Murder by Magic: Twenty Tales of Crime and the Supernatural

Overview:

  • Title: Murder by Magic: Twenty Tales of Crime and the Supernatural
  • Author: Rosemary Edghill
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 0446679623
  • Publisher: Aspect / Warner Books
  • Pages: 346
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Murder by Magic
  • Notes:
    • 1st printing as per number line. Probable book club edition.
    • No price given.
    • Last page is unnumbered.
    • Cover art appears to be uncredited.
    • The book is divided into parts (each with a title page followed by a blank page):
      • Part I: Murder Most Modern (page 3)
      • Part II: Murder Unclassifiable (Page 81)
      • Part III: Murder Most Genteel (page 171)
      • Part IV: Murder Fantastical (page 243)
      • Part V: Murder Most Historical (page 293)
    • The text is well-spaced and each story starts half way down the page to allow room for a paragraph about the author, so the Macdonald story probably wouldn't reach the word count for a novelette. (... especially since the page before the start of the next story is blank - is actually almost 18 pp.) Similarly, the Sherman story (which also has the title page for the next story after it; it is 16 pp). Similarly the Krinard (16½ pp).