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The 12 Crimes of Christmas 2023

By Erin Britton

11 December, 2023

‘Tis the season to cosy up with a thrilling mystery, and what better way to celebrate the holidays than by delving into the macabre and magical world of Christmas-themed crime fiction? As the year draws to a close and the festive spirit fills the air,…

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Who Killed Father Christmas? and Other Seasonal Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards

By Erin Britton

11 December, 2023

Step into a world where tinsel and crime intertwine as the festive season takes a mysterious and sometimes murderous turn in Who Killed Father Christmas? and Other Seasonal Mysteries. The fifth Christmassy collection from Martin Edwards and the British Library, it includes 15 short crime…

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Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J Farmer

By Erin Britton

14 April, 2022

Death of a Bookseller, the 100th title to be published in the British Library’s sublime Crime Classics series, marks a welcome return to print for Bernard J Farmer. As Martin Edwards notes in his informative introduction to this new edition, copies of the previously long…

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These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac

By Erin Britton

11 October, 2021

First published in 1937, the same year that ECR Lorac was elected a member of the prestigious Detection Club, These Names Make Clues is a cerebral detective story that is perhaps the most in keeping of all Lorac’s books with the conventions of the Golden…

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Capital Crimes: London Mysteries by Martin Edwards

By Andre

8 March, 2015

The British Library has done crime readers a huge service with its revival of lost or forgotten Golden Age novels in the last few years. With more than a dozen titles now available, their popular crime classics collection is a publishing phenomenon. The Golden Age…

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CIS: The first female detectives

By Andre

21 September, 2013

We’ve just been celebrating the 123rd birthday of Agatha Christie, who created spinster sleuth Miss Marple in 1926. But if you thought Marple was the first female literary detective – albeit, an amateur – you might be surprised to learn you were out by several…

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The 12 Crimes of Christmas 2023

Who Killed Father Christmas? and Other Seasonal Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards

Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J Farmer

These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac

Capital Crimes: London Mysteries by Martin Edwards

CIS: The first female detectives

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