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{{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}}
{{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}}


'''Amateur in Violence''' ) is a collection of mystery stories by the British thriller writer [[Michael Gilbert]], published in the United States only in 1973 by [[Davis Publications]], a publishing house of magazines.  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 stories in the United States. Some of them concern characters who have figured in other novels and short stories by Gilbert. Three of the stories feature [[Inspector Hazlerigg]] and four [[Patrick Petrella|Inspector Petrella]]. The short novel, "Stay of Execution", had previously been published in England.
'''Amateur in Violence''' is a collection of mystery stories by the British thriller writer [[Michael Gilbert]], published in the United States in 1973 by [[Davis Publications]], a publishing house for magazines, but not in England.  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 [[Patrick Petrella|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==
==Stories in order==
*''Introduction'', page 7, by [[Michael Gilbert]]
*''Introduction'', page 4, by [[Ellery Queen]]
*''Back in Five Years'', page 11, told in the first person by [[Chief Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''Amateur in Violence'', page 7, [[Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''A Neat, Cold Killing'', page 19, [[Chief Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''Modus Operandi'', page 15, [[Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''Ticker Batson's Last Job'', page 26, [[Chief Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''Tea Shop Assassin'', page 25, [[Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''Something Like Hard Work'', page 33, [[Chief Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''Bonny for Value'', page 29, [[Patrick Petrella|Inspector Petrella]]
*''Balloons Will Be Released'', page 39, [[Chief Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''The Oyster Catcher'', page 44, [[Patrick Petrella|Inspector Petrella]]
*''The Awkward Customer'', page 49, [[Chief Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''Mr. Duckworth's Night Out'', page 57, [[Patrick Petrella|Inspector Petrella]]
*''Follow the Leader'', page 54, [[Chief Inspector Hazlerigg]]
*''The King in Pawn'', page 72, [[Patrick Petrella|Inspector Petrella]]
*''After All These Years'', page 59, [[Henry Bohun]]
*''Mr. Portway's Practice'', page 84,  
*''Every Monday, A New Letter'', page 63, [[Henry Bohun]]
*''Dr. Lethbury's Last Case'', page 94,  
*''An Appealing Pair of Legs'', page 68, [[Henry Bohun]], plus a role for [[Inspector Hazlerigg|Superintendent Hazlerigg]]
*''Snap Shot'', page 100,  
*''Money Is Honey'', page 73 [[Henry Bohun]], plus a mention of [[Inspector Hazlerigg|Superintendent Hazlerigg]]
*''Stay of Execution'', page 112 — short novel
*''The Craven Case'', page 94, [[Henry Bohun]]
*''The Man at the Bottom'', page 109, [[Detective Chief Inspector Mercer]], plus a mention of [[Chief Superintendent Morrissey]]
*''The Man in the Middle'', page 128, [[Detective Chief Inspector Mercer]], plus a role for [[Chief Superintendent Morrissey]]
*''The Man at the Top'', page 149, [[Detective Chief Inspector Mercer]], plus an important role for [[Chief Superintendent Morrissey]]
*''The Terrible Mrs. Barker'', page 168, [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Inspector Petrella]]
*''Petrella's Holiday'', page 182, [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Inspector Petrella]]—Wilfred Wetherall, the protagonist of [[Fear to Tread]], has a small but vital role
*''The Man Who Hated Banks'', page 208, [[Patrick Petrella|Detective Inspector Petrella]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Michael Gilbert on the back cover of Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, 1982

Amateur in Violence is a collection of mystery stories by the British thriller writer Michael Gilbert, published in the United States in 1973 by Davis Publications, a publishing house for magazines, but not in England. 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

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