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This page lists crime fiction anthologies published in the Murder Most ... series.

Murder Most Cozy

Editor: Cynthia Manson

1992

An anthology of 9 stories.

"In a gathering that may look like the cozy sleuth's annual convention, this quintessential collection boasts a lineup just short of a mystery writer's who's who."

• Mistress of shadows (Hugh B. Cave)
• A young man called Smith (Patricia Moyes)
• The dressing table murder (C.M. Chan)
• A matter of taste (Dorothy L. Sayers)
• Arrie and Jasper (Amanda Cross)
• A case of headlong dying (Michael Innes)
• Cruise to death (Alexandra Allan)
• The danger point (Margery Allingham)
• Holocaust at Mayhem park (Julian Symons)

More Murder Most Cozy

Editor: Cynthia Manson

1993

An anthology of 8 stories.

The contents are:

• The Boxdale Inheritance (P.D. James)
• The Man On The Roof (Christianna Brand)
• The Second Mrs. Porter (Melba Marlett)
• The Paintbox Houses (Ruth Rendell)
• The Mahogany Wardrobe (John H. Dirckx)
• The Plum Point Ladies (Henry T. Parry)
• White Wings (Elizabeth Goudge)
• Sanctuary (Agatha Christie)

Murder At Teatime: Mysteries in the Classic Cozy Tradition

Editor: Cynthia Manson

1996

An anthology of 13 stories.

"A collection of thirteen British cozy mysteries highlights the works of such popular authors as Dorothy L. Sayers, Ruth Rendell, Margery Allingham, G. K. Chesterton, P. G. Wodehouse, and Michael Innes, among others."

• The Name On The Wrapper (Margery Allingham)
• The Necklace Of Pearls (Dorothy L. Sayers)
• The Crime Of Miss Oyster Brown (Peter Lovesey)
• Strychnine In The Soup (P.G. Wodehouse)
• Murder At Rokeby House (C.M. Chan)
• The Borgia Heirloom (Julian Symons)
• Dr. Hyde, Detective, And The White Pillars Murder (G.K. Chesterton)
• Policeman's Holiday (Michael Innes)
• The Ministering Angel (E.C. Bentley)
• Home Is Where The Heart Is (Nell Lamburn)
• The Wicked Ghost (Christianna Brand)
• The Gallowglass (David Braly)
• Fen Hall (Ruth Rendell)

Murder Most Medical

Editor: Cynthia Manson and Cathleen Jordan

1996

An anthology of 15 stories.

"A collection of fifteen stories of crime in the medical world from authors including Lawrence Block, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Dorothy L. Sayers take readers through operating rooms, hospital hallways, an anatomy theater, and autopsy labs in search of killers."

• The Footsteps that Ran (Dorothy L. Sayers)
• The Quality of Mercy (((Libbet Proudfit and Mary Monica Pulver)
• Lesson in Anatomy Michael Innes)
• M is for Mayo William Pomidor)
• Blood (Robert Halsted)
• Life or Breath (Nelson DeMille)
• Dr. Coffee and the Other Twin (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Laura Norder (John Mortimer)
• The Problem of the Dying Patient (Edward D. Hoch)
• Poor Dumb Mouths (Bill Crenshaw)
• The Resident Patient (Arthur Conan Doyle)
• Aunt Rutabaga (Arthur Porges)
• One Deadly Sin (Anthony Marsh)
• Anomalies of the Heart (Ashley Curtis)
• Life After Life (Lawrence Block)