N01

Hugh Matheson, The Balance of Fear. London: Gibbs & Phillips, 1961. Pp. 128-135

2-188

2,000 words

N02

Juliet Armstrong, Tropic Wind. London: Mills and Boon Ltd., 1961. Pp. 130-135

2-204

Used by permission of Mills and Boon Ltd.

Note

Foreigner English in dialogue

2,019 words

N03

Charles Ballew (i.e. Charles Horace Snow), The Gold of Poverty Flat, London: Wright & Brown Ltd., 1961

2-182

Corr

41 extended [entended]

Sic

56 had seemed to have [syntax]

Note

Foreigner English in dialogue

2,007 words

N04

Gilbert Hackforth-Jones, Crack of Doom. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. Pp. 20-26

2-217

Used by permission of G. Hackforth-Jones

Corr

166 fractured" [fractured']

2,017 words

N05

Berkeley Gray (i.e. Edwy S. Brooks), Get Ready to Die. London: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 72-79

2-211

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

2,006 words

N06

Dave Waldo, Beat the Drum Slowly. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 88-95

2-204

Used by permission of Dave Waldo

Note

Non-standard English in dialogue

2,007 words

N07

Bert Cloos, Drury. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 49-56

2-218

Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

Corr

100 guided [quided]
111 mourning [morning]
134 vehemence [vehemce]

2,002 words

N08

George Young, Code-Name Caruso. London: Hutchinson Publishing Group, 1961. Pp. 82-88

2-186

2,038 words

N09

Marguerite Clare (i.e. Mary Heppell), The Wild Secret. London: Wright & Brown Ltd., 1961. Pp. 18-24

2-186

Used by permission of A. Brown

2,016 words

N10

Oswell Blakeston, The Night's Moves. London: Gaberbocchus Press Ltd., 1961. Pp. 14-21

2-202

Used by permission of Oswell Blakeston

2,008 words

N11

Brian Cooper, A Touch of Thunder. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. Pp. 113-120

2-199

2,006 words

N12

Vian C. Smith, Press Gang. London: Peter Davies Ltd., 1961. Pp. 190-197

2-192

Corr

2 Sam [Same]

2,006 words

N13

Terence Newman, Along for the Ride. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 124-130

2-180

2,007 words

N14

John Kilgore, Return of the Fast Gun. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 24-31

2-202

2,000 words

N15

Donald Hamilton, The Wrecking Crew. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1961. Pp. 63-67

2-177

Used by permission of Donald Hamilton

Sic

41 a edge [missing portion]

Note

American-style English (first-person narrator is an American)

2,015 words

N16

Tit-Bits

A. Trevor Allen, "Voices in the Dark" (September 16, 1961), 31

2-122

B. Sheila Burns (i.e. Ursula Bloom), "Diamonds Are Hard to Get" (September 23, 1961), 19

123-224

B. Used by permission of Ursula Bloom

2,011 words

N17

[ANON.], "It Happened on the 6.15", Red Star Weekly (April 1, 1961), 19-21

2-212

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

2,000 words

N18

[ANON.], "The Night She Caught the Last Train Home", Red Letter (November 4, 1961), 11-13

2-222

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

Note

Sub-standard English in dialogue

2,001 words

N19

Men Only 76:301 (1961)

A. James Campbell, "A Present for General Calinga", 64-67

2-153

B. James Campbell, "The Friend", 37-39

154-219

Used by permission of Paul Raymond Publications Ltd.

Corr

64 did. [did]
166 I'm glad [I'm, glad]

2,014 words

N20

Ernest Haycox, "Destination Danger", Weekend 2931 (April 26-30, 1961), 6-7

2-218

Note

Variant spellings: leaped, leapt

2,006 words

N21

[ANON.], "At that Man's Mercy", Family Star (January 7, 1961), 3-4

2-211

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

Note

Foreigner English in dialogue Variant spellings: drugstore, drug-store

2,005 words

N22

Douglas Enefer, "Vice King's Sweetheart", Reveille (February 16, 1961), 15, 18

2-231

Used by permission of Reveille Newspapers Ltd.

2,004 words

N23

Francis Fytton, "The Paras", London Magazine (August, 1961), 17-23

2-206

2,028 words

N24

John MacGillivray, "A Night in the Firth", Scots Magazine (March, 1961), 484-488

2-208

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

Corr

110 o' the light ['o the light]

Note

Non-standard English in dialogue. Variant spellings: ay, aye. Regular use of the spelling propellor.

2,002 words

N25

Brian Cleeve, "Vendetta", Suspense (March, 1961), 117-122

2-189

2,017 words

N26

Nigel Morland, "He Got What She Wanted", Creasey Mystery Magazine (January, 1961), 102-108

2-198

Corr

93 always [alway]

Sic

35 think on [function word]

2,012 words

N27

George Goldsmith Carter, "Larsen's Last Haul", Courier 37:6 (December, 1961), 54-57

2-198

Used by permission of Norman Kark

Sic

96 these water [concord]

2,013 words

N28

Olga Stringfellow, "A Gift from the Sultan", Woman's Mirror (April 8, 1961), 32-35

2-215

2,000 words

N29

She

A. Harry Richman, "The Gun" (February, 1961), 34-35

2- 98

B. A. E. Treppass, "Communication" (March, 1961), 38-40

99-209

Sic

162 someday [spelling]

Note

Foreigner English in dialogue

2,006 words