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Miraculous Mysteries: Locked-Room Murders and Impossible Crimes

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Availability:In StockContributor:Martin Edwards (Editor)Series:British Library Crime ClassicsPublish date:6/6/2017Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Poisoned Pen PressISBN-13:9781464207440ISBN-10:1464207445UPC:9781464207440Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Anthologies (multiple authors)Book Topic:Traditional, Collections & AnthologiesSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCPQV9P2Z4

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

"[R]eaders who appreciate careful plot development, slightly unusual detectives, and logical denouements will relish this volume." --Library Journal

Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the 'golden age of murder' between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham.

This anthology celebrates their work, alongside long-hidden gems by less familiar writers. Together these stories demonstrate the range and high accomplishment of the classic British impossible crime story over more than half a century.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Poisoned Pen PressISBN-13:9781464207440ISBN-10:1464207445UPC:9781464207440Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Anthologies (multiple authors)Book Topic:Traditional, Collections & AnthologiesSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCPQV9P2Z4

MARTIN EDWARDS is an award-winning crime writer best known for two series of novels set in Liverpool and the Lake District. He is a series consultant for British Library Crime Classics, Chair of the Crime Writers' Association, and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim, and won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards for the year's best book about the genre.


Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

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Martin Edwards (Editor)

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