Be cautious; reading too many of Peter Lovesey's stories at once could have unexpected results. "Passion Killers" will make your toes curl for the hapless Mrs. Palmer, and "The Odstock Curse" may well induce goosebumps as a Gypsy curse is repeated in the present. Among the fifteen tales are two featuring Peter Lovesey's forthright police detective, Peter Diamond, and two with the amateur sleuth, Bertie, Prince of Wales, in rumbustious form. The collection also includes "The Pushover," winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Golden Mysteries short story prize, and "Quiet Please—We're Rolling," both nominated for Britain's Crime Writer's Association Short Story Dagger.

Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose includes a complete checklist of Peter Lovesey's crime writing.

Contents:

• Foreword · fw
• Because It Was There · ss Whydunit, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1997
• Bertie and the Boat Race [Albert Edward (Prince of Wales)] · ss Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley, 1997
• Bertie and the Fire Brigade [Albert Edward (Prince of Wales)] · ss Royal Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski & Martin H. Greenberg, Signet, 1994
• The Case of the Easter Bonnet [Peter Diamond] · vi Bath Chronicle Apr 17 ’95
• Disposing of Mrs. Cronk · ss Perfectly Criminal, ed. Martin Edwards, Severn House, 1996
• The Mighty Hunter · ss Midwinter Mysteries 5, ed. Hilary Hale, London: Little, Brown, 1995
• Murder in Store · ss Woman’s Own Dec 21 ’85
• Never a Cross Word · ss You: The Mail on Sunday Jun 11 ’95
• The Odstock Curse · ss Murder for Halloween, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press, 1994
• A Parrot Is Forever · ss Malice Domestic 5, Phyllis A. Whitney, Pocket, 1996
• Passion Killers · ss EQMM Jan ’94
• The Proof of the Pudding · ss A Classic Christmas Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1995
• The Pushover · ss EQMM Jun ’95
• Quiet Please—We’re Rolling · ss No Alibi, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995
• Wayzgoose [Peter Diamond] · nv A Dead Giveaway, Warner Futura, 1995
• Mystery Novels and Stories by Peter Lovesey: A Checklist · Misc. Material · bi [Peter Lovesey]
• Murder by Christmas Tree · ss The Observer Dec 20 ’92; included with the limited edition.