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Crime fiction
This collection includes fiction featuring professional, private, or amateur detectives, and criminous acts.
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Death of a poison-tongue
Hodder and Stoughton
1972
A village gossip and instigator of unpleasant rumours is found dead.
The laughing fish
Meridian Books
1952
Bat Brady, ace racket buster, takes on the Cazini brothers in Soho.
The second century of detective stories
Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
1938
A collection of thirty short stories including ' The problem of Thor Bridge' and 'The great detective'.
The avenging chance and other mysteries from Roger Sheringham's casebook
Crippen & Landru Publishers
2004
A collection of short stories.
Murder will out: the detective in fiction
Oxford University Press
1989
An introduction to crime fiction organised by the type of detective.
The shadow of murder
Hodder and Stoughton
1959
An escaped murderer hides in Glencoe in the depth of winter.
The private wound
Published for The Crime Club by Collins
1968
A young novelist is seduced by the wife of the local squireen, with violent consequences.
Head of a traveller
Published for the Crime Club by Collins
1949
A young couple punting on the Thames discover the headless corpse of a man tangled in the weeds.
The burglar who thought he was Bogart: a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery
No Exit Press
1995
Bernie is approached to steal a valuable portfolio from an East Side apartment.
Hit man
Orion
1998
One of Keller's assignments goes wrong and he has to deal with an orphan.
Hit me
Orion
2013
Keller has retired to New Orleans but when the bottom falls out of the real-estate business he needs to go back to his old profession.
The burglar in the library: a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery
No Exit Press
1997
Bernie goes on the hunt for a rare first edition of the Big Sleep, which has been signed by the author and dedicated to Dashiell Hammett.
The burglar in the rye
No Exit Press
1999
Bernie is persuaded to steal some valuable letters from a literary agent.
The burglar on the prowl: a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery
No Exit Press
2004
Bernie agrees to help out a friend but ends up having to talk himself out of four murders.
Multiplying villainies: selected mystery criticism, 1942-1968
Bouchercon
1973
A collection of reviews and essays on crime fiction. Number 101 of a limited edition of 500.
Envoy on excursion
Michael Joseph
1954
Detective-Inspector Adam Quill investigates a dead body which has most unfortunately been found in the heart of government at the Ministry of Elimination.
A collar for the killer
William Heinemann Ltd
1957
A rookie cop tries to prove the innocence of a suspect who has been framed with false evidence.
The traces of Brillhart: a novel of suspense, detection and a curious immortality
Heinemann
1961
A man impersonates a dead song-writer. Each section is introduced by a quote from Doyle.
A decent interval: a Charles Paris novel
2013
Charles Paris has been cast as the ghost of Hamlet's father, but soon finds that he must reprise his role as an amateur detective when a death occurs on tour.
