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Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.
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Detection Club.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- Bio-bibliography.
English fiction -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography.
Novelists, English -- Biography.
Murder in literature.
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The golden age of murder : the mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story / Martin Edwards.
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Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.
London : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2015.
Subjects
Detection Club.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- Bio-bibliography.
English fiction -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography.
Novelists, English -- Biography.
Murder in literature.
ISBN:
9780008105969 (hardcover)
0008105960 (hardcover)
Description:
xxiv, 481 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Part one: the unusual suspects. The ritual in the dark ; A bitter sin ; Conversations about a hanged woman ; A Bolshevik soul in a Fabian muzzle ; Wearing their criminological spurs ; The art of self-tormenting -- Part two: the rules of the game. Setting a good example to the Mafia ; The Fungus-story and the meaning of life ; Wistful plans for killing off wives ; The least likely person ; The best advertisement in the world -- Part three: looking to escape. "Human life's the cheapest thing there is" ; Echoes of war ; Murder, transvestism and suicide during a trapeze act ; A severed head in a fish-bag ; "Have you hear of sexual perversions?" ; Clearing up the mess ; What it means to be stuck for money ; Neglecting Demosthenes in favour of Freud -- Part four: taking on the police. Playing games with Scotland Yard ; Why was the shift put in the boiler-hole? ; Trent's very last case ; A coffin entombed in a crypt of granite -- Part five: justifying murder. Knives engraved with "Blood and honour" ; Touching with a fingertip the fringe of great events ; Collecting murderers ; No judge or jury but my own conscience -- Part six: the end game. Playing the grandest game in the world ; The work of a pestilential creature ; Frank to the point of indecency ; Shocked by the brethren -- Part seven: unravelling the mysteries. Murder goes on forever.
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Summary:
"A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets."--Publisher's description.
Awards:
Agatha Award, 2015: best nonfiction.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
823.0872 Ed
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Adult Nonfiction
823.0872 Ed
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Kapolei Public Library
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823.0872 Ed
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Waimea Public Library (Kauai)
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