Let's be honest, guys! Even though Martin Edwards did a bang up job with his book, he couldn't possibly mention everything worth reading!

Have you read something that really fits into one of his subcategories? Have you read a more "modern" detective story that has that classic feel? Talk about here!

Two of the earliest novels in the "classic crime" mode that, IIRC, only get a passing mention (if that) by Edwards are The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams and The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester (the latter is more a series of short stories held together by a common premise), both published in the 1860s, I think.

And at the other end of the rougly 1900 - 1950s temporal spectrum, there are the novels by George Bellairs (Chief Inspector Littlejohn series) and Gil North (Sergeant Cluff series -- televised in the 1960s, I think).

I've read one book by Bellairs (Death of a Busybody: so-so, but I'll happily take a look at another one) and have put The Notting Hill Mystery, The Female Detective, and the two first Sergeant Cluff books on my TBR.

At some point, I'm also planning to take a closer look at H.R.F. Keating's writing (Inspector Ghote series etc.).

I'd say The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher would qualify - at the very least under "Over the Atlantic". I had an awful lot of fun with that book.

I'm also enjoying Anna Katherine Green's work so far, and have a couple more lined up in the TBR: The Circular Study and The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow.

Thanks to Richard Derus for mentioning Ellis Peters's Felse mysteries in his comment here: http://richardderus.booklikes.com/post/1654913/90-years-on-miss-silver-still-amuses. Definitely another candidate falling into this category.

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Wait, Ellis Peters has other mysteries??

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Yes, there's a series informally called "Felse Investigations" that starts out with the cases solved by the father, George Felse (who is a cop) and continues with his son Dominic. Wife / mother Bunty Felse sometimes comes into the books, too. This was her main series before she started writing the Cadfael books.

The first book of the series is the one mentioned by Richard in his comments, Fallen into the Pit.

I've been thinking about trying the Felse mysteries for awhile, but the audiobooks are on the pricey side and the blurb(s) haven't been enticing enough for me to spend a credit. Maybe the next time Audible runs one of their 'first in the series' sales I'll get 'Fallen Into the Pit'.

Has anyone read the classic mysteries of Constance and Gwenyth Little? They were a pair of Australian sisters that wrote 21 mysteries between '38-'53 all of which have the word "black" in the title except the first. I guess they were classified as "character and atmosphere" under the old Crime Club reading guide, though modern readers seem to like the humor. They're supposed to have zany characters, witty dialog and ridiculous situations. Rue Morgue reprinted a number of the books. Here's a linked article about the Little Sisters and a more current linked list of their books:

http://www.girl-detective.net/little.html

https://www.cozy-mystery.com/constance-gwenyth-little.html

I'm intrigued enough to hunt down a copy of one of the books. Thanks for putting the Little sisters on my radar. :)

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You're welcome, MbD! I've been tempted to get a print copy of one of their mysteries to see if it deliveries on the witty dialog and humor. I wish their backlist was available in ebook format. Happy hunting!