The Oxford Book of Detective Stories ed. Patricia Craig (Oxford University Press, 2000, 0-19-288067-5, £12.99, 587pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 37 stories, three new.
- ix · Introduction · Patricia Craig · in
- 3 · Missing! · Émile Gaboriau · ss The Little Old Man of Batignolles and Other Stories by Emile Gaboriau, Vizetelly & Co., 1883
- 20 · The Gerrard Street Mystery · John Charles Dent · nv The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by John Charles Dent, Rose, 1886
- 43 · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892
- 62 · A Mystery of the Sand-Hills [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1924
- 80 · The Bridge That Broke [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv Pall Mall Magazine June 1928
- 99 · 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.
- 110 · Murder Makes It Worse [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s September 23 1939
- 118 · The Stolen Rubens [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine February 17 1907, as “Problem of the Stolen Rubens”
- 128 · The Marshall Murder [John Duff] · Harvey J. O’Higgins · nv Detective Duff Unravels It by Harvey J. O'Higgins, Liveright, 1929
- 147 · No Crime in the Mountains · Raymond Chandler · na Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine September 1941
- 199 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953
- 215 · The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch September 26 1923
- 228 · Death & Company [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask November 1930
- 235 · The Macbeth Murder Mystery · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker October 2 1937
- 239 · Death and the Compass · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luís Borges, Dutton, 1970
translated from the Spanish (“La Muerte y la Brújula”, Sur, May 1942).
- 250 · Maigret’s Memoirs [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Jean Stewart · ex Hamish Hamilton, 1963
translated from the French (Les Mémoires de Maigret, Fayard; Paris, 1950).
- 263 · “My Queer Dean!” [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 8 1953
- 269 · The Cooperative Defendant · Seicho Matsumoto · nv (r)
- 294 · The Murder on the Lotus Pond [Judge Dee] · Robert van Gulik · ss Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik, Scribner's, 1967
- 312 · The Ravine · Paolo Levi; translated by Denis Godliman · ss
from Buon Sangue Italiano, 1977.
- 328 · Bloody Windsor [Major Mearns; Sergeant Denny] · Gwendoline Butler · ss Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline, 1999
- 346 · The Classic Semerák Case [Lt. Boruvka] · Josef Skvorecký; translated by Káca Polácková · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1967
translated from the Czech (Smutek Porucika Boruvky, Prague, 1966).
- 362 · Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987
- 378 · The Deadly Egg [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier] · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1979
- 394 · Pit Bull · Ted Wood · ss Cold Blood ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1987
- 409 · Santa-San Solves It · James Melville · ss Crime at Christmas ed. Jack Adrian, Equation, 1988
- 418 · Find Miriam [Lew Fonesca] · Stuart M. Kaminsky · na New Mystery v5 #1, 1997
- 435 · Divine Punishment · Shizuko Natsuki; translated by Gavin Frew · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1991
translated from Japanese.
- 453 · An Acquaintance with Mr. Collins · Sarah Caudwell · ss A Suit of Diamonds, Collins, 1990
- 465 · A Little Missionary Work [Kinsey Millhone] · Sue Grafton · nv Kinsey and Me by Sue Grafton, Bench Press, 1991
- 483 · Body Count · Vincent Banville · ss
- 492 · Father Brown in Muncie, Indiana · Ruth Dudley Edwards · vi
- 495 · Dealer’s Choice [Philip Marlowe] · Sara Paretsky · ss Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe ed. Byron Preiss, Knopf, 1988
- 510 · Brown Eyes and Green Hair · Pentti Kirstilä; translated by Michael Garner · ss
from the Suomen Kuvalehti (Finland’s Picture Magazine), 1989.
- 529 · My Brother Jack · Garry Disher · ss Crosstown Traffic ed. Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood, Five Islands Press, 1993
- 543 · Summer Rain [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1994
- 560 · The Dean Curse [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss A Good Hanging and Other Stories by Ian Rankin, Century, 1992
- 581 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg
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