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y separately published work icon Dead Witness : Best Australian Mystery Stories anthology   short story   crime   mystery  
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Dead Witness : Best Australian Mystery Stories
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dead Witness : Best Australian Mystery Stories : Introduction, Stephen Knight , single work criticism
Provides an overview of the authors represented in the selection and discusses the origins of the 'Australian' crime story and some of its earliest practitioners, in particular the work of Mary Fortune (Waif Wander) and J. S. Borlase and their sometimes collaborative relationship.
 (p. ix-xxv)
The Dead Witness; or, The Bush Waterhole, James Skipp Borlase , Mary Fortune , single work short story crime (p. 1-16)
The Night Fossickers of Moonlight Flat, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 17-36)
The Gully of Bluemansdyke, Arthur Conan Doyle , single work short story (p. 37-60)
The Haunted Station, Hume Nisbet , single work short story horror mystery (p. 61-82)
The Secret of Emu Plain, L. T. Meade , Robert Eustace , single work short story crime (p. 83-101)
Mein Einziger Mord My Only Murder, Delcomyn , single work short story (p. 102-107)
Le Premier Pas, E. W. Hornung , single work short story crime (p. 108-124)
The Chosen Vessel, Barbara Baynton , single work short story (p. 125-132)
The Mailman's Yarn : An Ower True Tale, Rolf Boldrewood , single work short story (p. 133-140)
The Bardoc Finn, Randolph Bedford , single work short story (p. 141-156)
The Strath Creek Mystery, Alan Michaelis , single work short story (p. 157-174)
The Power of the Leaf, A. E. Martin , single work short story crime (p. 175-196)
Hass The Jealousy of Stephen Snow, Murray M. Innes , single work short story (p. 197-203)
Wisp of Wool and Disk of Silver, Arthur W. Upfield , single work short story crime (p. 204-219)
Heroin Annie, Peter Corris , single work short story (p. 220-246)
Death in Ruby, Jennifer Rowe , single work short story crime mystery (p. 247-259)
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