Ten years since it was first published in hardback, and now for the first time in mass market paperback, this volume of short stories by the cream of British crime writing talent celebrates 75 years of the quintessential Detection Club. The Detection Club represents the cream of British crime writing talent. Founded on the cusp of the 1930s, the Club’s first President was G.K. Chesterton, and since then the mantle of Presidency has passed to some of the most significant names inthe history of crime fiction, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Julian Symons. The Club meets three times a year - to dine, to plot, and to exchange ideas. This anthology includes eleven new stories by the Best of British: Robert Barnard, Lyndsey Davis, Colin Dexter, Clare Francis, Robert Goddard, John Harvey, Reginald Hill, P.D. James, H.R.F. Keating, Michael Ridpath and Margaret Yorke, and has been edited by the Club’s President, Simon Brett. Among the authors are a number of bestsellers, as well as winners of both Diamond and Gold Daggers. This outstanding collection is a must for crime lovers everywhere.
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Copyright
Dedication
INTRODUCTION
Simon Brett
THE PART-TIME JOB
P.D. James
PARTNERSHIP TRACK
Michael Ridpath
A TOOTHBRUSH
H.R.F. Keating
THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE STARS
John Harvey
‘GOING ANYWHERE NICE?’
(A Mr Grubshaw and Woody Story)
Lindsey Davis
BETWEEN THE LINES
Colin Dexter
The Theft
THE LIFE-LIE
Robert Barnard
THE WOMAN FROM MARLOW
Margaret Yorke
TOUPEE FOR A BALD TYRE
A Misadventure from the Motor Trade Years of Harry Barnett