Title: The Biter Bit

Title: The Biter Bit Title Record # 573565
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1858-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novelette
Language: English

Note: "Originally published as "Who is the Thief?", with the subtitle "Extracted from the Correspondence of the London Police)", in the Atlantic Journey (1858-04-00, reprinted as "Brother Griffiths' Story of the Biter Bit" in Household Words 394 (1857-10-10), a The Queen of Hearts. — quoted from p 382 of Norman Page's collection of Wilkie Collins short fiction Mad Monkton and Other Stories. According to the Wilkie Collins Information Pages, "It is an early example of a humorous detective story, featuring a comically inept detective and other features of the genre." There are no supernatural elements in this story, not even in passing.

Synopsis: "Mathew Sharpin is seconded from his position as a lawyer's clerk to the Detective Police. He bungles an investigation into Mr Yatman's stolen banknotes while mistakenly pursuing an eloping couple. To the gratification of his superiors who have been promoted on merit, they are easily able to deduce from his rambling reports that the true culprit is the extravagant Mrs Yatman."—Wilkie Collins Information Pages

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Year	Title
1858	Brother Griffith's Story of The Biter Bit
1960	The Biter Bit [as by William Wilkie Collins]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Detective Stories	1920-00-00	ed. Joseph Lewis French	Doubleday, Page & Company			ix+ 273	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen	1934-00-00	ed. uncredited	Daily Express Publications			1087	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Century of Thrillers	1937-00-00	ed. uncredited	President Press			viii+ 367+ vi+ 373+ vi+ 370	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	1972-00-00	Wilkie Collins	Dover Publications	0-486-20307-7	$3.00^?$: US dollar	ix+ 294	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	1972-06-00	Wilkie Collins	Peter Smith Publisher	0-8446-4725-X	$11.00^?$: US dollar	ix+ 294	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Best Supernatural Stories of Wilkie Collins	1990-11-00	Wilkie Collins	Robert Hale	0-7090-4224-8	£14.95^?£: UK pound	303	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Helen Hale
Mad Monkton and Other Stories	1994-00-00	Wilkie Collins	Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)	0-19-282260-8	£5.99^?£: UK pound	xxxviii+ 383	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Caspar David Friedrich
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1	2009-07-00	Wilkie Collins	Leonaur Ltd	978-1-84677-821-6	£14.99^?£: UK pound	584	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1	2009-07-00	Wilkie Collins	Leonaur Ltd	978-1-84677-822-3	£22.99^?£: UK pound	584	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	date unknown	Wilkie Collins	Dover Publications	0-486-20307-7	$6.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ 294	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Fred Walker

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