Since we've mentioned it in the newsletter, it can now be revealed: After a lengthy absence, our Mongolian protagonist Inspector Dorj returns in a short story, Locked In Death, which will appear in The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, edited by Mike Ashley.

The collection offers 29 stories and although we do not yet have a firm date of publication, it's expected to appear from Constable Robinson towards the end of the year in the UK, followed by a US edition from Carrol & Graf. Contributors include Ed Hoch, JA Konrath, William Le Queux, Bernard Knight, C. Daly King (of Obelists Fly High fame), Peter Tremayne, Bill Pronzini, Dick Lupoff, and Gillian Linscott.

Inspector Dorj made his three previous appearances in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.