The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime Volume 8 ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Robinson, April 2011, 978-1-84901-567-7, 514pp, tp, an)
Forty-one of the best stories of 2009, from some of the top names in British crime fiction.
- 1 · Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in
- 3 · The Very Last Drop [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss Spinetingler (online) March 26 2010
written in 2010 to be read aloud at an Edinburgh charity event to help the work of Royal Blind.
- 14 · Dolphin Junction · Mick Herron · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2009
- 48 · Chris Takes the Bus · Denise Mina · ss Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Birlinn Ltd., 2009
- 51 · The Madwoman of Usk [Gerald of Wales] · Edward Marston · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009
- 68 · Dead and Breakfast · Marilyn Todd · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009
- 91 · Affairs of the Heart · Kate Atkinson · nv Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Birlinn Ltd., 2009
- 106 · The Ballad of Manky Milne · Stuart MacBride · ss Uncage Me ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2009
- 120 · The Circle · David Hewson · ss Thriller 2 ed. Clive Cussler, Mira, 2009
- 135 · A Goose for Christmas · Alexander McCall Smith · ss The Strand Magazine #29, October 2009/January 2010
- 143 · An Arm and a Leg · Nigel Bird · ss Crimespree Magazine #34, January/February 2010
- 151 · The Lover and Lever Society · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2009
- 162 · Dead Close · Lin Anderson · ss Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Birlinn Ltd., 2009
- 176 · The Turnip Farm · Allan Guthrie · ss Uncage Me ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2009
- 188 · As God Made Us · A. L. Kennedy · ss Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Birlinn Ltd., 2009
- 200 · Robert Hayer’s Dead · Simon Kernick · ss Plots with Guns Summer 2004
- 209 · Another Life · Roz Southey · ss
- 218 · The Woman Who Loved Elizabeth David · Andrew Taylor · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998
- 234 · Hungry Eyes · Sheila Quigley · ss Criminal Tendencies: Great Stories from Great Crime Writers ed. Lynne Patrick, Crème de la Crime, 2009
- 244 · Homework · Phil Lovesey · ss Crime Scenes ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 2008
- 255 · No Thanks, Please · Declan Burke · ss Uncage Me ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2009
- 262 · The Same as She Always Was · Keith McCarthy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2009
- 282 · Out of the Flesh · Christopher Brookmyre · ss Summer Magic ed. Sarah Brown & Gil McNeil, Bloomsbury, 2003
- 294 · Hard Rock · Gerard Brennan · ss Thuglit (online) #29, 2009
- 303 · Art in the Blood [Sherlock Holmes] · Matthew J. Elliott · nv
- 330 · Unhappy Endings · Colin Bateman · ss Crime Scene NI September 25 2009
- 337 · Run, Rabbit, Run · Ray Banks · ss Shattered: Every Crime Has a Victim, Polygon, 2009
- 344 · Slow Burn · Simon Brett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2009
- 358 · Finders, Weepers · Adrian Magson · ss Thuglit (online) #31, 2009
- 372 · The Hard Sell · Jay Stringer · ss Beat to a Pulp May 3 2009
- 382 · Parson Pennywick Takes the Waters [Parson Caleb Pennywick] · Amy Myers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009
- 401 · Sucker Punch · Nick Quantrill · ss Thrillers, Killers ’n’ Chillers September 3 2009
- 408 · Top Hard · Stephen Booth · ss Criminal Tendencies: Great Stories from Great Crime Writers ed. Lynne Patrick, Crème de la Crime, 2009
- 418 · Cop and Robber · Paul Johnston · ss
- 422 · Off Duty [Charlie Fox] · Zoë Sharp · ss Criminal Tendencies: Great Stories from Great Crime Writers ed. Lynne Patrick, Crème de la Crime, 2009
- 430 · Guns of Brixton · Paul D. Brazill · ss Crime Factory September 2010
- 439 · The Deadliest Tale of All · Peter Lovesey · ss On a Raven’s Wing ed. Stuart M. Kaminsky, Harper, 2009
- 451 · The Best Small Country in the World · Louise Welsh · ss Shattered: Every Crime Has a Victim, Polygon, 2009
- 458 · Mr. Bo · Liza Cody · ss Crippen & Landru, 2009
first published as a separate holiday booklet given to friends of Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009.
- 476 · Foxed [Chief Inspector George Hennessey; Detective Sergeant Yellich] · Peter Turnbull · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2009
- 490 · Murder · Nicholas Royle · ss
- 499 · Driven · Ian Rankin · nv Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Birlinn Ltd., 2009
- 515 · Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · bi
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