The following is the best list I have of books by Celia Fremlin. Please write if you have any corrections or additions to suggest. In particular, I should welcome any further information on translators, and a full list of the stories in Spiel mit dem Feuer would be welcome.
The Seven Chars of Chelsea
Methuen, hardcover, 1940
(with Tom Harrisson) War Factory
1943; Vintage/Ebury, 1987
The Hours Before Dawn
Gollancz, 1958
[Japanese translation](tr. Koji Nakata)
Tokyo Sogen Sha/Charles E Tuttle, 1961
The Hours Before Dawn
Dell, paperback, 1961
The Hours Before Dawn
Dell, paperback, 1966
The Hours Before Dawn
Gollancz, hardcover, 1973
The Hours Before Dawn
Academy Chicago Publications, paperback, 1984
The Hours Before Dawn
HarperCollins, paperback, 1988
Las Horas Que Preceden Al Alba (tr. D.R.Yagolkowski)
Sudamericana, paperback, 1991
The Hours Before Dawn
Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C (Chivers Large Print), hardcover, 1995
The Hours Before Dawn
Story Sound, audio cassette, 1995 (Judith Boyd, narrator)
The Hours Before Dawn
Virago Press Ltd (Virago Modern Classics), paperback, 1996
Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2001
Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen (with others)
Hörbuchproduktionen, 4 Cassetten, 2000
Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen (tr. Isabella Nadolny)
Krimi Klassiker, 2009
The Hours before Dawn
Academy Chicago Publications/Lulu.com, paperback, 2005
The Hours Before Dawn
Amazon Kindle
The Hours Before Dawn
Faber, paperback, 2017
Uncle Paul
Gollancz, hardcover, 1959
Uncle Paul
Lippincott, hardcover, 1959
Uncle Paul
Four Square, 1964
Uncle Paul
Gollancz, hardcover, 1974
Onkel Paul
Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1989
Onkel Paul
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991
Uncle Paul
Black Dagger Crime Reprints, hardcover, 1993
Uncle Paul
Black Dagger Crime Reprints, hardcover, 1994
Onkel Paul
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
Uncle Paul
Amazon Kindle
Seven Lean Years
Gollancz, hardcover, 1961
Wait for the Wedding
Lippincott, 1961
Wait for the Wedding
Avon, paperback, 1961
Wait for the Wedding
Avon, paperback, 1967
Seven Lean Years
Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, hardcover, 1975
Jahre der Verzweiflung
Heyne, paperback, 1980
Sieben magere Jahre (tr. Monika Elwenspoek)
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994
Sieben magere Jahre
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
Sieben magere Jahre (and other books)
Hörbuchproduktionen, 6 audio-CDs, 2002
Seven Lean Years
Faber, paperback, 2014
Seven Lean Years
Amazon Kindle
The Trouble Makers
Gollancz, 1963
The Trouble Makers
Lippincott, 1963
The Trouble Makers
Lippincott, 1965
The Trouble Makers
Avon, paperback, 1967
The Trouble Makers
Gollancz, hardcover, 1979
Unruhestifter (tr. Monika Elwenspoek)
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1993
Unruhestifter
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
The Trouble Makers
Faber, paperback, 2014
The Trouble Makers
Amazon Kindle
The Jealous One
Gollancz, 1964
The Jealous One
Avon Publishers, paperback, 1970
The Jealous One
Lippincott, hardcover, 1965
The Jealous One
Gollancz, hardcover, 1976
The Jealous One
Academy Chicago Publications, paperback, 1985
Die Eifersüchtige (tr. Barbara Rojahn-Deyk)
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1993
The Jealous One
Academy Chicago Publications/Lulu.com, paperback, 2005
Revnost' (tr. Galina Tumarkina)
Phantom Press, Moscow, 2008
The Jealous One
Faber, paperback, 2014
The Jealous One
Amazon Kindle
Prisoner's Base
Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, 1967
Prisoner's Base
J.B.Lippincott, hardcover, 1968
Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
Prisoner's Base
Faber, paperback, 2014
Prisoner's Base
Amazon Kindle
Possession
Gollancz, hardcover, 1969
Possession
Lippincott, hardcover, 1969
Possession
Pocket Books, paperback, 1970
Klimax
Buchclub ex libris Zorich, hardcover, 1972
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe
Sischer-TB-Verlag, 1984
Possession
Academy Chicago Publications, paperback, 1985
Klimax
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1981
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1986
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991
Possession
Academy Chicago Publications/Lulu.com, paperback, 2005
Klimax oder Außerordentliches Beispiel von Mutterliebe (tr. Dietrich Stössel)
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2009 (Diogenes Taschenbuch 23891)
Possession
Faber, paperback, 2014
Possession
Amazon Kindle
Possesso (tr. Cecilia Martini)
DMG Edizione, 2017
Possesso
Amazon Kindle
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark (short stories)
(The Quiet Game; The Betrayal; The New House; Last Day of Spring;
The Special Gift; Old Daniel's Treasure; For Ever Fair;
The Irony of Fate; The Baby Sitter; The Hated House; Angel-face;
The Fated Interview; The Locked Room.)
Gollancz, hardcover, 1970
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
Lippincott, hardcover, 1970
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
Lippincott, textbook binding, 1970
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
Gollancz, 1979
Non Dormite a Luce Spenta (tr. Cecilia Martini)
DMG Edizioni, 2016
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
Faber, paperback, 2014
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
Amazon Kindle
Non Dormite a Luce Spenta
Amazon Kindle
Appointment with Yesterday
Gollancz, hardcover, 1972
Appointment with Yesterday (with "Death Wish", by B.Garfield, and "The Champagne Killer", by Hugh Pentecost)
Walter J. Black, hardcover, 1972
Cita con el ayer (tr. Ramon Margalef Llambrich)
Editorial Molino, 1974
Encontro com o passado (tr. Carmen Vera Cirne Lima)
Editora Globo, paperback, 1976
Begegnung mit der Vergangenheit
Heyne, paperback, 1980
Rendezvous mit Gestern
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1988
Appointment with Yesterday
Gollancz, paperback, 1991
Ucieczka z przeszłości
Express Books, 1991 (tr. Janusz Tomczak)
Rendezvous mit Gestern
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
Appointment with Yesterday
Dales, large print paperback, 2005
Appointment with Yesterday
Ulverscroft Large Print, large print paperback, 2005
Appointment with Yesterday
Faber, paperback, 2014
Appointment with Yesterday
Amazon Kindle
By Horror Haunted (short stories)
(Her Number on It; Tuesday's Child; Don't Tell Cissie;
The Sunday Outing; Lilac Time; The Blood on the Innocents;
The Savage Heart; Place in the Sun; The End of the Road;
Gate of Death; The Combined Operation; An Unsuspected Talent;
Ephemerida; The Intruder; Barry Findlater.)
Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, hardcover, 1974
Arrastrados por el miedo (tr. J.M.Highstone)
Editorial Molino, paperback, 1975
By Horror Haunted
Faber, paperback, 2014
By Horror Haunted
Amazon Kindle
The Long Shadow
Gollancz, hardcover, 1975
The Long Shadow
Doubleday, 1976
The Long Shadow
Faber, paperback, 2014
The Long Shadow
Amazon Kindle
Der lange Schatten
Diogenes Verlag, 2002
The Long Shadow
Oakhill Publishing Limited, audio CD, 2005
The Long Shadow
Oakhill Publishing Limited, audio cassette, 2005
The Spider-Orchid
Gollancz/Book Club Associates, hardcover, 1977
The Spider-Orchid
Doubleday, hardcover, 1978
The Spider-Orchid (with "The Enemy", by Desmond Bagley, and "Copper Gold", by Pauline Glen Winslow)
Walter J. Black, hardcover, 1978
Das Tagebuch des Todes
Heyne, paperback, 1980
The Spider-Orchid
Academy Chicago Publishers, paperback, 1986
Die Spinnen-Orchidee
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1988
The Spider-Orchid
Gollancz, paperback, 1991
The Spider-Orchid
Story Sound, audio cassette, 1993 (Christopher Scott, narrator)
The Spider-Orchid
Ulverscroft Large Print Books, hardcover, 1993
The Spider-Orchid
Gollancz, 1997
The Spider-Orchid
Academy Chicago Publications, paperback
The Spider-Orchid
Faber, paperback, 2014
The Spider-Orchid
Amazon Kindle
With No Crying
Gollancz, hardcover, 1980
With No Crying
Doubleday, hardcover, 1980
With No Crying
Doubleday, hardcover, 1981
Gibt's ein Baby, das nicht schreit?
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991
Gibt's ein Baby, das nicht schreit?
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
With No Crying
Faber, paperback, 2014
With No Crying
Amazon Kindle
The Parasite Person
Gollancz/Littlehampton Book Services, hardcover, 1982
The Parasite Person
John Curley & Assoc, paperback, 1983
Parasiten-Person (tr. Monika Elwenspoek)
Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1991
Parasiten-Person
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994
Parasiten-Person
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
The Parasite Person
Faber, paperback, 2014
The Parasite Person
Amazon Kindle
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
(A Lovely Day to Die; Dangerous Sport; High Dive;
A Strong Shoulder to Weep On; The Luck of the Devil;
The Post-Graduate Thesis; The Holiday; The Bonus Years;
A Case of Maximum Need; Etiquette for Dying;
The Woman who had Everything; Test Case; The Miracle.)
Gollancz, hardcover, 1984
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
Doubleday/Crime Club, hardcover, 1984
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1996
Ein schöner Tag zum Sterben
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1991
Ein schöner Tag zum Sterben
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
Faber, paperback, 2014
A Lovely Day to Die and Other Stories
Amazon Kindle
Listening in the Dusk
Gollancz, hardcover, 1990
Listening in the Dusk
Doubleday, hardcover, 1990
Listening in the Dusk
Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1992
Zwielicht (tr. Ursula Kösters-Roth)
Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1992
Zwielicht
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994
ZwielichtSlee
Diogenes Verlag, 2002
Listening in the Dusk
Faber, paperback, 2014
Listening in the Dusk
Amazon Kindle
Dangerous Thoughts
Gollancz, hardcover, 1991
Dangerous Thoughts
Doubleday, hardcover, 1992
Dangerous Thoughts
Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1993
Dangerous Thoughts
Soundings, audio cassette, 1993 (Julia Franklyn, narrator)
Gefährliche Gedanken (tr. Irene Holicki)
Diogenes Verlag, hardcover, 1994
Gefährliche Gedanken
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1996
Dangerous Thoughts
Faber, paperback, 2014
Dangerous Thoughts
Amazon Kindle
The Echoing Stones
Severn House Publishers, hardcover, 1993
The Echoing Stones
Severn House, paperback, 1993
The Echoing Stones
Soundings, audio cassette, 1996 (John Hendry, narrator)
Das Tudorschloß
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1996
The Echoing Stones
Faber, paperback, 2014
The Echoing Stones
Amazon Kindle
King of the World
Severn House Publishers, hardcover, 1994
King of the World
Severn House, paperback, 1974
King of the World
Ulverscroft Large Print Editions, hardcover, 1996
Vaters Stolz (tr. Thomas Stegers)
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1998
Vaters Stolz
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2000
Vaters Stolz
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 2002
King of the World
Faber, paperback, 2014
King of the World
Amazon Kindle
(with Leslie Minchin) Duet in Verse: Some Occasional Poems
Able Publishing, paperback, June 1996
Wetterumschwung
(Mutters rettende Idee/Mother's Clever Idea; Das Telegramm/The Telegram;
Der Kirschbaum/The Cherry Tree; Die Seereise/The Bonus Years;
Wetterumschwung/A Change in the Weather;
Erinnerst du dich?/Do You Remember?;
Wohnung zu vermieten/Accommodation Vacant;
Die Weihnachtsdrachen/The Christmas Dragons;
Das Abendessen/The Dinner-Party; Der hohe Sprung/High Dive;
Der Fahrstuhl/Full O'Death;
Aus heiterem Himmel/Out of the Blue; Das Happy-End/The Happy Ending;
Der Held/The Rich Kid; Aus dem Schneider/In the Clear;
Hilfe in der Not/A Helping Hand)
Diogenes Verlag, paperback, 1994 (translators Ursula Kösters-Roth,
Isabella Nadolny, Barbara Rojahn-Deyk)
Spiel mit dem Feuer
(Dangerous Sport; The Luck of the Devil; Test Case; etc.)
Diogenes/Amazon, audiobook, 2010 (translators Ursula Kösters &
Isabella Nadolny, reader Sabine Kastius)
Further short stories:
Something Evil in the House
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1968
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1983
With a Rustle of Wings
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1969
Don't Be Frightened
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1970
The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1970
Golden Tuesday
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1972
The Coldness of a Thousand Suns
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1972
Waiting for the Police
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1973
Who Killed the Cat (?)
Verdict of Thirteen (ed. Julian Symons)
Harper & Row, hardcover, 1978
Anything May Happen
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1981
Accommodation Vacant
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1984
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1993
Bluebeard's Key
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1985
The Sensory Deprivation Tank
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1986
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1987
Drown Her on Saturday
Winter's Crimes 19, Doubleday, 1987
Guilt Feelings
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1987
Women of Mystery, Castle Books, 2002
Yellow Ken
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1991
The Dinner-Party
Woman's Realm, 1992
Mother's Clever Idea
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1992
Women of Mystery III, Carroll & Graf, 1998
The Sound of Silence
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1994
The Peacock Feather
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1996
The Coincidence
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1998
The Do-Gooder
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1999
Revenge Is Sweet
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 1999
I should like to acknowledge a helpful page of Thomas and Martina Fink, whom I would have thanked if they had given a contact address, and much information from Kacper Nedza. Petra Petschick sent me the details of the Wetterumschwung collection.
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