Best British Mysteries IV, Vol. 4 »

Maxim Jakubowski is a crime critic for the Guardian, a novelist, and the literary director of Crime Scene, a festival held annually at London’s National Film Theatre. A regular broadcaster on radio and TV, Maxim runs one of the largest crime bookstores worldwide, which is situated in London.

An exciting collection including new stories from previous BBM favorites and first appearances from Alexander McCall Smith, John Harvey, Lee Child and Robert Goddard

Publishers Weekly

The Best British Mysteries, an anthology edited by Maxim Jakubowski, collects 25 outstanding short crime stories published in 2002. Many of the authors among them, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Anne Perry, Bill James and Peter Lovesey will be familiar to American readers. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Introduction     9
Home     11
The Greatest Trick of All     23
He Loved to Go for Drives with His Father     29
Toupee for a Bald Tyre     37
No Flies on Frank     53
Cain Was Innocent     67
Punk     87
Needle Match     95
Real Gone     109
The Pilgrim     119
The Street Party     133
A Threatened Species     137
Lost in Darkness     153
Burying the Past     173
Puncture Point     181
A Blessing of Frogs     197
The Jane Case     215
Retrospective     239
The Spiteful Shadow     253
Blue Christmas     271
Dirty Work     285
The Holly and the Poison Ivy     295
In the Midnight Hour     307
Test Drive     317
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday     333
Baba's Bites     345
Waiting for Nemesis     359
The Comical Revenge     367
Between the Lines     383
Lost Causes     393=970 01   Acknowledgements     411