The golden age of murder : the mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story / Martin Edwards.
| Author/creator | Edwards, Martin, 1955- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition |
| Publication | London : Collins Crime Club, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xxviii, 573 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part one : The unusual suspects. The ritual in the dark -- A bitter sin -- Conversations about a hanged woman -- The mystery of the silent pool -- 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 heard 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. The heady liquor of ambition -- 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 -- Every ridge and notch of the blue outlines -- 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 -- The home of lost corpses -- Moments of violence -- Part seven : Unravelling the mysteries. Murder goes on forever -- Constitution and rules of the Detection Club. |
| General note | Originally published: London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. |
| General note | "Fully revised and expanded"--Title page |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-548) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780008708948 |
| ISBN | 0008708940 (paperback) |
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