Poul Anderson’s The Martian Crown Jewels was first published in A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Vol. 1 (1959).
The Martian Crown Jewels have been stolen!
The theft threatens to destroy diplomatic relations between Mars and Earth. Inspector Gregg, of the Earth police force stationed on Mars, is stumped. Who can solve the baffling locked spaceship mystery and avert a galactic catastrophe of cataclysmic proportions?
None other than Mars’ greatest consulting detective, Syaloch, a seven-foot feathered Martian who lives at 221B “Street of Those who Prepare Nourishment in Ovens.”
Most entertaining.
I've posted three variations. The first is from Sci-Fi Private Eye, edited by Martin Greenberg and Isaac Asimov, from which Jake previously excerpted another story.
This is a fine reading of the story.
The second is from Seeing Ear Theatre (SciFi Channel).
Finally, we have an RTF copy fo the original story.
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