L01

Eric A. Burgess, A Killing Frost. London: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 247-256

2-202

Used by permission of William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd.

Note

The beginning of the first page is omitted to avoid too much dialogue

2,006 words

L02

Charles Dixon, Ministry Murder. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 156-163

2-195

Corr

43 made use of [made us of]
74 identifying [indentifying]

2,002 words

L03

Bill Knox, Die for Big Betsy. London: John Long Ltd., 1961. Pp. 161-168

2-195

Used by permission of William Knox

2,012 words

L04

Pamela Barrington, (i.e. Muriel V. Barling), The Gentle Killer. London: Hammond, Hammond & Co., Ltd., 1961. Pp. 185-192

2-197

Used by permission of Barrie & Jenkins

Note

Substandard features in dialogue

2,000 words

L05

Maude Parker, Death Makes a Deal. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. Pp. 199-204

2-209

Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

2,008 words

L06

Patricia Carlon, Circle of Fear. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 26-32

2-191

2,024 words

L07

Rosemary Johns, Echo From the Past. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 40-46

2-196

2,016 words

L08

Margaret Malcolm, Galleon House. London: Mills and Boon Ltd., 1961. Pp. 120-125

2-179

Used by permission of Mills and Boon Ltd.

2,006 words

L09

Mary Stewart, The Ivy Tree. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1961 [Paperback edition]. Pp. 68-74

2-187

Used by permission of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.

Sic

98 plaintain [spelling]

Note

Poetry quotations

2,015 words

L10

Graeme Lesley, Shadow or Substance. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 98-103

2-195

Note

Foreigner English in dialogue

2,009 words

L11

Ian Stuart, The Snow on the Ben. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 40-48

2-247

Note

Non-standard English in dialogues

2,001 words

L12

Hartley Howard (i.e. Leopold Horace Ognall), Time Bomb. London: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 103-108

2-190

Used by permission of William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd.

Corr

138 the [the the]

2,003 words

L13

Michael Innes (i. e. J. I. M. Stewart), Silence Observed. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1961. Pp. 162-169

2-190

Used by permission of J. I. M. Stewart

2,013 words

L14

Margot Neville (i.e. Margot Goyder and Neville Joske), Murder Beyond the Pale. London: Geoffrey Bles Ltd., 1961. Pp. 156-165

2-205

Sic

59 Full and fair ones [lexis, spelling]

2,016 words

L15

Francis Joseph Dunn, An Ill Wind: A Story of Murder. Southend-on-Sea: Citizen Publishing Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 3-8

2-168

Sic

6 here was I [function word]
107 I did so... [missing portion?]
111 others [spelling]
123 neighbours [spelling]
130 It was that [function word]

Note

Peculiar style including substandard features, unusual contractions (coded /2) and apparent typographical errors (marked sic).

2,015 words

L16

Gabriel Hythe: Death of a Scapegoat. London: MacDonald and Co. Publishers Ltd., 1961. Pp. 49-54

2-197

Used by permission of Rupert Crew Ltd.

2,007 words

L17

Nigel Morland, The Dear, Dead Girls: A Mrs Pym Story. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 145-151

2-208

Corr

164 blow [bow]

2,002 words

L18

Hillary Waugh, Murder on the Terrace. London: W. Foulsham and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 68-77

2-195

2,000 words

L19

Frank Dobbs, Speech Day Murder. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 164-169

2-189

Used by permission of Frank Dobbs

2,008 words

L20

John Creasey, Follow the Toff. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. Pp. 9-15

2-190

Used by permission of Lynette Howis

Note

Non-standard English (dialect, foreigner English) in dialogue

2,006 words

L21

Joan Aiken, "That Long Wet Summer", Everywoman and Woman's Fair (December, 1961, 59-60

2-208

2,010 words

L22

[ANON.], "Whispering Tongues Blamed Her", Secrets (March 4, 1961), 9-11

2-216

Used by permission of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.

2,000 words

L23

John O'London's

A. Humphrey ap Evans, The Assessor" (March 9, 1961), 266-277

2-146

B. Nat Easton, "The Way of Escape" (March 30, 1961), 358-359

147-189

A. Used by permission of Humphrey ap Evans

2,002 words

L24

Edmund Crispin (i.e. Bruce Montgomery), "Too Clever for Scotland Yard", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, British edition (February, 1961), 45-50

2-194

Used by permission of Edmund Crispin

Corr

3 withdrawal [withdrawl]

2,018 words