Edwards, Martin (ed) - Murder by the Book / Эдвардс, Мартин (ред) - Книжные убийства [2021, EPUB, ENG]

A Lesson in Crime by GDH and M. Cole Trent and the Ministering Angel / Ангел-хранитель by E. C. Bentley A Slice of Bad Luck (= The Assassins' Club) / Клуб убийц by Nicholas Blake The Strange Case of the Megatherium Thefts by S.C. Roberts Malice Domestic by Philip MacDonald A Savage Game by A. A. Milne The Clue in the Book by Julian Symons The Manuscript by Gladys Mitchell A Man and his Mother-in-Law by Roy Vickers Grey's Ghost by Michael Innes Dear Mr. Editor ... by Christianna Brand Murder in Advance by Marjorie Bremner A Question of Character by Victor Canning The Book Of Honour by John Creasey We Know You're Busy Writing ... by Edmund Crispin Chapter and Verse by Ngaio Marsh

“Forget the detective story. I’m not saying that because I have written one detective story I am a good detective. What I do say is that any writer who makes his living by creative fiction is well fortified to do what your policeman have to do.” “And what’s that?” “Invent a story which accounts for all the facts and suspicions and discrepancies which the case presents. That’s our daily job, inventing stories; making a definite pattern of a number of incidents. Dammit, I could contrive some sort of story out of any assortment of facts: a spot of candlegrease, a badly sharpened pencil, a canary which wouldn’t sing any more and a man who went to bed one night in his wooden leg.” Even as he said this, Coleby began to wonder what the story would be. Better start with the canary … . . .