>  JW> I have found an interesting anthology of Whodunnits
 > spanning time from
 >  JW> the Ancient Greeks to the Victorian London of Sherlock
 > Holmes.  Not all
 >  JW> of the stories are riveting. but they are all fairly
 > good.  And they are
 >  JW> short, which, with my nutty schedule, helps.  They
 > include some
 >
 > Is the Header/slug line of this message the name of the
 > book? that would be helpful in trying to find it locally...
 > any publisher name?
 
There are two volumes now, _The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives_
 and _The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits_.  Publisher is Carroll 
and Graf, if my memory serves. And the editor is Mike Ashley, not Ellis 
Peters as the previous poster stated.  Peters wrote the introduction, thus 
the confusion.  The books are trade paperback (the larger size, like a 
hardcover), and were released separately, but there was also a handsome boxed 
set of the two together.
 
If you can't find it locally, send e-mail; we carry both (plus the boxed set) 
in the bookshop where I work.
 
Hope this helps.
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