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In the Teeth of the Evidence (var. 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers (Bestseller Mystery, 1941, #20, pb, co)
Includes 10 of the 17 stories from the original (Gollancz, 1939) edition.

· In the Teeth of the Evidence [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1939

· Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934

· The Milk Bottles · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July 1932

· Dilemma · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss This Week February 24 1935

· An Arrow o’er the House · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine May 1934

· Scrawns · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Story-teller December 1932, as “Interlude at Scrawns”

· The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Detective Story Magazine November 21 1925, as “Mr. Budd’s Inspiration”

· Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933

· The Leopard Lady · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Illustrated Detective Magazine September 1932, as “Murder—By Appointment”

· The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933

Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers (Gollancz, 1928, hc, co) [Lord Peter Wimsey]

· The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv

· The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv

· The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss

· The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1925, as “The Article in Question”

· Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag”

· The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine July 1925, as “The Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will”

· The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head”

· The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss

· The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · na

· The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1926, as “Beyond the Reach of the Law”

· The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv

· The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv

Lord Peter Views the Body (var. 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers (Bestseller Library, 1941, #13, pb, co)
Reprint collection, omits five stories from Gollancz 1928 edition.

· The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · na Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928

· 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

· The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928

· The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The 20-Story Magazine #47, May 1926, as “The Adventure of the Cat in the Bag”

· The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928

· The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1926, as “Beyond the Reach of the Law”

· The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928

Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers (NEL, 1972, pb, co) [Lord Peter Wimsey]
The Wimsey stories uncollected in Sayers’ lifetime.

· The Haunted Policeman [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Harper’s Bazaar February 1938

· Striding Folly [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine July 1935

· Talboys [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv In the Teeth of the Evidence (var. 3) by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1972

The Best Crime Stories Ever Told ed. Dorothy L. Sayers (Skyhorse Publishing, 2012, 978-1-62087-049-5, $12.95, 566pp, tp, an)
Twenty-six crime stories, selected from the various anthologies Sayers edited in the 1920s and 1930s.

· Introduction · Otto Penzler · in

· Detection and Mystery

· Lord Chizelrigg’s Missing Fortune [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 29 1905

· The Ordinary Hair-Pins [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine October 1916

· The Biter Bit · William Wilkie Collins · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1858, as “Who Is the Thief?”, uncredited.

· The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Premier Magazine #106, January 28 1921

· Blind Gap Moor · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine August 1918

· The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901

· Mystery and Horror

· Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922

· Cut-Throat Farm · J. D. Beresford · ss The Westminster Gazette August 14 1909

· The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

· Secret Worship [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908

· No. 17 · Mrs. E. Bland · ss The Strand Magazine June 1910

· The Open Boat · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Magazine June 1897

· Riesenberg · Ford Madox Ford · nv The English Review April 1911

· The Prayer · Violet Hunt · nv Chapman’s Magazine December 1895, as “The Story of a Ghost”

· The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Queen June 23 1900

· Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”

· The Haunted and the Haunters · Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.

· The Great Return · Arthur Machen · nv Faith Press, 1915

· The Story of the Greek Slave · Frederick Marryat · ss The Metropolitan Magazine July 1831

· Anty Bligh · John Masefield · ss The Manchester Guardian March 15 1905

· The Bell-Tower · Herman Melville · ss Putnam’s Monthly August 1855, uncredited.

· Rose Rose · Barry Pain · ss The London Magazine May 1910

· Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835

· Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

· Called to the Rescue · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us by Henry Spicer, Chapman & Hall, 1863

· The Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902, as “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”

Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror: Part I ed. Dorothy L. Sayers (Gollancz, July 1939, 620pp, hc, an)
First half of Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 1.

9 · Introduction · Dorothy L. Sayers · in Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 1 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928

51 · The History of Bel · [uncredited] · vi from The Apocrypha (r)

52 · The History of Susanna · [uncredited] · vi from The Apocrypha (r)

56 · The Story of Hercules and Cacus · Publius Vergilius Maro; translated by Robert Bevan · ex from The Aeneid (r)

58 · The Story of Rhampsinitus · [uncredited] · vi (r)

61 · The Ebony Box [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · na The Argosy (UK) January 1883 (+2), as by Johnny Ludlow

113 · The Ace of Trouble · C. Hedley Barker · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1925

118 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2)

163 · The Mysterious Death in Percy Street [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine October 1901

178 · The Adventure of the Priory School [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s Weekly January 30 1904

207 · Coincidence [F.T. Carrington] · J. Storer Clouston · nv The Sphere October 23 1920 (+2)

229 · The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923

254 · The Secret of the Singular Cipher [Ebbie Entwhistle] · F. A. M. Webster · ss The Blue Magazine #63, September 1924

267 · The English Filter · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ss The Strand Magazine March 1926

282 · The Clever Cockatoo [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1914

296 · Prince Charlie’s Dirk · Eden Phillpotts · nv The London Magazine August 1926

345 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905

380 · The Face in the Dark · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss The London Magazine July 1903

396 · The Blue Sequin [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1908

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

427 · The Cyprian Bees [Dr. Eustace Hailey] · Anthony Wynne · ss Flynn’s February 6 1926

443 · A Happy Solution · Raymund Allen · ss The Strand Magazine December 1916

455 · The Adventure of the Fallen Angels [Bill Parmelee] · Percival Wilde · nv The Popular Magazine October 20 1924

492 · Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine October 1905

504 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue”

520 · The Long Barrow [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The London Magazine January 1925

541 · The Hanover Court Murder [Mr. Pepper] · Sir Basil Thomson · ss Mr. Pepper, Investigator by Sir Basil Thomson, John Castle, 1925

556 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921

584 · Her Last Adventure · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1924

606 · The Wrong House [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1901

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