The Edinburgh Mystery and Other Tales of Scottish Crime
ed. Martin Edwards (British Library Crime Classics, 2022)
audiobook read by Sarah Barron, Mark Meadows, David Monteath & John Telfer (Soundings, 2023)
A readable but unremarkable collection of historically overlooked short stories. Though often possessed of comely prose, few are satisfying as mysteries—tending to some combination of character vignette without detection, token framework for clever ‘shock’ ending, or revelation based on withheld information.