Amateur in Violence

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Michael Gilbert on the back cover of Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, 1982

Amateur in Violence ) is a collection of mystery stories by the British thriller writer Michael Gilbert, published in the United States only in 1973 by Davis Publications, a publishing house of magazines. The book is edited and has an introduction by Ellery Queen, the founder and long-term editor of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. It contains 10 stories and a short novel that had been previously uncollected stories in the United States. Some of them concern characters who have figured in other novels and short stories by Gilbert. Three of the stories feature Inspector Hazlerigg and four Inspector Petrella. The short novel, "Stay of Execution", had previously been published in England.

Stories in order

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