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The golden age of murder [electronic resource] : the mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story / Martin Edwards.

by Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.

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[New York, NY] : Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

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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9780008105976 (electronic bk.)

0008105979 (electronic bk.)

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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. This is the first book about the Detection Club, the world's most famous and most mysterious social network of crime writers. Drawing on years of in-depth research, it reveals the astonishing story of how members such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers reinvented detective fiction.

Agatha Award, 2015: best nonfiction.

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