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The Life of Crime
Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators
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Now revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and was shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold...
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Now revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and was shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards
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Now revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and was shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards
In this groundbreaking history of crime fiction, acclaimed expert Martin Edwards traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering a brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of storytelling.
The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of mystery fiction from around the world. Martin Edwards has drawn on his experience as an award-winning novelist to capture the breadth and complexity of crime writing, telling the story of the genre's development and evolution in a way that will fascinate and entertain anyone who delights in a good mystery.
With crime fiction being read more widely than ever, The Life of Crime reveals the writers’ secrets and the ups and downs of their literary lives with insight, compassion and wit. This definitive distillation of more than two centuries of extraordinary books and authors into one coherent history is an extraordinary feat and makes compelling reading.
'Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing' THE TIMES
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008192440
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Collins Crime Club
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 55.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 730g
Pages: 736
About the Author
Adrian Muller is one of the co-founders of CrimeFest, the international crime fiction convention. Martin Edwards, the current Vice Chair of the CWA, has won numerous awards including the Edgar, Agatha and Macavity awards, the CWA Short Story Dagger, CWA Margery Allingham Prize, and the HRF Keating award. He is the author of The Lake District Mystery series, eight novels about Liverpool lawyer Harry Devlin and over 80 short stories. He has also edited over 30 anthologies and published eight non-fiction books. A well-known critic and writer about the crime fiction genre, past and present, Martin is President and Archivist of the world-famous Detection Club. He is also series consultant to British Library's highly successful series of crime classics. Martin is currently also Archivist of the Crime Writers' Association and editor of its annual anthology.
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