Orion Millennium's "Crime Masterworks Books"

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The Crime Masterworks is a series of books published by Orion Millennium which attempts to re-print classic Crime books.

Whenever possible I’ve added the Crime Masterworks edition to this list, but since they’re not all listed on allconsuming this was not always possible.

The list isn’t pretty, but it does serve its purpose of providing a checklist for a great reading list.

Finding a definitive list of the SF & Fantasy Masterworks was quite easy, but the Crime Masterworks are rather more ellusive – feel free to contribute a source if you know of a definitive list.

  1. 1.
    The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks)
    by Dashiell Hammett
  2. 2.
    Sherlock Holmes's Great Cases (Crime Masterworks)
    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. 3.
    Other Paths to Glory (Crime Masterworks)
    by Anthony Price
  4. 4.
    Deep Blue Goodbye (Crime Masterworks 04)
    by John D MacDonald
  5. 5.
    The Getaway (Crime Masterworks)
    by Jim Thompson
  6. 6.
    Double Indemnity (Crime Masterworks 06)
    by James M Cain
  7. 7.
    The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Crime Masterworks)
    by Edgar Allan Poe
  8. 8.
    Ice (Crime Masterworks)
    by Ed McBain
  9. 9.
    The Laughing Policeman (Crime Masterworks)
    by Maj Sjowall
  10. 10.
    The Choirboys (Crime Masterworks)
    by Joseph Wambaugh
  11. 11.
    The Glass Key (Crime Masterworks)
    by Dashiell Hammett
  12. 12.
    Hollow Man
    by John Dickson Carr

  13. 13.
    The Big Clock (New York Review Books Classics)
    by Kenneth Fearing
  14. 14.
    The Specialty of the House
    by Stanley Ellin
  15. 15.
    Rogue Male (Crime Masterworks)
    by Geoffrey Household
  16. 16.
    Dance Hall of the Dead (Crime Masterworks)
    by Tony Hillerman
  17. 17.
    The Killer Inside Me (Crime Masterworks)
    by Jim Thompson
  18. 18.
    The Best of Father Brown (Crime Masterworks)
    by G.K. Chesterton
  19. 19.
    Nightwebs (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Cornell Woolrich
  20. 20.
    Briar Patch (Crime Masterworks)
    by Ross Thomas
  21. 21.
    The Labyrinth Makers (Crime Masterworks)
    by Anthony Price
  22. 22.
    Beast in View (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Margaret Millar
  23. 23.
    Black Money (Crime Masterworks)
    by Ross Macdonald
  24. 24.
    Blue Room (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Georges Simenon
  25. 25.
    Mildred Pierce (Crime Masterworks)
    by James M. Cain
  26. 26.
    Hammett (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Joe Gores
  27. 27.
    The Dain Curse (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Dashiell Hammett
  28. 28.
    POP.1280 (Crime Masterworks)
    by Jim Thompson
  29. 29.
    Sadie When She Died (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Ed McBain
  30. 30.
    Red Harvest (Crime Masterworks)
    by Dashiell Hammett
  31. 31.
    Anatomy of a Murder (Crime Masterworks)
    by Robert Travers
  32. 32.
    The Old "Vengeful" (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Anthony Price
  33. 33.
    Stain on the Snow (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Georges Simenon
  34. 34.
    The Grifters (Crime Masterworks)
    by Jim Thompson
  35. 35.
    Eighth Circle (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Stanley Ellin
  36. 36.
    Roseanna (Crime Masterworks S.)
    by Maj Sjowall
  37. 37.
    After Dark, My Sweet (Crime Masterworks)
    by Jim Thompson
  38. 38.
    The Continental Op (Crime Masterworks)
    by Dashiell Hammett
  39. 39.
    Interface (Crime Masterworks)
    by Joe Gores
  40. 40.
    Nothing More Than Murder (Crime Masterworks)
    by Jim Thompson
  41. 41.
    The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime Masterworks)
    by James M. Cain
  42. 42.
    Midnight Plus One (Crime Masterworks)
    by Gavin Lyall
  43. 43.
    Serenade (Crime Masterworks)
    by James M. Cain
  44. 44.
    A Hell of a Woman (Crime Masterworks)
    by Jim Thompson
  45. 45.
    Savage Night
    by Jim Thompson
  46. 46.
    A Swell-Looking Babe
    by Jim Thompson
  47. 47.
    The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
    by Dashiell Hammett
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Created by Lewis on Mar 21, 2006.
 

Comments

BuckyOHare

Untitled — 3 years ago

In all likelihood this series was the brainchild of one or several Gollancz Editors who has/have since (been?)moved on. Whoever was left had no love for any of the series and has slowly buried them. They are all probably destined to remain incomplete, which is a great pity.

Nov 27, 12:23PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

angrymagnox

The Crime Masterworks Mystery — 6 years ago

The publisher’s website only lists 24 of them because the other 30+ have either gone out of print or have been re-released in a different format. This ultimately makes nonsense out of collecting all of them. Another issue with the series is that they stopped numbering them after 40. Why? I do not know but I have my suspicions. I think that it was to give the series a more nebulous feel so that any book could fit any where and also allow the release of a spate of Hammett’s and Thompson’s at the same time.

My gut feeling about the series is that it will end shortly, (pity) as there seems to be no books listed for release in 2007.

The other issue is regarding the listings in Amazon. Unfortunately Amazon has taken to listing books that were never in, or going to be in the series. They did this with the SF Masterworks, (Camp Concentration & 334) and I think this is the situation with The Steam Pig

Feel free to comment. It would be good to find definitive answers to all these issues

Mar 05, 12:57AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

bah

Untitled — 6 years ago

I added a couple more that weren’t on the list: The Big Knockover and The Steam Pig. They’re listed as part of the series on amazon.co.uk, but not amazon.com. I also switched The Murders in the Rue Morgue to the Crime Masterworks edition.

I don’t know why the publisher’s own website only lists 24 of them!

Mar 02, 06:06AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

angrymagnox

Numbering of the books — 6 years ago

Books 1-40 are numbered.

Books 41 onwards are not.

I do not know why the publishers decided to discontinue their numbering system.

Feb 17, 07:23AM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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