Holy Disorders (1946) – Edmund Crispin

Composer Geoffrey Vintner heeds a call from Gervase Fen summoning him to the small cathedral city of Tolnbridge, which was once a hotbed of devil-worship. The cathedral's organist has been attacked, and Geoffrey is the replacement… but someone doesn't want him taking the post. Geoffrey overcomes these assaults and makes it to Tolnbridge, and Gervase Fen, who is working "together" with spy-hunting Inspector Garratt. But before Fen is able to check his theories, he and Geoffrey become ear-witnesses to an impossible death in the…

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Beware of the Trains (1953) – Edmund Crispin

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)…

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