by Martin Edwards | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog Article, Detectives
By Martin Edwards ‘Fair play’ is a defining principle of the traditional detective story. The author makes an implicit promise that readers will be given a reasonable opportunity to unravel the mystery for themselves before all is revealed at the end. Clues will be...
by Martin Edwards | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog Article
10 Undervalued Golden Age Mysteries Anyone who enjoys classic crime is well aware of the merits of books like Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Anthony Berkeley’s The Poisoned Chocolates Case. But there are plenty of novels, by these authors and...