Crippen & Landru

Crippen & Landru Publishers is a small publisher of mystery fiction collections, based in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1994 by husband and wife Sandi and Douglas G. Greene, and is named after murderers Dr. H. H. Crippen and Henri Landru. Jeffrey Marks handles all web matters and questions about development.

Crippen & Landru publishes two distinct series of single-author short story collections. The Regular Series, made up for the most part, of current authors, is published both in signed, numbers, clothbound edition, and a trade softcover edition. The Lost Classics Series consists of previously uncollected stories by great mystery and detective writers of the past. It too is available in two versions—cloth in dust jacket and trade softcover.

Authors published include Lawrence Block, Max Allen Collins, Margaret Maron, and Edward D. Hoch.

Published in 1994

• John Dickson Carr. Speak of the Devil

Published in 1995

• Margery Allingham. The Darings of the Red Rose
• Marcia Muller. The McCone Files

Published in 1996

• Edward D. Hoch. Diagnosis: Impossible
• Patricia Moyes. Who Killed Father Christmas?
• Bill Pronzini. Spadework

Published in 1997

• Michael Gilbert. The Man Who Hated Banks
• Edward D. Hoch. The Ripper of Storyville
• H. R. F. Keating. In Kensington Gardens Once . . .
• Margaret Maron. Shoveling Smoke
• James Yaffe. My Mother the Detective

Published in 1998

• P. M. Carlson. Renowned Be Thy Grave
• Jeremiah Healy. The Concise Cuddy
• Peter Lovesey. Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
• Bill Pronzini. Carpenter and Quincannon
• Peter Robinson. Not Safe After Dark

Published in 1999

• Doug Allyn. All Creatures Dark and Dangerous
• Lawrence Block. One Night Stands
• Ed Gorman. Famous Blue Raincoat
• Ellery Queen. The Tragedy of Errors

Published in 2000

• Hugh B. Cave. Long Live the Dead
• Michael Collins. Fortune’s World
• Joe Gores. Stakeout on Page Street
• Edward D. Hoch. The Velvet Touch
• Clark Howard. Challenge the Widow-Maker
• Marcia Muller. McCone and Friends
• Carolyn Wheat. Tales Out of School

Published in 2001

• Lawrence Block. The Lost Cases of Ed London
• Max Allan Collins. The Kisses of Death
• Susan Dunlap. The Celestial Buffet
• Ron Goulart. Adam and Eve on a Raft
• Edward D. Hoch. The Old Spies Club
• Michael Z. Lewin. The Reluctant Detective
• Peter Lovesey. The Sedgemoor Strangler
• Ross Macdonald. Strangers in Town

Published in 2002

• Christianna Brand. The Spotted Cast (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Charles B. Child. The Sleuth of Baghdad (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Michael Gilbert. The Curious Conspiracy
• Peter Godfrey. The Newtonian Egg (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Wendy Hornsby. Nine Sons
• Stuart Palmer. Hildegarde Withers (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Craig Rice. Murder, Mystery and Malone (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Georges Simenon. The 13 Culprits
• Raoul Whitfield. Jo Gar’s Casebook
• Brendan DuBois. The Dark Snow

Published in 2003

• Jon L. Breen. Kill the Umpire
• Hugh B. Cave. Come Into My Parlor
• Liza Cody. Lucky Dip
• William DeAndrea. Murder – All Kinds (“Lost Classics Series”)
• William Campbell Gault. Marksman (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Jeremiah Healy. Cuddy – Plus One
• Edward D. Hoch. The Iron Angel
• Gerald Kersh. Karmesin (“Lost Classics Series”)
• C. Daly King. The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Helen McCloy. The Pleasant Assassin (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Bill Pronzini & *Barry Malzberg. Problems Solved
• Eric Wright. A Killing Climate

Published in 2004

• Anthony Berkeley. The Avenging Chance (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Joseph Commings. Banner Deadlines (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Margaret Maron. Suitable for Hanging
• Kathy Lynn Emerson. Murders and Other Confusions
• Erle Stanley Gardner. The Danger Zone (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Margaret Millar. The Couple Next Door (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Mickey Spillane. Byline: Mickey Spillane
• T. S. Stribling. Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist (“Lost Classics Series”)

Published in 2005

• Terence Faherty. The Confessions of Owen Keane
• Dennis Lynds writing as Michael Collins. Slot-Machine Kelly (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Edward Marston. Murder – Ancient and Modern
• Gladys Mitchell. Sleuth’s Alchemy (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Philip Warne. Who Was Guilty? (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Ellery Queen. The Adventure of the Murdered Moths

Published in 2006

• Detection Club. The Verdict of Us All
• Erle Stanley Gardner. The Casebook of Sidney Zoom (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Edward D. Hoch. More Things Impossible
• Amy Myers. Murder, ’Orrible Murder
• Ellis Peters. The Trinity Cat (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Rafael Sabatini. The Evidence of the Sword (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Julian Symons. The Detections of Francis Quarles (“Lost Classics Series”)

Published in 2007

• Lloyd Biggle. The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Max Brand. Masquerade (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Mignon G. Eberhart. Dead Yesterday (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Ross Macdonald. The Archer Files
• Walter Satterthwait. The Mankiller of Pooejegai

Published in 2008

• John Dickson Carr and Val Gielgud. 13 to the Gallows
• Richard Lupoff. Quintet
• Peter Lovesey. Murder on the Short List
• Hugh Pentecost. The Battles of Jericho (“Lost Classics Series”)

Published in 2009

• Anthony Boucher and Denis Green. The Casebook of Gregory Hood (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Victor Canning. The Minerva Club (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Vera Caspary. The Murder in the Stork Club (“Lost Classics Series”)
• James Powell. A Pocketful of Noses
• Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett. A Little Intelligence
• S. J. Rozan. A Tale About a Tiger

Published in 2010

• Erle Stanley Gardner. The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid (“Lost Classics Series”)
• William Link. The Columbo Collection
• Philip Wylie. Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments (“Lost Classics Series”)

Published in 2011

• Vincent Cornier. The Duel of Shadows (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Loren D. Estleman. Valentino
• Elizabeth Ferrars. The Casebook of Jonas P. Jonas (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Melodie Johnson Howe. Shooting Hollywood

Published in 2014

• Charlotte Armstrong. Night Call (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Edward D. Hoch. Nothing Is Impossible

Published in 2015

• Phyllis Bentley. Chain of Witnesses (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Anthony Berkeley. The Avenging Chance Enlarged edition (“Lost Classics Series”)
• Marilyn Todd. Swords, Sandals, and Sirens

Published in 2016

• Patrick Quentin. The Puzzles of Peter Duluth (“Lost Classics Series”)

External links

• Official website