Introduction A lesson in crime / G. D. H. and M. Cole -- Trent and the ministering angel / E. C. Bentley -- A slice of bad luck / Nicholas Blake -- The strange case of the Megatherium thefts / S. C. Roberts -- Malice domestic / Philip MacDonald -- A savage game / A. A. Milne -- A clue in the book / Julian Symons -- The manuscript / Gladys Mitchell -- A man and his mother-in-law / Roy Vickers -- Grey's ghost / Michael Innes -- Dear Mr. Editor ... / Christianna Brand -- Murder in advance / Marjorie Bremner -- A question of character / Victor Canning -- The book of honour / John Creasey -- We know you're busy writing... / Edmund Crispin -- Chapter and verse / Ngaio Marsh.

"With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of bibliomysteries, perfect for every booklover and armchair sleuth, featuring much-loved Golden Age detectives Nigel Strangeways, Philip Trent, Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, and others. But readers should be warned that the most riveting tales often conceal the deadliest of secrets ... "If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a major character is a bookseller or a librarian." -Otto Penzler A bookish puzzle threatens an eagerly awaited inheritance; a submission to a publisher recounts a murder that seems increasingly to be a work of nonfiction; an irate novelist puts a grisly end to the source of his writer's block. There is no better hiding place for clues-or red herrings-than inside the pages of a book. But in this world of resentful ghost writers, indiscreet playwrights, and unscrupulous book collectors, literary prowess is often a prologue to disaster"-- Provided by publisher.