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Talented sportsmen inexplicably go absent without leave, crafty gamblers conspire in the hope of making a killing, and personal rivalries and jealousies come to a head on fields of play……
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DCI Hannah Scarlett, and the historian, Daniel Kind, become drawn into the shadows cast by the murder of Warren Howe, a gardener killed with his own scythe. By the time…
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Both train buffs and crime fans will delight in this selection of fifteen railway-themed mysteries, featuring some of the most popular authors of their day alongside less familiar names. This…
Yorkshire, 1630. A man vanishes from a locked gatehouse in a remote village. 300 years later, it happens again. Rachel Savernake investigates a locked-room puzzle in this Gothic mystery.
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A case of false identities, blackmail, and fedora-adorned doppelgangers, set in a grand home on Sepulchre Street, where nothing - and no one - is quite what it seems. The…
A Gothic remaking of the classic country house murder mystery.
This book tells the story of crime fiction published during the first half of the twentieth century. The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than…
"A triple-decker banquet honoring the golden age of mysteries and bidding fair to continue it to the present."--Kirkus
The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge is a complexly layered mystery perfect for…
London, 1930. A spate of violent deaths - the details too foul to print - has horrified the capital and the smog-bound streets are deserted. But Rachel Savernake is on…
The world is paying increasing attention to issues of transparency and accountability, questioning whether these organizations are in part responsible for the global economic crisis, as well as assessing their…
Book six in the hugely popular Lake District Cold Case Mystery series
Originally published in London in 1936 by Collins –Title page verso.
A collection of rural British mysteries explores the possibilities of crime in the countryside and features contributions from such authors as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, and Anthony Berkeley.
This collection of fourteen stories corrals plots centred around cats, dogs and insects alongside more exotic incidents involving gorillas, parakeets and serpents - complete with a customary shoal of red…
All The Lonely People is the curtain-raiser to a successful nine-book series featuring Liverpool solicitor Harry Devlin.
Originally published in 2018 in Great Britain by Head of Zeus Ltd. –Copyright page.
This new collection presents seventeen classic stories, spanning a period from the 1880s to the 1970s, by a host of Scottish authors alongside writers from south of the border inspired…
Martin Edwards has selected gems of classic crime from Denmark to Japan and many points in between. Fascinating stories give an insight into the cosmopolitan cultures (and crime-writing traditions) of…
A collection of 14 vintage mysteries from the likes of Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton, Anthony Berkeley, Phyllis Bentley among others.
Oxford historian and TV personality Daniel Kind and his lover, Miranda, buy Tarn Cottage–once home to an autistic youth suspected of murder–in Brackdale, a place so remote that the dead…
After ten years, Guy, a drifter with a taste for deception, has returned to Coniston in Englands Lake District and professes to know what happened to the missing Emma Bestwick…
After ten years, Guy - a drifter with a taste for deception - has returned to Coniston in England’s Lake District. Local journalist Tony di Venuto is campaigning to revive…
An eclectic mix of crime stories written over half a century. From a tale of poison-pen letters tearing apart a village community to a macabre mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle…
Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.
In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from…
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Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book.
This new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years, during which British society, and life in country houses, was transformed out of all recognition. It…
With neglected stories by John Bude and E. C. R. Lorac, as well as tales by little-known writers of crime fiction, Martin Edwards blends the cosy atmosphere of the fireside…
Two dead bodies and a Christmas stocking weaponised. A Postman murdered delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas tree growing over a forgotten homicide. Martin Edwards compiles an anthology filled…
With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of tales perfect for every book-lover and armchair sleuth, featuring much-loved Golden Age detectives such as Nigel Strangeways…
This expertly curated thespian anthology features fourteen stories from giants of the classic crime genre such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Julian Symons and Ngaio Marsh, as well as firm favourites…
Presenting fourteen stories from ranging from the 1909 through to the 1980s, this new anthology celebrates a selection of beloved Welsh authors such as Cardiff's Roald Dahl and Abergavenny's Ethel…
The answer to any classic crime fiction fan's Christmas wish and the only way for you to answer Who Killed Father Christmas? this new anthology is set to muddle, befuddle…
Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter
Capital Crimes is an eclectic collection of London-based crime stories, blending the familiar with the unexpected in a way that reflects the personality of the city. Alongside classics by Margery…
Music of the Night is a new anthology of original short stories contributed by Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) members and edited by Martin Edwards, with music as the connecting theme…
Capital Crimes is an eclectic collection of London-based crime stories, blending the familiar with the unexpected in a way that reflects the personality of the city.
The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. This new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years…
A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris -…
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the…
A Postman murdered while delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas pine growing over a forgotten homicide. A Yuletide heist gone horribly wrong. When there’s as much murder as magic…
"... and what a motive! Murder to save one's artistic soul... who'd believe that?"
Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries…
With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of bibliomysteries, where golden age-inspired puzzle masters [are] doing what they do best: bringing together readers, books, and…
From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remote isles in cold seas, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland have long inspired writers of the very…
Oxford historian and TV personality Daniel Kind and his new lover, Miranda, both want to escape to a new life. On impulse they buy Tarn Cottage in Brackdale, an idyllic…
