There's no better description of this collection than the one Edmund Crispin himself gives in the foreword: "A short story can aim either at atmosphere or at the anecdote; those which follow belong, with the exception of Deadlock, to the second category." "Anecdote" stories seem to be an umbrella category covering stories with a twist or a punchline like a joke, and also what I've called "trivia question" stories in past reviews - where the key to the solution is an obscure and (possibly)…