The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories ed. Herbert van Thal (Robinson, 1985, 0-948164-03-4, £3.95, 212+256+169+221pp, tp, om)
Omnibus edition of The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories. Imported to the U.S. by Salem House.
- · The First Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories · ed. Herbert van Thal · an A. Barker, 1976
- 1 · The Inoffensive Captain [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1914
- 19 · The Scapegoat · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1970
- 45 · The Mystery of the Child’s Toy · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine September 1933, as “The Man Who Liked Toys”
- 61 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934
- 79 · The Moabite Cipher [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine May 1909
- 103 · The Little Old Man of Batignolles · Emile Gaboriau · nv George Munro, 1880
translated from the French (“Le Petit Vieux de Batignolles”, 1876).
- 161 · The Scarlet Butterfly · Dulcie Gray · ss The First Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Barker, 1976
- 171 · Out of Paradise [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Collier’s Weekly December 10 1904
- 187 · The Cave of Ali Baba [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba”
- · The Second Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories · ed. Herbert van Thal · an A. Barker, 1977
- 11 · Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928, as “Wilson’s Holiday”; given as by Margaret I. Cole alone.
- 45 · The Treasure Hunt [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s November 22 1924
- 65 · Sing a Song of Sixpence · Agatha Christie · ss Holly Leaves December 1929
- 85 · Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss Catholic Herald December 1971
- 95 · The Biter Bit · William Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited.
- 127 · We Know You’re Busy Writing, but We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind if We Just Dropped in for a Minute · Edmund Crispin · ss Winter’s Crimes 1 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1969
- 145 · Murder! · Arnold Bennett · nv Cassell’s Magazine October 1927
- 185 · A Matter of Goblins [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Lilliput April 1954
- 233 · The Woman in the Big Hat [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · nv Cassell’s Magazine March 1910
- · The Third Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories · ed. Herbert van Thal · an A. Barker, 1978
- 9 · Goldfish [Carmady] · Raymond Chandler · na Black Mask June 1936
- 51 · The Girl with the Red-Gold Hair · June Thomson · ss The Third Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Barker, 1978
- 63 · Mr. Bovey’s Unexpected Will [Florence Cusack] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine April 1899
- 79 · The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Premier Magazine #106, January 28 1921
- 103 · The Alibi · J. C. Squire · nv The Windsor Magazine 1930
- 123 · 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 chœur”, Maigret et l’inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cité, 1947).
- 155 · The Judge Corroborates · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine August 22 1919
- · The Fourth Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories · ed. Herbert van Thal · an A. Barker, 1979
- 9 · The Case of the Parr Children [Jemima Shore] · Antonia Fraser · nv 1979
- 35 · The Hanover Court Murder [Mr. Pepper] · Sir Basil Thomson · ss Mr. Pepper, Investigator by Sir Basil Thomson, John Castle, 1925
- 53 · B as in Bludgeon [Mitch Taylor; Bill Decker] · Lawrence Treat · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1974
- 67 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973
- 83 · To Protect the Innocent · Elwyn Jones · ss The Fourth Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Barker, 1979
- 103 · The Man Who Grassed · John Wainwright · ss Winter’s Crimes 1 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1969
- 121 · The King of the Gigolos · Hulbert Footner · na 1937
- 167 · Lot’s Wife [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine November 1929
- 199 · The Black Cats Vanished [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery October 1934
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