The Best Crime Stories ed. Michael Stapleton, uncredited (Hamlyn, 1984, 0-600-38241-9, £4.95, 747pp, hc, an)
Reissue (Hamlyn 1977) massive anthology of 49 crime stories from Somerset Maugham to Avram Davidson. A greatly abridged version (containing 24 of the stories) was subsequently published in the US (Mallard, 1990).
- 9 · Introduction · Michael Stapleton · in
- 15 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844
- 30 · The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856, as “The Lady of Glenwith Grange”
- 48 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret”
- 60 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue”
- 74 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925
- 85 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921
- 109 · The Almost Perfect Crime [(Chief) Insp. Jim Silver] · Henry Holt · ss (r)
- 118 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International April 1924
- 146 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930
- 176 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934
- 194 · The Siamese Cat · George Goodchild · ss (r)
- 204 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929
- 219 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931
- 228 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932
- 239 · The Poetical Policeman [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine November 1924, as “The Strange Case of the Night Watchman”
- 252 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine February 1926
- 266 · Wireless · Agatha Christie · ss Mystery Magazine March 1 1926
- 278 · The Mallet · James Hilton · ss Hutchinson’s Story-Magazine July 1929
- 293 · Dusk to Dawn · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask December 1937
- 319 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934
- 329 · Eyewitness · Robert Arthur · ss 1951
revised from “Eye Witness” (Detective Fiction Weekly January 28, 1939).
- 341 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter & Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946
- 353 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950
- 364 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951
- 384 · The Conspirators [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · nv Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #25, August 1966
- 398 · Double Image · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #125, April 1954
- 428 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953
- 436 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954
- 447 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1957
- 457 · The Unsuspected · Jay Wilson · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 8 1958
- 468 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958
- 489 · A Day of Encounters · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1972
- 502 · Foxer · Brian Cleeve · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965
- 515 · Special Release · Eric Parr · ss (r)
- 523 · Love Affair · Julian Symons · ss 1968
- 532 · Scatter His Ashes · Elizabeth Ferrars · nv Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970
- 548 · Jericho and the Two Ways to Die [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972
- 560 · The Niece from Scotland · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1972
- 572 · Carrot for a Chestnut · Dick Francis · ss Sports Illustrated January 5 1970
- 588 · This One’s a Beauty [Captain Rogan] · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1971
- 599 · The Perfect Servant · Helen Nielsen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1971
- 612 · Judgement · Mary Kelly · nv Winter’s Crimes 3 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1971
- 628 · Fixation · Miles Tripp · nv Winter’s Crimes 3 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1971
- 652 · A Quite Conventional Death · John Garforth · nv The Times of London Anthology of Detective Stories, Cape, 1972
- 672 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973
- 686 · Suicide or Murder? · Jane Aiken Hodge · ss Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973
- 696 · Accommodation Vacant · Celia Fremlin · nv Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975
- 710 · Scandal at Sandkop · James McClure · nv Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975
- 728 · The Man from the White Mountains · Ted Willis · ss Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975
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