Synopsis
The narrator is a selling a brand of relish door-to-door and sharing living quarters with an Oxford scholar. One of his customers is suspected of murder, but the investigation is at a standstill because no body can be found. The salesman gathers information and the scholar ratiocinates, figuring out how the corpse was hidden.
Notes
First serialized in the magazine Time & Tide, Nov 12, 1932
Publications (31)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |
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Two Bottles of Relish: A Book of Strange and Unusual Stories | The Dial Press | Anthology | 117 |
| 1947 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | |
| June 1948 |
|
The Unexpected | Bantam Books | Anthology | 80 |
| March 1957 |
|
Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell | Anthology | 218 |
| 1959 |
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Tall Short Stories | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | 194 |
| 1959 |
|
Tall Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | |
| 1960 |
|
Tall Short Stories | Ace Star | Anthology | 175 |
| 1962 |
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The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 105 |
| March 1963 | Stories Selected from the Unexpected | Bantam Books | Anthology | 62 | |
| September 1963 |
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Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 145 |
| November 1963 |
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Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 145 |
| 1965 |
|
Great Detective Stories | Hart Publishing | Anthology | 83 |
| 1966 | The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 105 | |
| 1966 |
|
Masterpieces of Horror | Hart Publishing | Anthology | 111 |
| 1966 |
|
Masterpieces of Horror | Hart Publishing | Anthology | 111 |
| April 1967 |
|
Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 182 |
| 1969 |
|
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 105 |
| January 1969 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 145 | |
| March 1969 |
|
Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 145 |
| July 1970 |
|
Selections from The Pan Book of Horror Stories #3 | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 72 |
| 1972 |
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Space Suits & Gumshoes | Macmillan of Canada | Anthology | 152 |
| December 1972 |
|
Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 145 |
| January 1975 |
|
Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 145 |
| 1978 | The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 105 | |
| 1980 | Space Suits & Gumshoes | Gage | Anthology | 152 | |
| August 1982 |
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Death | Playboy Paperbacks | Anthology | 11 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 391 |
| 1985 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 391 |
| October 1985 | The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Viking UK | Anthology | ||
| October 1987 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 391 |
| 1991 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Bloomsbury | Anthology |