Martin Edwards

Cover of Who Killed Father Christmas. Shows snow-covered houses and in the center a small figure of Father Christmas (Santa Claus) carrying a large sack of presents over his left shoulder.

Every year at this time I buy a new holiday-themed mystery or collection of mystery stories. This year it's Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics), edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social

Death comes in ambush, and also in high heels! #BLCC At the start of November, I had a bit of a binge on some GA crime; work was a little manic and I just felt that I needed some time to switch off, so classic mysteries were definitely the best optio…

On the Ramblings today - I share my thoughts on a hugely entertaining pair of British Library Crime Classics! @blpublishing.bsky.social @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/d...

A lovely review!

Thank you 😀

book jacket - The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards

It's a few years old, but the books included in @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social's The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books are even older, so there was no hurry. #BookSky #CrimeFiction tinyurl.com/23pfd8ek

Delighted to see Miss Winter climbing to #27 in the Amazon UK Kindle bestsellers list

Crime puzzle set in NORTH YORKSHIRE - TripFiction Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards, crime puzzle set in North Yorkshire. "The Midwinter Trust requires the pleas of your companies

Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife
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Fancy a twisty Christmas murder mystery challenge?

NORTH YORKSHIRE
(Try your hand at finding the clues - I am not a natural sleuth, I got a terrible result! 😆)
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Murder in a West End boutique? 🛍️👠 Inspector Charlesworth’s on the case. This month’s Crime Classic, Death in High Heels, dives into fashion, ambition, and fatal secrets.
Available today: shop.bl.uk/products/death-in-high-heels

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Me too. There's something so 'different' about them. They're fabulous. I think I'm going to reread Mystery in White this winter.
@martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social has been such a driving force in bringing back these long-lost gems. What a legend!

A copy of Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand

Back cover of same book

Sneak preview just for you of the November Crime Classic! It’s Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand. Featuring a new introduction by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social, publishing 10/11. Who’s looking forward to this one?

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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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
#BookSky #lockedroom #crimeclassic
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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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