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Crime fiction
This collection includes fiction featuring professional, private, or amateur detectives, and criminous acts.
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The coming of Carew: a fantasy in crime
Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
1945
An author gets a shock when one of his characters, the fiendish 'Criminal Carew' comes to life!
Hit me hard: a 'Solo' Malcolm thriller
John Long
1958
Solo Malcolm is hired to protect a rich man's daughter, aided by Chief Inspector Nicholas Bogardus.
That way murder lies
Headline
2004
A campaign of anonymous hate mail leads to a murder investigation. Signed by the author on the title page.
Murder in Melbourne
Arthur Barker Limited
1958
Richard Quayle finds his girlfriend dead in the bedroom of a cheap hotel.
The death of Abbé Didier : a novel
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1981
The vicar of Sainte Clothilde is found stabbed to death in a confession box. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper.
Cosmopolitan crimes : foreign rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Pantheon Books
1971
A collection of short stories originally published between 1891 and 1914.
The American rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Bodley Head
1976
A collection of short stories originally published between 1891 and 1914.
The rivals of Sherlock Holmes : early detective stories
Pantheon Books
1970
A collection of short stories originally published between 1891 and 1914.
More rivals of Sherlock Holmes : cosmopolitan crimes
Bodley Head
1971
A collection of short stories originally published between 1891 and 1914.
A deadly brew
Little, Brown and Company
1998
Three members of Cambridge University die from poisoned wine.
A masterly murder
Little, Brown and Company
2000
Matthew Bartholomew investigates murder and intrigue at Michaelhouse College.
The yellow bungalow mystery: another case for Anthony Slade and Department X2
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
1933
Rosa Lee, adventuress and woman of mystery, is stabbed to death in her home, the Yellow Bungalow.
Death pays the piper: a case for Superintendent Slade
Roy Publishers
1958
Rival gangs believe Laurie Piper has double-crossed them in a smuggling venture. A Superintendent Slade story.
A crime of one's own: a novel
Chatto & Windus
1967
A young bookseller is convinced that an espionage ring is operating in his shop.
Over the sea to die
Macmillan
1989
Charles Macmillan, acting as a locum on Skye, is convinced that he saw a man being thrown off a cliff.
The lacquer screen: a Chinese detective story
Heinemann
1969
Three cases from the time when Judge Dee was in his first post as magistrate of Peng-Lai.
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Jonathan Cape
2003
A first printing of the best-selling book featuring a 15 year-old boy with Asperger's and his detecting adventures.
Best American detective stories of the year (12th annual collection)
T.V. Boardman & Company Limited
1965
An anthology of eighteen short stories.
The Dashiell Hammett story omnibus
Cassell
1966
A collection of nine stories, none of which have appeared in hardback form before.
The glass key
Orion
2002
Ned Beaumont must find out whether his boss has committed murder.
Woman in the dark: a novel of dangerous romance
Headline
1988
The first hardback edition of this novella.
Give a dog a name
Macmillan
1992
A wounded springer spaniel is brought in for treatment to the Cunninghams, and they then find that they have become victims of an elaborate scam.
The curse of the cockers
Macmillan
1993
A friend of the Cunningham's is implicated in a hit and run death.
Twice bitten
Macmillan
1998
The Cunninghams are surprised when a supposedly gun-shy dog begins to win at field trials.
