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  1. A.J.A. Symons: His Life and His Speculations (1986)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  2. [+]
    Are You Hit? (Review)
    Julian Symons
    The Red Soldier, by Frank Emery
    1. The Red Soldier by Frank Emery
    The New Statesman, June 10, 1977, p. 785
  3. As If By Magic
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1963, pp. 101-103
  4. Communication
    The Beds that Don't Fit
    Julian Symons
    Encounter, November 1984, p. 74
  5. The Belting Inheritance (1965)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  6. The Birthmark
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 15, 1985, pp. 3-17
  7. The Blackheath Poisonings (1979)
    Julian Symons
    A Victorian Murder Mystery
    2 Reviews
  8. Bland Beginning (1949)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  9. Bogue's Fortune (1956)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  10. The Boiler
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1979, pp. 6-16
  11. The Borgia Heirloom
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1987, pp. 52-57
  12. [+]
    Bottoms Up (2 Reviews)
    Julian Symons
    Moscow to the End of the Line, by Venedikt Erofeev
    1. Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev
    2. Illuminations by Tamas Aczel
    The New York Review of Books, December 3, 1981, pp. 32-33
  13. The Broken Penny (1953)
    Julian Symons
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  14. Can You Find the Ace?
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1969, pp. 35-39
  15. [+]
    Capacities for invention (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Joseph Conrad: A Biography, by Jeffrey Meyers
    1. Joseph Conrad: A Biography by Jeffrey Meyers
    The New Criterion, May 1991, pp. 68-71
  16. "Thriller"
    The Case of XX-2
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1952, pp. 108-113
  17. Cat and Mouse
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1952, pp. 74-80
  18. Charles Dickens (1951)
    Julian Symons
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  19. [+]
    The Christie Mystery (4 Reviews)
    Julian Symons
    Agatha, by Kathleen Tynan
    1. Agatha by Kathleen Tynan
    2. Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie
    3. The Mousetrap and Other Plays by Agatha Christie
    4. Death on the Nile (1978 Film) by John Guillermin
    The New York Review of Books, December 21, 1978, pp. 37-39
  20. The Color of Murder (1958)
    Julian Symons
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  21. [+]
    Compulsion (5 Reviews)
    Julian Symons
    The Iron Staircase, by Georges Simenon
    1. The Iron Staircase by Georges Simenon
    2. The Girl with a Squint by Georges Simenon
    3. The Family Lie by Georges Simenon
    4. Maigret's Pipe by Georges Simenon
    5. Maigret and the Hotel Majestic by Georges Simenon
    The New York Review of Books, October 12, 1978, pp. 34-36
  22. The Conjuring Trick
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1990, pp. 133-162
  23. Credit to Shakespeare
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1964, pp. 93-98
  24. A Criminal Comedy (1985)
    Julian Symons
    2 Reviews
  25. The Crimson Coach Murders
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1967, pp. 6-30
  26. The Crimson Coach Murders
    Julian Symons
    Novelet
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1977, pp. 277-304
  27. Critical Observations (1982)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  28. The Detections of Francis Quarles (2006)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  29. The Detling Secret (1983)
    Julian Symons
    3 Reviews
  30. [+]
    Deuce in the hole (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Hunt, by A. Alvarez
    1. Hunt by A. Alvarez
    Inquiry, March 19, 1979, p. 27
  31. Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule---?
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 15, 1987, pp. 67-76
  32. The Dream Is Better
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1982, pp. 6-18
  33. The Dupe
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 20, 1981, pp. 114-127
  34. Eight Minutes To Kill
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1965, pp. 34-50
  35. The End of Solomon Grundy (1964)
    Julian Symons
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  36. [+]
    The End of the Tether (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Intimate Memoirs, by Georges Simenon
    1. Intimate Memoirs by Georges Simenon
    The New York Review of Books, July 19, 1984, pp. 12-14
  37. Experiment in Personality
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1971, pp. 33-53
  38. The Flaw
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1982, pp. 5-21
  39. Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1979, pp. 6-21
  40. The Fool
    Julian Symons
    Argosy, June 1966, pp. 49-62
  41. [+]
    For the Kaffirs (Review)
    Julian Symons
    The Great Anglo-Boer War, by Byron Farwell
    1. The Great Anglo-Boer War by Byron Farwell
    The New Statesman, March 11, 1977, p. 325
  42. [+]
    Gentleman's Strip (Review)
    Julian Symons
    The Survivors, by Simon Raven
    1. The Survivors by Simon Raven
    The New Statesman, June 11, 1976, pp. 778-779
  43. [+]
    Gissing and the Cruelty of Life (Review)
    Julian Symons
    London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England, by George Gissing and Pier...
    1. London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England by George Gissing and Pierre Coustillas
    The New York Review of Books, May 3, 1979, pp. 20-22
  44. Great Detectives (1981)
    Julian Symons
    Seven Original Investigations
    1 Review
  45. [+]
    Hackette Job (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Killing Time, by Sandy Fawkes
    1. Killing Time by Sandy Fawkes
    The New Statesman, December 9, 1977, p. 820
  46. Has Anybody Here Seen Me?
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1987, pp. 19-31
  47. [+]
    The Heavy Fantastic (2 Reviews)
    Julian Symons
    The Language of the Night, by Ursula K. Le Guin and Susan Wood
    1. The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin and Susan Wood
    2. Fantastic Worlds by Eric S. Rabkin
    The New York Review of Books, September 27, 1979, pp. 48-50
  48. The Hidden Clue
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1968, pp. 99-102
  49. [+]
    High camp at Armageddon (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Kalki, by Gore Vidal
    1. Kalki by Gore Vidal
    Inquiry, May 29, 1978, p. 28
  50. Holocaust at Mayhem Parva
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1990, pp. 4-17
  51. How to Trap a Crook
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1973, pp. 113-120
  52. How to Trap a Crook, and 12 Other Mysteries (1977)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  53. The Humdrum Murder
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1964, pp. 130-134
  54. I, Too, Lived in Arcadia
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1989, pp. 142-162
  55. [+]
    I'm All Right (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Instead of the Trees, by J.B. Priestley
    1. Instead of the Trees by J.B. Priestley
    The New Statesman, March 25, 1977, p. 404
  56. The Impossible Theft
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1966, pp. 17-20
  57. In the Bluebell Wood
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1994, pp. 4-19
  58. [+]
    The Invisible Man (2 Reviews)
    Julian Symons
    The Burning of Evelyn Foster, by Jonathan Goodman
    1. The Burning of Evelyn Foster by Jonathan Goodman
    2. Crippen: The Mild Murderer by Tom Cullen
    The New Statesman, July 1, 1977, p. 24
  59. The Kentish Manor Murders (1988)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  60. The Last Time
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1984, pp. 126-135
  61. Letters
    Jessica Mitford, Julian Symons, and Bernard F. Dick, ...
    The New York Review of Books, March 8, 1979, pp. 46-48
  62. Life and Death in the Scillies
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1954, pp. 76-80
  63. [+]
    The Lioness (Review)
    Julian Symons
    The Lonely Hunter, by Virginia Spencer Carr
    1. The Lonely Hunter by Virginia Spencer Carr
    The New Statesman, May 6, 1977, p. 610
  64. Love Affair
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1969, pp. 127-164
  65. Magazines
    Julian Symons
    The New Statesman, December 16, 1977, p. 859
  66. The Main Chance
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1967, pp. 118-129
  67. Makers of the New (1987)
    Julian Symons
    The Revolution in Literature, 1912-1939
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  68. The Man Who Hated Television
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1994, pp. 4-17
  69. The Man Who Killed Himself (1967)
    Julian Symons
    2 Reviews
  70. The Man Who Lost His Wife (1977)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  71. The Man Whose Dreams Came True (1968)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  72. Mortal Consequences (1972)
    Julian Symons
    A History from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: (Bloody Murder)
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  73. Murder on the Race Course
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1966, pp. 46-64
  74. The Name of Annabel Lee (1984)
    Julian Symons
    3 Reviews
  75. The Narrowing Circle (1954)
    Julian Symons
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  76. A Pearl Among Women
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1968, pp. 117-121
  77. Pickup on the Dover Road
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1972, pp. 6-16
  78. A Pictorial History of Crime (1966)
    Julian Symons
    1840 to the Present
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  79. The Pipe Dream (1959)
    Julian Symons
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  80. The Plain Man (1962)
    Julian Symons
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  81. The Players and the Game (1972)
    Julian Symons
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  82. Playing Happy Families (1995)
    Julian Symons
  83. The Plot Against Roger Rider (1973)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  84. The Post-Mortem Letters
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1979, pp. 137-141
  85. Preserving the Evidence
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1971, pp. 45-49
  86. [+]
    Probably (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Train Robbers, by Piers Paul Read
    1. Train Robbers by Piers Paul Read
    The New Statesman, May 12, 1978, p. 644
  87. The Progress of a Crime (1960)
    Julian Symons
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  88. [+]
    Puzzle maker (Review)
    Julian Symons
    A Talent to Deceive, by Robert Barnard
    1. A Talent to Deceive by Robert Barnard
    Inquiry, November 24, 1980, p. 29
  89. Reflections in Bed
    Julian Symons
    The Partisan Review, September 1942, p. 387
  90. The Santa Claus Club
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1967, pp. 49-58
  91. The Sensitive Ears of Mr. Small
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1972, pp. 16-25
  92. The Sensitive Ears of Mr. Small
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1976, pp. 293-302
  93. [+]
    A Severed Head (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Cruelly Murdered, by Bernard J. Taylor
    1. Cruelly Murdered by Bernard J. Taylor
    The New Statesman, June 29, 1979, p. 961
  94. Something Like a Love Affair (1993)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  95. The Statues in Parliament Square
    Julian Symons
    The Partisan Review, September 1942, p. 386
  96. Sweet Adelaide (1980)
    Julian Symons
    A Victorian Puzzle Solved
    1 Review
  97. The Tell-Tale Heart (1978)
    Julian Symons
    The Life and Works of Edgar Allen Poe
    8 Reviews, 1 Readable
  98. A Theme for Hyacinth
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1968, pp. 41-58
  99. Thomas Carlyle (1952)
    Julian Symons
    The Life and Ideas of a Prophet
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  100. [+]
    Threats of Violence (2 Reviews)
    Julian Symons
    Innocent Blood, by P.D. James
    1. Innocent Blood by P.D. James
    2. Another Part of the Wood by Beryl Bainbridge
    The New York Review of Books, July 17, 1980, pp. 39-40
  101. A Three-Pipe Problem (1975)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  102. [+]
    Thrillernik (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith
    1. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
    The New York Review of Books, June 11, 1981, p. 23
  103. The Tigers of Subtopia and Other Stories (1983)
    Julian Symons
    1 Review
  104. The Tiger's Stripe
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1965, pp. 51-66
  105. Crime Novelet
    'Twixt the Cup and the Lip
    Julian Symons
    Novelet
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1965, pp. 6-28
  106. 'Twixt the Cup and the Lip
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1971, pp. 80-105
  107. Two English Poets
    Julian Symons
    The Partisan Review, June 1938, pp. 33-34
  108. [+]
    Unconvincing dilemma (Review)
    Julian Symons
    The Human Factor, by Graham Greene
    1. The Human Factor by Graham Greene
    Inquiry, April 17, 1978, pp. 25-27
  109. Value for Money
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1, 1980, pp. 140-158
  110. Verdict of Thirteen (1978)
    Julian Symons
    A Detection Club Anthology
    3 Reviews
  111. Waiting for Mr. McGregor
    Julian Symons
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1979, pp. 127-142
  112. [+]
    War & pieces (Review)
    Julian Symons
    Writers on World War II, by Mordecai Richler
    1. Writers on World War II by Mordecai Richler
    The New Criterion, January 1992, pp. 73-75
  113. [+]
    'Watson, I'm Back' (Review)
    Julian Symons
    The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, by Michael Dibdin
    1. The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin
    The New York Review of Books, August 17, 1978, pp. 14-15
  114. Detective Short Novel---complete
    The Wimbledon Mystery
    Julian Symons
    Detective Short Novel
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1964, pp. 17-33
  115. Writing in the Desert
    Julian Symons
    The Partisan Review, September 1943, pp. 421-438
  116. The 31st of February (1951)
    Julian Symons
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
    117. No Items Found