Great Murder Mysteries (Octopus/Chartwell, October 1988, 1-55521-249-2, $9.98, 665pp, hc, an)
Adds one story to 65 Great Murder Mysteries edited by Mary Danby (Octopus 1983).
- 9 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949
- 22 · The Case of the Emerald Sky [Dr. Jan Czissar] · Eric Ambler · ss The Sketch July 10 1940
- 30 · Acid Test · Margot Arnold · ss The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1977
- 37 · Eye Witness · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 28 1939
- 49 · The Murder of the Mandarin · Arnold Bennett · ss Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Chapman & Hall, 1907
- 59 · Nemesis · Phyllis Bentley · ss The Windsor Magazine July 1939
- 68 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929
- 82 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1947
- 89 · Nightmare in Yellow · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude May 1961
- 91 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929
- 106 · Baby · Ramsey Campbell · ss Star Book of Horror, No. 2 ed. Hugh Lamb, Star Books, 1976
- 121 · A Note for the Milkman · Sidney Carroll · ss Today’s Woman April 1950
- 130 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue”
- 143 · Accident · Agatha Christie · ss The Sunday Dispatch September 22 1929, as “The Uncrossed Path”
- 151 · Coroner’s Inquest · Marc Connelly · vi Collier’s February 8 1930
- 156 · Banquo’s Chair · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss Pharaoh and His Waggons and Other Stories by Rupert Croft-Cooke, Jarrolds, 1937
- 162 · Esmeralda · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross, John Westhouse, 1944
- 177 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953
- 186 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.
- 195 · The Corpse Light · Dick Donovan · ss Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899
- 204 · The Veiled Lodger [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Liberty January 22 1927, as “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger”
- 213 · Surprise! Surprise! · Roger F. Dunkley · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1978
- 219 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1)
- 230 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931
- 240 · Something to Do with Figures · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #21, March 1945
- 249 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936
- 257 · The Blood on the Innocents · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin, Gollancz, 1974
- 264 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited.
- 277 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955
- 281 · Mrs. Manifold · Stephen Grendon · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949
- 291 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review #22, December 1950
- 300 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 305 · Dark Journey · Francis Iles · ss News Chronicle April 30 1934 (+4)
- 320 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900
- 330 · Moment of Power · P. D. James · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1968
- 345 · Another Shot in the Locker · Michael Kent · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1929
- 352 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray”
- 362 · The Lady with the Hatchet [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss Metropolitan May 1922
- 379 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899
- 387 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948
- 393 · The Sound of Murder · William P. McGivern · ss Bluebook October 1952
- 402 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan July 1937
- 419 · Vendetta · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “Semillante”
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).
- 423 · Such a Good Idea · Andrea Newman · ss Tales of Unease ed. John Burke, Pan, 1966
- 429 · The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901
- 441 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945
- 452 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
- 458 · The House by the Headland · “Sapper” · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1920
- 470 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933
- 483 · The Second Step · Margery Sharp · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1934
- 491 · The Case of Arnold Schuttringer [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1942
translated from the French (Les 13 Coupables, 1932).
- 498 · The People Next Door · Pauline C. Smith · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine June 1952
- 503 · The King of Spades · Nancy Spain · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 510 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956
- 528 · Blue Murder · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine October 1925
- 544 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934
- 554 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 567 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892
- 578 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967
- 596 · Miss Smith · William Trevor · ss Transatlantic Review #25, Summer 1967
- 605 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924
- 619 · The Snow · Hugh Walpole · ss The (London) Evening News December 21 1928
- 626 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn September 18 1895
- 635 · In the Fog · Dennis Wheatley · ss The (London) Evening News May 29 1953
- 640 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926
- 654 · Drawn Into Error · Elizabeth Ferrars · ss Planned Departures ed. Elizabeth Ferrars, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958
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