Capital crimes
Subtitle: London mysteries
By: edited  and introduced by Martin Edwards
Edition: First edition. First US trade paperback edition.
Series: British Library crime classics
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781464203770
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Serial murders; Fiction
Description: Capital Crimes is an eclectic collection of London-based crime stories, blending the familiar with the unexpected in a way that reflects the personality of the city.
Table of contents: title: The case of Lady Sannox  -- Arthur Conan Doyle; title: A mystery of the underground  -- John Oxenham; title: The Finchley puzzle  -- Richard Marsh; title: The magic casket  -- R. Austin Freeman; title: The Holloway flat tragedy  -- Ernest Bramah; title: The magician of Cannon Street  -- J. S. Fletcher; title: The stealer of marble  -- Edgar Wallace; title: The tea leaf  -- Robert Eustace and Edgar Jepson; title: The hands of Mr Ottermole  -- Thomas Burke; title: The little house  -- H. C. Bailey; title: The silver mask  -- Hugh Walpole; title: Wind in the east  -- Henry Wade; title: The avenging chance  -- Anthony Berkeley; title: They don't wear labels  -- E. M. Delafield; title: The unseen door  -- Margery Allingham; title: Cheese  -- Ethel Lina White; title: You can't hang twice -- Anthony Gilbert.