As If By Magic

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Locked-Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes

Series: British Library Crime Classics

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Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked room mysteries and impossible crimes. Featuring... Read More

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As If By Magic

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Featuring stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside little-known rediscoveries from the Library collections.

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Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked room mysteries and impossible crimes.

Featuring more great stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons, and Margery Allingham alongside newly rediscovered writers, this selection of stories will bring you more insight into one of the most celebrated and dazzling sub-genres of detective fiction.

Series: British Library Crime Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780712355636

Publisher: British Library Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: British Library Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Martin Edwards

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

Collections

Classic Fiction Cosy Crime Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Police Procedural Series: British Library Crime Classics

About the Author

Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is a CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer and president of the Detection Club. He has researched and explored the history of the crime and mystery genre in titles such as The Golden Age of Murder, The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books published by the British Library and The Life of Crime.