The Mammoth Book Of Best British Crime, Volume 8

Acknowledgements

THE VERY LAST DROP by Ian Rankin © 2009. First appeared on the Royal Blind website, www.royalblind.org. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Robinson Literary Agency Ltd.

DOLPHIN JUNCTION by Mick Herron © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.

CHRIS TAKES THE BUS by Denise Mina © 2009. First appeared in Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Polygon. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE MADWOMAN OF USK by Edward Marston © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.

DEAD AND BREAKFAST by Marilyn Todd © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART by Kate Atkinson © 2009. First appeared in Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Polygon. Reprinted by permission of the author and her agent, Rogers, Coleridge & White.

THE BALLAD OF MANKY MILNE by Stuart MacBride © 2009. First appeared in Uncage Me, edited by Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE CIRCLE by David Hewson © 2009. First appeared in Thriller 2, edited by Clive Cussler, Mira Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.

A GOOSE FOR CHRISTMAS by Alexander McCall Smith © 2009. First appeared in The Strand Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent David Higham Associates Ltd.

AN ARM AND A LEG by Nigel Bird © 2009. First appeared in Crimespree Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE LOVER AND LEVER SOCIETY by Robert Barnard © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agent, Gregory & Co.

DEAD CLOSE by Lin Anderson © 2009. First appeared in Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Polygon. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE TURNIP FARM by Allan Guthrie © 2009. First appeared in Uncage Me, edited by Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.

AS GOD MADE US by A. L. Kennedy © 2009. First appeared in Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Polygon, and the author’s collection What Becomes, Vintage. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agent, Antony Harwood Ltd.

ROBERT HAYER’S DEAD by Simon Kernick © 2009. First appeared in Uncage Me, edited by Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.

ANOTHER LIFE by Roz Southey © 2009. First appeared in Radgepacket, Byker Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE WOMAN WHO LOVED ELIZABETH DAVID by Andrew Taylor © 2009. First appeared in The Strand Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Sheil Land Associates.

HUNGRY EYES by Sheila Quigley © 2009. First appeared in Criminal Tendencies, Creme de la Crime Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author.

HOMEWORK by Phil Lovesey © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.

NO THANKS, PLEASE by Declan Burke © 2009. First appeared in Uncage Me, edited by Jen Jordan, Bleak House Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE SAME AS SHE ALWAYS WAS by Keith McCarthy © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.

OUT OF THE FLESH by Christopher Brookmyre © 2009. First appeared in Shattered: Every Crime has a Victim, Polygon. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, United Agents.

HARD ROCK by Gerard Brennan © 2009. First appeared in Thuglit, www.thuglit.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.

ART IN THE BLOOD by Matthew J. Elliott © 2009. First appeared in Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes, edited by J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec, Edge. Reprinted by permission of the author.

UNHAPPY ENDINGS by Colin Bateman © 2009. First appeared in The Red Bulletin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

RUN, RABBIT, RUN by Ray Banks © 2009. First appeared in Shattered: Every Crime has a Victim, Polygon. Reprinted by permission of the author.

SLOW BURN by Simon Brett © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Michael Motley.

FINDERS, WEEPERS by Adrian Magson © 2009. First appeared in Thuglit, www.thuglit.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE HARD SELL by Jay Stringer © 2009. First appeared in Beat to a Pulp, www.beattoapulp.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.

PARSON PENNYWICK TAKES THE WATERS by Amy Myers © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author and her agent, Dorian Literary Agency.

SUCKER PUNCH by Nick Quantrill © 2009. First appeared in Radgepacket Online, www.bykerbooks.co.uk. Reprinted by permission of the author.

TOP HARD by Stephen Booth © 2009. First appeared in Criminal Tendencies, Creme de la Crime Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author.

COP AND ROBBER by Paul Johnston © 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Broo Doherty.

OFF DUTY by Zoë Sharp © 2009. First appeared in Criminal Tendencies, Creme de la Crime Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author and her agent, Gregory & Co.

GUNS OF BRIXTON by Paul D. Brazill © 2009. First appeared in Crime Factory, www.crimefactoryzine.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE DEADLIEST TALE OF ALL by Peter Lovesey © 2009. First appeared in On a Raven’s Wing: New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Stuart M. Kaminsky, Harper Paperbacks. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE BEST SMALL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD by Louise Welsh © 2009. First appeared in Shattered: Every Crime has a Victim, Polygon. Reprinted by permission of the author and her agent, Rogers, Coleridge & White.

MR BO by Liza Cody © 2009. First appeared as a chapbook published by Crippen & Landru. Reprinted by permission of the author.

FOXED by Peter Turnbull © 2009. First appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.

MURDER by Nicholas Royle © 2009. First appeared as an art print. Reprinted by permission of the author.

DRIVEN by Ian Rankin © 2009. First appeared in Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection, Polygon. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Robinson Literary Agency Ltd.