A pedestrian's plot -- Billy's bite -- The murdered tailor's watch -- The street porter's son -- A bit of tobacco pipe -- The broken cairngorm -- The romance of a real Cremona -- The spider and the spider-killer -- The spoilt photograph -- The stolen dowry -- M'Sweeny and the magic jewels -- Benjie Blunt's clever alibi -- Jim Hutson's knife -- The herring scales -- One less to eat -- The captain's chronometer -- The torn tartan shawl -- A lift on the road -- The organ-grinder's money-bag -- The Berwick burr -- The wrong umbrella -- A white savage -- The broken missionary -- A murderer's mistake -- A house-breaker's wife -- M'Sweeny and the chimney-sweep -- The family Bible -- Conscience money -- A wolf in sheep's clothing Hubin, A.J. Crime fiction, 1749-1980 Hubin, A. Crime fiction: a comprehensive bibliography, 1749-1990