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Crime fiction
This collection includes fiction featuring professional, private, or amateur detectives, and criminous acts.
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Quiet as a nun
Franklin Library
1990
Jemima Shore is invited to a convent to investigate the apparent death by starving of a nun.
Murder of a midget
Eldon Press Limited
1934
The murder of a circus midget leads an investigative reporter into the world of dope trafficking.
The famous cases of Dr. Thorndyke: thirty-seven of his criminal investigation as set down
Hodder & Stoughton
1952
An omnibus edition of thirty-seven of Dr Thorndyke's cases.
Mr. Pottermack's oversight: a detective story
Dodd, Mead & Company
1930
A convict, wrongly accused of forgery, escapes but is later blackmailed when his previous identity is discovered.
The surprising experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury Cobb
Hodder and Stoughton Limited
1927
A collection of six connected short stories in which an articled clerk tries to find a hidden treasure and engages with secret codes and mysterious strangers.
Great cases of the Thinking Machine
Dover Publications Inc.
1973
A collection of short stories featuring Professor Van Dusen.
Best "Thinking machine" detective stories
Dover Publications Inc.
1973
A collection of short stories which includes 'The problem of cell 13'.
The chase of the golden plate
Hesperus
2012
A thief, disguised as a burglar at a masked ball, steals some valuable plate.
The widow Lerouge
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1929
A detective who has proven his case changes his mind and vows to bring the real criminal to justice.
Sutherland's law
White Lion Publishers Limited
1976
A series of cases based on the award-winning BBC television series. Gift inscription from the author on the front free endpaper.
The Getaway Gang
Denis Archer
1946
The Getaway Gang help criminals escape their pursuers, on a permanent basis.
The case of the grinning gorilla
William Heinemann Ltd
1958
Perry Mason buys some personal effects of a missing secretary, at an auction, and finds a clue to her disappearance.
The case of the blonde bonanza
Heinemann
1961
Della Street uncovers a mystery when on holiday: a blonde bombshell who signs a contract to put on weight.
The case of the postponed murder
Heinemann
1977
Sylvia Farr wants Perry Mason to find her sister Mae, but he soon discovers that she is Mae and is in a lot of trouble.
The case of the irate witness
Heinemann
1975
A collection of three novelettes and what is believed to be the only Perry Mason short story.
The D.A. holds a candle
Cassell and Company, Ltd.
1940
District Attorney Doug Selby decides to find out the reason why a felon forged a cheque to pay off his debts, rather than throw him in jail.
The case of the stuttering Bishop
Cassell and Company, Ltd.
1938
Perry Mason is asked by an Australian Bishop to take the case of a woman who was falsely accused of manslaughter 22 years ago.
Too many magicians
Macdonald
1968
The Chief Sorcerer for the City of London is found dead in a locked room, with the only key to the door lying near his body.
Prelude to murder
Random House
1959
A number of deaths are closely associated with a middle-aged couple of carers.
The visitor
Random House
1967
The mother of a blackmailed man visits the blackmailer to pay him off, but finds him murdered.
Petrella at Q
Hodder and Stoughton
1977
A collection of twelve stories featuring Detective Inspector Patrick Petrella.
Crime in good company: essays on criminals and crime writing
Constable
1959
A collection of fourteen essays on crime writing including contributions by Raymond Chandler, Josephine Bell, Cyril Hare and Julian Symons.
The death of a Joyce scholar: a Peter McGarr mystery
Macmillan
1989
Professor Coyle, an eminent Joyce scholar, is found dead after Bloomsday.
The Newtonian egg and other cases of Rolf le Roux
Crippen & Landru Publishers
2001
A collection of short stories. Limited edition of 200.
