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Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, March 2016, 978-0-7123-5794-4, £8.99, 302pp, tp, an, cover: [from British Railways poster (Worcestershire)] by Frank Sherwin) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details supplied by Steve Holland. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Black Doctor · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine October 1898, as “The Story of the Black Doctor” 36 · Murder by Proxy [Paul Beck] · M. McDonnell Bodkin · nv Pearson’s Weekly February 6 1897 65 · The Fad of the Fisherman [Horne Fisher] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1921 90 · The Genuine Tabard [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938, as “Trent and the Genuine Tabard” 112 · The Gylston Slander [Malcolm Sage] · Herbert Jenkins · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1920 142 · The Long Barrow [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The London Magazine January 1925 174 · The Naturalist at Law [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Flynn’s Weekly December 11 1926 211 · A Proper Mystery · Margery Allingham · ss The Lights of Essex May 18 1942 220 · Direct Evidence [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Roger Sheringham Stories by Anthony Berkeley, Carnacki, 1994 246 · Inquest · Leonora Wodehouse · ss The Strand Magazine April 1932, as by Loel Yeo 269 · The Scarecrow · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1928 289 · Clue in the Mustard [Sgt. Beef] · Leo Bruce · ss The Evening Standard March 24 1950 298 · Our Pageant · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard September 19 1951

Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, March 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5321-2, £8.99, 352pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics] vii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · The Loss of Sammy Crockett [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Strand Magazine April 1894, uncredited. 30 · The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter [Sherlock Holmes] · Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1904 58 · The Double Problem [Ebbie Entwhistle] · F. A. M. Webster · ss The Blue Magazine #34, April 1922 81 · A Fisherman’s Luck [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Flynn’s July 18 1925 98 · The Football Photograph [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Delineator July 1929 134 · The Red Golf Ball · Gerald Verner · nv (r) reworked from “The Fatal 13th” as by Donald Stuart, first published (anonymously) in Sexton Blake Annual for 1938. 155 · The Boat Race Murder · David Winser · ss Detective Stories of To-Day ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber, 1940 171 · The Swimming Gala · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard July 25 1952 178 · The Case of the Man in the Squared Circle [Dr. Morelle] · Ernest Dudley · nv Meet Dr. Morelle Again by Ernest Dudley, Long, 1944 203 · I, Said the Sparrow [Sgt. Beef] · Leo Bruce · ss The Evening Standard October 6 1951 211 · Four to One—Bar One · Henry Wade · nv Policeman’s Lot by Henry Wade, Constable, 1933 232 · Death at the Wicket · Bernard Newman · ss Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 243 · The Wimbledon Mystery [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · na The Evening Standard June 25 1956 (+11), as “The Centre Court Mystery” 296 · The Drop Shot · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard November 27 1950 303 · Dangerous Sport · Celia Fremlin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1976

Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 2015, 978-0-7123-5610-7, £8.99, 256pp, tp, an, cover by Chris Andrews) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details supplied by Steve Holland. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892, as “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” 36 · Parlour Tricks · Ralph Plummer · ss The Passing Show Christmas 1930 46 · A Happy Solution · Raymund Allen · ss The Strand Magazine December 1916 64 · The Flying Stars [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 20 1911 81 · Stuffing · Edgar Wallace · ss John Bull Annual Christmas 1926 90 · The Unknown Murderer [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv People’s March 1 1923 118 · The Absconding Treasurer [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction July 23 1927 133 · “Necklace of Pearls” [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 146 · The Case Is Altered [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine December 1938 166 · Waxworks · Ethel Lina White · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1930 190 · Cambric Tea · Marjorie Bowen · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1925 214 · The Chinese Apple · Joseph Shearing · ss The Illustrated London News November 18 1948 233 · A Problem in White · Nicholas Blake · ss The Strand Magazine February 1949, as “The Snow Line” 251 · The Name on the Window [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #111, February 1953 265 · Beef for Christmas [Sgt. Beef] · Leo Bruce · ss The Tatler and Bystander November 8 1957

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5337-3, £9.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics] 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep [Loveday Brooke] · Catherine Louisa Pirkis · ss The Ludgate Monthly February 1893 43 · The Hole in the Wall [Horne Fisher] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #114, September 1921 73 · Death on the Air [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh & A. Drummond Sharpe · nv The Grand Magazine February 1937; given as by Ngaio Marsh alone. 111 · Persons or Things Unknown · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1938 133 · Dead Man’s Hand · E. R. Punshon · ss The Evening Standard February 16 1951 141 · The Christmas Eve Ghost [Nat Craig] · Ernest Dudley · ss The Private Eye by Ernest Dudley, John Long, 1950 153 · Dick Whittington’s Cat · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard December 22 1950 161 · A Surprise for Christmas · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1952 169 · On Christmas Day in the Morning [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1950 183 · Give Me a Ring · Anthony Gilbert · na The Illustrated London News Christmas 1955 265 · Father Christmas Comes to Orbins · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963 301 · The Turn-Again Bell · Barry Perowne · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine February 1960

Ten Year Stretch ed. Martin Edwards & Adrian Muller (No Exit Press, 2018, 978-0-85730-132-1, £9.99, 351pp, tp, oa)     Details provided by Terry Zobeck. 10 · Foreword · Peter James · fw 15 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 18 · The Hired Man · Bill Beverly · ss 34 · The Last Locked Room · Simon Brett · ss 58 · Shorty and the Briefcase · Lee Child · ss 68 · Moses and the Locked Tent Mystery · Ann Cleeves · ss 82 · Blind Date · Jeffery Deaver · ss 102 · Strangers in a Pub · Martin Edwards · ss 124 · Crime Scene · Kate Ellis · ss 142 · Normal Rules Do Not Apply · Peter Guttridge · ss 162 · Ask Tom St Clare · Sophie Hannah · ss 168 · Blue and Sentimental [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · nv 194 · “How Many Cats Have You Killed?” · Mick Herron · ss 204 · Daylight Robbery · Donna Moore · ss 224 · The Snapperoody · Caro Ramsay · ss 232 · Inside the Box [Insp. John Rebus] · Ian Rankin · ss 250 · Freezer Burn · James Sallis · ss 258 · Caught on Camera · Zoë Sharp · ss 278 · Road Trip · Yrsa Sigurðardóttir · ss 298 · Long Time No See · Maj Sjöwall; translated by Catherine Edwards · ss 314 · The Ring · Michael Stanley · ss 328 · The Five-Letter Word · Andrew Taylor · ss 347 · Afterword · Adrian Muller · aw

Vintage Crime: Hand-Picked from the Murder and Mystery Archives ed. Martin Edwards (Flame Tree Press, August 2020, 978-1-78758-550-8, £20.00, 320pp, hc, an)     A Crime Writer’s Association Anthology. Details supplied by Alan Perfect from ebook. · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in · Money Is Honey [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · nv Butcher’s Dozen by Crime Writers Association, Heinemann, 1956 · Strolling in the Square One Day [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss 1960 · The Service Flat · Bill Knox · ss Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #3, October 1964 · The Footprint in the Sky [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine January 1940, as “Clue in the Snow” by Carter Dickson · The Woman Who Had Everything · Celia Fremlin · ss John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1977 ed. Herbert Harris, Gollancz, 1977 · The Nuggy Bar · Simon Brett · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 25 1981, as “The Metaphor for Murder” · Inspector Ghote and the Noted British Author [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · nv Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975 · The Perfect Alibi · Paula Gosling · ss Winter’s Crimes 17 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1985 · Cuckoo in the Wood · Lesley Grant-Adamson · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 · In Those Days · Liza Cody · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 · Turning Point · Anthea Fraser · ss 2nd Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993 · The Hand That Feeds Me [Rover] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 3rd Culprit ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus, 1994 · Cold and Deep · Frances Fyfield · ss The Guardian 1992 · Moving On · Susan Moody · ss Perfectly Criminal ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996 · The Woman Who Loved Elizabeth David · Andrew Taylor · ss Past Crimes ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1998 · Nowhere to Be Found · Mat Coward · ss Missing Persons ed. Martin Edwards, Constable, 1999 · Interior, with Corpse · Peter Lovesey · ss Scenes of Crime ed. Martin Edwards, Constable and Robinson, Ltd., 2000 · The Egyptian Garden · Marjorie Eccles · ss Crime in the City ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2002 · Melusine · Martin Edwards · ss Green for Danger ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2003 · Top Deck · Kate Ellis · ss Crime on the Move ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press, 2004 · Sins of Scarlet · Robert Barnard · ss I.D.: Crimes of Identity ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2006 · All She Wrote · Mick Herron · ss M.O.—Crimes of Practice ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2008 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 10, 2023, 978-0-7123-5478-3, £10.99, 288pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 13 · On the Irish Mail · Garnett Radcliffe · ss The Windsor Magazine 1931 27 · The Christmas Thief · Frank Howel Evans · nv Chums December 9 1911 57 · The Christmas Spirit · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1964 75 · Among Those Present Was Santa Claus · Vincent Cornier · ss Huddersfield Examiner December 20 1952 87 · Gold, Frankincense and Murder [Henry Tyler] · Catherine Aird · ss A Classic Christmas Crime ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995 107 · Secrets in the Snow [Detective X. Crook] · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss Best Stories of the Underworld ed. Peter Cheyney, Faber and Faber, 1942 127 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 141 · Death at Christmas · Glyn Daniel · ss Welsh Short Stories ed. George Ewart Evans, Faber and Faber, 1959 155 · Scotland Yard’s Christmas · John Dickson Carr · ss Weekend Magazine December 25/December 29 1957, as “Detective’s Day Off” 167 · The Bird of Dawning [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · nv National and English Review December 1956 187 · The Christmas Train [Jeremiah Jones (The Laughing Crook)] · Will Scott · ss The Passing Show December 23 1933 203 · The Grey Monk [Supt. Robert Budd] · Gerald Verner · ss The Leader December 1934 215 · Who Suspects the Postman? [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss The Evening Standard April 9 1958 223 · Herlock Sholmes’s Christmas Case [Herlock Sholmes] · Peter Todd · ss The Magnet Library December 9 1916 233 · A Present for Ivo · Ellis Peters · nv Everywoman’s Magazine December 1958 (+1)

Whydunit? Perfectly Criminal II ed. Martin Edwards (Severn House, September 25, 1997, 0-7278-5237-X, £16.99, 244pp, hc, oa)     Crime/mystery anthology. vii · Foreword · Keith Miles · fw ix · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · Clothes · Ruth Rendell · ss The Blood Lines by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1995 13 · Looking for David [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss 30 · Original Sin · Gillian Linscott · ss 48 · The Good and Gentle Harvey Christmas [P Division] · Peter Turnbull · ss 66 · On the Psychiatrist’s Couch · Reginald Hill · ss 83 · Instruments · John Owen · ss 90 · Diminished Responsibility · Martin Edwards · ss 110 · Deus Ex Machina · June Thomson · ss 121 · Because It Was There · Peter Lovesey · ss 134 · A Good Woman · Eileen Dewhurst · ss 148 · The Bluebird · Alison White · ss 163 · Best Behaviour · Simon Brett · ss 175 · A Regular Correspondent · Joan Lock · ss 182 · Nice People · Mat Coward · ss 202 · Remembering Kazarian · Marjorie Eccles · ss 212 · The Man Who Collected Ravens · Edward D. Hoch · ss 218 · Rum Business [Patrick Grant] · Margaret Yorke · nv 240 · Biographies of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Palace Corbie #6 ed. Wayne Edwards--- see under Palace Corbie #6, 1995.

Palace Corbie Eight ed. Wayne Edwards--- see under Palace Corbie #8, 1999.

Palace Corbie Seven ed. Wayne Edwards & John Marshall--- see under John Marshall.

Miss Darkness by Fredric Brown ed. Jonathan Eeds--- see under Fredric Brown.

The Magic Tooth and Other Tales from the Amazon by Elsie Spicer Eells (Little Brown, 1927, $2.00, 243pp, hc, co) · The Magic Tooth · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · Karu and Rairu · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · Sura’s Seeds · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · Why the Owl Rules the Night · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Children of the House of Dawn · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · When Cavillaca Ran Away · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · When the Sun Fell from the Sky · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · How Sleep Came · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · How Strike Came to the World · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · How the Great Flood Began · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · Why the Fox Has a Dark Tail · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Mother · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The King · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Royal Prince · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Contests · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · How the Alligator Got His Scales · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · How the Races Obtained Their Colors · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Frog Witch · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · How the Fox Used His Wits · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · Sumé · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Story of Mandioca · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Son of Ulé · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · How the Tortoise Conquered His Enemies · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Flight of Tiri · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · The Story of the Flute · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r) · In the Days of the Amazon · Elsie Spicer Eells · ss (r)