Innocent Blood; Beware Young Lovers; They Stay for Death

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form.

About the authors:
P. D. James: Recipient of many awards, James created the Adam Dalgliesh detective series of 14 books. During her career, she wrote 8 other books and contributed many other omnibus and collection editions. This is one of James' stand-alone novels.

Hugh Pentecost: A pen name of Judson Philips, a man of many detectives. Under both names, Philips published over 100 books, most of which were in one of eight different series. The largest series featured Pierre Chambrun with 22 books. In spite of all these series, almost a quarter of his books were stand-alone novels. This is Pierre Chambrun #15.

Sara Woods: Woods did her writing in Canada, but all her novels were set in her native England. She created three short detective series under three different pseudonyms, but her main claim to fame is the 48 novels in the Anthony Maitland series. This is #30 in that series.