Thomas Burke Bibliography

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Title   Date Issue Points - Notes Limehouse Nights Tales of Chinatown Richards 1917   Whispering Windows Richards 1921   East of Mansion House Cassell 1928 DJ 7/6. US precedes The Bloomsbury Wonder Mandrake 1929 DJ 3/6. No US edition The Pleasantries of Old Quong Constable 1931 DJ 7/6 Night Pieces Eighteen Tales Constable 1935 DJ 7/6 Murder at Elstree Longman 1936 DJ 6/-. No US edition Abduction: A Story of Limehouse Jenkins 1939 DJ 7/6. No US edition Dark Nights Jenkins 1944 DJ 7/6. No US edition Further Information Thomas Burke was born in England in 1886 and passed away in 1945. He was of course best known for the Limehouse short stories based in Chinatown. Although he did write many other books, we have, given the nature of the site, confined ourselves solely to his mystery fiction work. His series character was Quong Lee, who appeared in the Limehouse tales. His work had a complicated publishing history, with continual publisher changes, alternative titles and reissues. He remains a hugely important figure in the history of the genre and, in particular, his story The Hands of Mr Ottermole is regarded as an absolutely classic piece of mystery writing. He is also featured in the lists Haycraft Queen Cornerstones and Queen's Quorum.

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