The Omnibus of Crime

Overview:

  • Title: The Omnibus of Crime
  • Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Year: 1937
  • Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co.
  • Pages: 1177
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Seaton's Aunt
  • Notes:
    • Data from Internet Archive scan
    • No date or number line.
    • Contains a copyright statement for Sayers' introduction (1929), but not for the book itself.
    • OCLC lists a 1931 & a 1937 Garden City edition. The Internet Archive copy has a gift inscription dated 1937 so it is assumed it is the 1937 Garden City edition.
    • Contents are divided into two main sections ("Detection and Mystery" and "Mystery and Horror") which are further subdivided into smaller sections. Only contents from genre sections, authors above the threshold, or stories already in database are included below.
    • "The Story of Hercules and Cacus" is from The Aenid, Book VIII. {{TR|Mr. Robert Bevan}}.
    • Internet Archive copy is missing dust jacket.