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Final Acts-Theatrical Mysteries

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 20:36:28 +0200

British Library Crime Classics
“… and what a motive! Murder to save one’s artistic soul… who’d believe that?”
Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk everything to land a starring role, costumed figures lead to mistaken identities, and on-stage deaths begin to look a little too convincing. . .
Mysteries abound when a player’s fate hangs on a single performance, and opening night may very well be their last.
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The Affair at the Novelty Theatre • Baroness Orczy
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel • A. E. W. Mason
The Dancing Girl • Anthony Wynne
In View of the Audience • Marguerite Steen
Blood Sacrifice • Dorothy L. Sayers
The Wrong Make-Up • Brandon Fleming
The Case of the Ventriloquist’s Doll • Ernest Dudley
The Blind Spot • Barry Perowne
I Can Find My Way Out • Ngaio Marsh
The Lady Who Laughed • Roy Vickers
The Thirteenth Knife • Bernard J. Farmer
Drink for an Actor • John Appleby
Credit to William Shakespeare • Julian Symons
After the Event • Christianna Brand

Foreign Bodies

Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:36:31 +0200

British Library Crime Classics

Today, translated crime fiction is in vogue – but this was not always the case. A century before Scandi noir, writers across Europe and beyond were publishing detective stories of high quality. Often these did not appear in English and they have been known only by a small number of experts. This is the first ever collection of classic crime in translation from the golden age of the genre in the 20th century. Many of these stories are exceptionally rare, and several have been translated for the first time to appear in this volume.
Foreign Bodies
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‘A Sensible Course of Action’ translation reproduced by permission of David Higham Associates on behalf of Michael Meyer.
‘Strange Tracks’ reproduced courtesy of Locked Room International.
‘Footprints in the Snow’ reproduced courtesy of Locked Room International.
‘The Return of Lord Kingwood’ translation © 2017 Josh Pachter.
‘The Spider’ translation © 2015 by John Pugmire and Ho-Ling Wong. Reproduced courtesy of Locked Room International, first published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
‘The Venom of the Tarantula’ reproduced by courtesy of Penguin India and Locked Room International.
‘The Cold Night’s Clearing’ translation by Ho-Ling Wong. Reproduced courtesy of Locked Room International, first published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
‘The Mystery of the Green Room’ translation © 2011 by John Pugmire. Reproduced courtesy of Locked Room International, first published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
‘Kippers’ © Estate of John Flanders. Translation © 2017 Josh Pachter.
‘The Lipstick and the Teacup’ © 1957 A.W. Bruna Publishers, Amsterdam. Translation © 2017 Josh Pachter.
‘The Puzzle of the Broken Watch’ translation by permission of Donald A. Yates.

Miraculous Mysteries

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:36:25 +0200

Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes
British Library Crime Classics
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the 'golden age of murder' between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham. This anthology celebrates their work, alongside long-hidden gems by less familiar writers. Together these stories demonstrate the range and high accomplishment of the classic British impossible crime story over more than half a century.
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Introduction
THE LOST SPECIAL
Arthur Conan Doyle
THE THING INVISIBLE
William Hope Hodgson
THE CASE OF THE TRAGEDIES IN THE GREEK ROOM
Sax Rohmer
THE ALUMINIUM DAGGER
R. Austin Freeman
THE MIRACLE OF MOON CRESCENT
G.K. Chesterton
THE INVISIBLE WEAPON
Nicholas Olde
THE DIARY OF DEATH
Marten Cumberland
THE BROADCAST MURDER
Grenville Robbins
THE MUSIC-ROOM
Sapper
DEATH AT 8.30
Christopher St. John Sprigg
TOO CLEVER BY HALF
G.D.H. and Margaret Cole
LOCKED IN
E. Charles Vivian
THE HAUNTED POLICEMAN
Dorothy L. Sayers
THE SANDS OF THYME
Michael Innes
BEWARE OF THE TRAINS
Edmund Crispin
THE VILLA MARIE CELESTE
Margery Allingham

The Measure of Malice

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:36:30 +0200

British Library Crime Classics
Forensic dentistry; precise examination of ballistics; an expertise in apiology to identify the exact bee which killed the victim?
The detective’s role may be simple; solve the case and catch the culprit, but when the crime is fiendishly well-executed the application of the scientific method may be the only answer.
The detectives in this collection are masters of scientific deduction, employing principles of chemistry, the latest technological innovations and an irresistable logical brilliance in their pursuit of justice. With stories by early masters in the field such as Arthur Conan Doyle and L. T. Meade alongside fine-tuned mysteries from the likes of Edmund Crispin and Dorothy L. Sayers, The Measure of Malice collects tales of rational thinking to prove the power of the brain over villainous deeds.
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle
The Horror of Studley Grange L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax
The Tragedy of a Third Smoker C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
The Man Who Disappeared L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
The Cyprian Bees Anthony Wynne
The English Filter C. E. Bechhofer Roberts
The Contents of a Mare’s Nest R. Austin Freeman
After Death the Doctor J. J. Connington
The Broken Toad H. C. Bailey
In the Teeth of the Evidence Dorothy L. Sayers
The Case of the Chemist in the Cupboard Ernest Dudley
The Purple Line John Rhode
Blood Sport Edmund Crispin
The New Cement Freeman Wills Crofts

Guilty Parties

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:36:29 +0200

Severn House is proud to be publishing a collection of new stories from the glittering talent of the members of the Crime Writers’ Association:

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Hey Jude – Frances Brody
Deadline – N.J. Cooper
The Death of Spiders – Bernie Crosthwaite
Moments Musicaux – Judith Cutler
A Liberating Affair – Carol Anne Davis
A Glimpse of Hell – Martin Edwards
The Confessions of Edward Prime – Kate Ellis
Tell it to the Bees – Jane Finnis
Pacified – Christopher Fowler
The Franklin’s Second Tale – Paul Freeman
Second Chance – John Harvey
All Yesterday’s Parties – Paul Johnston
Party of Two – Ragnar Jónasson
Reader, I Buried Them – Peter Lovesey
The Last Guilty Party – Phil Lovesey
What’s the Time, Mr Wolf? – Christine Poulson
The Wide Open Sky – Kate Rhodes
Skeleton Crew – Chris Simms
Flatmate Wanted: Smokers Welcome – C.L. Taylor
Director’s Cut – Aline Templeton
Like Father, Like Son – Ricki Thomas
Giving Something Back – L.C. Tyler
The Art of Old Age – Yvonne Eve Walus
The Man in the Next Bed – Laura Wilson

Settling Scores

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 20:36:26 +0200

British Library Crime Classics
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Introduction
The Loss of Sammy Crockett—Arthur Morrison
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter—Arthur Conan Doyle
The Double Problem—F. A. M. Webster
Fisherman’s Luck—J. Jefferson Farjeon
The Football Photograph—H. C. Bailey
The Red Golf Ball—Gerald Verner
The Boat Race Murder—David Winser
The Swimming Gala—Gladys Mitchell
The Case of the Man in the Squared Circle—Ernest Dudley
I, Said the Sparrow—Leo Bruce
Four to One—Bar One—Henry Wade
Death at the Wicket—Bernard Newman
The Wimbledon Mystery—Julian Symons
The Drop Shot—Michael Gilbert
Dangerous Sport—Celia Fremlin
Also Edited by Martin Edwards