CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
PRELUDE
Editor’s Note
Deadlock
PART ONE: BEWARE OF THE TRAINS
Author’s Note
Beware of the Trains
Humbleby Agonistes
The Drowning of Edgar Foley
‘Lacrimae Rerum’
Within the Gates
Abhorrèd Shears
The Little Room
Express Delivery
A Pot of Paint
The Quick Brown Fox
Black for a Funeral
The Name on the Window
The Golden Mean
Otherwhere
PART TWO: FEN COUNTRY
Editor’s Note
Who Killed Baker?
Death and Aunt Fancy
The Hunchback Cat
The Lion’s Tooth
Gladstone’s Candlestick
The Man Who Lost His Head
The Two Sisters
Outrage in Stepney
A Country to Sell
Shot in the Dark
The Mischief Done
Merry-Go-Round
Occupational Risk
Dog in the Night-Time
Man Overboard
The Undraped Torso
Wolf!
PART THREE: THE EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN
Editor’s Note
The Evidence for the Crown
A Case in Camera
Blood Sport
The Pencil
Windhover Cottage
The House by the River
After Evensong
Death Behind Bars
We Know You’re Busy Writing, But We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind If We Just Dropped In for a Minute
Cash on Delivery
St Bartholomew’s Day
Child’s Play
The Year and the Day
ENCORE
Editor’s Note
The Hours of Darkness
Publishing History
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