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Someone from the Past
Margot Bennett; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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'Then I felt his warm hand grow cold, it was as if he had been
reminded of death. He wasn’t looking at me any more, but
obliquely, across the restaurant. I turned round.' Sarah has been
receiving threatening anonymous letters seemingly from a former
lover. Just one day after revealing this information to her co-
worker Nancy, Sarah is shot and found in her bedroom by one of her
past flames, Donald. Desperate to clear any evidence of Donald’s
presence at the scene for her own infatuations, Nancy finds herself
as the key suspect when she is discovered in the apartment. As the
real killer uses the situation to their advantage, Bennett crafts a
tense and nuanced story through flashbacks to Sarah’s life and
loves in this Gold- Dagger-award-winning story of deceit and
murder.
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Big Ben Strikes Eleven
David Magarshack; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface’s body on the floor of his
blue limousine was made quite accidentally on a sultry Friday
evening towards the end of June. The industrial and financial
tycoon, and former stalwart of the British Cabinet, had been shot
in the head and left in the quiet Vale of Health alongside
London’s Hampstead Heath. Nearby, a rejected portrait of Sir
Robert is found riddled with bullets in the studio of the now-
missing romantic artist Matt Caldwell. As it hurtles towards its
feverish denouement under the bells of the capital’s most famous
clock, this closely observed and stylish study of both character
and motive transports the reader from the Stock Exchange to
Scotland Yard. It asks the question of what it means to be crooked
and how immense power corrupts. First published in 1934, this novel
is now extremely rare, and is long overdue its rediscovery.
'The red robe concealed the blood until it made my hand sticky.
Father Christmas had been stabbed in the back, and he was certainly
dead.' The murder of Father Christmas at one of London’s great
toy shops is just one of many yuletide disasters in this new
collection of stories from the Golden Age of crime writing and
beyond. Masters of the genre such as Patricia Moyes and John
Dickson Carr present perfectly packaged short pieces, and Martin
Edwards delivers a sackful of rarities from authors such as Ellis
Peters, Gwyn Evans and Michael Innes. 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, surprise and delight.
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Widow of Bath (Paperback)
Margot Bennett; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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Due to a Death (Paperback)
Mary Kelly; Contributions by Martin Edwards
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He Who Whispers
John Dickson-Carr; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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‘It almost seemed that the murder, if it was a murder, must have
been committed by someone who could rise up unsupported in the
air…’ When Miles Hammond is invited to a meeting of the Murder
Club in London, he is met instead with just two other guests and is
treated to a strange tale of an impossible crime in France from
years before; the murder of a man on a tower with only one
staircase, under watch at the time at which the murder took place.
With theories of levitating vampires abounding, the story comes
home to Miles when he realises that the librarian he has just hired
for his home is none other than Fay Seton, a woman whose name still
echoes from the heart of this bizarre and unsolved murder of the
past. First published in 1946, in later years Carr considered this
novel one of his finest works. It shows the masterful author at the
height of his powers, boasting an ingenious plot delivered with an
astounding pace and striking characters including none other than
the great detective, Dr Gideon Fell.
'Then the rhythm of the train changed, and she seemed to be sliding
backwards down a long slope. Click-click-click-click. The wheels
rattled over the rails, with a sound of castanets.' Iris Carr's
holiday in the mountains of a remote corner of Europe has come to
an end, and since her friends left two days before, she faces the
journey home alone. Stricken by sunstroke at the station, Iris
catches the express train to Trieste by the skin of her teeth and
finds a companion in Miss Froy, an affable English governess. But
when Iris passes out and reawakens, Miss Froy is nowhere to be
found. The other passengers deny any knowledge of her existence and
as the train speeds across Europe, Iris spirals deeper and deeper
into a strange and dangerous conspiracy. First published in 1936
and adapted for the screen as The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock
in 1938, Ethel Lina White's suspenseful mystery remains her
best-known novel, worthy of acknowledgement as a classic of the
genre in its own right.
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The Chianti Flask (Paperback)
Marie Belloc Lowndes; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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Green for Danger (Paperback)
Christianna Brand; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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It is 1942, and struggling up the hill to the new military
hospital, Heron's Park, Kent, postman Higgins has no idea that the
sender of one of the seven letters of application he is delivering
will turn out to be a murderer in a year's time. When Higgins is
brought in following injuries from a bombing raid in 1943, his
inexplicable death from asphyxiation at the operating table casts
four nurses and three doctors under suspicion, and a second death
in quick succession invites the presence of the irascible - yet
uncommonly shrewd - Inspector Cockrill to the scene. As the
prospect of driving back across Kent amid falling bombs detains the
inspector for the night, a tense and claustrophobic investigation
begins to determine who committed the foul deeds, and how it was
possible to kill with no evidence left behind.
Sharp left by the school and down the lane to the gas works. The
gasworks? I, a dentist, heading for the gasworks in a small Welsh
market town? It was the furnace I wanted... From the dramatic
scenery of Snowdonia and the Gower to the stunning coastlines and
hushed valleys, the landscapes of Wales have inspired many writers
of Golden Age mystery stories - from within and without its
borders. Centred around a lost novella by Cledwyn Hughes, this new
collection features the best stories from celebrated Welsh authors
such as Mary Fitt and Ethel Lina White, as well as short mysteries
inspired by or set in the cities and wilds of the country by both
beloved Golden Age writers and authors from the 1960s and 70s who
continued to push the boundaries of the genre.
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Jumping Jenny (Paperback)
Anthony Berkeley; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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Two dead bodies and a Christmas stocking weaponised. A Postman
murdered delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas tree
growing over a forgotten homicide. It's the most wonderful time of
the year, except for the victims of these shocking and often
elaborate murders. When there's magic in the air, sometimes even
the facts don't quite add up and the impossible can happen -- and
it's up to the detective's trained eye to unwrap the clues and put
together an explanation neatly tied up with a bow. Martin Edwards
compiles an anthology filled with tales of seasonal suspense where
the snow runs red, perfect to be shared between super-sleuths by
the fire on a cold winter's night.
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Death of Jezebel (Paperback)
Christianna Brand; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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"A very neat version of the 'sealed room' mystery ... provides
[Miss Brand] with excellent opportunities to indulge her sense of
character and her pleasantly malicious wit, as well as her gift for
posing an ingenious problem." - Times Literary Supplement, 1949 At
Elysian Hall, a grand exhibition space in post-War London, a cast
has been assembled for a medieval-themed pageant show replete with
knights in coloured armour, real horses and a damsel in a rickety
tower on high. With death threats discovered by members of the
troupe before the show, the worst comes to pass when the leading
lady is thrown from the tower before the eyes of the audience by an
unknown assailant - with all doors backstage also under
observation. Faced with a seemingly impossible case, the wizened
Inspector Cockrill and the fresh-faced Inspector Charlesworth
begrudgingly join forces to uncover the killer hiding in plain
sight. First published in Britain in 1949, Brand's exuberant novel
is still regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the classic
mystery genre for its fiendishly constructed puzzle, memorable
setting, dumbfounding acts of misdirection and thrilling
denouement.
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Death of a Bookseller (Paperback)
Bernard J Farmer; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print
since 1956
An honest policeman, Sergeant Wigan, escorts a drunk man home one night
to keep him out of trouble and, seeing his fine book collection, slowly
falls in to the gentle art of book collecting. Just as the friendship
is blossoming, the policeman's book-collecting friend is murdered.
To solve the mystery of why the victim was killed, and which of his
rare books was taken, Wigan dives into the world of 'runners' and book
collectors, where avid agents will gladly cut you for a first edition
and then offer you a lift home afterwards. This adventurous mystery,
which combines exuberant characters with a wonderfully realised
depiction of the second-hand book market, is sure to delight
bibliophiles and classic crime enthusiasts alike.
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Murder After Christmas (Paperback)
Rupert Latimer; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in
winter. Welcome to a world of Father Christmases behaving oddly, a
famous fictional detective in a Yuletide drama, mysterious tracks
in the snow----, and some very unpleasant carol singers. The
mysterious events chronicled by a distinguished array of
contributors in this volume frequently take place at Christmas.
There's no denying that the supposed season of goodwill is a time
of year that lends itself to detective fiction. On a cold night,
it's tempting to curl up by the fireside with a good mystery. And
more than that, claustrophobic house parties, when people may be
cooped up with long-estranged relatives, can provide plenty of
motives for murder.Including forgotten stories by great writers
such as Margery Allingham, as well as classic tales by less
familiar crime novelists, each story in this selection is
introduced by the great expert on classic crime, Martin Edwards.
The resulting volume is an entertaining and atmospheric compendium
of wintry delights.
Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year.
Strange things can happen, and this helps to explain the hallowed
tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year
draws to a close. Christmas tales of crime and detection have a
similar appeal. When television becomes tiresome, and party games
pall, the prospect of curling up in the warm with a good mystery is
enticing - and much better for the digestion than yet another
helping of plum pudding. Crime writers are just as susceptible as
readers to the countless attractions of Christmas. Over the years,
many distinguished practitioners of the genre have given one or
more of their stories a Yuletide setting. The most memorable
Christmas mysteries blend a lively storyline with an atmospheric
evocation of the season. Getting the mixture right is much harder
than it looks.This book introduces readers to some of the finest
Christmas detective stories of the past. Martin Edwards' selection
blends festive pieces from much-loved authors with one or two
stories which are likely to be unfamiliar even to diehard mystery
fans. The result is a collection of crime fiction to savour,
whatever the season.
The headline from The Maningpool Telegraph read: TRAGIC DEATH OF SIR
NOEL GRAMPIAN – shot during performance – Symphony Concert Calamity.
As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool
Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is
shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It
was no secret that he had many enemies – musicians and music critics
among them – but to be killed in mid flow suggests an act of the
coldest calculation.
Told through the letters and documents sent by D.I. Alan Hope to his
wife as he puzzles through the dauntingly vast pool of suspects and
scant physical evidence in the case, this is an innovative and playful
mystery underscored by the author’s extensive experience of the
highly-strung world of music professionals. First published in 1941,
this new edition returns Farr’s only crime novel to print to receive
its long-deserved encore.
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