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Martin Edwards has been described by Richard Osman as ‘a true master of British crime writing.’ He has published twenty-three novels, which include the eight Lake District Mysteries, one of which was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Prize for best crime novel of the year and four books featuring Rachel Savernake, including the Dagger-nominated Gallows Court and Blackstone Fell, while Gallows Court and Sepulchre Street were shortlisted for the eDunnit award for best crime novel of the year. He is also the author of two multi-award-winning histories of crime fiction, The Life of Crime and The Golden Age of Murder. He has received three Daggers from the Crime Writers’ Association and two Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and has also b ...more

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Forgotten Book - The Keys of Death

George Sims (1923-99) was an extremely interesting writer (as indeed was his namesake, George Robert Sims, who died the year before he was born). He was first and foremost an antiquarian book dealer, but he wrote a dozen novels that were widely admired, and he was elected to membership of the Detection Club. Two of his books, The End of the Web and The Last Best Friend (which he felt were, in Read more of this blog post »

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	Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife 3.37 avg rating — 4,891 ratings — published 2025 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gallows Court (Rachel Savernake #1) 3.67 avg rating — 2,908 ratings — published 2018 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Coffin Trail (Lake District Mystery #1) 3.73 avg rating — 2,828 ratings — published 2004 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mortmain Hall (Rachel Savernake #2) 3.63 avg rating — 1,902 ratings — published 2019 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cipher Garden (Lake District Mystery #2) 3.79 avg rating — 1,690 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories by Martin Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emmuska Orczy, Selwyn Jepson 3.79 avg rating — 1,586 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries 3.73 avg rating — 1,563 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arsenic Labyrinth (The Lake District Mysteries #3) 3.88 avg rating — 1,474 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Serpent Pool (Lake District Mystery, #4) 3.91 avg rating — 1,361 ratings — published 2010 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frozen Shroud (Lake District Mystery, #6) 3.87 avg rating — 1,313 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“He loved the smell and feel of old books. To hold them was to touch the past.”
― Martin Edwards, The Cipher Garden

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“Seldom happier than when I'm on my own, lost in a book.”
― Martin Edwards, The Coffin Trail

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“Readers came and went, only the books stayed forever.”
― Martin Edwards, The Hanging Wood

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Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries by Martin Edwards

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Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin

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A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer

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Death of Anton by Alan Melville

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