Geophys · Lindsey Davis · ss 125 · The Double Crossing · Colin Dexter · ss 135 · The Gift · Dick Francis · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 157 · The Twist · Antonia Fraser · ss Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave and Other Stories by Antonia Fraser, Bloomsbury, 1991 161 · Judith · Michael Gilbert · ss Midwinter Mysteries 3 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1993 175 · Name of Smith [Francis Pettigrew] · Cyril Hare · nv The Evening Standard July 5 1952 181 · The Game of Dog · Reginald Hill · ss 197 · The Hound of the Hanging Gardens · H. R. F. Keating · ss 209 · The Man Who Jumped for England · Peter Lovesey · ss 223 · The Interview · Ed McBain · ss Playboy October 1971, as “The Sardinian Incident” by Evan Hunter 241 · The Consolation Blonde · Val McDermid · ss 253 · At the “Century of Progress” · Sara Paretsky · nv Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer 1999, as “Murder at the “Century of Progress”” 279 · Guide to Doom · Ellis Peters · ss This Week November 10 1963 285 · Tell Me Who to Kill [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · nv first distributed as a photocopied typescript given to attendess of a reading by Rankin at a charity event in Edinburgh in early 2003. 309 · When the Wedding Was Over [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Means of Evil by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1979 335 · The Tigers of Subtopia · Julian Symons · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1965, as “The Tiger’s Stripe” 355 · Mugs · Margaret Yorke · ss A Classic Christmas Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995