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Originally published 1930-1931.

Two collaborative short stories set, first in a newspaper office, second in ordinary family house.
The Scoop
1 Over the Wire by Dorothy L. Sayers
2 At the Inquest by Agatha Christie
3 Fisher's Alibi by E.C. Bentley
4 The Strange Behaviour of Mr Potts by Agatha Christie aka The Weapon
5 Tracing Tracey by Anthony Berkeley
6 Scotland Yard on the Job by Freeman Wills Crofts
7 Beryl in Broad Street by Clemence Dane
8 The Sad Truth about Potts by E.C. Bentley
9 Bond Street or Broad Street? by Anthony Berkeley
10 Beryl takes the Consequences by Clemence Dane
11 Inspector Amart's Nasty Jar by Freeman Wills Crofts
12 The Final Scoop by Dorothy L. Sayers

Behind the Screen
1 The Guest in the House by Hugh Walpole
2 Something is Missing by Agatha Christie
3 Man at the Gate by Dorothy L. Sayers
4 I Killed Mr Dudden by Anthony Berkeley
5 Amy Intervenes by E.C. Bentley
6 How Dudden Died by Ronald Knox

Serials broadcast BBC 1930-1931, published in The Listener within a week, then in book form 1983. Similar works were The Floating Admiral 1931, and Ask A Policeman 1933.


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