Martin Edwards

13 Series

Martin Edwards is a British author renowned for his crime fiction novels, including the Harry Devlin and Lake District Mysteries series. He is also a respected critic of the genre and has authored several legal books and articles. Edwards is a founding member of both the Northern Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Murder Squad.

Author: Martin Edwards Rewritten synopsis: In "The Golden Age of Murder," Martin Edwards explores the rise of the Detection Club during the 1930s, a pivotal era for detective fiction. The narrative delves into the lives and works of influential authors such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Edwards uncovers how these writers not only shaped the genre but also reflected the social upheavals of their time. The book offers a detailed look at the interplay between literature and society, making it a compelling read for enthusiasts of mystery and history alike.

Harry Devlin

All the Lonely People

(1991)

Suspicious Minds

(1992)

I Remember You

(1993)

Yesterday's Papers

(1994)

Eve of Destruction

(1997)

The Devil in Disguise

(1998)

First Cut is the Deepest

(1999)

Waterloo Sunset

(2008)

Lake District Mysteries

The Coffin Trail

(2004)

The Cipher Garden

(2005)

The Arsenic Labyrinth

(2007)

The Serpent Pool

(2010)

The Hanging Wood

(2011)

The Frozen Shroud

(2013)

The Dungeon House

(2015)

The Crooked Shore / The Girl They All Forgot

(2021)

Rachel Savernake

Gallows Court

(2018)

Mortmain Hall

(2020)

Blackstone Fell / The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge

(2022)

Sepulchre Street / The House on Graveyard Lane

(2023)

Hemlock Bay

(2024)

Standalone Novels

Take My Breath Away

(2003)

Dancing For The Hangman

(2008)

Short Stories/Novellas

Thrumm

(2002)

Murder and its Motives

(2016)

Strangers in a Pub

(2018)

Short Story Collections

Where Do You Find Your Ideas?

(2001)

The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

(2014)

The Out-Islands: Poems

(2021)

Non-Fiction

Executive Survival

(1988)

Urge to Kill / Motive to Murder

(2002)

Catching Killers

(2003)

The Golden Age of Murder

(2015)

The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books

(2017)

Howdunit!

(2020)

This Deadly Isle: A Golden Age Mystery Map

(2022)

The Life of Crime

(2022)

Fiction Without Frontiers

The City Among the Stars

(1962)(By: Francis Carsac,Judith Sullivan,Margaret Schiff)

Junction

(2012)(By: Daniel M. Bensen)

House of Skin

(2012)(By: Jonathan Janz)

The Darkest Lullaby

(2013)(By: Jonathan Janz)

Savage Species

(2013)(By: Jonathan Janz)

Think Yourself Lucky

(2014)(By: Ramsey Campbell)

The Nightmare Girl

(2015)(By: Jonathan Janz)

We Are Monsters

(2015)(By: Brian Kirk)

Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach

(2015)(By: Ramsey Campbell)

Wolf Land

(2015)(By: Jonathan Janz)

The Toy Thief

(2018)(By: D.W. Gillespie)

Creature

(2018)(By: Hunter Shea)

The Mouth of the Dark

(2018)(By: Tim Waggoner)

Ten Thousand Thunders

(2018)(By: Brian Trent)

The House by the Cemetery

(2018)(By: John Everson)

Night Shift

(2018)(By: Robin Triggs)

Kosmos

(2018)(By: Adrian Laing)

The Playing Card Killer

(2019)(By: Russell James)

The Haunting of Henderson Close

(2019)(By: Catherine Cavendish)

Black Wings

(2019)(By: Megan Hart)

Will Haunt You

(2019)(By: Brian Kirk)

Second Lives

(2019)(By: P.D. Cacek)

The Dark Game

(2019)(By: Jonathan Janz)

Ghost Mine

(2019)(By: Hunter Shea)

The Gemini Experiment

(2019)(By: Brian Pinkerton)

Chop Shop

(2019)(By: Andrew Post)

Dust Devils

(2019)(By: Jonathan Janz)

The Devil's Equinox

(2019)(By: John Everson)

They Kill

(2019)(By: Tim Waggoner)

American Dreams

(2019)(By: Kenneth Bromberg)

Hellrider

(2019)(By: JG Faherty)

A Killing Fire

(2019)(By: Faye Snowden)

A Savage Generation

(2019)(By: David Tallerman)

One by One

(2019)(By: D.W. Gillespie)

Slash

(2019)(By: Hunter Shea)

Those Who Came Before

(2019)(By: J.H. Moncrieff)

Hearthstone Cottage

(2019)(By: Frazer Lee)

Snowball

(2020)(By: Gregory Bastianelli)

The Garden of Bewitchment

(2020)(By: Catherine Cavendish)

The Forever House

(2020)(By: Tim Waggoner)

Two Lives

(2020)(By: A Yi,Alex Woodend)

Vulcan's Forge

(2020)(By: Robert Mitchell Evans)

The Heron Kings

(2020)(By: Eric Lewis)

Boy in the Box

(2020)(By: Marc E. Fitch)

The Wise Friend

(2020)(By: Ramsey Campbell)

Until Summer Comes Around

(2020)(By: Glenn Rolfe)

Tomb of Gods

(2020)(By: Brian Moreland)

Sins of the Father

(2020)(By: JG Faherty)

Vintage Crime

(2020)

The Apocalypse Strain

(2020)(By: Jason Parent)

Misfits

(2020)(By: Hunter Shea)

The Sentient

(2020)(By: Nadia Afifi)

Voodoo Heart

(2020)(By: John Everson)

Greyfriars Reformatory

(2020)(By: Frazer Lee)

The Portal

(2020)(By: Russell James)

Mondo Crimson

(2020)(By: Andrew Post)

City of Angels

(2020)(By: Kenneth Bromberg)

British Library Crime Classics

The Notting Hill Mystery

(1862)(By: Charles Warren Adams)

The Poisoned Chocolates Case

(1929)(By: Anthony Berkeley)

It Walks by Night

(1930)(By: John Dickson Carr)

The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham

(1930)(By: Miles Burton)

Castle Skull

(1931)(By: John Dickson Carr)

Mystery in the Channel

(1931)(By: Freeman Crofts)

The Incredible Crime

(1931)(By: Lois Austen-Leigh)

Murder of a Lady

(1931)(By: Anthony Wynne)

The Lost Gallows

(1931)(By: John Dickson Carr)

The Z Murders

(1931)(By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)

The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder

(1932)(By: John Dickson Carr)

The Division Bell Mystery

(1932)(By: Ellen Wilkinson)

Portrait of a Murderer

(1933)(By: Anne Meredith)

Death in Fancy Dress

(1933)(By: Anthony Gilbert)

Family Matters

(1933)(By: Anthony Rolls)

The Hog's Back Mystery

(1933)(By: Freeman Crofts)

The Mysterious Mr. Badman

(1934)(By: William Fryer Harvey)

Murder Underground

(1934)(By: Mavis Doriel Hay)

Scarweather

(1934)(By: Anthony Rolls)

Death of an Airman

(1934)(By: Christopher St. John Sprigg)

The Spy Paramount

(1934)(By: E. Phillips Oppenheim)

The 12.30 from Croydon

(1934)(By: Freeman Crofts)

The Chianti Flask

(1934)(By: Marie Belloc Lowndes)

Weekend at Thrackley

(1934)(By: Alan Melville)

Quick Curtain

(1934)(By: Alan Melville)

The Lake District Murder

(1935)(By: John Bude)

Death on the Cherwell

(1935)(By: Mavis Doriel Hay)

The Cornish Coast Murder

(1935)(By: John Bude)

The Traitor

(1936)(By: Sydney Horler)

The Santa Klaus Murder

(1936)(By: Mavis Doriel Hay)

The Sussex Downs Murder

(1936)(By: John Bude)

Death of Anton

(1936)(By: Alan Melville)

The Wheel Spins

(1936)(By: Ethel Lina White)

Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel

(1936)(By: Miles Burton)

Murder in Piccadilly

(1936)(By: Charles Kingston)

Mystery in White

(1937)(By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)

Bats in the Belfry

(1937)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

The Cheltenham Square Murder

(1937)(By: John Bude)

Excellent Intentions

(1938)(By: Richard Hull)

Murder in the Museum

(1938)(By: John Rowland)

Antidote to Venom

(1938)(By: Freeman Crofts)

Thirteen Guests

(1938)(By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)

The Port of London Murders

(1938)(By: Josephine Bell)

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

(1939)(By: Leonard R. Gribble)

Seven Dead

(1939)(By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)

Verdict of Twelve

(1940)(By: Raymond Postgate)

A Scream in Soho

(1940)(By: John G. Brandon)

Death of a Busybody

(1942)(By: George Bellairs)

The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack

(1942)(By: George Bellairs)

Somebody at the Door

(1943)(By: Raymond Postgate)

Murder's a Swine

(1943)(By: Nap Lombard)

Checkmate to Murder

(1944)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Fell Murder

(1944)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Murder by Matchlight

(1945)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Trouble on the Thames

(1945)(By: Victor Bridges)

Fire in the Thatch

(1946)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Death Makes a Prophet

(1947)(By: John Bude)

Smallbone Deceased

(1950)(By: Michael Gilbert)

Calamity in Kent

(1950)(By: John Rowland)

Death Has Deep Roots

(1951)(By: Michael Gilbert)

Last Seen Wearing

(1952)(By: Hillary Waugh)

The Danger Within / Death in Captivity

(1952)(By: Michael Gilbert)

Murder in the Mill-Race

(1952)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Crossed Skis

(1952)(By: Carol Carnac)

Death on the Riviera

(1952)(By: John Bude)

The Man Who Didn't Fly

(1955)(By: Margot Bennett)

The Colour Of Murder

(1957)(By: Julian Symons)

The Christmas Egg

(1958)(By: Mary Kelly)

The Progress of a Crime

(1960)(By: Julian Symons)

Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm

(1960)(By: Gil North)

The Spoilt Kill

(1961)(By: Mary Kelly)

The Body in the Dumb River

(1961)(By: George Bellairs)

Due to a Death

(1963)(By: Mary Kelly)

Surfeit of Suspects

(1964)(By: George Bellairs)

The Belting Inheritance

(1965)(By: Julian Symons)

The Last Best Friend

(1967)(By: George Sims)

The End of the Web

(1976)(By: George Sims)

Capital Crimes

(2015)(With: Richard Marsh)

Resorting to Murder

(2015)

Silent Nights

(2015)

Murder at the Manor

(2016)

Serpents in Eden

(2016)

Crimson Snow

(2016)(With: Fergus Hume)

Foreign Bodies

(2017)(With: Palle Rosenkrantz)

The Long Arm of the Law

(2017)

Miraculous Mysteries

(2017)

Continental Crimes

(2017)

Blood on the Tracks

(2018)

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

(2018)

Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book

(2018)(By: Kate Jackson)

Deep Waters

(2019)

The Measure of Malice

(2019)

The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums

(2019)(By: Kate Jackson)

Settling Scores

(2020)

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries

(2020)

Two-Way Murder

(2021)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Guilty Creatures

(2021)

Death of an Author

(2024)(By: E.C.R. Lorac)

Crimes of Cymru

(2024)

Bibliomysteries

The Book of Virtue

(2012)(By: Ken Bruen)

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

(2012)(By: C.J. Box)

The Book Thing

(2012)(By: Laura Lippman)

The Book Case

(2012)(By: Nelson DeMille)

An Acceptable Sacrifice

(2012)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Death Leaves a Bookmark

(2012)(By: William Link)

The Final Testament

(2013)(By: Peter Blauner)

Rides a Stranger

(2013)(By: David Bell)

The Long Sonata of the Dead

(2013)(By: Andrew Taylor)

The Book of Ghosts

(2013)(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)

The Compendium of Srem

(2014)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

What's in a Name?

(2014)(By: Thomas H. Cook)

Remaindered

(2014)(By: Peter Lovesey)

The Sequel

(2014)(By: R.L. Stine)

The Gospel of Sheba

(2014)(By: Lyndsay Faye)

Book Club

(2014)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

The Nature of My Inheritance

(2014)(By: Bradford Morrow)

It's in the Book

(2014)(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)

The Scroll

(2014)(By: Anne Perry)

The Book of the Lion

(2015)(By: Thomas Perry)

The Little Men

(2015)(By: Megan Abbott)

Condor in the Stacks

(2015)(By: James Grady)

Mystery, Inc.

(2015)(By: Joyce Carol Oates)

Every Seven Years

(2015)(By: Denise Mina)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

The Travelling Companion

(2016)(By: Ian Rankin)

Citadel

(2016)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Reconciliation Day

(2016)(By: Christopher Fowler)

Dead Dames Don't Sing

(2016)(By: John Harvey)

The Haze

(2016)(By: James W. Hall)

Hoodoo Harry

(2017)(By: Joe R. Lansdale)

The Pretty Little Box

(2018)(By: Charles Todd)

Seven Years

(2018)(By: Peter Robinson)

The Hemingway Valise

(2018)(By: Robert Olen Butler)

The Last Honest Horse Thief

(2018)(By: Michael Koryta)

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

(2018)(By: John Connolly)

The Girl Who Did Say No

(2020)(By: David Handler)

The Traitor

(2022)

The Dark Door

(2022)(By: Lisa Unger)

The Honeymoon Trap

(2022)(By: Peter Swanson)

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries

The Book of Virtue

(2012)(By: Ken Bruen)

The Scroll

(2014)(By: Anne Perry)

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

(2012)(By: C.J. Box)

An Acceptable Sacrifice

(2012)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Death Leaves a Bookmark

(2012)(By: William Link)

Seven Years

(2018)(By: Peter Robinson)

The Book Thing

(2012)(By: Laura Lippman)

The Book of Ghosts

(2013)(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)

Book Club

(2014)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

The Long Sonata of the Dead

(2013)(By: Andrew Taylor)

The Final Testament

(2013)(By: Peter Blauner)

Rides a Stranger

(2013)(By: David Bell)

What's in a Name?

(2014)(By: Thomas H. Cook)

It's in the Book

(2014)(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)

The Nature of My Inheritance

(2014)(By: Bradford Morrow)

Remaindered

(2014)(By: Peter Lovesey)

The Compendium of Srem

(2014)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

The Gospel of Sheba

(2014)(By: Lyndsay Faye)

The Sequel

(2014)(By: R.L. Stine)

The Book of the Lion

(2015)(By: Thomas Perry)

The Little Men

(2015)(By: Megan Abbott)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

Every Seven Years

(2015)(By: Denise Mina)

Citadel

(2016)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Condor in the Stacks

(2015)(By: James Grady)

Mystery, Inc.

(2015)(By: Joyce Carol Oates)

The Travelling Companion

(2016)(By: Ian Rankin)

The Haze

(2016)(By: James W. Hall)

Dead Dames Don't Sing

(2016)(By: John Harvey)

Reconciliation Day

(2016)(By: Christopher Fowler)

Hoodoo Harry

(2017)(By: Joe R. Lansdale)

The Pretty Little Box

(2018)(By: Charles Todd)

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

(2018)(By: John Connolly)

The Hemingway Valise

(2018)(By: Robert Olen Butler)

The Last Honest Horse Thief

(2018)(By: Michael Koryta)

The Book Case

(2012)(By: Nelson DeMille)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

The Girl Who Did Say No

(2020)(By: David Handler)

The Traitor

(2022)

The Dark Door

(2022)(By: Lisa Unger)

The Honeymoon Trap

(2022)(By: Peter Swanson)

Thane and Moss

Deadline for a Dream / In at the Kill

(1957)(By: Bill Knox)

Death Department

(1959)(By: Bill Knox)

Leave it to the Hangman

(1960)(By: Bill Knox)

Little Drops of Blood

(1962)(By: Bill Knox)

Sanctuary Isle / The Gray Sentinels

(1962)(By: Bill Knox)

The Man In The Bottle

(1963)(By: Bill Knox)

The Taste of Proof

(1965)(By: Bill Knox)

The Deep Fall / The Ghost Car

(1966)(By: Bill Knox)

Justice on the Rocks

(1967)(By: Bill Knox)

The Tallyman

(1969)(By: Bill Knox)

Children of the Mist / Who Shot the Bull

(1970)(By: Bill Knox)

To Kill a Witch

(1971)(By: Bill Knox)

Draw Batons! / Penalty Shootout

(1973)(By: Bill Knox)

Children of the Water

(1974)(By: Bill Knox)

Rally to Kill

(1975)(By: Bill Knox)

Pilot Error

(1977)(By: Bill Knox)

Live Bait

(1979)(By: Bill Knox)

A Killing in Antiques

(1981)(By: Bill Knox)

The Hanging Tree

(1985)(By: Bill Knox)

The Crossfire Killings

(1986)(By: Bill Knox)

The Interface man

(1990)(By: Bill Knox)

Blood Proof

(1999)(By: Bill Knox)

Death Bytes

(1999)(By: Bill Knox)

The Lazarus Widow

(2000)(With: Bill Knox)

Anthologies

Ask a Policeman

(1933)

Northern Blood

(1992)

Northern Blood 2

(1995)

Perfectly Criminal

(1996)

Shakespearean Whodunnits

(1997)

Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit?

(1997)

Northern Blood 3

(1998)

Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III

(1999)

Missing Persons

(1999)

Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000

(2000)

Crimewave 6

(2002)

Murder Squad

(2002)

Mysterious Pleasures

(2003)

Crime in the City

(2003)

Green for Danger

(2004)

Crime on the Move

(2005)

I.D.: Crimes of Identity

(2006)

M.O.: Crimes of Practice

(2008)

Original Sins

(2010)

Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology

(2011)

Guilty Consciences

(2012)

Deadly Pleasures

(2013)

Guilty Parties

(2014)

Capital Crimes

(2015)

Resorting to Murder

(2015)

Truly Criminal

(2015)

Silent Nights

(2015)

The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty

(2015)

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories

(2015)

Murder at the Manor

(2016)

Serpents in Eden

(2016)

The Sinking Admiral

(2016)

Crimson Snow

(2016)

Motives for Murder

(2016)

Foreign Bodies

(2017)

The Long Arm of the Law

(2017)

Miraculous Mysteries

(2017)

Continental Crimes

(2017)

CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour

(2017)

Blood on the Tracks

(2018)

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

(2018)

Ten Year Stretch

(2018)

The Measure of Malice

(2019)

The Christmas Card Crime

(2019)

Settling Scores

(2020)

Blood Sports

(2020)

Vintage Crime

(2020)

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries

(2020)

Guilty Creatures

(2021)

Murder by the Book

(2021)

Many Deadly Returns

(2021)

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2022

(2022)

Music of the Night

(2022)

Edgar & Shamus Go Golden

(2022)

The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime

(2023)

Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries

(2023)

Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories

(2024)

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