Amateur in Violence

Amateur in Violence is a collection of mystery stories by the prominent British thriller writer Michael Gilbert, published in the United States in 1973 by Davis Publications, a publishing house for magazines, but not in England. Gilbert, who was appointed CBE in 1980, was a founder-member of the British Crime Writers' Association. The Mystery Writers of America named him a Grand Master in 1988[1] and in 1990 he was presented Bouchercon's Lifetime Achievement Award.[2] The book is edited, and has an introduction, by Ellery Queen, the founder and long-term editor of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. It contains 10 stories and a short novel that had been previously uncollected in the United States. Some of them feature characters who have figured in other novels and short stories by Gilbert. Three stories feature Inspector Hazlerigg and four Inspector Petrella. The short novel, "Stay of Execution", had previously given its name to the title of a collection published in England in 1971.

Stories in order
gollark: The community for these CC servers, at least, is nice; you mostly get people who actually have some idea of what they are doing.
gollark: They said they were brazil or something, and it turned into a meme resulting in the creation of the Brazil Tower and stuff.
gollark: Oh yes, definitely.
gollark: Despite said person repeatedly saying no.
gollark: They begged some random person to make an "Apple computer factory" with them.

References
  1. "Michael Gilbert (obituary)". The Telegraph. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. "History of Guests of Honor". Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Archived from the original on 25 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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