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The Best British Mysteries III ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Allison & Busby US, September 2006, 978-0-7490-8253-6, $9.95, 348pp, tp, an)     Also as The Best British Mysteries 2006. 9 · Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in 11 · A Tale of One City · Anne Perry · nv Death by Dickens ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime, 2004 41 · Four Calling Birds · Val McDermid · ss 12 Days: Stories Inspired by “The Twelve Days of Christmas” ed. Shelley Silas, Virago, 2005 55 · Thoroughly Modern Millinery · Marilyn Todd · nv The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2004 91 · Old Bag Dad · Keith Miles · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2004 105 · Rumpole and the Christmas Break [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv The Strand Magazine #14, 2004 137 · Living with the Gilt · Judith Cutler · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2004 149 · Window of Opportunity · Peter Lovesey · ss Sunday Express Magazine April 6 2003 - April 12 2003 153 · Love-Lies-Bleeding [Eleanor “Ellie” Hardwick] · Barbara Cleverly · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2004 173 · The Inkpot Monkey · John Connolly · ss Like a Charm ed. Karin Slaughter, Century, 2004 183 · The Banshee [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2004 203 · Fade to…Brooklyn · Ken Bruen · ss Brooklyn Noir ed. Tim McLoughlin, Akashic Books, 2004 213 · Brave New Murder · H. R. F. Keating · ss The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2004 229 · Drummer Unknown · John Harvey · ss Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004 243 · A Shambles in Belgravia [Professor Moriarty] · Kim Newman · ss BBCi Cult Sherlock Holmes Magazine (online) 2004 257 · Procedure · Adrian Magson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2004 271 · Murder, the Missing Heir and the Boiled Egg · Amy Myers · ss (r) 289 · Max Winner’s Shadow [D.C. Carmen Pharaoh; D.C. Simon Markov] · Peter Turnbull · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2004 305 · Faro and the Bogus Inspector [Insp. Jeremy Faro] · Alanna Knight · ss Winter’s Crimes 21 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1989 319 · The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2004 327 · The Moving-Picture Mystery · Ian Morson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2004 345 · Cigarettes · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2004 351 · The Spy’s Retirement · Jon Courtenay Grimwood · ss (r) 365 · False Light · Margaret Murphy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2006 371 · The Day of Two Cars · Gillian Linscott · nv The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2004 393 · Stroke of Luck · Mark Billingham · nv Like a Charm ed. Karin Slaughter, Century, 2004 413 · Ten Lords A-Leaping · Jake Arnott · nv 12 Days: Stories Inspired by “The Twelve Days of Christmas” ed. Shelley Silas, Virago, 2005 431 · The House of the Red Candle · Martin Edwards · nv Death by Dickens ed. Anne Perry, Prime Crime, 2004 451 · The Magic of Your Touch · Peter Robinson · ss Murder… and All That Jazz ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004

The Best British Mysteries IV ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Allison & Busby US, 2006, 0749081171, $25.95, 304pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in 11 · Home [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss Sunday Night and Monday Morning ed. James Urquhart, Five Leaves Publications, 2005 23 · The Greatest Trick of All · Lee Child · ss Greatest Hits ed. Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf, 2005 29 · He Loved to Go for Drives with His Father · Alexander McCall Smith · ss A New Omnibus of Crime ed. Tony Hillerman & Rosemary Herbert, Oxford University Press US, 2005 37 · Toupee for a Bald Tyre · Robert Goddard · ss The Detection Collection ed. Simon Brett, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006 53 · No Flies on Frank · Danuta Reah · ss Sherlock #64, 2004 67 · Cain Was Innocent · Simon Brett · nv Thou Shalt Not Kill ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005 87 · Punk · Ken Bruen · ss Hardluck Stories Winter 2006 95 · Needle Match · Peter Lovesey · ss Murder Is My Racquet ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press, 2005 109 · Real Gone · Ray Banks · ss Bullet #5, 2005 119 · The Pilgrim · Amy Myers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2005 133 · The Street Party · Natasha Cooper · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2005 137 · A Threatened Species [Eleanor “Ellie” Hardwick] · Barbara Cleverly · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2005 153 · Lost in Darkness · Simon Avery & Ian Faulkner · ss Crimewave #8, 2005 173 · Burying the Past · Judith Cutler · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2005 181 · Puncture Point [Chief Inspector George Hennessey; Detective Sergeant Yellich] · Peter Turnbull · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2005 197 · A Blessing of Frogs · Gillian Linscott · nv Thou Shalt Not Kill ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005 215 · The Jane Case [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 2005 239 · Retrospective · Kevin Wignall · ss Greatest Hits ed. Robert J. Randisi, Carroll & Graf, 2005 253 · The Spiteful Shadow [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2005 271 · Blue Christmas [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Crippen & Landru, 2005 285 · Dirty Work · Allan Guthrie · ss Bullet #5, 2005 295 · The Holly and the Poison Ivy · Catherine Aird · ss The Strand Magazine #7, 2001 307 · In the Midnight Hour · Paul Charles · ss (r) 317 · Test Drive · Martin Edwards · ss Crime on the Move ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2004 333 · The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday · Adrian McKinty · ss Hardluck Stories Winter 2006 345 · Baba’s Bites · Chris Simms · ss Crime on the Move ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2004 359 · Waiting for Nemesis · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2005 367 · The Comical Revenge · Edward Marston · ss Murder Ancient and Modern by Edward Marston, Crippen & Landru, 2005 383 · Between the Lines · Colin Dexter · ss The Detection Collection ed. Simon Brett, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006 393 · Lost Causes · Anne Perry · ss Thou Shalt Not Kill ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005

The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Running Press, April 2008, 978-0-7624-3378-0, $13.95, 512pp, tp, an) 1 · Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison and Busby, 2008 3 · The .50 Solution · Lee Child · ss Bloodlines ed. Maggie Estep & Jason Starr, Vintage Books, 2006 12 · The Debt · Simon Kernick · ss The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Allison and Busby, 2008 first published as a promotional BMW audio story. 26 · The Case of the Curious Quorum [Endeavour Morse & Robert “Robbie” Lewis] · Colin Dexter · ss The Verdict of Us All ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru, 2006 35 · The Bookbinder’s Apprentice · Martin Edwards · ss The Strand Magazine #19, June/September 2006 52 · Trouble Is a Lonesome Town · Cathi Unsworth · ss London Noir ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books, 2006 66 · Green Tarts · Deryn Lake · ss The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf, 2006 89 · Daphne McAndrews and the Smack-Head Junkies · Stuart MacBride · ss Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press, 2006 105 · Once Upon a Time [Chief Inspector George Hennessey; Detective Sergeant Yellich] · Peter Turnbull · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2006 119 · That’s the Way He Did It · Amy Myers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2006 133 · Long Black Veil · Val McDermid · ss A Merry Band of Murderers ed. Claudia Bishop & Don Bruns, Poisoned Pen Press, 2006 147 · The Curious Contents of a Coffin · Susanna Gregory · ss The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf, 2006 171 · The Sixth Man [Desmond Isles & Colin Harpur] · Bill James · ss The Sixth Man and Other Stories by Bill James, Severn House, 2006 188 · Provenance · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2006 198 · Jade Skirt [Cemiquiztli Yaotl] · Simon Levack · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2006 210 · The Ferryman’s Beautiful Daughter · Peter Robinson · nv A Merry Band of Murderers ed. Claudia Bishop & Don Bruns, Poisoned Pen Press, 2006 231 · Tell Me · Zoë Sharp · ss I.D.: Crimes of Identity ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2006 237 · Colour Me Blood · Jerry Sykes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2006 252 · Pros and Cons · Donna Moore · ss Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press, 2006 258 · Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle [Sherlock Holmes] · Len Deighton · nv The Verdict of Us All ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru, 2006 283 · Love · Martyn Waites · ss London Noir ed. Cathi Unsworth, Akashic Books, 2006 296 · Just Friends · John Harvey · ss Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press, 2006 311 · Say That Again · Peter Lovesey · ss The Ideas Experiment, PawPaw Press, 2006 322 · Continuity Error · Nicholas Royle · nv City of Disappearances ed. Iain Sinclair, Hamish Hamilton, 2006 348 · The Last Kayfabe · Ray Banks · ss Mississippi Review Fall 2006 353 · To Have and to Hold · Ken Bruen · ss Hardluck Stories Spring 2006 361 · The 45 Steps [Luddersedge] · Peter Crowther · nv The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2006 399 · Steppin Up · Mark Billingham · ss Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press, 2006 417 · Tom of Ten Thousand [Christopher Redmayne] · Edward Marston · ss The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf, 2006 435 · A Case of Identity · Michael Jecks · ss I.D.: Crimes of Identity ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2006 449 · The Death of Jeffers · Kevin Wignall · ss Dublin Noir ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books, 2006 457 · Distilling the Truth · Marilyn Todd · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 2006 475 · Wish · John Rickards · ss Dublin Noir ed. Ken Bruen, Akashic Books, 2006 482 · The Brick · Natasha Cooper · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2006 488 · The Killer Beside Me · Allan Guthrie · ss Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir ed. Duane Swierczynski, Busted Flush Press, 2006 496 · Uncle Harry · Reginald Hill · ss The Verdict of Us All ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru, 2006 514 · In Some Countries · Jerry Raine · ss Hardluck Stories Summer 2006 523 · Bryant and May’s Mystery Tour [Arthur Bryant & John May] · Christopher Fowler · ss The Independent July 2 2006

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 6 ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Robinson, April 21, 2009, 978-1-84529-925-5, £7.99, xvi+524pp, tp, an) xv · Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in 1 · Rumpole’s Slimmed-Down Christmas [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv The Strand Magazine #23, 2007/08 (+1) 30 · Money Shot · Ray Banks · ss Expletive Deleted ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2007 41 · Where There’s a Will… · Amy Myers · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2007 55 · The Stolen Child · Brian McGilloway · ss 2007 first broadcast on BBC Radio 4. 62 · The People in the Flat Across the Road · Natasha Cooper · ss I.D.: Crimes of Identity ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2006 68 · Mandelbrot’s Patterns [Detective Sergeant Sam Rich] · Keith McCarthy · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 2007 94 · No Place to Park · Alexander McCall Smith · ss The Strand Magazine #17, October 2005/January 2006 101 · Girl’s Best Friend [Lina Townend; Griff Tripp] · Judith Cutler · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2007 115 · The Preacher · Kevin Wignall · ss Expletive Deleted ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2007 124 · The Angel of Manton Worthy · Kate Ellis · ss Green for Danger ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2003 139 · Going Back · Ann Cleeves · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2007 151 · The Fiery Devil · Peter Tremayne · nv The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2007 170 · Un Bon Repas Doit Commencer par la Faim… · Stella Duffy · ss Paris Noir ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Serpent's Tail US, 2008 187 · Room for Improvement [Lois Hepburn] · Marilyn Todd · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2007 210 · Makeover · Bill James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2007 224 · Train, Night · Nicholas Royle · ss 3:AM Magazine 2007 233 · The Prints of the Beast · Michael Pearce · ss The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2007 251 · Glazed · Danuta Reah · ss Getting Even: Revenge Stories ed. Mitzi Szereto, Serpent's Tail, 2008 265 · Twenty Dollar Future · John Rickards · ss Expletive Deleted ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2007 270 · Served Cold · Zoë Sharp · ss A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press, 2007 285 · The Mystery of Canute Villa · Martin Edwards · nv The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2007 307 · Rosehip Summer · Roz Southey · ss Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne website 2007 313 · Entanglement · H. P. Tinker · ss Expletive Deleted ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2007 322 · The Mummy [Chief Inspector George Hennessey; Detective Sergeant Yellich] · Peter Turnbull · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2007 335 · Nora B. · Ken Bruen · ss A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press, 2007 343 · The End of Little Nell · Robert Barnard · ss The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2007 353 · Johnny Seven · David Bowker · ss Expletive Deleted ed. Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books, 2007 371 · Bumping Uglies · Donna Moore · ss A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press, 2007 380 · Epiphany · Margaret Murphy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2007 391 · Call Me, I’m Dying · Allan Guthrie · ss A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press, 2007 408 · Heroes · Anne Perry · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998; revised. 423 · Mother’s Milk · Chris Simms · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2007 437 · The Shakespeare Express · Edward Marston · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2007 455 · The Other Half · Colin Dexter · ss The Strand Magazine #21, February/May 2007 462 · Threat Management · Martyn Waites · ss Succour 2007 471 · Fingers to the Bone [Sir John Ruispidge] · Andrew Taylor · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2007 489 · The Price Confederate · Andrew Martin · ss The Strand Magazine #22, June/September 2007 498 · Popping Round to the Post · Peter Lovesey · ss The Verdict of Us All ed. Peter Lovesey, Crippen & Landru, 2006 510 · The Uninvited · Christopher Fowler · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime Volume 7 ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Robinson, 2010, 978-1-84901-197-6, xii+484pp, tp, an)     Thirty-eight stories originally published in 2008 and 2009. xi · Introduction · Maxim Jakubowski · in 1 · Mr. E. Morse, BA Oxon (Failed) [Endeavour Morse & Robert “Robbie” Lewis] · Colin Dexter · nv The Daily Mail December 24 2008 (+2), as “The Mystery of the Drunken Driver” 31 · Ghosts [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2009 first appeared in Italian (Il Giornale, 2008). 35 · The Blood Pearl · Barry Maitland · nv The Newcastle Herald (Australia) 2008 63 · The Common Enemy · Natasha Cooper · ss Great Escapes, Collins & Brown, 2008 76 · Bloodsport · Tom Cain · ss The Rap Sheet (online) 2009 84 · The Rat in the Attic · Brian McGilloway · ss 2008 89 · Enough of This Shit Already · Tony Black · ss Plots with Guns 2008 96 · Hogmanay Homicide · Edward Marston · ss Crippen & Landru, 2008 112 · Fruits · Steve Mosby · ss Spinetingler (online) 2008 117 · A Place for Violence · Kevin Wignall · ss Storyglossia 2008 128 · Four Hundred Rabbits [Cemiquiztli Yaotl] · Simon Levack · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2008 149 · History! · Toby Litt · ss ’68 2008 163 · The Masquerade · Sarah Rayne · ss Crime Scenes ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 2008 170 · Take Death Easy [Chief Inspector George Hennessey; Detective Sergeant Yellich] · Peter Turnbull · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2008 185 · The Parson and the Highwayman [Parson Tobias Campion] · Judith Cutler · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2008 200 · Special Delivery · Adrian Magson · ss Crime Scenes ed. David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 2008 220 · A Blow on the Head · Peter Lovesey · ss I.D.: Crimes of Identity ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2006 232 · Chicago · Jon Courtenay Grimwood · ss Sideways in Crime ed. Lou Anders, Solaris, 2008 246 · The House That Got Shot [Cetin Ikmen] · Barbara Nadel · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2008 267 · The Octopus Nest · Sophie Hannah · ss Criminal Tendencies: Great Stories from Great Crime Writers ed. Lynne Patrick, Crème de la Crime, 2009 277 · Walking the Dog · Peter Robinson · nv Toronto Noir ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books, 2008 295 · The Velocity of Blame · Christopher Fowler · ss The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories ed. Ian Alexander Martin, Humdrumming, 2008 307 · Someone Take These Dreams Away · Marc Werner · ss ’68 2008 323 · Animal Intelligence · Alexander McCall Smith · ss The Strand Magazine #26, October 2008/January 2009 330 · 12, Bolinbroke Avenue · Peter James · ss Fabulous Brighton ed. Elizabeth Counihan, Deirdre Counihan & Liz Williams, Shrew Press, 2000 336 · Appetite for Murder [Nightside] · Simon R. Green · ss Unusual Suspects ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace, 2008 351 · The Other Half [Joe Silvermann; Zoë Boehm] · Mick Herron · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2008 364 · Sword Lilies · Sally Spedding · ss Bluechrome Publishing, 2008 373 · Love Hurts · Bill Kirton · ss shortbreadstories.com 2008 380 · Funeral Weather · Kate Ellis · ss M.O.—Crimes of Practice ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2008 393 · A Year to Remember · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2008 405 · Time of the Green · Ken Bruen · ss Killer Year ed. Lee Child, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008 418 · Vivisection · Bernie Crosthwaite · ss M.O.—Crimes of Practice ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2008 429 · Star’s Jar · Kate Horsley · ss Storyglossia 2008 441 · There’s No Such Thing as a Victimless Crime · Paul Johnston · ss; written for Victim Support Scotland in 2009. 448 · And Here’s the Next Clue… · Amy Myers · ss M.O.—Crimes of Practice ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2008 461 · Freckeles · Allan Guthrie · ss Spinetingler (online) 2008 470 · Happy Holidays [Dr. Tony Hill; Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan] · Val McDermid · ss The Daily Mail 2008

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