The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators

by Martin Edwards

Book Overview

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 shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards.

'Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing.' The Times

In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008192421
• ISBN13: 9780008192426
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Collins Crime Club
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"