Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife

The perfect way to unwind during the holidays. What a treat. – SJ BennettMartin Edwards is a magician who conjures up a captivating crime story before your eyes. – Janice HallettThe king of the puzzle mystery novel. – Alex PavesiYou can put down the Radio Times and highlighter pen, this book is all the entertainment you’ll need this Christmas. Wonderful stuff. – Ian MooreEditor, aficionado, reviewer, collector – Martin Edwards must have crime fiction coursing through his veins. But it is as a writer that he is revealed at his best, synthesising all of that knowledge and love of the genre into work that is singularly his own. – John HarveyA classic murder mystery as fresh and sparkling as a snowy day. A perfect read for the long winter evenings. – Kate EllisThis year’s must-read Christmas murder mystery. I absolutely loved it. – Mary Grand

Martin Edwards is an award-winning author and life-long fan of books and mysteries, puzzles and games. He has won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating, Macavity and Poirot awards and, in 2020, he was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to crime fiction. He is the President of the Detection Club, a position previously held by crime-writing royalty Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie, and he is the editor of the British Library’s bestselling Crime Classics series. Martin is the author of the Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries as well as several other works of fiction and non-fiction.