Read McLevy’s own accounts of his cases. This alphabetical index brings together the 49 stories currently tagged as Original Writings on the site. The original language and attitudes are retained in the linked texts.

For contemporary reporting, use the separate Newspaper Reports index. For historical background, explore Victorian Edinburgh.

Stories A–Z

Titles beginning “The” are sorted by the following word.

• A Want Spoils Perfection
• The Ash Basket
• The Belfast Key
• The Blood-Stained Moleskin
• The Bluebells of Scotland
• The Boots
• The Breathing
• The Brokers Secret
• The Child Strippers
• The Club Newspaper
• The Coal Bunker
• The Cobblers Knife
• The Cock and the Trumpet
• The Conjuror
• The Dead Childs Leg
• Decision
• The Half Crowns
• The Handcuffs
• The Happy Land
• The Hay-seeds
• The Holy Land
• The Ingenuity of Thieves
• The Jewel Box
• The Jostle
• The Laugh
• The Letter
• Long Looked For, Come at last
• The Look-Out
• The Minature
• The Mustard Blister
• Nievie Nieve Knick-Knack
• The Orange Blossom
• The Padlock
• The Pewter Spoon
• The Pirates
• The Pleasure Party
• The Red Ribbons
• The Sea Captain
• The Society Box
• The Swan
• The Thieves Wedding
• The Tobacco Glutton
• The Topcoats
• The Urchin
• The Whiskers
• The Whisper
• The White Coffin
• The Widows Last Schilling
• The Wrong Shop

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