Continental Crimes by Martin Edwards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1. The New Catacomb - A.C.Doyle - why is Burger showing his friend Kennedy his new find.
2. A Bracelet in Bruges - A.Bennett - a bracelet is lost or is it stolen
3. The Secret Garden - G.K.Chesterton - how was a stranger murdered in a locked garden
4. The Secret of the Magnifique - E.P. Oppenheim (1912) - why do three men meet in Paris.
5. Petit-Jean - I.Hay - (1931) - A thief and spy in in Belgium in WW1
6. The Lover of St Lys - F.T. Jesse (1919)- Is there a murderers the town.
7. Popeau Intervenes - M.B.Lowndes - can ex-detective Hercules Popeau prevent a murder
8. The Perfect Murder - S. Aumonier - (1926) - Can two brothers commit the perfect murder.
9. The Room in the Tower - J.J. Farjean - An author stays at a German castle with a tower for his writing.
10. The Ten-Franc Counter - H. de Vere Stacpoole - (1926) - Who murdered Madame Bertaux
11. Have You Got Everything You Want - A.Christie - (1933) - Taking a train journey a wife is unsure of her husband's intentions.
12. The Long Dinner - H.C.Bailey - (1935) - where does searching for a disappeared painter lead.
13. The Packet-Boat Murder - J.Bell - (1951) - a recap of a closed case.
14. Villa Almirante - M.Gilbert - (1959) - a death at a house party
Enjoyable short stories

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