Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2007
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Seven Suspects G. K. Chesterton (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-578-7, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $17.95, 194pp, hc) Collection of seven mystery stories, one previously uncollected, with an introduction by H.R.F. Keating. First American edition (Xanadu 1990). Selected by Marie Smith.
- vii · Introduction · H. R. F. Keating · in
- xi · A Defence of Detective Stories [“The Value of Detective Stories”] · ar The Speaker Jun 22 ’01
- 17 · The Man Who Shot the Fox · ss Hearst’s International Mar ’21; EQMM Jul ’46
- 35 · The Five of Swords · nv Hearst’s International Feb ’19; EQMM Apr ’48
- 63 · The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · ss Harper’s Weekly Jun 25 ’04 (+1)
- 81 · The Moderate Murderer · nv Cassell’s Apr ’29
- 124 · The Tower of Treason · nv The Popular Magazine Feb 7 ’20
- 150 · The Purple Jewel [Gabriel Gale] · nv The Storyteller Mar ’29
- 175 · The Vanishing Prince [Horne Fisher] · nv The Storyteller Feb ’20
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Volume II Agatha Christie (Fontana, 1990, pb) [Hercule Poirot]
- · The Adventure of the Cheap Flat · ss The Sketch May 9 ’23
- · The Adventure of the Western Star · ss The Sketch Apr 11 ’23
- · The Cornish Mystery · ss The Sketch Nov 28 ’23
- · The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim · ss The Sketch Mar 28 ’23
- · Double Sin [“By Road or Rail”] · ss Sunday Dispatch Sep 23 ’28
- · The Kidnapped Prime Minister · nv The Sketch Apr 25 ’23
- · The Lost Mine · ss The Sketch Nov 21 ’23
- · The Veiled Lady [“The Case of the Veiled Lady”] · ss The Sketch Oct 3 ’23
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The Original Illustrated ‘Strand’ Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition Arthur Conan Doyle (Mallard Press 0-792-45415-4, 1990, $20.00, 1126pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes] Collection of 60 Sherlock Holmes stories reproduced from their original appearance in the Strand magazine.
- 11 · A Study in Scarlet · na Beeton’s Christmas Annual, 1887
- 64 · The Sign of Four · na Lippincott’s Feb, 1890
- 117 · A Scandal in Bohemia · ss The Strand Jul, 1891
- 132 · The Red-Headed League · nv The Strand Aug, 1891
- 147 · A Case of Identity · ss The Strand Sep, 1891
- 159 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery · nv The Strand Oct, 1891
- 175 · The Five Orange Pips · nv The Strand Nov, 1891
- 186 · The Man with the Twisted Lip · nv The Strand Dec, 1891
- 201 · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle · ss The Strand Jan, 1892
- 214 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band · nv The Strand Feb, 1892
- 230 · The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb · nv The Strand Mar, 1892
- 243 · The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor · ss The Strand Apr, 1892
- 257 · The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet · nv The Strand May, 1892
- 272 · The Adventure of the Copper Beeches · nv The Strand Jun, 1892
- 291 · The Adventure of Silver Blaze · nv The Strand Dec, 1892
- 307 · The Adventure of the Cardboard Box · ss The Strand Jan, 1893
- 320 · The Adventure of the Yellow Face · ss The Strand Feb, 1893
- 331 · The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk · ss The Strand Mar, 1893
- 342 · The Adventure of the “Gloria Scott” · nv The Strand Apr, 1893
- 354 · The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual · nv The Strand May, 1893
- 365 · The Adventure of the Reigate Squire · ss The Strand Jun, 1893
- 377 · The Adventure of the Crooked Man · nv The Strand Jul, 1893
- 388 · The Adventure of the Resident Patient · nv The Strand Aug, 1893
- 399 · The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter · ss The Strand Sep, 1893
- 411 · The Adventure of the Naval Treaty · ss The Strand Oct, 1893
- 435 · The Adventure of the Final Problem · ss The Strand Dec, 1893
- 449 · The Hound of the Baskervilles · n. The Strand Aug ’01-Apr ’02
- 537 · The Adventure of the Empty House · nv Colliers Sep 26 ’03; The Strand Oct ’03
- 569 · The Adventure of the Norwood Builder · nv The Strand Nov ’03
- 583 · The Adventure of the Dancing Men · nv The Strand Dec ’03
- 599 · The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist · ss Colliers Dec 26 ’03; The Strand Jan ’04
- 613 · The Adventure of the Priory School · nv The Strand Feb ’04
- 631 · The Adventure of Black Peter · ss Colliers Feb 27 ’04; The Strand Mar ’04
- 645 · The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton · ss The Strand Apr ’04
- 657 · The Adventure of the Six Napoleons · ss Colliers Apr 30 ’04; The Strand May ’04
- 671 · The Adventure of the Three Students · ss The Strand Jun ’04
- 683 · The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez · ss The Strand Jul ’04
- 697 · The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter · ss The Strand Aug ’04
- 711 · The Adventure of the Abbey Grange · nv The Strand Sep ’04
- 727 · The Adventure of the Second Stain · ss The Strand Dec ’04
- 745 · The Singular Experience of Mr. J. Scott Eccles · nv Colliers Aug 15 ’08; also printed in two parts in The Strand: “The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles”, Sep ’08, and “The Tiger of San Pedro”, Oct ’08.
- 765 · The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans · nv The Strand Dec ’08
- 783 · The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot · nv The Strand Dec ’10
- 799 · The Adventure of the Red Circle · ss The Strand Mar-Apr ’11
- 815 · The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax · ss The Strand Dec ’11
- 827 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective · ss Colliers Nov 22 ’13; The Strand Dec ’13
- 841 · The Valley of Fear · n. The Strand Sep ’14 (+8)
- 957 · His Last Bow · ss The Strand Sep ’17
- 969 · The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone · ss The Strand Oct ’21
- 981 · The Problem of the Thor Bridge · nv The Strand Feb ’22 (+1)
- 999 · The Adventure of the Creeping Man · nv The Strand Mar ’23
- 1015 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire · ss The Strand Jan ’24
- 1027 · The Adventure of the Three Garridebs · ss Colliers Oct 25 ’24; The Strand Jan ’25
- 1041 · The Adventure of the Illustrious Client · ss Colliers Nov 8 ’24; The Strand Feb ’25 (+1)
- 1059 · The Adventure of the Three Gables · ss Liberty Sep 18 ’26; The Strand Oct ’26
- 1071 · The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier · ss Liberty Oct 16 ’26; The Strand Nov ’26
- 1083 · The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane · ss Liberty Nov 27 ’26; The Strand Dec ’26
- 1095 · The Adventure of the Retired Colourman · ss Liberty Dec 18 ’26; The Strand Jan ’27
- 1107 · The Veiled Lodger · ss Liberty Jan 22 ’27; The Strand Feb ’27
- 1115 · The Adventure of the Shoscombe Old Place · ss Liberty Mar 5 ’27; The Strand Apr ’27
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The Adventures of Paul Pry Erle Stanley Gardner (The Mysterious Press 0-89296-976-8, Feb ’90 [Apr ’91], $9.95, 261pp, tp) [Paul Pry] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1989) collection of nine stories featuring Paul Pry, an urbane adventurer who prays upon criminals. Includes an introduction by Robert Weinberg.
- 1 · Introduction: Paul Pry · Robert E. Weinberg · in
- 5 · The Crime Juggler · nv Gang World Oct ’30
- 31 · The Racket Buster · nv Gang World Nov ’30
- 57 · The Daisy-Pusher · nv Gang World Dec ’30
- 85 · Wiker Gets the Works · nv Gang World Jan ’31
- 117 · A Double Deal in Diamonds · nv Gang World Feb ’31
- 147 · Slick and Clean · nv Gang World Apr ’31
- 181 · Hell’s Danger Signal · nv Blue Steel Magazine Jun ’32
- 219 · Dressed to Kill · nv Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1 ’33
- 249 · The Cross-Stitch Killer · nv Dime Detective Magazine Nov 15 ’33
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The Blonde in Lower Six Erle Stanley Gardner (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-633-3, Nov ’90 [Dec ’91], $18.95, 270pp, hc) [Ed Jenkins] Collection of four short novels from the pulps, though the title story was an archival discovery first published in Argosy in 1961.
- 9 · The Blonde in Lower Six · n. Argosy Sep ’61
- 147 · The Wax Dragon · na Black Mask Nov ’27
- 191 · Grinning Gods · na Black Mask Dec ’27
- 231 · Yellow Shadows · na Black Mask Feb ’28
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Dead Men’s Letters Erle Stanley Gardner (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-579-5, Apr ’90 [Feb ’91], $18.95, 203pp, hc) [Ed Jenkins] Collection of six pulp thriller novellas featuring Ed Jenkins.
- · Dead Men’s Letters · na Black Mask Dec ’26
- · Laugh That Off · na Black Mask Sep ’26
- · The Cat-Woman · na The Black Mask Feb ’27
- · This Way Out · na Black Mask Mar ’37
- · Come and Get It · na Black Mask Apr ’27
- · In Full of Account · na Black Mask May ’27
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Anything for a Quiet Life Michael Gilbert (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-581-7, Apr ’90 [Feb ’91], $16.95, 222pp, hc) [Jonas Pickett] Collection of nine crime and mystery stories. First American edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1990).
- 7 · Anything for a Quiet Life [Daniel John Calder] · nv EQMM Sep ’83
- 28 · Black Bob · nv EQMM Aug ’84
- 50 · Vivat Regina · nv EQMM Dec ’84
- 73 · The Reign of Terror · nv EQMM Oct ’85
- 99 · The Admiral · nv EQMM Apr ’86
- 122 · We’ve Come to Report a Murder, Sir · nv EQMM Nov ’86
- 147 · Holy Writ · nv EQMM Sep ’87
- 171 · The Bird of Dawning · nv EQMM Feb ’88
- 197 · The Freedom Folk · nv EQMM Dec ’88
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Road to Damascus Michael Gilbert (Finland: Eurographica, 1990, hc) [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens]
- · The Road to Damascus · ss Argosy (UK) Jun ’66
- · On Slay Down · ss Argosy (UK) Apr ’62
- · Trembling’s Tours · ss Argosy (UK) Jul ’62
- · Mercenaries [“The Violence Peddlers”] · nv EQMM Feb 25 ’81
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The Jim Chee Mysteries Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins 0-06-016478-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $15.95, 566pp, hc) [Jim Chee] Mystery omnibus of The Dark Wind, People of Darkness, and The Ghostway.
- · The Dark Wind · n. New York: Harper & Row, 1982
- · People of Darkness · n. New York: Harper & Row, 1980
- · The Ghostway · n. New York: Harper & Row, 1985
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McBain’s Ladies Too Ed McBain (The Mysterious Press 0-445-40893-6, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 308pp, pb) [87th Precinct] Collection of seven excerpts/short pieces featuring female characters from McBain’s 87th Precinct novels.
- vii · Introduction · in
- 3 · The Pregnant Hooker [from Ice] · ex New York: Arbor House, 1983
- 21 · The Girl [from Doll] · ex New York: Delacorte, 1965
- 53 · Chloe Chadderton [from Calypso] · ex New York: Viking, 1979
- 87 · Hillary Scott [from Ghosts] · ex New York: Viking, 1980
- 137 · Naomi Schneider [from Eight Black Horses] · ex New York: Arbor House, 1985
- 177 · Oona Blake [from ’Til Death] · ex New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959
- 195 · Virginia Dodge [from Killer’s Wedge] · ex New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959
- 285 · The Fat Lady [from Ice] · ex New York: Arbor House, 1983
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Rumpole à la Carte John Mortimer (Viking 0-670-83284-7, Dec ’90 [Apr ’91], $18.95, 240pp, hc) [Horace Rumpole] Collection of six stories featuring British barrister Horace Rumpole.
- 1 · Rumpole à la Carte · nv *
- 39 · Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent · nv *
- 80 · Rumpole and the Right to Silence · nv *
- 121 · Rumpole at Sea · nv *
- 162 · Rumpole and the Quacks · nv *
- 204 · Rumpole for the Prosecution · nv *
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Dragonfire/Casefile Bill Pronzini (Knightsbridge 1-877961-15-9, Oct ’90 [Feb ’91], $5.95, 240/311pp, pb) [Nameless private eye] Omnibus of two “Nameless Detective” PI novels, Dragonfire (St. Martin’s 1982) and Casefile (St. Martin’s 1983).
- · Dragonfire · n. New York: St. Martin’s, 1982
- · Casefile · n. New York: St. Martin’s, 1983
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Hoodwink/Scattershot Bill Pronzini (Knightsbridge 1-877961-94-9, Sep ’90 [May ’92], $5.95, 257/268pp, pb) [Nameless private eye] Omnibus of two “Nameless Detective” PI novels, Hoodwink (St. Martin’s 1981) and Scattershot (St. Martin’s 1982).
- · Hoodwink · n. New York: St. Martin’s, 1981
- · Scattershot · n. New York: St. Martin’s, 1982
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Labyrinth/Bones Bill Pronzini (Knightsbridge 1-877961-92-2, Aug ’90 [Feb ’91], $5.95, 257/278pp, pb) [Nameless private eye] Omnibus of two “Nameless Detective” PI novels, Labyrinth (St. Martin’s 1980) and Bones (St. Martin’s 1985).
- · Labyrinth · n. New York: St. Martin’s, 1980
- · Bones · n. New York: St. Martin’s, 1985
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The Tartan Bay Murders/Mission Bay Murder Philip C. Williams (Knightsbridge 1-56129-002-5, Dec ’90 [Apr ’91], $5.95, 464pp, pb) [Michael Thompson] Omnibus of two novels featuring PI Michael Thompson.
- · The Tartan Bay Murders · n.
- · Mission Bay Murder · n.
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Wodehouse on Crime P. G. Wodehouse (International Polygonics 1-55882-080-9, Nov ’90 [Apr ’91], $9.95, 282pp, tp) Reprint (Ticknor & Fields 1981) collection of 12 stories, edited and with a preface by D.R. Bensen, plus a foreword by Isaac Asimov. A hardcover edition (-079-5, $19.95) is also available.
- ix · Foreword: The Loveable Criminality of P.G. Wodehouse · Isaac Asimov · fw
- xv · Preface · D. R. Bensen · pr
- 1 · Strychnine in the Soup [Adrian Mulliner] · nv The Strand Mar ’32
- 23 · The Crime Wave at Blandings · na The Saturday Evening Post Oct 10 ’36 (+1)
- 78 · Ukridge Starts a Bank Account [Ukridge] · ss Playboy Jul ’67
- 96 · The Purity of the Turf · ss Cosmopolitan Jul ’22
- 116 · The Smile That Wins [Adrian Mulliner] · nv The American Magazine Oct ’31
- 137 · The Purification of Rodney Spelvin [Oldest Member] · nv The Saturday Evening Post Aug 22 ’25
- 161 · Without the Option [Jeeves] · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27 ’25
- 187 · The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer · ss Liberty Mar 12 ’27
- 205 · Aunt Agatha Takes the Count · ss The Strand Apr ’22
- 222 · The Fiery Wooing of Mordred · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’34
- 241 · Ukridge’s Accident Syndicate [Ukridge] · ss Cosmopolitan May ’23
- 261 · Indiscretions of Archie · nv, 1921
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A Body Is Found Adams Round Table (Wynwood Press 0-922066-49-3, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $16.95, 288pp, hc) Mystery set in NYC with various solutions put together by ten mystery writers.
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Murder Impossible ed. Jack Adrian & Robert Adey (New York: Carroll & Graf 0-88184-641-4, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $18.95, 321pp, hc) Anthology of 21 mystery stories propounding the solutions to impossible crimes, with an introduction by the editors. First American edition (Xanadu 1990 as The Art of the Impossible).
- vii · Introduction · Jack Adrian & Robert Adey · in
- 1 · The House in Goblin Wood [as by Carter Dickson; Sir Henry Merrivale] · John Dickson Carr · nv EQMM Nov ’47; The Strand Nov ’47
- 19 · The Other Side · Hake Talbot · ss *
- 32 · The Courtyard of the Fly · Vincent Cornier · ss The Storyteller Jun ’37
- 39 · Coffee Break · Arthur Porges · ss AHMM Jul ’64
- 48 · Bullion! · William Hope Hodgson · ss Everybody’s Weekly Mar 11 ’11
- 58 · Proof of Guilt · Bill Pronzini · ss EQMM Dec ’73
- 68 · An Absence of Air [“Vacuum”] · Jacques Futrelle · ss The Storyteller Dec ’22
- 85 · The Impossible Theft · John F. Suter · ss EQMM May ’64
- 98 · It’s a Dog’s Life [“The Case of the Canine Accomplice”] · John Lutz · ss AHMM Mar 3 ’82
- 108 · The Death of Cyrus Pettigrew [as by A. Sarsfield Ward] · Sax Rohmer · ss The London Magazine Mar ’09
- 123 · Ghost in the Gallery [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · ss Ten Detective Aces Jul ’49
- 138 · The Missing Romney · Edgar Wallace · ss Weekly News Dec 27 ’19; AHMM Nov ’82
- 149 · The House of Screams · Gerald Findler · ss Doidge’s Western Counties Annual Sep ’32
- 156 · The Impossible Murder [“Captain Leopold and the Impossible Murder”; Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Dec ’76; slightly revised.
- 173 · A Nineteenth Century Debacle [privately printed and issued in the first 100 copies of Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes by Robert Adey] · George Locke · ss, 1979
- 178 · A Razor in Fleet Street [“Flight from Fleet Street”] · John Dickson Carr · pl London Mystery Magazine #14 ’52
- 190 · Dinner at Garibaldi’s · Leonard Pruyn · ss Malcolm’s Mar ’54
- 201 · The Hanging Rope · Joel Townsley Rogers · na New Detective Magazine Sep ’46
- 272 · Now You See Her · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Mar ’71
- 286 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss EQMM Nov ’45
- 299 · Chapter the Last: Merriman Explains · Alex Atkinson · vi Punch Aug 15 ’51
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The Best Crime Stories ed. Anon. (Mallard Press 0-792-45245-3, Apr ’90 [May ’90], $7.98, 392pp, hc) Anthology of 24 classic mystery stories. This is an instant remainder edition from the Bantam/Doubleday/Dell promotion company.
- 7 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844; EQMM Feb ’50
- 22 · The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange [“The Lady of Glenwith Grange”] · Wilkie Collins · ss After Dark, London: Smith, Elder, 1856
- 40 · The New Catacomb [“Burger’s Secret”] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book, 1898
- 52 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Storyteller Dec ’10
- 66 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Nov ’25
- 77 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review Aug ’21; EQMM Sep ’50
- 101 · The Almost Perfect Crime · Henry Holt · ss
- 110 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International Apr ’24
- 138 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask Feb ’30
- 168 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov ’34; EQMM Jun ’46
- 186 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine Sep ’29; EQMM Apr ’50
- 201 · The Man Who Knew How · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb ’32; EQMM Win ’42; The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Mar ’52; John Creasey Mystery Magazine Nov ’60
- 212 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Feb ’26; EQMM Dec ’47
- 226 · The Mallet · James Hilton · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul ’29; EQMM Sep ’42; EQMM Apr ’88
- 241 · Dusk to Dawn · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Dec ’37
- 267 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review Apr ’34; EQMM Aug ’46
- 277 · Eyewitness [revised from Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 28 ’39] · Robert Arthur · ss, 1951
- 289 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss EQMM Sep ’50
- 300 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv EQMM May ’51
- 320 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss EQMM Apr ’57
- 330 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv EQMM May ’58
- 351 · Jericho and the Two Ways to Die [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss EQMM Sep ’72
- 363 · Judgement · Mary Kelly · nv Winter’s Crimes 3, ed. George Hardinge, London: Macmillan, 1971
- 379 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker, London: Macmillan, 1973; EQMM Feb ’84
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Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century ed. Anon. (The Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1990, hc)
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