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The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives
The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives Author:Mike Ashley (Editor) Mystery Anthology: The Second Book of Chronicles ? Mike Ashley ? — Contents: — intro; Part I: The Ancient World — -- "Death in the Dawntime" / F.Gwynplaine MacIntyre; — -- "Judgement of Daniel" / Anon.; — -- "Death Wears a Mask" [Gordianus the Finder] / Steven Saylor; — -- "The King of Sacrifices" [SPQR] / John Maddox Roberts; — -- "The Three Traveller... more »s" / R. L. Stevens;
-- "The Case of the Murdered Senator" [Sollius] / Wallace Nichols;
-- "A Mithraic Mystery" [John the Eunuch] / Mary Reed & Eric Mayer;
-- "Abbey Sinister" [Sister Fidelma] / Peter Tremayne;
-- "The Two Beggars" [Judge Dee] / Robert van Gulik; Part II: The Middle Ages
-- "The Investigation of Things" / Charles Ardai;
-- "The Midwife's Tale" [Sister Frevisse] / Margaret Frazer;
-- "The Duchess and the Dol"l / Edith Pargeter;
-- "Ordeal by Fire" [Father Hugh] / Mary Monica Pulver;
-- "The Chapman and the Tree of Doom" [Roger the Chapman] / Kate Sedley; Part III: The Age of Discovery
-- "The Murder of Innocence" / P. C. Doherty;
-- "Cassandra's Castle"; or, The Devious Disappearances / J. F. Peirce;
-- "Man's Inherited Death" [George Man] / Keith Heller;
-- "The Curse of the Connecticut Clock" [Captain Jeremy Cork] / S. S. Rafferty;
-- "The Scent of Murder" ["Captain Cook: Detective"] / Theodore Mathieson;
-- "The Inn of the Black Crow" / William Hope Hodgson;
-- "The Spirit of the "76" [Dr. Sam: Johnson] / Lillian de la Torre; Part IV: Regency and Gaslight
-- "Deadly Will and Testament" [Harrison Hull] / Ron Burns;
-- "The God of the Hills" [Uncle Abner] / Melville Davisson Post;
-- "The Admiral's Lady" / Joan Aiken;
-- "The Eye of Shiva" / Peter MacAlan;
-- "The Trail of the Bells" [Ben Snow] / Edward D. Hoch;
-- "Murdering Mr Boodle" [Auguste Didier] / Amy Myers; Part V: Holmes and Beyond
-- "The Phantom Pistol" / Jack Adrian;
-- "The Adventure of the Frightened Governess" [Solar Pons] / Basil Copper.« less