Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London's Detectives
$39.77
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
9 December 2025
Summary
“A welcome look at a distinctive turn in the history of detective fiction., the stories offer ample local color, highlighting for the most part the ordinary folk–shopkeepers, ticket-takers, hairdressers, steeplejacks, barmen, and the occasional government functionary–that give London its flair.” — Kirkus Reviews
Featuring a roster of Scotland Yard’s meticulous best, a cohort of daring doctors and a cadre of characterful private investigators, this new selection by Martin Edwa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781464237737 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1464237735 |
| Author: | Martin Edwards |
| Publisher: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 28mm |
| Series: | British Library Crime Classics |
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About The Author
Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards is an award-winning crime writer best known for two series of novels set in Liverpool and the Lake District. He is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics, the Vice 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 has been nominated for both the Edgar and Agatha awards for the year’s best book about the genre. He received the CWA 2020 Diamond Dagger Award for sustained excellence in crime writing and significant contributions to the genre, joining the ranks of Sue Grafton, Ian Rankin, and Lee Child.
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