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M., D.
The Mystery of a Masterpiece, May 2, 1901

M., D. F.
Fat of the Land, August 8, 1917

M., F.
An Artist's Model, August 31, 1896

M., F. J.
The Moon and the Rainbow, February 25, 1916

M., F. W.
A Present for Charles Augustus, February 1, 1900

M., G. J.
Jack and Jill: The True Version, August 9, 1911

M., H. S.  pseudonym of Hugh S. MacLauchlan
Sister Rachel, February 27, 1896
Millicent's Diary, March 5, 1896
The "Quick Dispatch," March 26, 1896
A Regiment of Gentlemen, April 9, 1896
Married by Inches, April 14, 1896
An Olympian, April 18, 1896
Sprinting for a Wife, April 22, 1896
A Royal Victorian, April 28, 1896
Two Troopers, April 30, 1896
My Chum, May 9, 1896
A Statistician, May 13, 1896
"How's That, Umpire?," May 16, 1896
Choo Fat's Debut, May 20, 1896
The Devil's Dredger, May 28, 1896
My First Book, May 30, 1896
The King of Patagonia, June 4, 1896
A Night Out, June 6, 1896
The Gentleman Hangman, June 10, 1896
The Masquers, June 13, 1896
Eve's Dowry, June 17, 1896
Pratt's Lad, June 20, 1896
A Night in the Catacombs, June 27, 1896
A Burnt Cork Tragedy, July 1, 1896
A Mandrill's Bower, July 4, 1896
A Strawberry Tea, July 9, 1896
Sir Topaz Creel, July 11, 1896
Mr. Addis's Tub, July 15, 1896
The "Devon Jack," July 18, 1896
A Night Wi' Burns, July 23, 1896
A Bicycle Belle, July 25, 1896
The Superfluous Hair, July 29, 1896
A Dunmow Comedy, August 5, 1896
A Doctor's Blood Trail, August 8, 1896
A Demon Bowler, August 12, 1896
A Tale of the Twelth, August 15, 1896
Naphtha Nell, August 19, 1896
A Margate Murder, August 22, 1896
A Canterbury Pilgrim, August 27, 1896
Our New Dog, August 29, 1896
Tranquil Lodge, September 3, 1896
The Sand Artist, September 5, 1896
The Bandmaster, September 11, 1896
The Ruling Elder, September 12, 1896
The Up Mail, September 18, 1896
Benjafield's Money, September 23, 1896
The Popping Stone, September 25, 1896
The Colonel's Flat, September 28, 1896
A Citizen of the World, October 1, 1896
Jim's Commission, October 3, 1896
The Stepmother, October 9, 1896
A Lakeside Idyll, October 23, 1896
A Collegian of Nidd (part one), October 27, 1896
A Collegian of Nidd (part two), October 28, 1896
Dutchman's Ferry, November 5, 1896
The Cartoonist's Wife (part one), November 10, 1896
The Cartoonist's Wife (part two), November 11, 1896
Love's Agony, November 20, 1896
Balcrombie's Legacy, December 16, 1896
The Agony Column, February 3, 1897
The Disease of Method, February 20, 1897
Miss Mercer's First Case, February 24, 1897
How the Major Bought His Bay, February 27, 1897
A Breeze in Gargantua, March 3, 1897
Trapping a Lover, March 10, 1897
Admiral McKillop's Black Mare, March 17, 1897
One Too Many, March 24, 1897
The Vacancy at Surplice, May 28, 1897
A Born Investigator, June 5, 1897
The Monumental Mason, June 10, 1897
The Lady Passenger, June 16, 1897
A Dinner in Costume, June 19, 1897
Three Knighthoods, June 25, 1897
A Camera Obscurer, July 1, 1897
Love's Luck, July 3, 1897
An Interrupted Affair, July 7, 1897
Sub Judice, July 10, 1897
A Man of Distinction, July 17, 1897
A Tale of Tagg's, July 22, 1897
The Last Train Home, July 24, 1897
He Called Me Bertie, July 29, 1897
Courting by Deputy, July 31, 1897
Reuben's Awakening, August 5, 1897
The Friday Tanner, August 7, 1897
Master Waxworks, August 11, 1897
An Angel's Voice, August 14, 1897
A Bud on the Cleeve, August 25, 1897
His Bathing Companion, September 1, 1897
A Confetti Carnival, September 4, 1897
The Golden Bells, September 8, 1897
Her Husband's Friend, September 11, 1897
The Foster-Child, September 15, 1897
The Plan that Failed, September 22, 1897
A Parrot Legatee, September 25, 1897
A Decoy Duck, September 29, 1897
Human Playthings, October 28, 1897
McStrap of Inverbovril, November 3, 1897
Pentecost's Girl, November 6, 1897
A Lady Guest, November 11, 1897
Mr. Behn's Temptation, November 17, 1897
Mrs. Pagan, Jun., November 20, 1897
A Royal Musician, December 6, 1897
The Baron's Double, December 22, 1897
Eva Missenden, January 1, 1898
How Plumtree Became a Peer, January 5, 1898
Lady Goodlip's Dower, January 8, 1898
The Candidate's Reception, January 15, 1898
The Dandy Bandmaster, January 21, 1898
Meaburns, Limited, January 26, 1898
A Dinner at Grumpi's, January 28, 1898
Dempster, Draughtsman, February 5, 1898
The Leg-Maniac, February 16, 1898
The Bearded Countess, February 21, 1898
"Wha's Wha," February 24, 1898
The Prize Pigeon, March 2, 1898
An Unconventional Girl, March 10, 1898
An Old Acquaintance, March 14, 1898
The Man on Leave, March 17, 1898
A Baby-Linen Episode, March 24, 1898
Sir Priddy's Niece, March 26, 1898
Fixed for Hearing, March 31, 1898
"Mac" and "O," April 6, 1898
19, Next Birthday-St, April 12, 1898
A Man of Figures, April 15, 1898
The Rudd Household, June 11, 1898
Margery's Reunion, June 15, 1898
A Braw Night in Peckham, July 1, 1898

M., J. A.
Mr. Draught, June 28, 1911
Shooting the Moon, October 22, 1917
With the War Winners, October 30, 1917

M., R.
Brothers, December 3, 1896
A Lucky Chance, February 10, 1899

M., W.
Two Men and a Woman, February 19, 1898

MacArthur, D. Wilson (1903-1981)
Parting Gift, April 18, 1938
Contraband, June 15, 1938
Widow's Windfall, August 10, 1938

MacBean, Edith
From the Annals of the Poor, January 18, 1923

McCarty, Wilson
Just One Word!, April 6, 1936

MacClure, Victor (1887-1963)
The Police Have a Clue, May 21, 1938

McDermod, Michael
Potheen, August 2, 1920

MacDonald, Helen
"Glad, Will You Marry Me?," June 10, 1924

MacDonald, Ian
The Carillon of Antwerp, March 31, 1896
The Dearest Girl, May 18, 1896
The Beggar Maid, June 14, 1898
At the Opera, July 7, 1898
The Daring of Waring, October 29, 1898
"Jimmie," September 4, 1901

MacDonald, John D. (1916-1986)
The Bullet That Told a Lie, October 16, 1959

MacDonald, John F.
Eliza, July 24, 1912
A Terrible Night, October 30, 1912
The Artful Young Man, November 14, 1912
The Night Watchman, November 27, 1912 (part of the "London Scenes" series)
The Inventor, March 14, 1913

McElwee, W. L.
The Harp, January 10, 1936

McGlashan, Alan
The Crack of the Whip, July 21, 1938

McGovan, James  pseudonym of William Crawford Honeyman (1845-1919)
A Friendly Lift, December 7, 1896
Trapped at Last, December 8, 1896
A Woman's Revenge (part one), December 10, 1896 (from hereon all stories part of the "Revelations of a Detective" series)
A Woman's Revenge (part two), December 11, 1896
The Prince of Impudence (part one), December 14, 1896
The Prince of Impudence (part two), December 15, 1896
Ragamuffin Joe (part one), December 17, 1896
Ragamuffin Joe (part two), December 18, 1896
Tracking a Child Stealer (part one), December 21, 1896
Tracking a Child Stealer (part two), December 22, 1896
Garroted to Order (part one), December 28, 1896
Garroted to Order (part two), December 29, 1896
Who Was the Thief? (part one), December 31, 1896
Who Was the Thief? (part two), January 1, 1897
Secret of Fordie's Gowl (part one), January 4, 1897
Secret of Fordie's Gowl (part two), January 5, 1897
A Night in a Piano Case (part one), January 7, 1897
A Night in a Piano Case (part two), January 8, 1897
The Old Pensioner (part one), January 11, 1897
The Old Pensioner (part two), January 12, 1897
The Ghost of the Ring (part one), January 14, 1897
The Ghost of the Ring (part two), January 15, 1897
Nat Hinchie's Last Achievement (part one), January 18, 1897
Nat Hinchie's Last Achievement (part two), January 19, 1897
The Major's Wife (part one), January 21, 1897
The Major's Wife (part two), January 22, 1897
Magic Portmanteaus (part one), January 25, 1897
Magic Portmanteaus (part two), January 26, 1897
The Cracksman's Dog (part one), January 28, 1897
The Cracksman's Dog (part two), January 29, 1897
The Brandy Creel (part one), February 1, 1897
The Brandy Creel (part two), February 2, 1897
A Box of Gold (part one), February 4, 1897
A Box of Gold (part two), February 5, 1897
The Animated Flour Sack (part one), February 8, 1897
The Animated Flour Sack (part two), February 9, 1897
A Chain of Crime (part one), February 11, 1897
A Chain of Crime (part two), February 12, 1897
Bob Sturgeon's Client (part one), February 15, 1897 (from hereon all stories part of the "Unravelled Crimes" series)
Bob Sturgeon's Client (part two), February 16, 1897
The Note-Forger's Wife (part one), February 18, 1897
The Note-Forger's Wife (part two), February 19, 1897
The Eight O'Clock Bell (part one), February 22, 1897
The Eight O'Clock Bell (part two), February 23, 1897
That Hole in the Roof (part one), February 25, 1897
That Hole in the Roof (part two), February 26, 1897
Bessie, the Orange Girl (part one), March 1, 1897
Bessie, the Orange Girl (part two), March 2, 1897
The Anchor Earring (part one), March 4, 1897
The Anchor Earring (part two), March 5, 1897
A Midnight Assassin (part one), March 8, 1897
A Midnight Assassin (part two), March 9, 1897
A Sister's Devotion (part one), March 11, 1897
A Sister's Devotion (part two), March 12, 1897
A True Tale of Boy Heroism (part one), March 15, 1897
A True Tale of Boy Heroism (part two), March 16, 1897
The Teapot Knob (part one), March 18, 1897
The Teapot Knob (part two), March 19, 1897
The Lost Receipt (part one), March 22, 1897
The Lost Receipt (part two), March 23, 1897

McInnes, Clive
Work of Art, March 25, 1939

MacIntyre, Helen
Madam Puysegur's Visitor, July 28, 1897
Winning a Bride, August 23, 1897
Alethea's Father-in-Law, September 3, 1897
Bowles's Wife, October 9, 1897
A Spy's Little Love Affair, January 6, 1898
The Abduction of Lily Romer, January 27, 1898
The Man in Possession, February 9, 1898
The Sweetest of Women, February 22, 1898
Gentleman Jem's Girl, March 12, 1898
Lad's Love, May 2, 1898
A Workhouse Romance, June 17, 1898
Farmer Warren's Courtship, December 20, 1898
Married for Pity, March 16, 1899
The Wastrel's Wife, April 20, 1899
Mary Soames's Disappearance, January 27, 1900
A Clerical Highwayman, July 13, 1901

MacKail, Denis (1892-1971)
The Thought-Readers, August 15, 1925
The New Moon, January 30, 1926

MacLauchlan, Hugh S.  see pseudonym H. S. M.
The Dark Quarter, January 16, 1897

MacLeod, Malcolm
Eleven O'Clock, September 16, 1938

MacMichael, James
The Girl in the Teashop, November 1, 1951

McMillan, Margaret
How it Looks to Theodore, February 19, 1914

Macrae, Stuart
The Man-Made Moon, February 22, 1936

MacTavish, A.
Honor Among Thieves, May 24, 1899

Makin, William J. (1894-1944)
The First Londoner, August 16, 1938
Night Comes to Nan-Chang, July 18, 1939

Mamy
The Taming of Bagley, April 7, 1899

Manhood, H. A. (1904-1991)
Poor Man's Cough, May 18, 1936
Steal My Bones, June 8, 1936
The Old Dog, August 13, 1937
Death of a Balloon, July 11, 1938
A Bull in a China Shop, July 25, 1938
The Boy, August 2, 1938
Wild Irish Boy, November 20, 1940
Lunatic Broth, November 26, 1940
Swim, My Beauty!, December 30, 1940

Mannin, Ethel (1900-1984)
Monarch of a Minute, October 31, 1935
Calais-Paris Rapide, January 2, 1936
The Dansant, April 20, 1938

Mannin, Phyllis
The Man in Room 12, September 21, 1938
Wanted - a Plot, October 11, 1938

Manser, Charles
A Hitch in Crime, September 5, 1939

Manser, Roy
Camilla, September 27, 1939

Mansfield, Justin
Red Hair and Green Eyes, October 23, 1954

Mansfield, Katherine (1888-1923)
The Tiredness of Rosabel, May 14, 1936
Carnation, July 16, 1936
The Little Girl, August 9, 1937
Sixpence for Sonny, July 20, 1938
Have You Ever Kept a Canary?, July 23, 1960

March, Louise
No More Roses, April 5, 1952 (as by Louis March)
All's Fair in Love..., October 11, 1952
Dear Traitor, February 7, 1953

Margerison, John S.
The Life Story of a Naval Torpedo, March 10, 1916

Marks, Alfred
The Brightest Jewel, January 25, 1909

Marksman, H. Carson
Out of the Fog, November 16, 1935

Marlowe, Francis
Burglar Bill, February 22, 1896
Mooney's Raid, March 9, 1896
His First Case, March 23, 1896
The Rival Bluesses, March 28, 1896
The Burglar, July 21, 1896
A Poor Relation, September 10, 1897

Marlowe-Dauncey, Vivien
The Thief, July 11, 1927

Marnham, Alfred W.
The Living Nigger, April 16, 1896
Love and Vengeance, June 2, 1896

Marsh, Leslie
Try It Over On Your Piano, August 15, 1939

Martin, Stuart
The Amazing Mr. Agnew, March 21, 1936
The Wave, June 11, 1936
The Blind Spot, August 23, 1938
The Honeymoon, November 17, 1938
Partner Wanted, August 3, 1939

Marvell, Andrew
Intelligence Test, June 26, 1936

Matchett, F. W.
Playing for Love, September 6, 1900
The Budgett Stories (part one), September 18, 1900
The Budgett Stories (part two), September 20, 1900
The Budgett Stories (part three), September 24, 1900
The Budgett Stories (part four), October 13, 1900
The Budgett Stories (part five), October 20, 1900
The Rector's Crime, December 6, 1900
The Poet and the Policeman, December 8, 1900
Lance and King Death!, January 8, 1901
The Head that Watched, February 15, 1901
The Sense of a Census, April 3, 1901
A Family of Five, April 10, 1901
The Blushing Department, January 25, 1902

Matchett, R. W.
Tidley's Ring, January 29, 1900

Matthews, Wilton
The Girl with a Secret, May 16, 1953

Maugham, Somerset (1874-1965)
God's Truth, May 27, 1936
Appointment in Samarra, July 9, 1936
The Missionary Lady, July 12, 1938

Maurois, André (1885-1967)
Widow's Might, October 25, 1935
Trench Feet, May 6, 1936
A Touch of Irony, May 15, 1936

Mawson, T. L.
George and the Spider, July 21, 1939

May, Andrea Mary
Felicity & the Stranger, June 7, 1952

Maydew, Marjorie
Love on the Rebound, November 24, 1956

Meade, L. T.  pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844-1914)
The Yellow Line (part one), December 27, 1913 (written with Robert Eustace)
The Yellow Line (part two), December 29, 1913

Meadmore, W. S. (1892- )
The Siamese Cat, November 28, 1938

Megroz, Phyllis
The Last Little Fairy Man of Athlone, April 16, 1923

Melrose, Margaret
Edward's Bride, October 4, 1952

Meredith, Sheila
The Man for the Job, September 29, 1956
Miss Bodkin's Visitor, October 20, 1956
Night Duty Nurse, November 3, 1956

Mignonette
"Lassie," December 18, 1897

Mills, Anthony
Bombing Circle, August 15, 1938

Milne, A. A. (1882-1956)
The Nursery Governess, April 13, 1938

Minogue, K. P.
Fame and the Girl, October 16, 1951

Mique
The Fishermaid's Honeymoon, February 21, 1899
A Lump of Coal, March 7, 1899
The Earl's Two Fights, April 8, 1899
Jenkins, April 21, 1899
Father Neptune and a Woman, May 25, 1899
Ae Man's Life, June 21, 1899
Five Minutes of Peril, August 9, 1899
Love on the Gull Reef, August 15, 1899
The Lost Tramp, September 19, 1899
The Sinking of S.B., October 6, 1899

Mitchell, Pat
Two Women..., April 14, 1938

Mitchell, S. Weir
The Quack Doctor, December 5, 1899 (reprinted from Century Magazine)

Monkhouse, Alan
Just a Touch of It, June 16, 1936
Unapproachable, July 8, 1936

Monkhouse, Allan N.
Culpability, May 8, 1936

Monkhouse, Bob (1928-2003)
Focus on a Killer, November 29, 1952

Moon, Olga
Girl with the Golden Hair, March 9, 1939

Moore, F. Frankfort
The Christmas Burglar, December 23, 1899

Moore, Isobel
Mother for Ginny, March 4, 1950

Moore, Maurice C.
A London Story, June 18, 1923

Moore, Michael
'My Dear Lenny..', January 5, 1957

Moore, R. A.
Envoy, June 2, 1936

Moorhouse, I.
The Team's Test, August 16, 1930

Morgan, Geoffrey (1916- )
The Hypnotised Wife, November 13, 1948

Morgans, Will
Over the Telephone, February 4, 1916

Morland, John
The Wooing of Sandys, March 18, 1899

Morris, Phyllis
The Petrol Dragon, December 23, 1920
The Hundredth Sheep, January 28, 1921
William the Conqueror, Ten-Sixty-Six, February 24, 1921
A London Fantasy, April 14, 1921
How Anabel Got to Fairyland, April 21, 1921
A Banquet at the Royal Palace, May 3, 1921
Anabel Meets the Watch-Frog, May 16, 1921
A Strike in Fairyland, May 30, 1921
The Over-Sleeping Beauty, July 25, 1921

Morrissey, Mary
The Girl with the Brown Eyes, April 19, 1940

Morrow, George
The Extra Mouth, April 24, 1917
Fame: A Topical Story, May 1, 1917
Entertaining the Soldiers, May 8, 1917
Tupson's Lucky Number, June 12, 1917
Fact Versus Fiction, June 22, 1917
The Expert, August 23, 1917

Mortimer, Jean
Two Gentlemen of Somerset House, June 5, 1900

Morton, K. J. M.
The Weaker Vessel, July 19, 1899

Morton, R.
The Loss of the Agatha, April 12, 1899
A Tory Tragedy, June 30, 1899
Compounding a Felony, October 28, 1899
The Jingo's Downfall, November 9, 1899
A Fallen Idol, April 26, 1901
The Flight of Love, May 30, 1901

Mott, Roderick
Catspaw, February 22, 1939

Moulder, A.
Barker Trains His Memory, September 4, 1919

Mountain, Hugh
Another Sunset, May 23, 1936

Muir, Ward (1878-1927)
Amelia in the Alps, March 6, 1912

Munden, Max
Old Anthony, March 6, 1939
The Man Who Took Off His Shoes In The Bus, October 19, 1939

Murdoch, William J.
The Castaway, June 2, 1939

Murphy, Eileen
Relief of Dunmagar, August 9, 1938

Murphy, N. P.
A Gay Young Dog, October 19, 1900
Vae, Vale, December 10, 1900
The Sport of a Pretty Dame, January 25, 1901

Murphy, P. J. A.
An Unrehearsed Effect, January 12, 1899
The Turn of the Wheel, May 20, 1899
Slim Jim's Beano, September 14, 1901
Rafferty's Windfall, January 10, 1902

Murray, J. A.
Pip, Pip, February 2, 1931

Myer, K. Grenville
The Girl with the Golden Curls, August 18, 1939

Myer, Kenneth
The Watch, July 26, 1939

Myers, Thora Wallis
The Borrowed Saint, August 19, 1939

 

 

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