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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.       by title:      The golden age of mu...         MARC Display

The golden age of murder : the mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story / Martin Edwards. by 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 823.0872 Ed Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 823.0872 Ed Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 823.0872 Ed Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waimea Public Library (Kauai) Adult Nonfiction 823.0872 Ed Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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