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The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 11, 1995, 1-85487-406-3, £5.99, xii+532pp, tp, an)     Anthology of from all over the world and all historical periods including Brother Cadfael, Brother Athelstan, Decius Metellus and Sister Frevisse as well as some newcomers including detective Hans Christian Anderson’s first case. xi · The Second Book of Chronicles · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Part I: The Ancient World 3 · Death in the Dawntime · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 24 · Judgement of Daniel · [uncredited] · ss (r) 28 · Death Wears a Mask [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1992 52 · The King of Sacrifices [SPQR] · John Maddox Roberts · ss 70 · The Three Travellers · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1976 79 · The Case of the Murdered Senator [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv The London Mystery Magazine #6, 1950 103 · A Mithraic Mystery [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 120 · Abbey Sinister [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 147 · The Two Beggars [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · ss Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik, Scribner's, 1967 165 · Part II: The Middle Ages 167 · The Investigation of Things · Charles Ardai · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1991 192 · The Midwife’s Tale [Dame Frevisse] · Margaret Frazer · nv 217 · The Duchess and the Doll · Edith Pargeter · ar The Uncertain Element ed. Kay Dick, Jarrolds, 1950 237 · Ordeal by Fire [Father Hugh] · Mary Monica Pulver · ss 246 · The Chapman and the Tree of Doom [Roger the Chapman] · Kate Sedley · nv 269 · Part III: The Age of Discovery 271 · The Murder of Innocence · P. C. Doherty · nv 295 · Cassandra’s Castle; or, The Devious Disappearances [William Shakespeare, Detective] · J. F. Peirce · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1975 309 · Man’s Inherited Death [George Man] · Keith Heller · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987 324 · The Curse of the Connecticut Clock [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · nv Fatal Flourishes by S. S. Rafferty, Avon, 1979 348 · The Scent of Murder [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958, as “Captain Cook: Detective” 358 · The Inn of the Black Crow · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Red Magazine October 1 1915 372 · The Spirit of the ’76 [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1977 387 · Part IV: Regency and Gaslight 389 · Deadly Will and Testament [Harrison Hull] · Ron Burns · ss 402 · The God of the Hills [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Country Gentleman September 1927 418 · The Admiral’s Lady · Joan Aiken · ss 428 · The Eye of Shiva · Peter MacAlan · ss 447 · The Trail of the Bells [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1985 461 · Murdering Mr Boodle [Auguste Didier] · Amy Myers · nv 485 · Part V: Holmes and Beyond 487 · The Phantom Pistol · Jack Adrian · ss Felonious Assaults ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy, 1989 498 · The Adventure of the Frightened Governess [Solar Pons] · Basil Copper · nv The Further Adventures of Solar Pons (var. 1) by Basil Copper, Academy Chicago, 1987 restored from the unauthorised version in The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons (Pinnacle, 1980).

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, October 11, 1993, 1-85487-229-X, £5.99, 522pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 23 historical mysteries, with a foreword by Ellis Peters and an afterword by Arthur Griffiths. xiii · The Chronicles of Crime · Mike Ashley · in xviii · Foreword · Ellis Peters · fw 1 · Part I: The Ancient World 3 · The Locked Tomb Mystery · Elizabeth Peters · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989 16 · The Thief Versus King Rhampsinitus · Herodotus; translated by George Rawlinson · ex from The History of Herodotus, John Murray, 1858 translated from the Greek. 20 · Socrates Solves a Murder [Socrates] · Brèni James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954 28 · Mightier Than the Sword [SPQR] · John Maddox Roberts · ss 44 · The Treasury Thefts · Wallace Nichols · gp (r) _44 · The Case of the Empress’s Jewels [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv The London Mystery Magazine #3, 1950 _71 · The Treasury Thefts [Sollius (The Slave Detective)] · Wallace Nichols · nv The London Mystery Magazine #4, 1950 99 · A Byzantine Mystery [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 106 · He Came with the Rain [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · nv Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik, Scribner's, 1967 130 · The High King’s Sword [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 157 · Part II: The Middle Ages 159 · The Price of Light [Brother Cadfael] · Ellis Peters · nv Winter’s Crimes 11 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1979 178 · The Confession of Brother Athelstan · Paul Harding · nv 204 · The Witch’s Tale · Margaret Frazer · ss 221 · Father Hugh and the Deadly Scythe [Father Hugh] · Mary Monica Pulver · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1990 230 · Leonardo Da Vinci, Detective [The Great “Detectives”] · Theodore Mathieson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1959 243 · A Sad and Bloody Hour · Joe Gores · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1965 259 · Part III: Regency and Gaslight 261 · The Christmas Masque [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 286 · Murder Lock’d In [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1 1980 300 · Captain Nash and the Wroth Inheritance · Raymond Butler · n. Harwood-Smart Publishing, 1975 404 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 415 · Murder in the Rue Royale [C. Auguste Dupin] · Michael Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 431 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 455 · The Golden Nugget Poker Game [Ben Snow] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987, as “Poker Game at the Golden Nugget” 469 · Part IV: Holmes and Beyond 471 · The Case of the Deptford Horror [Sherlock Holmes] · Adrian Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s September 18 1953, as “The Adventure of the Deptford Horror” 489 · Five Rings in Reno · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1976 504 · Afterword: Old-Time Detection · Arthur Griffiths · ar Cassell’s Magazine April 1902 514 · The Chroniclers of Crime · Mike Ashley · bi

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 1993, 0-7867-0024-6, $9.95, 522pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1993) anthology of 23 historical mysteries, with a foreword by Ellis Peters and an afterword by Arthur Griffiths. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 30, 2001, 1-84119-373-9, £6.99, 500pp, tp, oa, cover by Joe Roberts)     Associational anthology of 14 original stories and one reprint (by Steve Saylor). Authors include Michael Kurland, Keith Taylor, Cherith Baldry, and Peter Tremayne. 1 · Past Crimes · Mike Ashley · in 3 · Poppy and the Poisoned Cake [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1998 27 · Blind Justice [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus] · Michael Kurland · nv 50 · A Payment to the Gods [Libertus] · Rosemary Rowe · ss 68 · The Last Legion · Richard Butler · nv 97 · And All That He Calls Family [John the Eunuch] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 115 · Death of an Icon [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 139 · King Hereafter · Philip Gooden · nv 162 · The Death Toll · Susanna Gregory · ss 179 · The Isle of Saints · Kate Ellis · nv 204 · A Perfect Crime · Derek Wilson · nv 228 · On Wings of Love · Carol Anne Davis · ss 237 · A Lion Rampant [Friar Gregory] · Jean Davidson · nv 258 · The Amorous Armourer [Sir Baldwin Furnshill] · Michael Jecks · nv 281 · Benefit of Clergy [Sir John Mandeville] · Keith Taylor · ss 297 · The Pilgrim’s Tale [Geoffrey Chaucer] · Cherith Baldry · ss 313 · And What Can They Show, or What Reasons Give? · Mat Coward · ss 331 · Heretical Murder [Bishop Pecock] · Margaret Frazer (by Gail Frazer) · nv 359 · A Moon for Columbus · Edward D. Hoch · ss 370 · House of the Moon [Don Alessandro Orsini] · Claire Griffen · nv 393 · Flibbertigibbet · Paul Finch · na 453 · The Vasty Deep · Peter T. Garratt · nv 478 · A Taste for Burning · Marilyn Todd · nv

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, June 2005, 1-84529-004-6, £7.99, xi+564pp, tp, oa, cover by Joe Roberts)     Associational anthology of 15 original stories and 11 reprints. vii · Three Thousand Years of Crime · Mike Ashley · in 1 · His Master’s Servant · Philip Boast · nv 28 · Death in the Desert · Jean Davidson · ss 47 · The Judgment of the Gods · Robert Reginald · nv 72 · The Oracle of Amun [Herodotus] · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · ss 91 · Cupid’s Arrow [Claudia Seferius] · Marilyn Todd · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2003 114 · The Spiteful Shadow [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 136 · Catherine and the Sibyl [Catherine LeVendeur] · Sharan Newman · ss 153 · The Jester and the Mathematician [Fools’ Guild] · Alan Gordon · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2000 178 · The Duke’s Tale [Geoffrey Chaucer] · Cherith Baldry · ss 197 · Sea of Darkness · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss 215 · The Stone-Worker’s Tale [Dame Frevisse] · Margaret Frazer · nv 235 · The Witching Hour · Martin Edwards · nv 256 · The Dutchman and the Wrongful Heir [Tonneman Family] · Maan Meyers · nv 298 · If Serpents Envious [Joseph Fisher] · Clayton Emery · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1998 325 · The Uninvited Guest [Alexander Swift] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1996 345 · Benjamin’s Trap [Benjamin Franklin] · Richard W. Moquist · ss The Franklin Mysteries by Richard W. Moquist, Northwest, 1994 365 · The Serpent’s Back [Cullender] · Ian Rankin · nv Midwinter Mysteries 5 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1995 386 · Botanist at Bay · Edward Marston · ss 406 · The Living and the Dead · Judith Cutler · ss 423 · Footprints [Jasper Shrig] · Jeffery Farnol · ss Britannia and Eve May 1929 439 · The Tenth Commandment [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 2 1912 452 · Murder in Old Manhattan · Frank Bonham · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1946 471 · The Abolitionist · Lynda S. Robinson · nv 503 · Poisoned with Politeness [Thomas Ludlow; Harry Leather] · Gillian Linscott · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 1997 523 · Threads of Scarlet · Claire Griffen · nv 545 · The Gentleman on the Titanic · John Lutz · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1999

The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, July 14, 2006, 0786717300, $13.95, x+498pp, tp, oa)     Subtitled “24 Murder Mysteries from the Age of Gunpowder, Treason and Plot” with tales set against the backdrops of such events as Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot, the English civil war, and the early British colonization of America. Simultaneous with the UK (Robinson) edition. ix · Gunpowder, Treason and Plot · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The King’s First Achievement [Ursula Blanchard] · Fiona Buckley · nv 27 · The Duke of York [Sir Robert Carey] · P. F. Chisholm · ss 51 · The Tower’s Man · Michael Jecks · ss 68 · A Disobedient Daughter · Jean Davidson · ss 84 · Murder Unauthorized · Amy Myers · ss 101 · Ice Sailor · Laird Long · ss 116 · Satan in the Star Chamber [Hardy Drew] · Peter Tremayne · ss 140 · Green Tarts · Deryn Lake · ss 164 · “O, Poisonous Weed!” · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 192 · A Dead Man’s Wish · John T. Aquino · ss 209 · Perfect Alibi · Philip Boast · ss 231 · The Restless Dead · Martin Edwards · ss 247 · A Taste for Ducking · Marilyn Todd · ss 268 · Death Knows No Compromise · Derek Wilson · nv 294 · A House Divided · Judith Cutler · ss 308 · Two Sides · Mike Stotter · ss 325 · The Palatable Truth · Carol Anne Davis · ss 330 · The Comedy That Became a Tragedy [Nell Gwyn] · F. Frankfort Moore · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1899 346 · The Dumb Bell · Kate Ellis · ss 359 · The Curious Contents of a Coffin · Susanna Gregory · ss 384 · The Dutchman and the Madagascar Pirates [Tonneman Family] · Maan Meyers · nv 414 · Tom of Ten Thousand [Christopher Redmayne] · Edward Marston · ss 432 · The Philadelphia Slaughterman · Ian Morson · nv 459 · To Walk on Thorny Paths · Paul Finch · ss

The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 26, 2006, 978-1-84529-303-1, £7.99, x+498pp, tp, oa, cover by Laslett John Pott)     Anthology of tales set against the backdrops of such events as Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot, the English civil war, and the early British colonization of America. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 2000, 1-84119-129-9, £6.99, 529pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Ken Leeder)     Anthology of 27 mystery stories, 15 of them original. vii · Foreword · David Renwick · fw xi · Hey, Presto! · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Waiting for Godstow · Martin Edwards · ss 19 · The Odour of Sanctity · Kate Ellis · ss 36 · A Traveller’s Tale · Margaret Frazer · nv 58 · The Silver Curtain [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine August 1939, as by Carter Dickson 75 · The Stolen Saint Simon · Michael Kurland · nv 98 · The Problem of the Crowded Cemetery [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1995 117 · Death Rides the Elevator · Lois H. Gresh & Robert Weinberg · ss 134 · The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lynne Wood & Lawrence Block · nv Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer/Fall 1997 156 · No Way Out [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Michael Collins · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1964, as by Dennis Lynds 170 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 196 · Murder Strips Off · Amy Myers · ss 215 · Out of His Head · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ex Carleton, 1862 228 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 241 · The Adventure of the Jacobean House [Christopher Race] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · ss The Strand Magazine September 1907 268 · The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 9 1906, as “Problem of the Motor Boat” 285 · Murder in the Air · Peter Tremayne · nv 306 · The Pulp Connection [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979, as “The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps” 324 · Stag Night [Claudia Seferius] · Marilyn Todd · nv 349 · Mr. Strang Accepts a Challenge [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1976 367 · The Legs That Walked [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss 380 · The Next Big Thing · Peter T. Garratt · nv 402 · The Second Drug [Chase & Delacroix] · Richard A. Lupoff · nv 429 · Ice Elation · Susanna Gregory · nv 453 · The Mystery of the Taxi-Cab · Howel Evans · ss The Novel Magazine 1922 472 · Heartstopper · Frank M. Robinson · ss 483 · Blind Eyes · Edward Marston · nv 504 · The Amorous Corpse · Peter Lovesey · ss 520 · Afterword: Impossible Crimes: A Brief History · Mike Ashley · aw