Category: Martin Edwards
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Some time back I discovered the Lake District Murders by Martin, read and thoroughly enjoyed them. Then later he popped up as consultant to the British Library Classic Crime series, introducing many of the book republished and also curating a collection of short stories for titles such as Blood on the Tracks, a collection of…
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A nice pile of books this week and also a few from the library to read. People are always surprised when they discover I go to the library and borrow books. 'But surely you have enough at home?' You can never have too many books is my response to that. So here is what I…
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Apart from loving the content of this series, though I do think there are reasons why some of the authors have been forgotten, I also love the covers. Very thirties and beautifully produced, eye catching and almost impossible to pass by in a bookshop. Two more popped through my letter box this week. Serpents in…
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Catch up time again. So many books to write about so here we go: A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup. The Poisons of Agatha Christie. Dame Agatha has used poison as a means of murder in fourteen of her novels and here we are taken through the methodology and uses which were deployed to…
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A few weeks ago I was delighted to welcome Martin Edwards to this blog. If you missed his post, the link to it is here. I knew this book was up and coming and I awaited it with eager anticipation and when it arrived started reading immediately. I read it solidly over two days, surfacing…
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Martin Edward's book The Golden Age of Murder is being published in May 2015 and I have just finished it and can tell you it is simply brilliant. If you are a crime aficionado then you simply HAVE to own this book and that is that. I have spoken. Martin is my guest blogger today…
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The title of this post sounds as if I have been on the lam with a black mask on my face and a bag marked Swag on my back, but it is not as exciting as that, it is merely a round up of my reading. I mentioned earlier this year that I am beginning…
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I hate to tell you this but I am off again in a couple of weeks. I am going to Madeira for a fortnight and yes I know I can hear you shrieking but this wretched woman has just got back from Australia, and I know it is a hard life but somebody has to…