On the Edge. Century Hutchinson, 1989; Mysterious Press, 1989.
Bertie and the Seven Bodies. Century Hutchinson, 1990; Mysterious Press, 1990. Bertie series.
The Last Detective. Scribner’s, 1991; Doubleday, 1991. Peter Diamond series.
Diamond Solitaire. Little, Brown, 1992; Mysterious Press, 1992. Peter Diamond series.
Bertie and the Crime of Passion. Little, Brown, 1993; Mysterious Press, 1993. Bertie series.
The Summons. Little, Brown, 1995; Mysterious Press, 1995. Peter Diamond series.
Bloodhounds. Little, Brown, 1996; Mysterious Press, 1996. Peter Diamond series
Upon a Dark Night. Little, Brown, 1997; Mysterious Press, 1998. Peter Diamond series.
II. NOVELS UNDER THE PSEUDONYM PETER LEAR
Goldengirl. Cassell, 1977; Doubleday, 1978.
Spider Girl. Cassell, 1980; Viking, 1980.
The Secret of Spandau. Michael Joseph, 1986.
III. SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS Butchers and Other Stories of Crime. Macmillan, 1985; Mysterious Press, 1987.
The Staring Man and Other Stories. Helsinki: Eurographica. 1989. A signed limited edition containing four stories from Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories. Little, Brown, 1994.
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose. Crippen & Landru, 1998; British edition forthcoming from Little, Brown.
III. COLLABORATIONS
The Rigby File. Hodder & Stoughton, 1989.
The Perfect Murder. HarperCollins, 1991.
IV. SHORT STORIES
“The Bathroom.” Winter’s Crimes 5. Macmillan, 1973; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, August 21, 1981, as “A Bride in the Bath.” Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“The Locked Room.” Winter’s Crimes 10. Macmillan, 1978; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1979, as “Behind the Locked Door.” Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“A Slight Case of Scotch. Collaborative story. The Bell House Book. Hodder & Stoughton, 1979.
“How Mr. Smith Chased His Ancestors.” Mystery Guild Anthology. Book Club Associates, 1980; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November 3, 1980, as “A Man with a Fortune.” Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“Butchers.” Winter’s Crimes 14. Macmillan, 1982; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mid-July 1982, as “The Butchers.” Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime and in The Staring Man and Other Stories.
“Taking Possession.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November 1982. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime and in The Staring Man and Other Stories as “Woman and Home.”
“The Virgin and the Bull.” John Creasey’s Mystery Crime Collection. Gollancz, 1983; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 1983, as “The Virgoan and the Taurean.” Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“Fall-Out.” Company Magazine, May 1983; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Maga-zine, June 1984. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“Belly Dance.” Winter’s Crimes 15. Macmillan, 1983; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1983, as “Keeping Fit.” Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“Did You Tell Daddy?” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February 1984. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“Arabella’s Answer.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, April 1984. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“Vandals.” Woman’s Own, December 29, 1984; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December 1985. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“The Secret Lover.” Winter’s Crimes 17, Macmillan, 1985; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1988. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“The Corder Figure.” Butchers and Other Stories of Crime. Macmillan, 1985; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 1986. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime and in The Staring Man and Other Stories.
“Private Gorman’s Luck.” Butchers and Other Stories of Crime. Macmillan, 1985; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 1985. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“The Staring Man.” Butchers and Other Stories of Crime. Macmillan, 1985; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, October 1985. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime and in The Staring Man and Other Stories.
“Trace of Spice.” Butchers and Other Stories of Crime. Macmillan, 1985. Collected in Butchers and Other Stories of Crime.
“Murder in Store.” Woman’s Own, December 21, 1985. Collected in“Curl Up and Dye.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 1986. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Photographer Slain.” Contest story. The Observer, November 30, 1986.
“Peer’s Grisly Find.” Contest story. The Observer, December 7, 1986.
“Brighton Line Murder.” Contest story. The Observer, December 14, 1986.
“The Poisoned Mince Pie.” Contest story. The Observer, December 21, 1986.
“The Royal Plot.” Contest story. The Observer, December 28, 1986.
“The Curious Computer.” New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Carroll & Graf, 1987. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Friendly Yachtsman, 39.” Woman’s Own, July 18, 1987; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May 1988. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“The Pomeranian Poisoning.” Winter’s Crimes 19. Macmillan, 1987; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, August 1988, as “The Zenobia Hatt Prize.” Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Where is Thy Sting.” Winter’s Crimes 20. Macmillan, 1988; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November 1988, as “The Wasp.” Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Oracle of the Dead.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1988; Best, March 3, 1989.
“A Case of Butterflies.” Winter’s Crimes 21. Macmillan, 1989; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December 1989. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Youdunnit.” New Crimes. Robinson, 1989; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, mid-December 1989. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“The Haunted Crescent.” Mistletoe Mysteries. Mysterious Press, 1989. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Shock Visit.” Winter’s Crimes 22. Macmillan, 1990; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine., February 1990, as “The Valuation.” Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“The Lady in the Trunk.” A Classic English Crime. Pavilion, 1990. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Ginger’s Waterloo.” Cat Crimes. Donald L. Fine, 1991. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Being of Sound Mind.” Winter’s Crimes 23. Macmillan, 1990; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 1991. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“The Christmas Present.” Woman’s Own, December 24, 1990; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, mid-December 1991, as “Supper with Miss Shivers.” Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories as “Supper with Miss Shivers.”
“The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown.” Midwinter Mysteries 1. Scribners, 1991; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May 1991. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“The Man Who Ate People.” The Man Who . . . Macmillan, 1992; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, October 1992. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories. Mystery Novels and Short Stories by Peter Lovesey 209
“You May See a Strangler.” Midwinter Mysteries 2. Little, Brown, 1992. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories. “Murder By Christmas Tree.” Contest story. The Observer, December 20, 1992. Printed as a separate pamphlet to accompany Crippen & Landru’s limited edition of Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“Pass the Parcel.” Midwinter Mysteries 3. Little, Brown, 1993; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1994. Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Murder in the Library.” Contest story. Evening Chronicle, Bath, October 6, 1993.
“The Model Con.” Woman’s Realm Summer Special, 1994; Collected in The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories.
“Bertie and the Fire Brigade.” Royal Crimes. Signet, 1994. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“The Odstock Curse.” Murder for Halloween. Mysterious Press, 1994. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“Passion Killers.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 1994. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“The Case of the Easter Bonnet.” Bath Chronicle, April 17, 1995; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, April 1997. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“Never a Cross Word.” You, Mail on Sunday, June 11, 1995; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February 1997. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“The Mighty Hunter.” Midwinter Mysteries 5. Little, Brown, 1995; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 1996. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“The Proof of the Pudding.” A Classic Christmas Crime. Pavilion, 1995. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“The Pushover.” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1995. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“Quiet Please—We’re Rolling.” No Alibi. Ringpull, 1995; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December 1996. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“Wayzgoose.” A Dead Giveaway. Warner Futura, 1995; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May 1997. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“Disposing of Mrs Cronk.” Perfectly Criminal. Severn House, 1996; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, December 1997. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“A Parrot is Forever.” Malice Domestic 5. Pocket Books, 1996. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“Bertie and the Boat Race.” Crime Through Time, Berkley, 1996. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
“The Corbett Correspondence” (with Keith Miles). Malice Domestic 6. 1997.
“Because It Was There.” Whydunit? Perfectly Criminal 2. Severn House, 1997. Collected in Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
BECAUSE IT WAS THERE
BERTIE AND THE BOAT RACE
BERTIE AND THE FIRE BRIGADE
THE CASE OF THE EASTER BONNET
DISPOSING OF MRS CRONK
THE MIGHTY HUNTER
MURDER IN STORE
NEVER A CROSS WORD
THE ODSTOCK CURSE
A PARROT IS FOREVER
PASSION KILLERS
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
THE PUSHOVER
QUIET PLEASE—WE’RE ROLLING
WAYZGOOSE
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