Murder Most Foul (Octopus, 1984, 0-7064-2051-9, £2.99, 352pp, hc, an)
Reprinted 1987 by Gallery Books (0-8317-6155-5, $7.98).
- 9 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948, as “Touch and Go!”
- 18 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Cassell’s Magazine October 1927
- 32 · The Kennel · Maurice Level · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Le Chenil”, Le Journal, 1906).
- 37 · 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
- 50 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899
- 59 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939
- 64 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922
- 86 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 91 · The Evidence of the Altar-Boy [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Christmas by Georges Simenon, Hamish Hamilton, 1976
translated from the French (“Le Témoinage de l’enfant de chœur”, Maigret et l’inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cité, 1947).
- 118 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).
- 124 · Tickled to Death · Simon Brett · nv Winter’s Crimes 14 ed. Hilary Watson, Macmillan UK, 1982
- 138 · Miss Marple Tells a Story [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Regatta Mystery by Agatha Christie, Dodd, Mead, 1939
specially commissioned by the BBC as a radio play and read by Christie herself on May 11, 1934.
- 145 · Browdean Farm · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927
- 156 · A Nice Touch · Mann Rubin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958
- 164 · Light Verse [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post September/October 1973
- 168 · Composed of Cobwebs · Eddy C. Bertin · ss Return from the Grave ed. Hugh Lamb, W.H. Allen, 1976
- 178 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891
- 198 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932
- 209 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929
- 224 · You Got to Have Brains · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Universe January 1956
- 233 · How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1863, uncredited.
- 245 · The Invisible Man [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 28 1911
- 259 · The Hound · William Faulkner · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1931
- 270 · Three Is a Lucky Number · Margery Allingham · ss Argosy (UK) July 1956
- 278 · First Hate · Algernon Blackwood · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1920
- 287 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973
- 301 · The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Premier Magazine #106, January 28 1921
- 320 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”
- 328 · The Basket Chair · Winston Graham · ss Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970
- 341 · The Drop of Blood · Mor Jokai · ss (r)
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