Great Law and Order Stories (var. 1) ed. John Mortimer (Norton, January 1992, 0-393-03079-2, $25.00, 356pp, hc, an)
Anthology of 14 legal and courtroom stories, with an introduction by the editor. First American edition (UK 1990), omits one story.
- ix · Introduction · John Mortimer · in Great Law and Order Stories ed. John Mortimer, Bellew, 1990
- 3 · Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Means of Evil by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1979
- 38 · The Adventure of the Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine June 1892
- 64 · The Biter Bit · William Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited.
- 93 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844
- 112 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Cassell’s Magazine October 1927
- 130 · The King in Yellow · Raymond Chandler · na Dime Detective Magazine March 1938
- 182 · The Absence of Mr. Glass [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1912
- 195 · The Heroine · Patricia Highsmith · ss Harper’s Bazaar August 1945
- 211 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2)
- 235 · Rumpole and the Tap End [Horace Rumpole] · John Mortimer · nv Rumpole and the Age of Miracles by John Mortimer, Penguin, 1988
- 277 · The Woman in the Big Hat [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv Cassell’s Magazine March 1910
- 299 · Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Catholic Herald December 1971
- 306 · The Evidence of the Altar-Boy [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · nv Maigret’s Christmas by Georges Simenon, tr. Jean Stewart, Hamish Hamilton, 1976
translated from the French (“Le Témoinage de l’enfant de chur”, Maigret et l’inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cité, 1947).
- 339 · A Very Commonplace Murder · P. D. James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968, as “Moment of Power”
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