Crime fiction


This collection includes fiction featuring professional, private, or amateur detectives, and criminous acts.

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Death of a gossip : introducing P.C. Hamish Macbeth

Death of a gossip: introducing P.C. Hamish Macbeth

Beaton, M. C.
Charles Bravos
1985
The owner of a fishing school finds one of his pupils murdered.
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Death of a cad, featuring P.C. Hamish Macbeth

Death of a cad, featuring P.C. Hamish Macbeth

Beaton, M. C.
Charles Bravos
1990
An unpopular guest is found shot on the Glorious Twelfth.
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Death of a poison-tongue

Death of a poison-tongue

Bell, Josephine
Hodder and Stoughton
1972
A village gossip and instigator of unpleasant rumours is found dead.
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laughing fish

The laughing fish

Bell, Leslie
Meridian Books
1952
Bat Brady, ace racket buster, takes on the Cazini brothers in Soho.
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Essays on detective fiction

Essays on detective fiction

Benstock, Bernard
Macmillan
1983
Investigates eleven writers of crime fiction.
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Murder medley

Murder medley

Bentley, Edmund Clerihew
Hennel Locke Limited
1947
A collection of eight stories.
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second century of detective stories

The second century of detective stories

Bentley, Edmund Clerihew
Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
1938
A collection of thirty short stories including ' The problem of Thor Bridge' and 'The great detective'.
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avenging chance and other mysteries from Roger Sheringham's casebook

The avenging chance and other mysteries from Roger Sheringham's casebook

Berkeley, Anthony
Crippen & Landru Publishers
2004
A collection of short stories.
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Murder will out : the detective in fiction

Murder will out: the detective in fiction

Binyon, Timothy John
Oxford University Press
1989
An introduction to crime fiction organised by the type of detective.
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shadow of murder

The shadow of murder

Blackstock, Charity
Hodder and Stoughton
1959
An escaped murderer hides in Glencoe in the depth of winter.
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private wound

The private wound

Blake, Nicholas
Published for The Crime Club by Collins
1968
A young novelist is seduced by the wife of the local squireen, with violent consequences.
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Head of a traveller

Head of a traveller

Blake, Nicholas
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.
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burglar who thought he was Bogart : a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery

The burglar who thought he was Bogart: a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery

Block, Lawrence
No Exit Press
1995
Bernie is approached to steal a valuable portfolio from an East Side apartment.
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Hit and run

Hit and run

Block, Lawrence
Orion
2008
Keller finds that he has been set up and has to go underground.
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Hit list

Hit list

Block, Lawrence
Orion
2000
Keller finds he is on someone else's hit list.
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Hit man

Hit man

Block, Lawrence
Orion
1998
One of Keller's assignments goes wrong and he has to deal with an orphan.
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Hit me

Hit me

Block, Lawrence
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.
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Hit parade

Hit parade

Block, Lawrence
Orion
2006
A series of short stories featuring hit man Keller.
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burglar in the library : a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery

The burglar in the library: a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery

Block, Lawrence
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.
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burglar in the rye

The burglar in the rye

Block, Lawrence
No Exit Press
1999
Bernie is persuaded to steal some valuable letters from a literary agent.
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burglar on the prowl : a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery

The burglar on the prowl: a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery

Block, Lawrence
No Exit Press
2004
Bernie agrees to help out a friend but ends up having to talk himself out of four murders.
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Multiplying villainies : selected mystery criticism, 1942-1968

Multiplying villainies: selected mystery criticism, 1942-1968

Boucher, Anthony
Bouchercon
1973
A collection of reviews and essays on crime fiction. Number 101 of a limited edition of 500.
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Envoy on excursion

Envoy on excursion

Brahms, Caryl
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.
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collar for the killer

A collar for the killer

Brean, Herbert
William Heinemann Ltd
1957
A rookie cop tries to prove the innocence of a suspect who has been framed with false evidence.
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