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This page lists novels, short story collections, and non-fiction by Julian Symons.

Cover images are when possible of the first UK edition and a recent paperback or digital edition.

By Julian Symons:
- novels, story collections
- omnibus editions
- non-fiction

Edited by Julian Symons:
- anthologies / non-fiction

By others:
- biographical / critical
- in honour of Julian Symons

The Immaterial Murder Case

Julian Symons

1945

"American-born John Wilson and his troop of distinguished friends were well known in the fashionable parts of London. And at their social gatherings the very latest fad was ‘Immaterialism’, and the quest for the perfect immaterial work of art – but what they hadn’t expected to find was the perfect immaterial murder."

A Man Called Jones

Julian Symons

1947

"The office party was in full swing so no one heard the shot fired at close range through the back of Lionel Hargreaves, elder son of the founder of Hargreaves Advertising Agency. The killer left only one clue a pair of yellow gloves but it looked almost as if he had wanted them to be found. As Inspector Bland sets out to solve the murder, he encounters a deadly trail of deception, suspense and two more dead bodies."

Bland Beginning

Julian Symons

1949

"A purchase at a second-hand bookshop seems an innocent enough event. Tony Shelton hadn’t expected it to be anything but that – and he certainly hadn’t expected it to throw him head first into the world of violence, blackmail and robbery. For it becomes clear that the book has a rather higher price than he paid for it – a price that was to lead to murder."

The Thirty-First of February

Julian Symons

1950

"Anderson was a bored, unhappy sales executive longing for something to liven up his monotonous life. But perhaps he wished too hard because not long later he found his wife lying dead at the bottom of the cellar stairs. An accident of course – so why wouldn’t the police believe him?"

The Broken Penny

Julian Symons

1953

"An Eastern-block country, shaped like a broken penny, was being torn apart by warring resistance movements. Only one man could unite the hostile factions – Professor Jacob Arbitzer. Arbitzer, smuggled into the country by Charles Garden during the Second World War, has risen to become president, only to have to be smuggled out again when the communists gained control. Under pressure from the British Government who want him reinstated, Arbitzer agreed to return on one condition – that Charles Garden again escort him. The Broken Penny is a thrilling spy adventure brilliantly recreating the chilling conditions of the Cold War."

The Narrowing Circle

Julian Symons

1954

"Dave Nelson was fiercely ambitious. First in line for the top job on a magazine, he had every right to feel lucky. So when Willie Strayte was offered the job instead, and then turned up dead twenty-four hours later and everyone pointed the finger at Dave, he felt his luck had run out. As the net draws tighter around him, he finds himself in a desperate struggle for survival."

The Paper Chase

Julian Symons

1956

"Crime-writer Charles Applegate decided to set his second novel in a progressive school. Taking a job at Bramley Hall to see what such a school was like ‘from the inside,’ Applegate found to his dismay that he was expected to do rather more than just people-watch. And when a murder took place on his first night there, his skills as a detective writer were called upon as well. But real-life crime was to prove very different from its fictional counterpart."

The Colour of Murder

Julian Symons

1957

"John Wilkins meets a beautiful, irresistible girl, and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his wife, and thinking of the girl, everything turns red before his eyes the colour of murder. This award-winning crime novel from 1957 is a gripping examination of the psychology of murder and the nature of justice, unravelling the mystery by showing the events leading up to a murder, and the psychiatric evaluation which follows."

The Gigantic Shadow

Julian Symons

1958

"Bill Hunter, TV personality, made his living by asking the rich and famous difficult and highly personal questions. But when the tables were turned and he found himself being asked about his own rather murky past, he wasn’t quite so sure of himself. Out of a job and little hope of finding another, he teamed up with the reckless Anthea to embark upon a dangerous and deadly plan that was to have murderous consequences."

The Progress of a Crime

Julian Symons

1960

"Hugh Bennett, young reporter on a local paper, witnessed a terrible crime – a group of boys stabbed a man to death on Guy Fawkes’ night, right in front of the fire on the village green. But as Bennett attempts to write the story for his paper, doubts begin to creep in about what he had actually seen, and he finds himself facing an immense moral dilemma."

Murder! Murder!

Julian Symons

1961

Subtitled '21 outstanding stories from the casebook of Francis Quarles.' The contents are:

• Centre Court Mystery
• Test Match Murder
• The Grand National Case
• The Case of S.W.2.
• The Unhappy Piano Tuner
• A Pearl among Women
• Credit to William Shakespeare
• Meeting in the Snow
• The Wrong Hat
• The Absent-minded Professor
• Each Man Kills
• Time for Murder
• The Case of the Frightened Promoter
• Picture Show
• Sailors' Hornpipe
• The Hiding Place
• Airport Incident
• The Plaster Pekingese
• Comedy in Venice
• The Invisible Poison
• Little Man Lost

The Killing of Francie Lake

Julian Symons

1962

"Octavius Gaye, founder and creator of the hugely successful magazine empire, Plain Man Enterprises, saw himself as the original ‘plain man’. The truth however was rather different and Gaye was an unscrupulous tycoon with a strangely captivating nature who surrounded himself by a series of weak-willed puppets that he manipulated to his heart’s content. One such puppet was Francie Lake and as the plot unfolds, Symons reveals how and why Francie simply had to die."

The End of Solomon Grundy

Julian Symons

1964

"When a girl turns up dead in a Mayfair mews, the police want to write it off as just another murdered prostitute, but Superintendent Manners isn’t quite so sure. He is convinced that the key to the crime lies in 'The Dell' – an affluent suburban housing estate. And in 'The Dell' lives Solomon Grundy. Could he have killed the girl? So Superintendent Manners thinks."

The Belting Inheritance

Julian Symons

1965

"Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wainwright who was not killed after all, but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwrights health fading, her inheritance is at stake, and the family is torn apart by doubts over its mysterious long-lost son. Belting is shadowed by suspicion and intrigue and then the first body is found."

Francis Quarles Investigates

Julian Symons

1965

"When Mr. Francis Quarles, private investigator, appears on the scene the criminals run for cover, but Quarles is as remorseless as doom; once he has sunk his teeth in he never lets go. Try out your wits on the fifteen intriguing cases in this collection and see if you can beat him to the deductive punch!"

The Man Who Killed Himself

Julian Symons

1967

"Arthur Brownjohn has never quite got anything right. Whatever he does, it always seems to go more than a little awry. The same could be said for the murder of his wife – a bungled, inferior affair despite his having consulting all the experts in the field of killings, executions and dastardly deeds. Resolving never to repeat the same mistakes, he enlists the help of Major Easonby Mellon – a man who really knows."

The Man Whose Dreams Came True

Julian Symons

1968

"A likeable but rather hapless young man decides he’s tired of small-time games and attempts to break into the big league. However, he finds himself woefully out of his depth and ends up caught out in an ingenious back-firing murder conspiracy. Entertaining and full of suspense, Symons’ plot has enough twists to keep you guessing right until the final thrilling conclusion."

The Man Who Lost His Wife

Julian Symons

1970

"Gilbert Welton’s life changed one breakfast time – his wife, Virginia, announced she was leaving him. Perhaps not the expected beginning of a comedy, but Symons employs his customary skill and brilliant wit to reveal the funny side of the tale. The result is a hilarious and riotous look at the life of a very ordinary middle-aged man."

The Players and the Game

Julian Symons

1972

"‘Count Dracula meets Bonnie Parker. What will they do together? The vampire you’d hate to love, sinister and debonair, sinks those eye teeth into Bonnie’s succulent throat.’ Is this the beginning of a sadistic relationship or simply an extract from a psychopath’s diary? Either way it marks the beginning of a dangerous game that is destined to end in chilling terror and bloody murder."

The Plot Against Roger Rider

Julian Symons

1973

"Roger Rider and Geoffrey Paradine had known each other since childhood. Roger was the intelligent, good-looking, successful one and Geoffrey was the one everyone else picked on. When years of suppressed anger, jealousy and frustration finally surfaced, Geoffrey took his revenge by sleeping with Roger’s beautiful wife. Was this price enough for all those miserable years of put-downs? When Roger turned up dead the police certainly didn’t think so."

A Three-Pipe Problem

Julian Symons

1975

"Small-time actor, Sheridan Haynes, had a rather unhealthy preoccupation with Sherlock Holmes. So when the chance came for him to play the famous detective in a TV series, it seemed his dreams had come true. And when London was plagued by a series of unsolved murders, well it seemed only natural for him to take his role into real life. Was this a case of a laughable and misguided actor, or was Sheridan actually on to something?"

Ellery Queen Presents Julian Symons' How To Trap A Crook, And 12 Other Mysteries

Julian Symons

Edited and with an introduction by: Ellery Queen

1977

"4 novelets and 9 short stories"

The contents are:

Novelets:

• Experiment In Personality
• A Theme For Hyacinth
• Eight Minutes To Kill
• 'Twixt The Cup And The Lip

• How To Trap A Crook
• Strolling In The Square One Day
• The Tiger's Stripe
• Love Affair
• Credit To Shakespeare
• The Main Chance
• The Santa Claus Club
• The Sensitive Ears Of Mr Small
• Pickup On The Dover Road

The Blackheath Poisonings

Julian Symons

1978

"Wealth can have its drawbacks. Case in point: The Collard and Vandervent families, who for decades have shared a large estate in the elegant London suburb of Blackheath. It's now the 1890s, and over the years, the families' near-incestuous entanglement has grown into a toxic web of lies and bitterness. While mama keeps an iron grasp on the purse strings, an unmarried daughter sucks greedily on her own disappointment, a son raises corruption to an art form, and an ethereal daughter-in-law casts come-hither glances at anything in pants. She casts them frequently at young Paul Vandervent, who responds by filling his journal with fevered love poems. And when one member after another of the extended clan falls victim to gastric misadventure - and his beloved falls under suspicion - Paul embarks on an equally feverish quest to clear her name, resolving to solve the extraordinary series of crimes popularly called The Blackheath Poisonings."

Sweet Adelaide: A Victorian Puzzle Solved

Julian Symons

1980

"In 1886 Adelaide Bartlett was tried at the Old Bailey on the charge of poisoning her husband Edwin. In Sweet Adelaide Julian Symons offers an imaginative interpretation of this famous case, ending with a solution of an affair which still remains a mystery. Did the adjective 'sweet' apply to Adelaide, or was she a cunning and deliberate poisoner? Was the Wesleyan Minister George Dyson just a platonic friend, or something more than that? And if Adelaide committed the crime, how did she do it?"

Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations

Julian Symons

Orbis

1981

Seven stories each featuring a famous fictional detective created by another author. The features detectives are: Miss Marple, Ellery Queen, Nero Wolfe, Philip Marlow, Maigret, Poirot, and Sherlock Holmes.

The Stories are:

• How a Hermit was Disturbed in his Retirement (Sherlock Holmes)
• About Miss Marple and St. Mary Mead (Miss Jane Marple)
• In which Archie Goodwin Remembers (Nero Wolfe)
• Which Expounds the Ellery Queens Mystery (Ellery Queen)
• About Maigret and the Stolen Papers (Inspector Maigret)
• The Life of Hercule Poirot: based on the notes of Captain Arthur Hastings (Hercule Poirot)
• About the Birth of Philip Marlowe (Philip Marlowe)

The Detling Murders

Julian Symons

1982

The Tigers of Subtopia And Other STories

Julian Symons

1982

"Eleven stories focus on the terror-inducing, mindless violence that can erupt even in calmest suburbia, particularly when marriage becomes a sinister state of loathing and infidelity."

• The Tigers Of Subtopia
• The Dupe
• Somebody Else
• The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
• The Boiler
• The Murderer
• A Theme For Hyacinth
• The Last Time
• The Flaw
• Love Affair
• The Best Chess Player In The World

The Name of Annabel Lee

Julian Symons

1983

"Professor Dudley Potter falls in love with Annabel Lee, but when she mysteriously disappears, he becomes obsessed with finding her."

The Criminal Comedy of the Contented Couple

Julian Symons

1985

The Kentish Manor Murders

Julian Symons

1988

"Asked to give a private performance at an eccentric millionarie's impenetrable castle, actor Sheridan Haynes stumbles upon a real life murder and finds he may be the next victim."

Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule . . .

Julian Symons

1988

A limited edition publication of a short story with woodcuts by John De Pol.

Death's Darkest Face

Julian Symons

1990

"Geoffrey Elder sets out to uncover the truth about his father, who may have been a murderer and adulterer. His investigations lead him to reconsider his past, in particular a horrific incident from his idealistic youth back in the 1930s."

Portraits of The Missing: Imaginary Biographies

Julian Symons

1991

Fictional parables describing characters who according to Symons, 'never fitted into any of my crime stories.'

Something Like a Love Affair

Julian Symons

1992

"Judith Lassiter has a handsome architect husband who dotes on her, no financial worries, and a beautiful house. But when she begins to change the course of her life--and takes a lover--she soon feels that murder may be the essential next step."

Playing Happy Families

Julian Symons

1994

"Gathering for the thirty-year anniversary festivities of John and Eleanor, the Midway clan is sent into chaos when daughter Jenny Midway suddenly disappears, and Detective Superintendent Hilary Catchpole must seek out the truth."

The Man Who Hated Television

Julian Symons

1995

"A collection of 11 short stories on the dark side of human nature. This book features tales written especially for this volume together with other stories such as Et In Arcadia Ego."

• The Man Who Hated Television
• In The Bluebell Wood
• Et In Arcadia Ego
• Has Anybody Here Seen Me?
• The Birthmark
• Waiting For Mr. Mcgregor
• The Conjuring Trick
• The Dream Is Better
• The Borgia Heirloom
• Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule?
• Holocaust At Mayhem Parva

A Sort of Virtue: A Political Crime Novel

Julian Symons

1996

"When prostitute Lily Devon is found dead in south London, Detective Chief Superintendent Hilary Catchpole uncovers a trail of deception, ambition and favours called in that leads right to the heart of government."

A Julian Symons Sherlockian Duet

Julian Symons

2000

Two short Sherlock Holmes pastiches

The Detections of Francis Quarles

Julian Symons

2006

"In 1950, for a long-running series of short-short stories for London's Evening Standard newspaper, Symons invented private detective Francis Quarles. After engaging in mysterious activities during the Second World War, Quarles opened an office in Trafalgar Square, from where he investigates puzzles ranging from robbery to murder. The Detections of Francis Quarles contains 21 previously uncollected investigations. The book is edited John Cooper. Mrs. Julian Symons has contributed an Afterword."

The Julian Symons Omnibus

Julian Symons

1967

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: The 31st February; The Progress of a Crime; and The End of Solomon Grundy.

Criminal Acts: Three by

Julian Symons

1982?

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: The Narrowing Circle; The End of Solomon Grundy; and The Blackheath Poisonings.

The Julian Symons Omnibus

Julian Symons

1984

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: The Man Whose Dreams Came True; The Man Who Killed Himself; and The Man Who Lost His Wife.

Confusions About X

Julian Symons

1938

A poetry collection.

The Second Man

Julian Symons

1942

A poetry collection.

A J A Symons: His Life & Speculations

Julian Symons

1950

Charles Dickens

Julian Symons

1951

Thomas Carlyle: The Life And Ideas Of A Prophet

Julian Symons

1952

"Thomas Carlyle was a man of huge influence in the nineteenth century. A prolific writer and historian, he was also a fervent campaigner for social reform, attacking the laissez-faire philosophy that was so endemic in his times. His reputation, however, plummeted soon after his death, and his unpopularity continued for many years, with critics of the twentieth century interpreting his work as a foreshadow of Fascism. In this masterly biography, Julian Symons seeks to give a balanced and lively account of the life and work of this controversial man. He reveals him to be an eccentric figure, a man of literary genius and immense social influence but also a man plagued by his own personal tragedy."

Horatio Bottomley

Julian Symons

1955

"Horatio Bottomley was one of the most flamboyant characters of the twentieth century. From his inauspicious beginnings as a child in an orphanage, he made a series of extremely shrewd financial investments, went on to achieve Parliamentary success, and was reputed to have a mind to equal the finest legal brains in the country. From these dizzy heights he fell to sudden bankruptcy and the remainder of his life proved to be an eternal repeat of the cycle – huge success (he was nearly included in the post-war cabinet) to complete ruin. In this superb biography, Julian Symons brilliantly captures all the irony and drama in the life of this remarkable man, and creates a very readable, and all-too-poignant story of success and failure."

The General Strike: A Historical Portrait

Julian Symons

1959

"In May 1926, Britain was gripped by what became known as the General Strike. This downing of tools lasted for nine days, during which time it divided the people, threatened the survival of the government of the day and brought the country nearer to revolution that it perhaps had ever been. In this accurate and lively account, Symons draws on contemporary press reports, letters and oral sources, along with TUC records to provide an invaluable historical account of the remarkable event and the people and places that featured so prominently in it."

A Reasonable Doubt

Julian Symons

1960

Subtitled: Some Criminal Cases Re-examined.

The Thirties: a Dream Revolved

Julian Symons

1960

"Julian Symons here presents a unique view of the 1930s. Rejecting the standard historical line, he instead examines the decade as an artistic movement using sources as diverse as the 'Communist Daily Worker' and the 'Fascist Action', together with a wealth of contemporary prose and poetry. His sympathetic treatment of the material allows a picture of the hopes and aspirations of Britain’s young artists to emerge, and through this, he poignantly reveals their wilful belief that the social difficulties of the time were necessary as a herald of society’s glorious rebirth."

The Detective Story In Britain

Julian Symons

Longmans, Green & Co

1962

Buller’s Campaign

Julian Symons

1963

"Buller’s Campaign is a powerful and invaluable reassessment of the life of General Buller and of the part he played in British military history. Beginning with his struggle for the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Army in 1895, it goes on to portray his role in the Boer War, and on its path, reveals many of the Victorian Imperialist attitudes of the day. A man of numerous failures, General Buller has been treated unkindly by history but Symons here seeks to paint a more rounded picture. Whilst never attempting to excuse the General’s mistakes, he portrays Buller as a complex and often misunderstood character and reveals the deep ironies that surrounded so much of what he achieved."

England's Pride: The Story of the Gordon Relief Expedition

Julian Symons

1965

"General Gordon, charged with the task of defending Khartoum, was stabbed to death on 26 January 1885 when the Mahdi’s forces took the town by storm. Two days later, the Expeditionary force arrived to relieve Gordon but found the town firmly in the hands of the Mahdi. In England’s Pride, Julian Symons tells the story of the disastrous and tragic failure of this mission. Analysing events from both a political and military stance, and consulting a wide range of sources, he questions why the Gladstone Government had not acted sooner in the first place, and then, once orders had been given, what contributed to the complex chain of events that was ultimately to thwart the relieving force. Capturing in brilliant detail all the glory of Victorian times, England’s Pride is a vivid and dramatic book on a sorely neglected subject."

Crime and Detection: An Illustrated History from 1840

Julian Symons

1966

Critical Occasions

Julian Symons

1966

A collection of literary essays. Subjects include Eric Ambler, The American Beats, Saul Bellow, Raymond Chandler, George Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, Arthur Machen, Mary McCarthy, Carson McCullers, Henry Miller, George Orwell, Robert Penn Warren, Anthony Powell, Laura Riding, Saki , C.P. Snow, Anthony Trollope, Evelyn Waugh, Nathanael West, and Edmund Wilson.

Between the Wars: Britain In Photographs

Julian Symons

1972

Notes From Another Country

Julian Symons

1972

Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History

Julian Symons

1972

"When it appeared in 1972 'Bloody Murder' was greeted as the classic study of crime fiction, a book 'heartily recommended to anyone who has ever enjoyed a detective story or a crime novel' as Kingsley Amis wrote. Subsequent edition ensured that this study was kept up to date to include later authors, and a third and final revised edition was issued in 1993 in celebration of distinguished author/critic Julian Symons' 80th year. The views expressed are as candid as ever. One bestselling writer is called unreadable, another compared to writers of 'strip cartoon stories'. But the general tone is warmly appreciative of every sort of book within the genre."

A Reflection on Auden

Julian Symons

1973

A signed, limited edition broadside.

The Angry 30s

Julian Symons

1976

The John Frankin Bardin Omnibus

Julian Symons

1976

Julian Symons wrote the introduction for this omnibus edition of three neglected novels from the late 1940's.

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: The Deadly Percheron; The Last of Philip Banter; and Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly.

The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Julian Symons

1978

"The Tell-Tale Heart strips away the myths that have grown up around the life of Edgar Allen Poe, and provides a completely fresh assessment of both the man and his work. Symons reveals Poe as his contemporaries saw him a man struggling to make a living out of hack journalism and striving to find a backer for his new magazine, and a man whose life was beset by so many tragedies that he was often driven to excessive drinking and a string of unhealthy relationships. Fittingly written by another master in the art of crime writing, this volume brilliantly portrays the original creator of the detective story and reveals him as the genius and unashamed plagiarist that he was."

Crime Writers: Reflections On Crime Writing

Editor: H.R.F. Keating

1978

Includes chapters by Reginald Hill, P.D. James, H.R.F. Keating, Troy Kennedy Martin, Maurice Richardson, Julian Symons, and Colin Watson.

Conan Doyle: Portrait Of An Artist

Julian Symons

1979

"Presents a biography celebrating the active and impassioned public life and prolific literary career of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."

Agatha Christie: The Art of Her Crimes

The Painting Of Tom Adams

Introduction: John Fowles

Everest House

1981

Critical Observations: Diverse Essays by

Julian Symons

1981

A collection of essays on Essays on novelists, poets, mystery writers and other subjects that were originally published in journals, magazines and newspapers. Includes essays on Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Georges Simenon and Agatha Christie.

The Revenge For Love

Wyndham Lewis

Secker and Warburg

1982

Julian Symons wrote a new introduction for the 1982 edition of this novel.

"Published in the shadow of the Spanish Civil War, The Revenge for Love is a political thriller attacking the fraudulence and feeble-mindedness of life in the Britain of the 1930s. A brilliant satire on a world that has lost its sense of self and been seduced by the appeal of Communism, it is one of a handful of books (it could be compared to Orwell's Coming Up for Air or Koestler's Darkness at Noon) which defined a particular mood and to today's audience gives an unparalleled sense of how Europe turned toxic on the eve of the Second World War."

Crime and Detection Quiz

Julian Symons

1983

1948 and 1984. The Second Orwell Memorial Lecture

Julian Symons

1984

Limited edition publication of the text of a lecture that was delivered at London University on 25th February, 1983.

Dashiel Hammett

Julian Symons

1985

"Depicts the life of Dashiell Hammett, discusses the development of his literary career, and analyzes his detective novels and stories."

Two Brothers. Fragments of a Correspondence

Julian Symons

1985

A limited edition publication of a narrative by Julian Symons with extracts from letters between Symons and his brother A.J.A. Symons.

Never Come Back

Editor: Jack Adrian

Oxford University Press

1986

Originally published in 1941 the introduction by Julian Symons was written for the new edition published in 1986.

"Never Come Back is a gripping thriller from 1941, the only novel by John Mair, who was killed in an RAF training accident only six months after it was published. It follows the misadventures of the urbane and heartless feature writer Desmond Thane, who falls for a femme fatale and becomes a desperate man pursued by the shadowy International Opposition. A sophisticated mixture of wit and thrilling mystery, with a morally corrupt hero at its heart."

Makers of the New: The Revolution in Literature, 1912–1939

Julian Symons

1987

"Discusses the influence of Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, James Joyce, and T.S. Eliot, and includes profiles of others who shaped the Modernist movement."

Oscar Wilde: A problem in Biography

Julian Symons

1988

The text of the Lurcy lecture delivered at Amherst College on April 7th, 1988. The lecture reviews Wilde's life as well as discussing the problems faced by biographers. Contains four wood engravings by John DePol

The Thirties and The Nineties

Julian Symons

1990

Detective Stories from The Strand Magazine

Editor: Jack Adrian

Oxford University Press

1991

"Containing 25 classic stories of mystery and detection, this selection includes many rare stories that have never previously been published in book form or included in the author's collected works. In addition to stories by Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, G.K.Chesterton, and Edgar Wallace, there are contributions from more surprising names, including Aldous Huxley and Somerset Maugham."

• The Vampire Of The Village (G.K. Chesterton)
• The Dream (Agatha Christie)
• The Ginger King (A.E.W. Mason)
• The Ministering Angel (E.C. Bently)
• Tokay Of The Comet Year (H. Warner Allen)
• A Point Of Law (Somerset Maugham)
• Not Guilty (Will Scott)
• The Idol's Eye (Sapper)
• The Perfect Crime (Seamark)
• The Intruder (Augustus Muir)
• Cast-Iron Alibi (Richard Keverne)
• A Deal In Old Masters (Aldous Huxley)
• Private Water (A.J. Alan)
• A Gift From The Nabob (D.L. Murray)
• The Episcopal Seal (J. MacLaren-Ross)
• The Interruption (W.W. Jacobs)
• The Chobham Affair (Edgar Wallace)
• By Kind Permission Of The Murdered Man (Hylton Cleaver)
• In View Of The Audience (Marguerite Steen)
• The Man Who Dreamed Too Much (Quentin Reynolds)
• Inquest (Loel Yeo)
• The Adventure Of Charles Augustus Milverton (Arthur Conan Doyle)
• The Adventure Of The Creeping Man (Arthur Conan Doyle)
• The Adventure Of The Lion's Mane (Arthur Conan Doyle)
• The Adventure Of The First Class Carriage (Ronald Knox)

Strange Tales from The Strand Magazine

Editor: Jack Adrian

Oxford University Press

1991

"Containing 29 stories, all originally published in the "Strand" magazine, this collection provides a mix of horror and the supernatural for all lovers of the macabre. In addition to ghost stories, there are tales of unnatural disasters, of horrifying monsters, of madness and revenge, and even comic fantasies. As well as contributions from Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, and Sapper, there are stories from the more unlikely pens of Graham Greene, D.H. Lawrence, and Hugh Walpole."

Does Literature Exist?

Julian Symons

1992

The text of the Lurcy Lecture presented by Symons at Amherst College in March of 1992.

Criminal Practices: Symons on Crime Writing 60s to 90s

Julian Symons

1994

"This is a collection of articles, reviews, interviews and essays by the 1990 Cartier Diamond Dagger award winner - critic and writer, Julian Symons. Following an introduction entitled 'The Crime Story Yesterday, Today, Tommorrow', this book offers a collection of Symons's writing on crime fiction from Britain, the United States and elsewhere, plus a section on real life stories, such as The Hiss Affair and the Yorkshire Ripper. Authors that come under Symons's microscope include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dick Francis, Len Deighton and John Le Carre, Edgar Allan Poe, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain and Martin Cruz Smith."

An Anthology of War Poetry

Editor: Julian Symons

1942

Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson

Editor: Julian Symons

1949

Carlyle: Selected Works

Editor: Julian Symons

1955

Butcher's Dozen: An Anthology (The Crime Writers Association

Editors: Josephine Bell, Michael Gilbert and Julian Symons

1956

"This is the first anthology (members of the Crime Writers' Association and all kinds of stories are to be found in it .... The selection has been made (three members of the C.W.A., who are also contributors, to cover the widest possible range of style and to cater for all tastes, and also to show the versatility and ingenuity of the modern crime writer."

• Portrait Of Eleanor (Marjorie Alan)
• The Thimble River Mystery (Josephine Bell)
• A Death In The Black-Out (Mary Fitt)
• Money Is Honey (Michael Gilbert)
• The Tallest Man In The World (Janet Green)
• Remote Control (Alan Kennington)
• Strange Journey (Frank King)
• He Got What She Wanted (Nigel Morland)
• Death At The Wicket (Bernard Newman)
• Diamonds For The Million (Maurice Procter)
• Rubber Gloves (L.A.G. Strong)
• The Killer (Vivian Stuart)
• The Dupe (Julian Symons)
• Dinner For Two (Roy Vickers)
• The Lost Village (Cecil M. Wills)

Essays & Biographies

A.J.A. Symons

Editor: Julian Symons

1969

Verdict Of 13

Editor / Introduction: Julian Symons

1979

"For the first time in thirty years, England’s famed Detection Club has invited its most masterful and entertaining authors to create, especially for this collection, thirteen extraordinary stories of deception and detection, each brilliantly tied to the other by the single mysterious clue of trial by jury. But that tantalizing thread has been skillfully twisted to present a dozen plus one tales as individually puzzling as they are collectively spectacular."

• Introduction (Julian Symons)
• Great-Aunt Allie's Flypapers (P. D. James)
• The Rogue's Twist (Gwendoline Butler)
• Twenty-One Good Men And True (Dick Francis)
• Verdict Of Three (Michael Gilbert)
• Cloud Nine (Christianna Brand)
• Pelly And Cullis (Michael Innes)
• Something The Cat Dragged In (Patricia Highsmith)
• The Postgraduate Thesis (Celia Fremlin)
• Gup (H.R.F. Keating)
• Murder At St Oswald's (Michael Underwood)
• Morepork (Ngaio Marsh)
• Who Killed The Cat? (Peter Dickinson)
• Waiting For Mr McGregor (Julian Symons

Selected Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

Editor: Julian Symons

1980

This 1980 edition of selected tales in chronological order was edited by Julian Symons.

New Poetry 9, an Arts Council Anthology

Editor: Julian Symons

1983

The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus

Editor: Julian Symons

1984

"In this anthology, the master of crime fiction, Julian Symons, has selected the less familiar stories of such famous crime writers as Chesterton, Doyle, Bierce, and Poe."

• A Watcher By The Dead (Ambrose Bierce)
• The Coin Of Dionysius (Ernest Bramah)
• The Proverbial Murder (John Dickson Carr)
• The Wrong Shape (G.K. Chesterton)
• The Submarine Plans (Agatha Christie)
• Who Killed Baker? (Edmund Crispin)
• Change Of Climate (Ursula Curtiss)
• The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
• The Copper Beeches (Arthur Conan Doyle)
• The Question (Stanley Ellin)
• Smoke (William Faulkner)
• The Phantom Motor (Jaques Futrelle)
• Counterplot (Michael Gilbert)
• The Case For The Defence (Graham Greene)
• The Mobile Bed-Object (Patricia Highsmith)
• The Most Dangerous Man (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Victim (P.D. James)
• All The Way To The Moon (Q. Patrick)
• Thou Art The Man (Edgar Allan Poe)
• The Adventure Of The Bearded Lady (Ellery Queen)
• The Clinging Woman (Ruth Rendell)
• The Man Who Knew How (Dorothy L. Sayers)
• Inspector Maigret Pursues (Georges Simenon)
• The Man Who Murdered In Public (Roy Wickers)
• Being A Murderer Myself (Arthur Williams)

The Essential Wyndham Lewis

Editor: Julian Symons

1989

Julian Symons: A Bibliography

John J. Walsdorf

Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers

Winchester and New Castle / Oak Knoll Press

1996

Includes a personal memoire and commentaries by Julian Symons.

Mystery Voices: Interviews with British Crime Writers

Dale Salwak

2006? (1991?)

Comprises interviews with Catherine Aird, P.D. James, H.R.F. Keating, Ruth Rendell, and Julian Symons

The Man Who …

Editor: H.R.F. Keating for the Detection Club

1992

Published in honour of Julian Symonds' Eightieth Birthday.

• The Man Who Rowed for the Shore (Catherine Aird)
• The One Who Did for Blagden Cole (Eric Ambler)
• The Man Who Got the Dirt (Simon Brett)
• The Man Who Was a Coyote (Len Deighton)
• The Man Who Wiped The Smile Off His Face (Antonia Fraser)
• The Man Who Was Reconstituted (Michael Gilbert)
• The Man Who Defenestrated His Sister (Reginald Hill)
• The Man Who Was Eighty (P.D. James)
• The Man Who Killed For Pleasure (H.R.F. Keating)
• The Man Who Ate People (Peter Lovesey)
• The Man Who Was the God of Love (Ruth Rendell)
• The Man Whose Holiday was a Fiasco (George Sims)
• The Man Who Scattered Crumbs (Michael Underwood)

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