The Murder Game
Play, Puzzles and the Golden Age
$28.86
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2026
Summary
From The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to Magpie Murders, and related diversions including cryptic crosswords and Cain’s Jawbone, The Murder Game examines the games authors played with their readers and the importance of puzzles in Golden Age whodunits.
With books flourishing in the 1920s and ’30s like never before, no genre was more innovative or popular than detective fiction. It was an era that saw the emergence of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, J…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008679897 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0008679894 |
| Author: | John Curran |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Collins Crime Club |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
John Curran
Dr. John Curran is a lifelong fan of Golden Age detective fiction and one of Ireland’s foremost experts on classic crime. For many years he edited the official Agatha Christie Newsletter and helped to establish the Agatha Christie Archive. He was consultant to the National Trust during the restoration of Greenway House and wrote his doctoral thesis on the Golden Age of Detective Fiction at Trinity College, Dublin. His two volumes about Agatha Christie’s notebooks won three major US mystery awards (the Agatha, Anthony and Macavity), and his history of Collins’ Crime Club, The Hooded Gunman, was nominated for an Edgar and won the 2019 H.R.F. Keating Award for best critical book related to crime fiction. He set up the annual Bodies from the Library conference at the British Library and is in demand as a speaker and lecturer on Agatha Christie from his home in Dublin.
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