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Blood-Lust of the Devil by Desmond Edwards (Spartacus Publications, January 1993, 1-873433-01-8, £5.99, 128pp, tp, oc, cover by Cyril Edwards)
Collection of nine horror stories, all but one original.

9 · Introduction · Desmond Edwards · in

14 · Devil’s Casket · Desmond Edwards · ss Fear #12, December 1989

28 · Gilderoy—The Demon Giant · Desmond Edwards · ss

41 · Cover from Hell · Desmond Edwards · ss

54 · The Cannibals of Ballantrae · Desmond Edwards · ss

65 · I’m Going to Kill You! · Desmond Edwards · ss London Mystery Selection #58, September 1963

77 · The Angry Valley · Desmond Edwards · ss

90 · Cry of Ghosts · Desmond Edwards · ss

99 · Chaka—The Bloodthirsty Despot · Desmond Edwards · ss

118 · Chateau of Evil · Desmond Edwards · ss

Ghosts and Shadows ed. Dorothy Edwards (Lutterworth Press, 1980, £4.95, 160pp, hc, oa)
Anthology of 46 stories, extracts, anecdotes and poems designed for the younger reader. Illustrated by Jane Walmsley.

9 · “Now It Is the Time of Night” · William Shakespeare · ex from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

10 · The Skeleton Who Smiled · Angela Pickering · ss

17 · The Quick and the Dead · Dorothy Edwards · pm

18 · The Wind of Heaven · Violet Bibby · ss

25 · Three-Quarter Ghosts · Dorothy Edwards · ar

26 · Sally Simpkin’s Lament · Thomas Hood · pm The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood, Frederick Warne, 1890

28 · Bill’s Ghost · Catherine Storr · ss

38 · I Am the Ghost of Old Tom Barrett! · [uncredited] · pm (r)

38 · The Ghost That Got Into Our House · James Thurber · ex from “The Night the Ghost Got In”, The New Yorker August 12 1933

39 · The Dripping Ghost · Dorothy Edwards · ar

41 · The Damp Spectre · Dorothy Edwards · ss

43 · Night Terrors · Thomas Gay · pm (r)

44 · Where’s Angelina? · Geraldine Kaye · ss

49 · A Journey to Euston · Dorothy Edwards · ar

51 · Beaky Brooks · Frank Charles · ss

60 · The Only Ghost I Ever Saw · Gwen Raverat · ts (r)

62 · The Farys’ Mist-Gate · Ruth Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties ed. Ruth Tongue, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

64 · The White Cat · Pamela Sykes · ss

69 · The Fairies · William Allingham · pm Poems by William Allingham, Chapman & Hall, 1850

71 · The Stolen Lady · Mary Webb · pm (r)

72 · Friend Nimmy · Dorothy Edwards · ss

77 · The Changeling · Shirley Toulson · pm (r)

79 · Midsummer Ghost · Ruth McDonald · ss

87 · Rycharde Herne · [uncredited] · pm (r)

87 · Herne’s Horne · Ruth Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties ed. Ruth Tongue, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

89 · Candlemas Eve · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648, as “Ceremonies for Candlemasse Eve”

90 · Twelfth Night Till Candlemas · Ruth Paine · ss

96 · Emperors of the Island · Dannie Abse · pm Tenants of the House by Dannie Abse, Hutchinson, 1957

98 · Lost and Found · Marjorie Darke · ss

103 · The Shell · James Stephens · pm 1916

105 · The Mill-Water · Edward Thomas · pm (r)

106 · The Noontide Ghost · Ruth Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties ed. Ruth Tongue, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

107 · Woak Hill · William Barnes · pm (r)

109 · Joanna’s Secret · Pauline Hill · ss

116 · The Nine o’Clock Horses · Angela Pickering · pm (r)

117 · Tom Pearse’s Old Mare · [uncredited] · pm (r)

118 · There Used to Be Horses Everywhere · Dorothy Edwards · ss

129 · Sea-Gulls · Norah Holland · pm (r)

131 · The Shadow Man · Margaret Gore · ss

135 · The Shadow Stealers · Dorothy Edwards · pm

137 · Chime Children · Ruth Tongue · ex 1968

139 · The Gabble-Ratchets · Kathleen Hersom · ss

145 · The Ghost Who Couldn’t Frighten Anyone · Dorothy Edwards · ss

150 · Song (“Why do the houses stand”) · George MacDonald · pm (r)

150 · At Dead of Night · Ivy Russell · ss

160 · The Way Through the Woods · Rudyard Kipling · pm Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan UK, 1910

Mists and Magic ed. Dorothy Edwards (Lutterworth Press, 1983, 0-7188-2537-3, £2.99, 160pp, tp, oa)
Supernatural stories for children, illustrated by Jill Bennett.

9 · Now It Is the Time of Night · William Shakespeare · ex from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

10 · Midnight Wood · Raymond Wilson · pm

11 · Night Walk · Dorothy Edwards · ex from The Witches and the Grinnygog (r)

19 · The Moon Is Up · Alfred Noyes · pm (r)

20 · Moon Magic · Margaret Gore · ss

25 · The Moon It Is Red · Ben Jonson · pm (r)

27 · Witches’ Charm · Ben Jonson · pm from The Masque of Queens, 1609

28 · Witch at Home · Dorothy Edwards · ss

35 · Witch in Retirement · Irene Holness · pm

36 · Witch at the Well · Kathleen Hersom · ss

40 · Could You See the Wise Woman · W. Force Stead · pm (r)

41 · The Old Stone Faces · Ann Pilling · ss

52 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.

55 · As a Huge Stone · William Wordsworth · pm (r)

56 · The Mother Stone · Angela Pickering · ss

64 · Tilly Witch in the Park · Pat Kremer · ss

69 · Full Fathom Five · William Shakespeare · ex from “The Tempest”, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

70 · Something Rich and Strange · Irene Holness · ss

74 · Overheard on a Saltmarsh · Harold Monro · pm The Silent Pool and Other Poems by Harold Monro, Faber and Faber, 1942

75 · The Sea-Morgan’s Baby · Ruth L. Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties ed. Ruth Tongue, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

77 · The Moon-Child · Fiona Macleod · pm The Washer of the Ford by Fiona Macleod, Patrick Geddes, 1896

79 · An Elfin Knight · Joseph Rodman Drake · pm (r)

80 · The Travelling Tree · Ruth L. Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties ed. Ruth Tongue, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

81 · Robin Goodfellow · [uncredited] · pm (r)

82 · The Grig’s Red Cap · Ruth L. Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties ed. Ruth Tongue, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

84 · Moon Light, Moon Bright · [uncredited] · pm (r)

85 · Something in the Wind · Margaret Joy · ss

90 · Fairy Godmother? · Pamela Sykes · ss

94 · Christmas Crackers · Marjorie Darke · ss

101 · Grey Goose and Gander · [uncredited] · pm (r)

102 · Cuckoo Song · Rudyard Kipling · pm (r)

103 · Cuckoo Fair · Ruth C. Paine · ss

107 · Cure for a Stye · James Woodforde · ex from The Diary of a Country Parson (r)

108 · Witchcat Watchcat · Ruth McDonald · ss

112 · Salamander · Benvenuto Cellini; translated by J. A. Symonds · ex (r)

113 · Cities Drowned in Olden Times · Henry Newbolt · pm (r)

114 · The Pirates and the Drowned Bells · Anne English · ss

119 · Storm Children · Pauline Hill · ss

126 · The Men of Black Tup · Frank Charles · ss

137 · Matthew, Mark, Luke and John · [unknown author] · pm (r)

138 · Four Eggs a Penny · Ruth L. Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties ed. Ruth Tongue, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

140 · Three Charms · [uncredited] · pm (r)

141 · The Spunky · [uncredited] · pm (r)

142 · The Girl Who Boxed an Angel · Dorothy Edwards · ss

152 · Queen Mab · William Shakespeare · ex from “Romeo and Juliet”, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623

153 · The Fairies · [uncredited] · pm (r)

154 · Half a Loaf Is Better Than No Bread · Edward Thomas · ss from Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds (r)

157 · Goblins’ Song · James Telfer · pm (r)

157 · A Fairy Ring · John Aubrey · ar Miscellanies by John Aubrey, 1696

158 · Josey Linny · Mary Webb · ms (r)

159 · The Fairies’ Farewell · Richard Corbet · pm (r)

160 · I Fear That Puck Is Dead · Eugene Lee Hamilton · pm (r)

Great Mystery Stories ed. Eleanor M. Edwards (Lion/Sayre Publishing, 1973, 0-87460-195-9, $1.00, 157pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Hart 1960 as World-Famous Great Mystery Stories) mystery anthology. Also announced in hc (-194-0).

Great Stories About Dogs ed. Eleanor Middleton Edwards (Hart Publishing, 1965, 192pp, hc, an)

· The Way Up · Howard M. Brier · ss (r)

· Foole and Gallant, Pioneer Dogs · Catherine C. Coblentz · ss (r)

· Bruno’s Fortieth Rescue · Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham · ss (r)

· Champion Fire ’n Feather · Lavinia R. Davis · ss (r)

· Wild Dog · Ruth Elizabeth Tanner · ss (r)

· Faithful Unto Death · Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham · ss (r)

· Freddy, the Pad Dog · F. Beverly Kelley · ss (r)

· Bounce · Mae Trovillion Smith · ss (r)

· Golden Duke · Mae H. Ashworth · ss Queen’s Gardens

· The Story of an Ugly Dog · Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham · ss (r)

· The Coward · Albert Payson Terhune · ss (r)

· Dogs of World War I · Mae Trovillion Smith · ss (r)

· Scarlet’s Sons · Betty Cavanna · ss (r)

World-Famous Great Mystery Stories ed. Eleanor M. Edwards (Hart, 1960, LC:60-6578, 191pp, hc, an)
Anthology of four stories illustrated by David Stone.

9 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13”

75 · Shadowed by Death [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Teixeira de Mattos · nv The New Magazine (UK) October 1911
translated from the French (“La mort qui rôde”, Je sais tout September 15, 1911).

115 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891

163 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950

The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders ed. Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber (Alchemy Press, September 2012, 978-0-9532260-8-5, £10.00, 248pp, tp, oa, cover by Dominic Harman)
Original anthology of 14 stories, two reprints, about ancient sites and landscapes and other wonders of the past. Introduction by Kari Sperring. Authors include Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adrian Cole, and Aliette de Bodard.

11 · Introduction · Kari Sperring · in

15 · Bones [The Apt Universe] · Adrian Tchaikovsky · nv

37 · If Street · James Brogden · ss

57 · Passage · Shannon Connor Winward · ss

67 · One Man’s Folly · Pauline E. Dungate · ss

81 · Dragonsbridge · Anne Nicholls · ss

95 · The Satan Stones · Misha Herwin · ss

105 · Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day · Peter Crowther · nv Subterranean Press, August 1999

135 · Ringfenced · Lynn M. Cochrane · ss

143 · Ithica or Bust · Bryn Fortey · ss

153 · The Sound of Distant Gunfire · Adrian Cole · ss

171 · The Cauldron of Camulos · William Meikle · ss

191 · Time and the City · John Howard · ss

203 · The Great and Powerful · Selina Lock · ss

217 · Ys · Aliette de Bodard · nv Interzone #222, June 2009

243 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors ed. Jan Edwards & Peter Coleborn--- see under Peter Coleborn.

The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2: Strange Stories & Weird Tales ed. Jan Edwards & Peter Coleborn--- see under Peter Coleborn.

Blood & Iron by Les Edwards (GW Books, May 1990, 1-85515-000-X, £12.99, 98pp, hc, pi, cover by Les Edwards)
Collection of artwork by Les Edwards, with an introduction by Kim Newman and a foreword and linking text by Edwards. Available in the US from Games Workshop Inc. for $29.95.

A Is for Brian ed. Malcolm Edwards, Frank Hatherley & Margaret Aldiss--- see under Frank Hatherley.

Constellations: Stories of the Future ed. Malcolm Edwards (Gollancz, 1980, 0-575-02838-6, £4.95, 189pp, hc, an)

7 · Introduction · Malcolm Edwards · in

11 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966

20 · A Pail of Air · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1951

34 · Beyond Lies the Wub · Philip K. Dick · ss Planet Stories July 1952

42 · Let’s Go to Golgotha! · Garry Kilworth · ss Sunday Times Weekly Review December 15 1974

54 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1973

75 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961

82 · Rescue Operation · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction December 1964

97 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

116 · Mister Da V. · Kit Reed · ss Seventeen May 1962

129 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961

145 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire”

152 · The Wind from the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life March 1964, as “The Sunjammer”

172 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Gollancz/Sunday Times SF Competition Stories ed. Malcolm Edwards--- see under Anon..

Acknowledgments by Martin Edwards (Crippen & Landru, May 2017, 7pp, ph, ss)
Short story published to recognize Martin Edwards who received the Poirot Award at Malice Domestic 29, May 2017. The story won the inaugural CWA Margery Allingham Prize in 2014 and was supposed to have been published, with other stories, as an ebook by Bloomsbury in 2014 but it appears that the book was never published.

The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club, May 26, 2022, 978-0-00-819242-6, £30.00, 724pp, hc, nf)
History of crime fiction, tracing the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present.

Anglian Blood ed. Martin Edwards & Robert Church--- see under Robert Church.

As If by Magic: Locked Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, September 10, 2025, 978-0-7123-5563-6, £10.99, 352pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

13 · The Wrong Problem [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Evening Standard August 13 1936

33 · The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897

55 · The Ordinary Hairpins [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine October 1916

79 · The Vanishing House [Giglamps] · Will Scott · nv Giglamps by Will Scott, Cassell, 1924

107 · The Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936

121 · The Shot That Waited [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1934, as “The Duel of Shadows”

143 · The Gold of Tso-Fu [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 13 1926

165 · The Two Flaws · Hal Pink · ss 1934

173 · Murder Game · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1968, as “The Gemminy Crickets Case”

211 · Too Many Motives · James Ronald · ss The 20-Story Magazine #94, April 1930

239 · The Case of the Man Who Was Too Clever [Dr. Morelle] · Ernest Dudley · ss Meet Dr. Morelle by Ernest Dudley, Long, 1943

253 · The Broadcast Body · Grenville Robbins · ss The 20-Story Magazine #168, June 1936

275 · The Coulman Handicap [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) April 1958

299 · The Last Meeting of the Butlers Club · Geoffrey Bush · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980

317 · As If by Magic [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard April 19 1954, as “The Hiding Place”

323 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947, as by John Dickson Carr

Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories ed. Martin Edwards (Mystery Press, 2011, 978-0-7524-6300-1, $12.95, 185pp, tp, oa)
Thirteen original crime stories by British authors.

· Foreword · Barry Forshaw · fw

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

· The Habit of Silence · Ann Cleeves · ss

· The People Outside · Martin Edwards · nv Thou Shalt Not Kill ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005

· Boom! · Cath Staincliffe · ss

· The Message · Margaret Murphy · ss

· Best Eaten Cold · Stuart Pawson · ss

· Basic Skills · Ann Cleeves · ss

· Laptop · Cath Staincliffe · ss

· Act of Contrition · Margaret Murphy · ss

· The Case of the Musical Butler · Martin Edwards · ss

· Mud · Ann Cleeves · ss

· Riviera · Cath Staincliffe · ss

· Sprouts · Stuart Pawson · ss

· InDex · Martin Edwards · ss I.D.: Crimes of Identity ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2006

· Murder Squad: Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Blood on the Tracks ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, March 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5270-3, £8.99, 383pp, tp, an, cover: [extract from London & North Eastern Railway poster (Express Ease The “Harrogate” Pullman)] by George Harrison) [British Library Crime Classics]

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

13 · The Man with the Watches · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine July 1898, as “The Story of the Man with the Watches”

35 · The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897

61 · How He Cut His Stick [Dora Myrl] · Matthias McDonnell Bodkin · ss Dora Myrl, the Lady Detective by M. M'Donnell Bodkin, Chatto & Windus, 1900

77 · The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · nv The Royal Magazine July 1901

101 · The Affair of the Corridor Express [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine September 1905

119 · The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1910

175 · The Eighth Lamp · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine July 1916

193 · The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World August 24 1913 (+1), as “The Mystery of the Signals”

229 · The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928

267 · The Railway Carriage [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Strand Magazine November 1931

287 · Mystery of the Slip-Coach [Ronald Standish] · Sapper · ss The Strand Magazine December 1932

313 · The Level Crossing · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1933

333 · The Adventure of the First-Class Carriage [Sherlock Holmes] · Ronald Knox · ss The Strand Magazine February 1947

351 · Murder on the 7.16 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Appleby Talks Again by Michael Innes, Gollancz, 1956

359 · The Coulman Handicap [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) April 1958

Capital Crimes: London Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, March 2015, 978-0-7123-5749-4, £8.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]

11 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893

21 · A Mystery of the London Underground · John Oxenham · nv To-Day February 27 1897 (+6), as “A Mystery of the Underground”

42 · The Finchley Puzzle [Judith Lee] · Richard Marsh · ss All-Story Weekly July 24 1915

66 · The Magic Casket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1926

88 · The Holloway Flat Tragedy [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Story-teller March 1927

117 · The Magician of Cannon Street [Paul Campenhaye] · J. S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine April 15 1914

138 · The Stealer of Marble [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s December 20 1924

154 · The Tea-Leaf · Robert Eustace & Edgar Jepson · nv The Strand Magazine October 1925

170 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

188 · The Little House [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly October 9 1926

211 · The Silver Mask · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1932

225 · Wind in the East [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Poole] · Henry Wade · ss The London Magazine June 1930

241 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929

265 · They Don’t Wear Labels · E. M. Delafield · ss The Daily Mail April 10 1939, as “But They Don’t Wear Labels”

274 · The Unseen Door [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News August 5 1945

279 · Cheese · Ethel Lina White · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1923

297 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5247-5, £8.99, 288pp, tp, an, cover: [from travel poster (Les Sports D’Hiver au Mont-Revard, c.1927)] by Roger Broders) [British Library Crime Classics]

vii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

1 · A Christmas Tragedy [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine December 1909

29 · By the Sword · Selwyn Jepson · nv Cassell’s Magazine December 1930

57 · The Christmas Card Crime [Sexton Blake] · Donald Stuart · na Detective Weekly #96, December 22 1934

98 · The Motive · Ronald Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937

115 · Blind Man’s Hood · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937

140 · Paul Temple’s White Christmas [Paul Temple] · Francis Durbridge · ss The Radio Times December 20 1946

148 · Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1949

161 · A Bit of Wire-Pulling · E. C. R. Lorac · ss The Evening Standard October 11 1950, as “Death at the Bridge Table”

169 · Pattern of Revenge · John Bude · vi The London Mystery Magazine #21, 1954

175 · Crime at Lark Cottage · John Bingham · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1954

189 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins”

Continental Crimes ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 6, 2017, 978-0-7123-5679-4, £8.99, 351pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]
Crime/mystery anthology.

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

11 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret”

31 · A Bracelet at Bruges [Cecil Thorold] · Arnold Bennett · ss The Windsor Magazine August 1904

51 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden”

77 · The Secret of the “Magnifique” [John T. Laxworthy] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Nash’s Magazine August 1911

115 · Petit-Jean · Ian Hay · nv Everybody’s Magazine April 1917

141 · The Lover of St Lys [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Premier Magazine #58, February 1919

167 · Popeau Intervenes [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1926

195 · The Perfect Murder · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine October 1926

219 · The Room in the Tower · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss My Best Mystery Story, Faber and Faber, 1939

237 · The Ten-Franc Counter · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1926

257 · Have You Got Everything You Want? [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan April 1933

275 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1935

319 · The Packet-Boat Murder · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard October 5 1950

329 · Villa Almirante · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) December 1959

Crime in the City ed. Martin Edwards (The Do-Not Press, September 2002, 1-904316-04-2, £6.99, 288pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 22 stories, two reprint. The 2002 Crime Writers’ Association Anthology. A hardcover edition (-05-0, £15.00) was announced but not seen.

7 · Foreword · Lindsey Davis · fw

9 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

11 · Belter’s Mugging · Andrea Badenoch · ss

23 · A Rough Guide to Tanga · Ann Cleeves · ss

31 · Back to the Land · Mat Coward · ss

49 · A Good Day for a Murder · David Stuart Davies · ss

53 · Park Life · Carol Anne Davis · ss

59 · Old Bones · Eileen Dewhurst · ss

71 · Sunset City · Martin Edwards · ss

85 · Bank Holiday in Cambridge · Jürgen Ehlers · ss

93 · The Egyptian Garden · Marjorie Eccles · ss

109 · Les Inconnus · Kate Ellis · nv

123 · Due North · John Harvey · ss

137 · The Rio de Janeiro Paper · Reginald Hill · ss Pascoe’s Ghost by Reginald Hill, Collins, 1979

147 · Elsewhere · Bill James · ss

161 · Ground Zero · Peter Lewis · ss

173 · The Stooge · Phil Lovesey · nv

195 · White Knights, Black Magic · Val McDermid · ss

207 · The Fallen Curtain · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1974

219 · A Friend in Need · Kathryn Skoyles · ss

227 · DOA · Cath Staincliffe · ss

233 · Closer to the Flame · Jerry Sykes · ss

249 · Waiting for Mr. Right · Andrew Taylor · ss

259 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Crime on the Move ed. Martin Edwards (The Do-Not Press, September 30, 2004, 1-904316-46-8, £8.99, 335pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 22 stories. The Official Anthology of the Crime Writers’ Association 2005.

7 · Foreword · Michael Jecks · fw

10 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

13 · Owl Wars · Ann Cleeves · ss

25 · One Hand One Bounce · Mat Coward · ss

42 · Revenge on the High C · Judith Cutler · ss

51 · Better to Arrive · Carol Anne Davis · ss

59 · Test Drive · Martin Edwards · ss

77 · Man Overboard · Jürgen Ehlers · ss

90 · Top Deck · Kate Ellis · ss

105 · A Case for Gourmets [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) May 1959, as “Mr. Duckworth’s Night Out”

122 · 6-5 Against · Lesley Grant-Adamson · ss

140 · Asylum [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · ss

157 · A Shameful Eating · Reginald Hill · ss A Suit of Diamonds, Collins, 1990

172 · The Vanishing of Velma [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1969

192 · Death Ship · Bill Kirton · ss

208 · On a Bicycle Made for Two · Keith Miles · ss

224 · Landfall · Stephen Murray · ss

241 · Gum’s Goer · Amy Myers · ss

255 · The Lammergeier Vulture · Christine Poulson · ss

266 · Baba’s Bites · Chris Simms · ss

282 · The Anniversary · Sally Spedding · ss

289 · Canal Blues · Rebecca Tope · ss

301 · Another Man’s Crime · Alison White · ss

312 · Seeing Off George · David Williams · ss

331 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Crimes of Cymru: Classic Mystery Tales of Wales ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, May 10, 2023, 978-0-7123-5408-0, £10.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

· Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

· The Murder in Judd Lane [Monsieur Poiret] · Frank Howel Evans · ss The New Magazine (UK) October 1909

· Water Running Out · Ethel Lina White · ss Crime Mysteries #6, October 28 1927

· A Busman’s Holiday · Francis Brett Young · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine March 1930

· Change · Arthur Machen · ss The Children of the Pool and Other Stories by Arthur Machen, Hutchinson, 1936

· Error at Daybreak [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938

· Murder in Church [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret Cole · ss Wilson and Some Others by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1940

· Brother in the Barrow · Ianthe Jerrold · ss The London Mystery Magazine #13, 1951

· The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954

· Lucky Escape · Berkely Mather · ss The Evening Standard April 3 1956

· The Strong Room · Cledwyn Hughes · ss Suspense (UK) October 1959

· Mamba · Jack Griffith · vi The New Strand May 1962

· The Chosen One · Rhys Davies · nv The New Yorker June 4 1966

· No More A-Maying · Christianna Brand · nv Winter’s Crimes 6 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1974

· Y Mynyddoed Sanctiaidd · Michael Gilbert · ss The Murder of Diana Devon and Other Mysteries by Michael Gilbert, Robert Hale, 2009

Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, November 2016, 978-0-7123-5665-7, £8.99, 288pp, tp, an, cover: [extract from poster (St. Moritz: The World’s White City, Lips & Co., Bern, Switzerland)] by Plinio Colombi) [British Library Crime Classics]
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

11 · The Ghost’s Touch · Fergus Hume · ss The Pocket Magazine December 1899

31 · The Chobham Affair · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine December 1930

49 · The Man with the Sack [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine December 1936

77 · Christmas Eve [Sherlock Holmes] · S. C. Roberts · ss Cambridge University Press, 1936

91 · Death in December [Bill “Ironsides” Cromwell] · Victor Gunn · nv Ironsides Sees Red by Victor Gunn, Collins, 1943

163 · Murder at Christmas [Ludovic Travers] · Christopher Bush · ss The Illustrated London News November 15 1951, as “The Holly Bears a Berry”

181 · Off the Tiles · Ianthe Jerrold · ss The London Mystery Magazine #14, February/March 1952

193 · Mr. Cork’s Secret · Macdonald Hastings · nv Lilliput December 1952/January 1953

243 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960

259 · Deep and Crisp and Even [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) January 1958

273 · The Carol Singers · Josephine Bell · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963

313 · Solution to Mr. Cork’s Secret · Various · ms

Cyanide in the Sun: And Other Stories of Summertime Crime ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, June 10, 2025, 978-0-7123-5557-5, £10.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]
Details taken from ebook Table of Contents.

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

13 · Kill and Cure · Guy Cullingford · ss Planned Departures, Hodder & Stoughton, 1958

26 · Day Excursion [Sergeant Pockle] · Wilfred Fienburgh · ss The Evening Standard July 13 1954

31 · The Secret of the Mountain · C. Bobbett · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1927

50 · Unlucky Dip · Andrew Garve · ss The Evening Standard July 28 1956

54 · Quarrel at Sea · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard July 26 1956

60 · The Holiday · Ethel Lina White · ss Britannia and Eve February 1938

79 · Even Murderers Take Holidays · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard October 9 1950

87 · “Mr. Bearstowe Says…” [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Saturday Book #3, 1943

111 · In the Picture · Nicolas Bentley · ss The Evening Standard July 27 1956

117 · And the Police Were Not Called · Bernard J. Farmer · ss The Citizen (Gloucester) August 18 1950

122 · Consider Your Verdict · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 24 1956

128 · Crooked Harvest · Shelley Smith · vi Crime—1947 Album, Swan, 1947

135 · Cyanide in the Sun [Inspector Port & Sergeant Troot] · Christianna Brand · ss Daily Sketch August 1958

159 · The Fly · John Bingham · ss The Evening Standard June 8 1953

164 · A Holiday by the Sea [Giglamps] · Will Scott · ss Pan: The Fiction Magazine August 1922

184 · Two on a Tower [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard July 23 1956

190 · The Summer Holiday · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1983

203 · The Summer Holiday Murders · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard July 25 1960 (+8), as “Murder on Tour”

Deadly Pleasures ed. Martin Edwards (Severn House, 2013, 978-0-7278-8317-9, x+241pp, hc, oa)
Subtitled “A Crime Writers’ Association’s Anthology”. A trade paperback edition (978-1-84751-488-2) was announced but not seen.

vii · Foreword · Peter James · fw

ix · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

1 · The Frame · Simon Brett · ss

21 · The Pirate · Ann Cleeves · ss

25 · Day or Night [Anna Lee] · Liza Cody · ss

35 · Zounds! · Lindsey Davis · ss

49 · Mr. Halkett’s Hobby · Martin Edwards · ss

61 · Killing the Swans · Ruth Dudley Edwards · ss

69 · Bryant and May in the Field [Arthur Bryant & John May] · Christopher Fowler · nv

89 · Fedora [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · ss

103 · Last Exit to Fuengirola · David Hewson · ss

123 · Click · Alison Joseph · ss

141 · Angela’s Alterations · Peter Lovesey · ss

159 · The Last Resort · Claire McGowan · ss

169 · The Polar Bear Killing · Michael Ridpath · ss

187 · Enchantress · Peter Robinson · ss

207 · Night Nurse · Cath Staincliffe · ss

213 · Catch-13 · Andrew Taylor · ss

221 · The Wrong Man · Charles Todd · ss

235 · Threescore and Ten · Margaret Yorke · ss Woman, as “The Reckoning”

Deep Waters: Murder on the Waves ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, June 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5288-8, £8.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]

vii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

1 · The Adventure of the “Gloria Scott” [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1893

26 · The Eight-Mile Lock [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine September 1897

51 · The Gift of the Emperor [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Cassell’s Magazine November 1898

80 · Bullion! · William Hope Hodgson · ss Everybody’s Weekly #1, March 11 1911

93 · The Echo of a Mutiny [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine September 1911, as “Death on the Girdler”

137 · The Pool of Secrets · Gwyn Evans · ss Detective Weekly #105, February 23 1935

165 · Four Friends and Death · Christopher St. John Sprigg · ss The 20-Story Magazine #153, March 1935

184 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936

196 · The Swimming Pool [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine April 1936

236 · A Question of Timing · Phyllis Bentley · ss The Poppy Annual 1946

248 · The Thimble River Mystery [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · nv The Evening Standard May 8 1950, as “The Thimble River Murder”

270 · Man Overboard [Gervase Fen; Insp. Humbleby] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard August 3 1954

277 · The Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss Argosy (UK) September 1955

293 · The Man Who Was Drowned · James Pattinson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1958

310 · Seasprite · Andrew Garve · ss The Evening Standard March 15 1963, as “Revenge!”

316 · Death by Water [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Appleby File by Michael Innes, Gollancz, 1975

The Edinburgh Mystery and Other Tales of Scottish Crime ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, May 10, 2002, 978-0-7123-5485-1, £10.99, 272pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]
Volume 102 in the series.

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

15 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

37 · The Field Bazaar [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · vi The Student November 20 1896

43 · The Edinburgh Mystery [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine August 1902

65 · The Honour of Israel Gow [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 25 1911, as “The Strange Justice”

85 · A Medical Crime [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · ss The Sphere October 16 1920

97 · Footsteps [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s January 9 1926

121 · The White Line [Francis MacNab] · John Ferguson · nv The World’s Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 3 ed. Eugene Thwing, Funk & Wagnalls, 1929
slightly revised from “The Man with the Limp” (The Red Magazine, December 7, 1923) to change the detective’s name from Grogan to Francis McNab.

141 · The Body of Sir Henry · Augustus Muir · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 13 1929

155 · Madame Ville d’Aubier · Josephine Tey · ss The English Review February 1930, as by Gordon Daviot

163 · The Man on Ben Na Garve · H. H. Bashford · ss The Strand Magazine February 1933

175 · Before Insulin [Clinton Driffield] · J. J. Connington · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1936, as “Beyond Insulin”

189 · The Case of the Frugal Cake · Margot Bennett · ss The (London) Evening News August 18 1955

195 · Thursday’s Child · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard October 9 1958

203 · The Alibi Man · Bill Knox · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #7, February 1965

215 · The Fishermen [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Appleby File by Michael Innes, Gollancz, 1975

239 · The Running of the Deer · P. M. Hubbard · ss Winter’s Crimes 6 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1974

257 · Hand in Glove · Jennie Melville · ss Winter’s Crimes 6 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1974

Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, September 10, 2002, 978-0-7123-5407-3, £10.99, 352pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]
Volume 107 in the series.

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

13 · The Affair at the Novelty Theatre [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine February 1905

31 · The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud; Mr. Ricardo] · A. E. W. Mason · na Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #57, December 1916

89 · The Dancing Girl [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s January 23 1926

113 · In View of the Audience · Marguerite Steen · ss The Strand Magazine June 1934

137 · Blood Sacrifice · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv The Daily Mail April 23 1936 - April 29 1936

171 · The Wrong Make-Up · Brandon Fleming · ss The Strand Magazine May 1941

189 · The Case of the Ventriloquist’s Doll [Dr. Morelle] · Ernest Dudley · ss Meet Dr. Morelle Again by Ernest Dudley, Long, 1944

209 · The Blind Spot · Barry Perowne · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945

227 · I Can Find My Way Out [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946

261 · The Lady Who Laughed [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #51, February 1948

291 · The Thirteenth Knife · Bernard J. Farmer · ss The Citizen (Gloucester) January 6 1950

299 · Drink for an Actor · John Appleby · ss The Evening Standard September 4 1950

309 · Credit to William Shakespeare [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard December 12 1950

319 · After the Event [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1958, as “Rabbit Out of a Hat”

Foreign Bodies ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 5, 2017, 978-0-7123-5699-2, £8.99, 285pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

13 · The Swedish Match · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · nv The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1922
translated from the Russian.

41 · A Sensible Course of Action · Palle Rosenkrantz; translated by Michael Meyer · ss Cosmopolitan Crimes ed. Hugh Greene, The Bodley Head, 1971
translated from the Danish.

57 · Strange Tracks [Dagobert] · Balduin Groller; translated by N. L. Lederer · ss 1911
translated from the German (“Die Seltsame Fahrte”, Detektiv Dagoberts Taten und Abenteuer, 1909).

71 · The Kennel · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss Crises by Maurice Level, tr. Alys Eyre Macklin, Erskine MacDonald, 1920
translated from the French (“Le Chenil”, Le Journal, January 1, 1906).

81 · Footprints in the Snow [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv MacLean’s May 15 1922
translated from the French (“Des pas sur la neige”).

115 · The Return of Lord Kingwood · Ivans; translated by Josh Pachter · nv
translated from the Dutch.

141 · The Stage Box Murder [Joe Jenkins] · Paul Rosenhayn; translated by June Head · ss Joe Jenkins, Detective by Paul Rosenhayn, William Heinemann, 1929
translated from the German.

161 · The Spider · Koga Saburo; adapted by John Pugmire; translated by Ho-Ling Wong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2015
translated from the Japanese.

179 · The Venom of the Tarantula [Byomkesh Bakshi] · Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay; translated by Sreejata Guha · nv 1933
translated from the Bengali (“Makorshar Rosh”).

203 · Murder à la Carte · Jean Toussaint Samat · ar The Living Age June 1931
translated from the French (Revue Bleue).

213 · The Cold Night’s Clearing · Keikichi Osaka; edited by John Pugmire; translated by Ho-Ling Wong · ss The Ginza Ghost by Keikichi Osaka, Locked Room International, 2017
translated from the Japanese (1936).

233 · The Mystery of the Green Room · Pierre Véry; translated by John Pugmire · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2011
translated from the French (“Le mystére de la chambre verte”, Les veillées de la Tour Pointue, 1937).

249 · Kippers · John Flanders; translated by Josh Pachter · ss
translated from the Flemish.

257 · The Lipstick and the Teacup [Charles C.M. Charlier (De Schaduw)] · Havank; translated by Josh Pachter · ss
translated from the Dutch (De Schaduw & Co, 1957).

267 · The Puzzle of the Broken Watch [Armando H. Zozaya] · Maria Elvira Bermudez; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine February 1960
translated from the Spanish.

Green for Danger ed. Martin Edwards (The Do-Not Press, September 2003, 1-904316-29-8, £7.99, 315pp, tp, oa)
Original anthology of 20 stories, two reprint. The 2003 Crime Writers’ Association Anthology. A hardcover edition (-28-X) was announced but not seen.

7 · Foreword · Hilary Bonner · fw

9 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

12 · Angel’s Seat · Andrea Badenoch · nv

34 · The Cairo Road · Robert Barnard · ss

44 · Games for Winter · Ann Cleeves · ss

57 · Persons Reported · Mat Coward · ss

77 · Stranger in Paradise · Judith Cutler · ss

91 · Starting Over · Carol Anne Davis · ss

99 · Melusine · Martin Edwards · ss

119 · The Angel of Manton Worthy · Kate Ellis · ss

137 · The Worst Crime Known to Man · Reginald Hill · ss Sunday Express July 1 1984

146 · The War in Wonderland · Edward D. Hoch · ss

165 · Country Blues · Brian Innes · ss

174 · No One Can Hear You Scream · Michael Jecks · ss

194 · Medicinal Purposes · Peter Lewis · ss

210 · The Field · Peter Lovesey · ss

226 · Fitting In · Keith Miles · ss

241 · The Eighth Sin · Gwen Moffat · ss

259 · Granny Trotter’s Treasure · Amy Myers · ss

276 · Weeds · Ruth Rendell · ss The Observer September 4 1988

285 · A Bridge Too Far · Zoe Sharp · ss

300 · Cowboy Mouth · Jerry Sykes · ss

309 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Guilty Consciences ed. Martin Edwards (Severn House, October 11, 2011, 978-1-84751-404-2, £11.99, 240pp, tp, oa)
Subtitled “A Crime Writers’ Association’s Anthology”. A hardcover edition (978-0-7278-8024-6) was announced but not seen.

vii · Foreword · Peter James · fw

ix · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

1 · Just Popped In · Robert Barnard · ss

11 · Hector’s Other Woman · Ann Cleeves · ss

21 · The Golden Hour · Bernie Crosthwaite · ss

37 · Expulsion from Eden · Judith Cutler · ss

49 · Together in Electric Dreams · Carol Anne Davis · ss

59 · Squeaky · Martin Edwards · ss

75 · All That Glisters · Jane Finnis · ss

87 · Just Two Clicks · Peter James · ss

91 · The Visitor · H. R. F. Keating · ss

101 · The Case of the Vanishing Vagrant [Insp. Jeremy Faro] · Alanna Knight · ss

113 · Deck the Halls with Poison, Ivy · Susan Moody · ss

125 · From Minor to Major [Jack Colby] · Amy Myers · ss

137 · The Unknown Crime · Sarah Rayne · ss

149 · He Did Not Always See Her · Claire Seeber · ss

155 · Conned · L. C. Tyler · ss

163 · The Train · Dan Waddell · ss

169 · Masks for Every Occasion · Yvonne Walus · ss

Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, June 10, 2021, 978-0-7123-5344-1, £9.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]

7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

13 · The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Liberty November 27 1926

39 · The Case of Janissary [Horace Dorrington] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Windsor Magazine February 1897

69 · The Sapient Monkey [Sebastian Zambra] · Headon Hill · ss The Million October 22 1892

81 · The Green Parakeet [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Premier Magazine #56, December 1918

109 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923

137 · The Man Who Hated Earthworms [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine July 1921

155 · The Courtyard of the Fly · Vincent Cornier · ss Cassell’s Magazine February 1932

165 · The Yellow Slugs [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine March 1935

211 · Pit of Screams · Garnett Radcliffe · ss Suspense (UK) November 1958
possibly a reprint of ‘The Pit of Punishment’ from Argosy Dec 3, 1938.

225 · Hanging by a Hair · Clifford Witting · ss The Evening Standard April 19 1950

237 · The Man Who Shot Birds [Mr. Pitt] · Mary Fitt · ss The Man Who Shot Birds and Other Tales of Mystery and Detection by Mary Fitt, Macdonald, 1954

257 · Death in a Cage · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard January 19 1950

273 · The Man Who Loved Animals · Penelope Wallace · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #7, February 1965

283 · The Hornet’s Nest [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1967, as “Twist for Twist”

Guilty Parties ed. Martin Edwards (Severn House, April 30, 2014, 978-0-7278-8387-2, £12.99, 243pp, tp, oa)
Subtitled “A Crime Writers’ Association’s Anthology”.
Details provided by Terry Zobeck.

vii · Forword · Allison Joseph · fw

ix · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

1 · Hey Jude · Frances Brody · ss

9 · Deadline · N. J. Cooper · ss

16 · The Death of Spiders · Bernie Crosthwaite · ss

30 · Moments Musicaux · Judith Cutler · ss

42 · A Liberating Affair · Carol Anne Davis · ss

48 · A Glimpse of Hell · Martin Edwards · ss

59 · The Confessions of Edward Prime · Kate Ellis · ss

73 · Tell It to the Bees · Jane Finnis · ss

75 · Pacified · Christopher Fowler · ss

92 · The Franklin’s Second Tale · Paul Freeman · pm

96 · Second Chance [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · ss

106 · All Yesterday’s Parties · Paul Johnston · ss

115 · Party of Two · Ragnar Jónasson · ss

120 · Reader, I Buried Them · Peter Lovesey · ss

137 · The Last Guilty Party · Phil Lovesey · ss

145 · What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf? · Christine Poulson · ss

160 · The Wide Open Sky · Kate Rhodes · ss

165 · Skeleton Crew · Chris Simms · ss

180 · Flatmate Wanted: Smokers Welcome · C. L. Taylor · ss

192 · Director’s Cut · Aline Templeton · ss

202 · Like Father, Like Son · Ricki Thomas · ss

209 · Giving Something Back · L. C. Tyler · ss

220 · The Arto of Old Age · Yvonne Eve Walus · ss

224 · The Man in the Next Bed · Laura Wilson · ss

Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club ed. Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club, September 17, 2020, 978-0-00-838013-7, £25.00, 522pp, hc, oa)
Anthology of essays on writing detective/mystery/crime fiction by members of The Detection Club, with brief introductions to each by Martin Edwards.
Details provided by Terry Zobeck.

xiii · Premise

xiii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in

1 · Motives

1 · The Value of Detective Fiction · G. K. Chesterton · ex The Speaker June 21 1901

3 · The Art of the Detective Story · R. Austin Freeman · ar The Nineteenth Century and After May 1924

9 · Why Crime Fiction Is Good for You · Ian Rankin · ar
revised and updated from a British Council lecture given in Japan in 1999.

18 · Why Do It? · James Runcie · ar

22 · The Moral Compass of the Crime Novel · Frances Fyfield · ar

25 · Beginning

25 · Motivation · Peter James · ar

30 · Getting Started · Janet Laurence · ar

34 · Finding Ideas · Freeman Wills Crofts · ex from “The Writing of a Detective Novel”, The Authors, Playwrights, and Composers Handbook for 1935 ed. D. Kilham Roberts, John Lane, 1935

36 · Sources of Inspiration · Nicholas Blake · ex from “Introduction”, The Nicholas Blake Omnibus by Nicholas Blake, Collins, 1966

38 · Making Choices · Anthea Fraser · ar

43 · Putting Murder on the Page · Ann Granger · ar

47 · Intensity in Crime Writing · Natasha Cooper · ar

51 · Openings · John Harvey · ar; revised from Harvey’s blog.

55 · “Something Should Happen Now”: Narrative Hooks · Peter Robinson · ar

64 · People

64 · Character from Suspense · Mark Billingham · ar

68 · Cops and Criminals, Contrast and Comedy · Bill James · ar

71 · Making Characters Believable · Marjorie Eccles · ar

77 · Characters, Relationships, and Settings · June Thomson · ar

82 · Places

82 · On the Suffolk Coast · P. D. James · ex from Time to Be Earnest, Faber and Faber, 1999

83 · Human Geography · Ann Cleeves · ar

89 · Setting Stories in Unfamiliar Places · Michael Ridpath · ar

98 · M.O.

98 · Let the Story Be the Driver · Val McDermid · ar

102 · Style · Lindsey Davis · ar

108 · Choosing a Theme · Kate Charles · ar

111 · Pace · Michael Jecks · ar

118 · Writing Scenes · William Ryan · ar

125 · Dialogue, Rhythm, and Keeping to the Point · Margery Allingham · ex from “Dialogue”, Mystery Writer’s Handbook 1958

127 · Listening and Dialogue · Patricia Moyes · ex from “Mysteries Within Mysteries”, Writing Suspense and Mystery Fiction ed. A. S. Burack, The Writer, Inc., 1977

129 · Writing Dialogue · Cynthia Harrod-Eagles · ar

137 · Perspectives

137 · Getting a Perspective · Aline Templeton · ar

141 · What on Earth Is It Like to Be You · Liza Cody · ar

148 · Plots

148 · Plots · Agatha Christie · ex from An Autobiography, Collins, 1977

150 · Logic and Working Backgrounds · J. J. Connington · ex from Alias J.J. Connington, as by A. W. Stewart, Hollis & Carter, 1947, as by A. W. Stewart

154 · All Will Be Revealed · Mary Kelly · ms 1961
quotation from a newspaper interview conducted by William Saltmarsh.

155 · Structuring a Plot · Kate Ellis · ar

162 · Voyages of Discovery · Eric Ambler · ex from “Voyages and Shipwrecks”, Whodunit? ed. H. R. F. Keating, Windward, 1982

165 · How to Change Your Murderer · Andrew Taylor · ar

175 · Detectives

175 · Amateur Detective or Professional · Priscilla Masters · ar

181 · Believable Amateurs · Susan Moody · ar

185 · Private Eyes · Michael Z. Lewin · ar

194 · Research

194 · Getting It Right · Ngaio Marsh · ex from Black Beech and Honeydew, HarperCollins, 1965

196 · Keeping Up to Date · Desmond Bagley · ex from “Modern Backgrounds for Today’s Novels”, The Writer #10, October 1979

201 · Amateurs and Expertise · John Malcolm · ar

208 · Detection

208 · Detective Stories and Virtuosity · Edmund Crispin · ex from “Introduction”, Best Detective Stories ed. Edmund Crispin, Faber and Faber, 1959

211 · Rules and Prejudices · John Dickson Carr · ex from “The Grandest Game in the World”, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1963

213 · Classic Ingredients · Christianna Brand · ex from “The Detective Story Form”, Press and Freelance Writer and Photographer August 1950

214 · Clues · Michael Innes · ex from Myself and Michael Innes, as by J. I. M. Stewart, Gollancz, September 1987, as by J. I. M. Stewart

217 · Snakes and Ladders · Catherine Aird · ar

222 · Optimal Subterfuge · Sophie Hannah · ar

226 · Suspense

226 · Suspense · Robert Goddard · ar

232 · The Face in the Mirror · Julian Symons · ex Crime in Good Company by Michael Gilbert, Constable, 1959

237 · The Suspense Novel · Jessica Mann · ex Whodunit? ed. H. R. F. Keating, Windward, 1982

243 · The Hours Before Dawn · Celia Fremlin · pr

249 · Action

249 · Inspiration, Perspiration, Realization · Lionel Davidson · ex from “Perspiration, a Constant Factor”, Whodunit? ed. H. R. F. Keating, Windward, 1982

250 · Adventure Fiction · Tom Harper · ar

256 · Writing Action Scenes · Felix Francis · ar

265 · Filling the Gaps · Michael Gilbert · ex from “The Moment of Violence”, Crime in Good Company by Michael Gilbert, Constable, 1959

268 · Constructing a Thriller · Michael Hartland · ar

278 · The Cold War, Then and Now · Mick Herron · ar

286 · History

286 · A Laying on of Hands · Michael Pearce · ar

288 · The Christmas Tree Theory of Historical Research · Imogen Robertson · ar

295 · Historical Dialogue · L. C. Tyler · ar

304 · Humour

304 · Humour and Human Nature · Alexander McCall Smith · ar

306 · Characters and Caricature · Robert Barnard · ex from “Growing Up to Crime”, Colloquium on Crime ed. Robin W. Winks, Scribner, 1986

308 · Humour and Satire · Ruth Dudley Edwards · ar

318 · In Short

318 · Let’s Pretend · Roy Vickers · ex from “Introduction”, Some Like Them Dead, Hodder, 1960

320 · Switch-overs in Short Stories · H. R. F. Keating · ex from Writing Crime Fiction, Second Edition, A & C Black, 1994

323 · Fiction and Fact

323 · Fictionalizing Characters and Crimes from Real Life · Peter Lovesey · ar

333 · Trial and Error · Anthony Berkeley · ex from “Foreword”, Penguin, 1947

340 · Partners in Crime

340 · Collaborative Writing · Dorothy L. Sayers · ex from The Letters of Dorothy Sayers 1899-1936, St. Martin’s, 1996

348 · Adapting

348 · Writing for Radio · Alison Joseph · ar

356 · Adaptability · Simon Brett · ar

364 · Challenges

364 · Impostor Syndrome · Martyn Waites · ar

369 · Writing: A Painful Pleasure · Suzette A. Hill · ar

374 · Writer’s Block · David Stuart Davies · ar

377 · Improvising · Stella Duffy · ar

386 · Ending

386 · The End of the Beginning · Laura Wilson · ar

392 · In My End · Joanna Hines · ar

399 · Publishing

399 · The Changing Face of Publishing · David Roberts · ar

403 · What Editors Want · Antonia Hodgson · ar

413 · Traditional Versus Self-Publishing · Russell James · ar

419 · One Thing Leads to Another · Jill Paton Walsh · ar The Guardian October 24 2010, as “Once in a Life”; revised and updated.

429 · Writing Lives

429 · The Writing Process · Reginald Hill · ex from “Looking for a Program”, Colloquium on Crime ed. Robin W. Winks, Scribner, 1986

433 · Keeping Track · Paula Gosling · ar
revised from Philadelphia Bouchercon booklet essay “Killing People for Fun and Profit” (1998).

435 · Reading for Pleasure · Jonathan Gash · ar British Medical Journal July 26 1980, as “A Random Bias”; revised.

439 · Don’t Give Up the Day Job · Janet Neel · ar

442 · Writing to Relax · Bertie Denham · ar

444 · Social Media and the Death of Nancy · Elly Griffiths · ar

450 · The Joy of Writing · John le Carré · ex from The Pigeon Tunnel, Viking, 2016

452 · Different Books; Different Problems; Different Solutions · Len Deighton · ar

465 · The Contributors: Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg

489 · The Detection Club: Presidents · [uncredited] · ms

490 · The Detection Club: Members · [uncredited] · ms

503 · Index of Authors · [uncredited] · ix

515 · Subject Index · [uncredited] · ix

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