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'''Anything for a Quiet Life and Other New Mystery Stories''' is a collection of short stories by the British writer [[Michael Gilbert]] published in the United Kingdom by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in 1990 and in the United States by [[Carroll & Graf]] the same year. All nine stories had previously appeared in ''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''. All of them take place in a fictional English coastal town called Shackleton-on-Sea, which is situated in the south of England not far from [[Brighton]] and [[Hove]]. They feature the activities of a small law firm called Jonas Pickett, Solicitor and Commission for Oaths, recently started by Pickett, a retired lawyer from London. There are three other main characters, his partner, Sabrina Mountjoy, their secretary, Claire Easterbrook, and a general handyman, Sam Conybeare, "a mountain of a man who had once performed remarkable feats of strength and daring in a circus." | '''Anything for a Quiet Life and Other New Mystery Stories''' is a collection of short stories by the British writer [[Michael Gilbert]] published in the United Kingdom by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in 1990 and in the United States by [[Carroll & Graf]] the same year. All nine stories had previously appeared in ''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''. All of them take place in a fictional English coastal town called Shackleton-on-Sea, which is situated in the south of England not far from [[Brighton]] and [[Hove]]. They feature the activities of a small law firm called Jonas Pickett, Solicitor and Commission for Oaths, recently started by Pickett, a retired lawyer from London. There are three other main characters, his partner, Sabrina Mountjoy, their secretary, Claire Easterbrook, and a general handyman, Sam Conybeare, "a mountain of a man who had once performed remarkable feats of strength and daring in a circus." | ||
In the first story [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens|Mr. Calder]], one of the two protagonists of Gilbert's [[Mr. Calder & Mr. Behrens]] and [[Game without Rules]], makes a brief appearance. In the same story, Pickett also meets a police superintendent named Queen, as well as a headmaster named Major Appleby. Inspector Queen was a character in many of the [[Ellery Queen]] mystery novels by [[Ellery Queen]], and [[Inspector Appleby]] was the lead character in many novels by [[Michael Innes]]. | |||
=Stories in order= | |||
*''Anything for a Quiet Life'', page 7 | |||
Revision as of 16:31, 10 June 2015
Anything for a Quiet Life and Other New Mystery Stories is a collection of short stories by the British writer Michael Gilbert published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton in 1990 and in the United States by Carroll & Graf the same year. All nine stories had previously appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. All of them take place in a fictional English coastal town called Shackleton-on-Sea, which is situated in the south of England not far from Brighton and Hove. They feature the activities of a small law firm called Jonas Pickett, Solicitor and Commission for Oaths, recently started by Pickett, a retired lawyer from London. There are three other main characters, his partner, Sabrina Mountjoy, their secretary, Claire Easterbrook, and a general handyman, Sam Conybeare, "a mountain of a man who had once performed remarkable feats of strength and daring in a circus."
In the first story Mr. Calder, one of the two protagonists of Gilbert's Mr. Calder & Mr. Behrens and Game without Rules, makes a brief appearance. In the same story, Pickett also meets a police superintendent named Queen, as well as a headmaster named Major Appleby. Inspector Queen was a character in many of the Ellery Queen mystery novels by Ellery Queen, and Inspector Appleby was the lead character in many novels by Michael Innes.
Stories in order
- Anything for a Quiet Life, page 7