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Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts; Martin Edwards (Introduction by)
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder Crofts makes great use of the 'inverted mystery' structure (he was among the first to employ the technique) in which the traditional whodunit is turned on its head, with the reader following the murderer through temptation and commission and the ...Show more
Bats in the Belfry by Martin Edwards (Introduction by); E. C. R. Lorac
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderThe intricacies of the characters' relationships and the trove of secrets Scotland Yard Inspector Macdonald uncovers make for riveting reading. --BooklistBruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels--but his early promi ...Show more
Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
On a foggy night during the London Blitz, a special constable arrests a young Canadian soldier standing over the dead body of his elderly great uncle in a rundown house in Hampstead. The only other possible suspects are the inhabitants of the art studio next door, a celebrated painter, his sister a ...Show more
Crook o' Lune - A Lancashire Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Renowned for its authentic characters and settings based partly on the author's own experiences of life in the Lune Valley, E. C. R. Lorac's classic rural mystery returns to print for the first time since 1953. This edition includes an introduction by award-winning author Martin Edwards."I'm minded of t ...Show more
Death of a Busybody - A British Library Crime Classic by George Bellairs
Category: Fiction | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Miss Tither, the village busybody, is not the best-loved resident of Hilary Magna. She has made many enemies: bombarding the villagers with religious tracts, berating drunkards, and informing the spouses of cheating partners. Her murder, however, is still a huge shock to the Reverend Ethelred Claplady a ...Show more
Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
E. C. R. Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humor and red herrings, poking some fun at her contemporary reviewers, who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to belong to a male author.Vivian Lestrange--celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse--has apparent ...Show more
Death on the Riviera by John Bude; Martin Edwards (Introduction by)
Category: No Category | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "There are occasional splashes of witty dialogue and luscious descriptions of the French Riviera; also, every suspect has at least one guilty secret." --Publishers Weekly When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera, De ...Show more
Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac; Martin Edwards (Editor)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder A classic Golden Age mystery from acclaimed author E.C.R. Lorac '...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.' The Garths had farmed their fertile acres for generations, and fine land it was ...Show more
Fire in the Thatch by E. C. R. Lorac; Martin Edwards (Introduction by)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderReaders will enjoy watching the conflicts that arise between the wary country folk and the cocktail-drinking Londoners invading their habitat. In sum, this is jolly good fun. --Publishers WeeklyThe Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas ...Show more
Murder after Christmas by Rupert Latimer; Martin Edwards (Introduction by)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
"[Murder After Christmas] supplies cheerfully calculating relatives, decorously brutal dialogue, and a fiendishly intricate set of Chinese boxes before the surprising reveal...no, they don't make them like this anymore."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review"A war's on and a murder has been committed--and we ...Show more
Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac; Martin Edwards (Introduction by)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"A terrifically atmospheric puzzler...the ending is a stunner...like the best Golden Age crime fiction." --Booklist STARRED review'"A man who played about on the fringes of the Black Market, who had fought for Sinn Fein, who lived by his wits--and ...Show more
Murder by the Book by Martin Edwards (Editor)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
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 felonies [in] perhaps the single best collection yet in this blue-chip series (Kirkus, Starred R ...Show more