Martin Edwards

Martin Edwards è un autore britannico di fama, noto per i suoi romanzi di fiction criminale e per i suoi contributi critici al genere. Nato a Knutsford, Edwards ha frequentato una scuola grammaticale locale nella contea del Cheshire e in seguito ha studiato alla Balliol College, Oxford University, dove si è laureato con lode nel 1977. Dopo essersi qualificato come avvocato nel 1980, si è trasferito a Liverpool e ha intrapreso una carriera di successo nel campo legale.

Oltre al suo lavoro legale, Edwards ha scritto diversi articoli e libri legali, nonché numerose serie di fiction. Le sue serie Harry Devlin e Lake District Mysteries hanno guadagnato una notevole popolarità. Edwards è anche un membro fondatore della Northern Chapter of the Crime Writers' Association e del Murder Squad, dimostrando il suo impegno per la comunità della fiction criminale.

A Martin Edwards sono stati assegnati numerosi riconoscimenti per il suo lavoro, tra cui il CWA Diamond Dagger, il più alto onore nella scrittura criminale britannica. I suoi romanzi più recenti, come "Mortmain Hall" e "Gallows Court", sono stati ben accolti, con quest'ultimo che ha ottenuto nomination per due premi. Nel 2018, i bibliotecari britannici hanno riconosciuto il suo corpus di lavoro con il CWA Dagger in the Library. Edwards ha inoltre curato oltre 40 antologie ed ha pubblicato diversi libri di saggistica, mettendo in mostra la sua competenza nella storia della fiction criminale. È l'archivista di entrambe la Crime Writers' Association e la Detection Club, ed è stato eletto suo ottavo Presidente nel 2015. Edwards tiene anche un blog regolare, "Do You Write Under Your Own Name?", consolidando ulteriormente il suo status di figura di spicco nella fiction criminale.
Harry Devlin Books
# Titolo Anno
1 All the Lonely People 1991
2 Suspicious Minds 1992
3 I Remember You 1993
4 Yesterday's Papers 1994
5 Eve of Destruction 1997
6 The Devil in Disguise 1998
7 First Cut is the Deepest 1999
8 Waterloo Sunset 2008
Lake District Mysteries Books
# Titolo Anno
1 The Coffin Trail 2004
2 The Cipher Garden 2005
3 The Arsenic Labyrinth 2007
4 The Serpent Pool 2010
5 The Hanging Wood 2011
6 The Frozen Shroud 2013
7 The Dungeon House 2015
8 The Crooked Shore / The Girl They All Forgot 2021
Rachel Savernake Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Gallows Court 2018
2 Mortmain Hall 2020
3 Blackstone Fell / The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge 2022
4 Sepulchre Street 2023
Romanzi singoli
# Titolo Anno
1 Take My Breath Away 2003
2 Dancing For The Hangman 2008
Racconti brevi/Novelle
# Titolo Anno
1 Thrumm 2002
2 Murder and its Motives 2016
3 Strangers in a Pub 2018
Raccolte di racconti
# Titolo Anno
1 Where Do You Find Your Ideas? 2001
2 The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes 2014
3 The Out-Islands: Poems 2021
Libri di non-fiction
# Titolo Anno
1 Executive Survival 1988
2 Urge to Kill / Motive to Murder 2002
3 Catching Killers 2003
4 Truly Criminal 2015
5 The Golden Age of Murder 2015
6 The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books 2017
7 Howdunit! 2020
8 This Deadly Isle: A Golden Age Mystery Map 2022
9 The Life of Crime 2022
British Library Crime Classics Books
# Titolo Anno
1 The Notting Hill Mystery 1862
2 The Female Detective 1864
3 The Poisoned Chocolates Case 1929
4 It Walks by Night 1930
5 The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham 1930
6 Mystery in the Channel 1931
7 Castle Skull 1931
8 The Incredible Crime 1931
9 Murder of a Lady 1931
10 The Lost Gallows 1931
11 The Z Murders 1931
12 The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder 1932
13 The Division Bell Mystery 1932
14 Portrait of a Murderer 1933
15 Death in Fancy Dress 1933
16 Family Matters 1933
17 The Hog's Back Mystery 1933
18 Murder Underground 1934
19 Scarweather 1934
20 Death of an Airman 1934
21 The Spy Paramount 1934
22 The 12.30 from Croydon 1934
23 The Chianti Flask 1934
24 The Lake District Murder 1935
25 Death on the Cherwell 1935
26 The Cornish Coast Murder 1935
27 The Traitor 1936
28 The Santa Klaus Murder 1936
29 The Sussex Downs Murder 1936
30 Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel 1936
31 Mystery in White 1937
32 Bats in the Belfry 1937
33 The Cheltenham Square Murder 1937
34 Excellent Intentions 1938
35 Murder in the Museum 1938
36 Antidote to Venom 1938
37 Thirteen Guests 1938
38 The Port of London Murders 1938
39 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery 1939
40 Seven Dead 1939
41 Verdict of Twelve 1940
42 A Scream in Soho 1940
43 Death of a Busybody 1942
44 The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack 1942
45 Somebody at the Door 1943
46 Murder's a Swine: A Second World War Mystery 1943
47 Checkmate to Murder 1944
48 Fell Murder 1944
49 Murder by Matchlight 1945
50 Trouble on the Thames 1945
51 Fire in the Thatch 1946
52 Death Makes a Prophet 1947
53 Smallbone Deceased 1950
54 Calamity in Kent 1950
55 Death Has Deep Roots 1951
56 The Danger Within / Death in Captivity 1952
57 Murder in the Mill-Race 1952
58 Crossed Skis 1952
59 Death on the Riviera 1952
60 The Colour Of Murder 1957
61 The Christmas Egg 1958
62 The Progress of a Crime 1960
63 The Spoilt Kill 1961
64 The Body in the Dumb River 1961
65 Due to a Death 1963
66 Surfeit of Suspects 1964
67 The Belting Inheritance 1965
68 The Last Best Friend 1967
69 The End of the Web 1976
70 Capital Crimes: London Mysteries 2015
71 Resorting to Murder 2015
72 Silent Nights 2015
73 Murder at the Manor 2016
74 Serpents in Eden 2016
75 Crimson Snow 2016
76 Foreign Bodies 2017
77 The Long Arm of the Law 2017
78 Miraculous Mysteries 2017
79 Continental Crimes 2017
80 Blood on the Tracks 2018
81 The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories 2018
82 Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book 2018
83 Deep Waters: Murder on the Waves 2019
84 The Measure of Malice 2019
85 Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries 2020
86 A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries 2020
87 Two-Way Murder 2021
88 Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries 2021
Bibliomysteries Books (with C.J. Box, with John Connolly, with Stephen Hunter, with Anne Perry, with Charles Todd, with Ian Rankin, with Jeffery Deaver, with Joe R. Lansdale, with Reed Farrel Coleman, with Laura Lippman, with Lisa Unger, with Michael Koryta, with R.L. Stine, with Nelson DeMille, with Peter Robinson, with Thomas Perry, with Denise Mina, with Loren D. Estleman, with Thomas H. Cook, with John Harvey, with James Grady, with Max Allan Collins, with Joyce Carol Oates, with David Handler, with James W. Hall, with Megan Abbott, with Carolyn Hart, with Mickey Spillane, with Christopher Fowler, with F. Paul Wilson, with Peter Lovesey, with William Link, with Robert Butler, with Lyndsay Faye, with Ken Bruen, with Bradford Morrow, with David Bell, with Peter Swanson, with Peter Blauner, with Andrew Taylor)
# Titolo Anno
1 The Book of Virtue 2012
2 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
3 The Book Thing 2012
4 The Book Case 2012
5 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
6 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
7 The Final Testament 2013
8 Rides a Stranger 2013
9 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
10 The Book of Ghosts 2013
11 The Compendium of Srem 2014
12 What's in a Name? 2014
13 Remaindered 2014
14 The Sequel 2014
15 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
16 Book Club 2014
17 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
18 It's in the Book 2014
19 The Scroll 2014
20 The Book of the Lion 2015
21 The Little Men 2015
22 Condor in the Stacks 2015
23 Mystery, Inc. 2015
24 Every Seven Years 2015
25 From the Queen 2015
26 The Travelling Companion 2016
27 Citadel 2016
28 Reconciliation Day 2016
29 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
30 The Haze 2016
31 Hoodoo Harry 2017
32 The Pretty Little Box 2018
33 Seven Years 2018
34 The Hemingway Valise 2018
35 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
36 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
37 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
38 The Traitor 2022
39 The Dark Door 2022
40 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
Bibliomysteries Series in Chronological Order
# Titolo Anno
1 The Book of Virtue 2012
2 The Scroll 2014
3 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
4 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
5 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
6 Seven Years 2018
7 The Book Thing 2012
8 The Book of Ghosts 2013
9 Book Club 2014
10 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
11 The Final Testament 2013
12 Rides a Stranger 2013
13 What's in a Name? 2014
14 It's in the Book 2014
15 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
16 Remaindered 2014
17 The Compendium of Srem 2014
18 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
19 The Sequel 2014
20 The Book of the Lion 2015
21 The Little Men 2015
22 Every Seven Years 2015
23 Citadel 2016
24 Condor in the Stacks 2015
25 Mystery, Inc. 2015
26 The Travelling Companion 2016
27 The Haze 2016
28 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
29 Reconciliation Day 2016
30 Hoodoo Harry 2017
31 The Pretty Little Box 2018
32 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
33 The Hemingway Valise 2018
34 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
35 The Book Case 2012
36 From the Queen 2015
37 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
38 The Traitor 2022
39 The Dark Door 2022
40 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
Thane and Moss Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Deadline for a Dream / In at the Kill 1957
2 Death Department 1959
3 Leave it to the Hangman 1960
4 Little Drops of Blood 1962
5 Sanctuary Isle / The Gray Sentinels 1962
6 The Man In The Bottle 1963
7 The Taste of Proof 1965
8 The Deep Fall / The Ghost Car 1966
9 Justice on the Rocks 1967
10 The Tallyman 1969
11 Children of the Mist / Who Shot the Bull 1970
12 To Kill a Witch 1971
13 Draw Batons! / Penalty Shootout 1973
14 Children of the Water 1974
15 Rally to Kill 1975
16 Pilot Error 1977
17 Live Bait 1979
18 A Killing in Antiques 1981
19 The Hanging Tree 1985
20 The Crossfire Killings 1986
21 The Interface man 1990
22 Blood Proof 1999
23 Death Bytes 1999
24 The Lazarus Widow 2000
Martin Edwards Anthologies
# Titolo Anno
1 Ask a Policeman 1933
2 Northern Blood 1992
3 Northern Blood 2 1995
4 Perfectly Criminal 1996
5 Shakespearean Whodunnits 1997
6 Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit? 1997
7 Northern Blood 3 1998
8 Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III 1999
9 Missing Persons 1999
10 Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000 2000
11 Crimewave 6 2002
12 Murder Squad 2002
13 Mysterious Pleasures 2003
14 Crime in the City 2003
15 Green for Danger 2004
16 Crime on the Move 2005
17 I.D.: Crimes of Identity 2006
18 M.O.: Crimes of Practice 2008
19 Original Sins 2010
20 Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology 2011
21 Guilty Consciences 2012
22 Deadly Pleasures 2013
23 Guilty Parties 2014
24 Capital Crimes: London Mysteries 2015
25 Resorting to Murder 2015
26 Truly Criminal 2015
27 Silent Nights 2015
28 The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty 2015
29 The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories 2015
30 Murder at the Manor 2016
31 Serpents in Eden 2016
32 Crimson Snow 2016
33 Motives for Murder 2016
34 Foreign Bodies 2017
35 The Long Arm of the Law 2017
36 Miraculous Mysteries 2017
37 Continental Crimes 2017
38 CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour 2017
39 Blood on the Tracks 2018
40 The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories 2018
41 Ten Year Stretch 2018
42 The Measure of Malice 2019
43 The Christmas Card Crime 2019
44 Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries 2020
45 Blood Sports 2020
46 Vintage Crime 2020
47 A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries 2020
48 Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries 2021
49 Murder by the Book 2021
50 Many Deadly Returns 2021
51 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2022 2022
52 Music of the Night 2022
53 Edgar & Shamus Go Golden 2022
54 The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime 2023
55 Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries 2023