Martin Edwards

I'd forgotten all about this series. VERY shrewd move getting the inimitable @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social to do the intro: A guaranteed wallet-opener right there! 😂

Hardback book titled THEN THERE WERE MORE, edited by Martin Edwards. Foiled cover in turquoise with silver circles. CWA logo of crossed daggers in a circle.

Great to get my author copies of Then There Were More, Short Stories from @thecwa.bsky.social edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social I'm looking forward to reading the other stories in this vintage* collection. tinyurl.com/5yeaw2n5

*vintage, me, who'd have thought!

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Book: As If By Magic: Locked Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes. Edited by Martin Edwards. Cover shows an illustration from a classic travel poster of the seafront at Skegness.

AS IF BY MAGIC, edited by Martin Edwards
Another wonderful British Library Crime Classics anthology - this time all Locked Room & Howdunit mysteries.
Some great short stories in here, especially a fun one about butlers by Geoffrey Bush.
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Much appreciated!

#BookReview Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards (out 11 September) Six strangers with connections to the world of crime are invited to Midwinter, a village in Yorkshire, by the Midwinter Trust, to play a mystery game during the Christmas days. The reader (us!) is …

Happy publication day to @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social for Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife
Classic crime, puzzles, cluefinder, this book was so good!
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#BookSky 💙📚

This really was a lovely project. Glad you enjoyed it.

As if by Magic: Locked Room Mysteries and other Miraculous Crimes Edited by Martin Edwards

Locked room mysteries, confounding puzzles, crimes that happen as if by magic... award-winning crime writer @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social brings together a casebook of mystifying crime fiction, from the Golden Age of Crime.

Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/as-...

t's a fun feature. @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social 's Rachel Savernake series include those too, IIRC.

The passage also reminds me of an article I read on Poe & Borges as both detective and cosmic fiction authors. How their affection for logic puzzles spoke to their views on the universe & Divine.

The Life of Crime Martin Edwards's newsletter about crime reading, writing, and watching - from the President of the Detection Club

My latest newsletter has just been published: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Clown Town by Mick Herron and six other books feature in our news column this week, with titles by SDW Hamilton, Cat Miller, @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social KJ Whittle, Lou Berney and Katy Farber
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#crimefiction #MYSTERY #thriller

Keeping it light and very engaging today with this set of short stories. Something very satisfying about the short mystery. Guess quickly because it’s over in a flash. Excellent intro by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social that prompted me to make a list of mysteries new to me to look out for.

The Judas Window (1938) by Carter Dickson Avory Hume had told his daughter that he was pleased with her engagement to James Answell, but when Answell is summoned to a meeting with Hume in his study, the man’s attitude seems to have changed…

Finally back in print thanks to @britishlibrary.bsky.social Crime Classics, with an intro from @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social - the stone cold classic The Judas Window
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Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
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A fun, immersive cosy mystery within a mystery. Get your sleuthing caps on, and try to solve them. 🔎🗡️
See my review on www.goodreads.com/loopykaz
Thanks to @headofzeus.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social for
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Very much looking forward to the launch of Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife at Serenity Books on 11 September. If you're tempted to come along, here is the info about the event: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

Probably!

I'd be happy to pay SIGNIFICANTLY more than 99p (maybe even a whole pound) for a new book in the series😉

The Coffin Trail, once shortlisted for the Theakston Prize for best crime novel of the year, was relaunched on Thursday and the Kindle edition is now available on Amazon UK for 99p, which I'd like to think is a bargain!
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@martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social, master of #crimefiction, bridges Golden Age classics with modern mysteries. President of the Detection Club and editor for @britishlibrary Crime Classics, he revives forgotten literary voices, blending tradition with fresh themes.
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Ilkley book fair set to take place later this month THE annual PBFA Ilkley book fair will be held at the King's Hall and Winter Garden on Friday, July 25 from noon to 6pm and Saturday, July 25 from…

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My June newsletter has just been published: martinedwardsbooks.substack.com/p/the-life-o...

Great to chat with you, Gary😀 A wonderful day.

The cover of ‘Cyanide in the Sun’ edited by Martin Edwards (image is St Ives)

Back cover of ‘Cyanide in the Sun’

The sun has got his hat on… but it’s only to disguise his identity. Early stock in the office of the June Crime Classic ‘Cyanide in the Sun: And Other Stories of Summertime Crime’ edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social with a special introduction. Out 10/06!

This Saturday! Celebrate 25 years of criminally good writing from Murder Squad with @anncleeves.bsky.social @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social @kateellisauthor.bsky.social
@murphynovels.bsky.social Chris Simms and me. Online with Liverpool Book Club. 6pm. It's free!! Book now! liverpoolbookclub.co.uk

I've just finished Scandalize My Name by Fiona Sinclair, a crime novel set in the mid-1950s. Sadly, the author died quite young and only published 5 novels. I really enjoyed this story. Thanks to @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social for leading me to it!

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Cat and Mouse: A Mystery in Wales by Christianna Brand is out now! 🐈🔎

Agony Aunt Katinka Jones thought she knew her readers. A visit to "Amista" reveals secrets, a dashing widower and murder.

Featuring a new intro by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social 👏
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#SundayShelfie My small collection of @britishlibrary.bsky.social Crime Classics with the insightful introductions by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social and another shelf with some of my Austen books.

(Also, an Agatha Christie related book out of place. How did it get there?! 😂)
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The Golden Age of Murder: The new and updated edition of the ultimate guide to the Golden Age of Detective Fiction telling the true story of legends like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and more Buy The Golden Age of Murder: The new and updated edition of the ultimate guide to the Golden Age of Detective Fiction telling the true story of legends like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and more by Edwards, Martin (ISBN: 9780008708948) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Congratulations and happy publication day @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social with the publication of the new and updated edition of the outstanding The Golden Age of Murder, can't wait to read it to find out what you've included which wasn't in the original www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Age-M...

Peter Lovesey Crime fiction novelist best known for his Sergeant Cribb character, short-story writer and historian of athletics

The Guardian kindly commissioned me to write an obituary for the much-missed Peter Lovesey: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Forgotten Book - Peril at Cranbury Hall A couple of years before Agatha Christie published Peril at End House (1932), her Detection Club colleague John Rhode was responsible for P...

An early John Rhode novel and one of his better mysteries:
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