Bodies from the library. 4 : forgotten stories of mystery and suspense by the queens of crime and other masters of golden age detection / edited Tony Medawar.
Child's play / Edmund Crispin -- Thieves fall in / Anthony Gilbert -- Rigor mortis / Leo Bruce -- The only husband / H.C. Bailey -- The police are baffled / Alec Waugh -- Shadowed sunlight / Christianna Brand -- The case of Bella Garsington / Gladys Mitchell -- The post-chaise murder / Richard Keverne -- Boots / Ngaio Marsh -- Figures don't die / T.S. Stribling -- Passengers / Ethel Lina White -- After you lady / Peter Cheyney -- Too easy / Herbert Adams -- Riddle of an umbrella / J. Jefferson Farjeon -- Two white mice under a riding whip / E.C.R. Lorac -- Signals / Alice Campbell -- A present from the empire / G.D.H. & M. Cole.
Summary:
"Mystery stories have been around for centuries - there are whodunits, whydunits and howdunits, including locked-room puzzles, detective stories without detectives, and crimes with a limited choice of suspects. Countless volumes of such stories have been published, but some are still impossible to find: stories that appeared in a newspaper, magazine or an anthology that has long been out of print; ephemeral works such as plays not aired, staged or screened for decades; and unpublished stories that were absorbed into an author's archive when they died . . ."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.