St Swithin Press imprint: 20 books

by John Dickson Carr
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

The Judas Window by John Dickson Carr (as Carter Dickson), a Sir Henry Merrivale mystery.Also published as The Crossbow Murder.One of the five best locked room mysteries, as selected by 14 established mystery authors and critics (All But Impossible!, 1981. ed. E. Hoch).The Case: Avory Hume is found dead...
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012

Give 'em the Ax by Erle Stanley Gardner (as A. A. Fair), a Cool and Lam mystery, complete and unabridged. From the cover:The Rimley Rendezvous was the kind of back-street bistro where a tired businessman could drop in for a pick-up, no questions asked.Deep carpets and subdued lights gave the place...
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Crows Can't Count by Erle Stanley Gardner (as A. A. Fair), a Cool and Lam mystery, complete and unabridged."Lam couldn't be better and Bertha Cool gracefully supplies backstage obbligato of screams and objurgations. Plot excellent; track fast. Verdict: A-1"—The Saturday ReviewMurder...
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012

"DEAD AMID A SEA OF BOOKS, HIS HEAD BASHED IN."Beginning with a Bash (a Leonidas Witherall mystery) by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (writing as Alice Tilton)A freezing east wind blew through the streets of Boston. To Martin Jones, shivering outside a second-hand bookstore, the printed sign "Come...
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2012

"Phoebe Atwood Taylor can get more fun into a detective story than any writer at present producing, and with all the fun there is a mystery that is baffling for its own sake."—The New York TimesMURDER ON THE CAPEThe best-selling novelist is dead in the summer house.The millionaire is...
by Elizabeth Daly
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Unexpected Night by Agatha Christie's favorite mystery writer, Edgar Award-winner Elizabeth Daly"Elizabeth Daly rose like a star on the mystery fans' horizon with Unexpected Night."—The New York Times"Spooky from start, with extra shivery climax at [a] theatrical performance...
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

Punch with Care, an Asey Mayo mysteryCorpses are here, and Mayo's got 'em.Asey Mayo, Cape Cod's gift to the amateur detective world, tackles another baffling mystery, which creeps up on him before he knows it, smack between the one o'clock Bull Moose siren and the one o'clock Quick...
by John Dickson Carr
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

And So to Murder by John Dickson Carr (as Carter Dickson), a Sir Henry Merrivale mystery.DEATH RIDES THE TUBE...The speaking-tube whistled. Monica flew at it. "Who are you? What do you want?"She bent her cheek to the mouth of the tube to listen for an answer. Something was happening inside...
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

The Iron Clew - A Leonidas Witherall Mystery"Wilder and more diverting experiences than those which befall Leonidas Witherall are seldom found anywhere except in books by Alice Tilton (Phoebe Atwood Taylor)."—The New York TimesFrom the jacket:"Leonidas Witherall, who is the splitting...
by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012

Diplomatic Corpse - An Asey Mayo mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor, complete and unabridged"Asey Mayo possesses more common sense and personal charm than any other detective in fiction." —Times Literary Supplement"A thrilling undercurrent of murderous possibilities!"—Argonaut"A...
by Belloc Lowndes
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2012

"Mrs. Belloc Lowndes serves another delectable dish of romance and intrigue in the lofty atmosphere of the English upper classes. Ancient titles, gentlemen swindlers and medieval castles with inadequate plumbing, set off the ingenuous charm of the American heroine."—New York Times"Gossamer...
by Mignon G. Eberhart
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

From the jacket: "Boarding the ship was like entering a dream for Marcia Colfax. At her side was the man she loved; awaiting them was a long delayed happiness. But now a bloodstained knife has slashed her plans to bits. Now her dream has become a nightmare. One man is dead, a knife buried deep in...
by Helen McCloy
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

From the jacket:Helen McCloy has won wide acclaim as author of the Basil Willing mysteries. This time she has written an entirely different kind of mystery novel—one of escape and threat and terror that will chill the marrow of your bones.The sign read DO NOT DISTURB and at first Edith Talbot ignored...
by Helen McCloy
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

Two-Thirds of a Ghost, a Dr. Basil Willing Mystery, by Helen McCloy"One of the most enjoyable whodunits of this or any season. Reason: Its gorgeous satire on the book publishing business and the people in it or on the fringes."—Columbus DispatchAmos Cottle was a valuable property—a...
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