I know that I am not the only one who has developed a slightly expensive obsession with the British Library Crime Classics (what my husband doesn't know won't hurt him...). Everything about them is delicious, from their gorgeous covers to their interesting, heretofore lost, mysteries.

Which ones do you own? Which ones do you covet? Which ones have you read, and were they good, bad or indifferent?

The one I've read was ... problematic. Calamity in Kent, by John Rowland. (Plot boils down to "Scotland Yard detective decides his tabloid journalist friend, Jimmy, is the best person to investigate a locked room mystery, and tells him to go for it.")

It appears that my library has quite a few of them, which will probably save me from financial ruin because the books are gorgeous.

The only one I really liked so far was Death of an Airman, tho.

The Santa Klaus Murder was ok, but I have already forgot who did it. And Death in the Tunnel annoyed me.

I enjoyed both of the John Bude books that I read - Death on the Riviera and The Cornish Coast Murder, although I will say that neither of them were up to the Christie standard.

I liked The Santa Klaus Murder & figured it out before the end. Mystery in White was OK. I really liked Death in the Tunnel.

I'm very interested in Death of an Airman. Oh, and I liked the locked room anthology that Edwards edited.

I thought I had read one of the BCCs already, but I think I assumed The White Cottage Mystery by Allingham was a BCC because of the cover. (It was good, btw, if slow; the ending was what redeemed it for me, as I thought it was a little daring.)

But I do have The Thirteenth Guest and 5 of the anthologies in the TBR:
Silent Nights
Murder at the Manor
Serpents in Eden
Capital Crimes
Miraculous Mysteries

I also have and am reading The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books and plan to start The Golden Age of Murder sometime this afternoon.

I've read a couple of the stories in Miraculous Mysteries and with the exception of one, they've been excellent so far!

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Hahaha, yes, I think Edwards included the Greek Room thing more for its, um, curiosity value and to demonstrate how wide the range really was (and that not all of these books / stories are undeservedly forgotten).

That said, I've also read the Miraculous Murders anthology edited by Edwards, and I own and have ordered several more of his short story anthologies:

Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries - own
Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries - ordered
Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries - own
Continental Crimes - ordered
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries - own
Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes - own
Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries - own
The Long Arm of the Law: Classic Police Stories - ordered

Plus, by way of an online shopping splurge two days ago, from the British Library Classic Crime catalogue of novels (most of these have yet to make it to my home, but they're certainly eagerly awaited):

Death of an Airman by Christopher St. John Sprigg
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
The Sussex Downs Murder by John Bude
The Z Murders by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne
Family Matters by Anthony Rolls
Quick Curtain by Alan Melville
Verdict of Twelve by Raymond Postgate
The Hog's Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts

... and of course Edwards's The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, which I'm currently reading and which inspired all that recent shopping and list-making madness (along with Tigus's and BT's reviews, that is), and The Golden Age of Murder, which I've so far merely dipped into as well, though.

And, um, lastly, a few other books are on my TBR / wishlist, awaiting the verdict on how I like the batch that's already on its way here):

The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton
Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton
Portrait of a Murderer: A Christmas Crime Story by Anne Meredith
The Incredible Crime: A Cambridge Mystery by Lois Austen-Leigh

I actually have Crimson Snow - I'm saving it for December!

Boy that Greek Room mystery was definitely ... curious, lol.

I've been eyeing The Poisoned Chocolates Case and Mystery in White and will likely buy those sometime soon.

I'm slowly making my way through The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books and having gone through chapter 5, I have to say I am very curious to read one (or more) of the books that include a clue index. I love the idea of being able check how well I did at spotting the clues!

I also have to add Ronald Knox's and Rupert Penny's books to my list.

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I'm looking at Crimson Snow for December, too!

I'll also have a Mitchell (Murder in the Snow: A Cotswold Christmas Mystery) earmarked for the pre-Christmas season, but it is will only be re-released on 02 November.

I read Molly Thynne's The Crime at the Noah's Ark last Christmas, and enjoyed the holiday flair very much! I'm not sure if Thynne's books are available outside of the U.S., though.