Introduction -- Murder in real life -- What makes a good murder? / E. Pearson -- Rules for murderesses / E. Pearson -- Malice domestic or the Balham mystery / W. Roughead -- The wolves of the West Port : A tale of terror / W. Roughead -- A sort of genius / J. Thurber -- Belle of Indiana / S. H. Holbrook -- Murder at Harvard / S. H. Holbrook -- The tale of the murderous philologist with but one big toe / C. Carmer -- The restless bones of Lizzie Lowell / R. Dempewolff -- Murder wholesale / F. A. Mackenzie -- Murder with morals -- Fatal occasions / Newgate calendar -- Wife's progress / Newgate Calendar -- Marriage a la mode / Newgate calendar -- Lessons in love / Newgate calendar -- Murder and mystery -- De Mortuis / J. Collier -- The sailor-boy's tale / I. Dinesen -- An introduction to Eric / E. St. Joseph -- The turn of the tide / C. S. Forester -- An attempt at murder / K. Capek -- Murder without tears -- The sins of Prince Saradine / G. K. Chesterton -- The gioconda smile / A. Huxley -- A jury of her peers / S. Glaspell -- Accident / A. Christie -- In the teeth of the evidence / D. L. Sayers -- Green ice / S. Palmer -- The curate of Churnside / G. Allen -- They can only hang you once / D. Hammett -- Maddened by mystery or the defective detective / S. Leacock.
