''The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories'' (Collins, 1932) is a short story compilation by the British crime writer

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. These are the final stories about Mr. J. G. Reeder, a detective with "the mind of a criminal". They include *"The Guv'nor" *"

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" ("The Man from Sing Sing") *"The Shadow Man" *"

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" In America the book was published as ''Mr. Reeder Returns'' (

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, Doubleday, Doran, 1932) with the stories in a different order: "The Guv'nor", "The Man from Sing Sing", "The Treasure House", and "The Shadow Man". A later (1965) edition ''Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns'' contains only "The Treasure House" and "The Shadow Man". The 1969 imprint was a tie in with the 1969

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series '' The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder'', starring

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References

* ''The Detective Short Story; A Bibliography'' by Ellery Queen (Little, Brown and Company, 1942, p. 111) British short story collections 1932 short story collections Works by Edgar Wallace Detective fiction short story collections William Collins, Sons books {{1930s-mystery-story-collection-stub