He has been a widely respected genre commentator for more than thirty years, winning the CWA Diamond Dagger for making a significant contribution to crime writing in 2020, when he also compiled and published Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club and the novel Mortmain Hall. In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world’s most popular form of fiction.Īuthor Martin Edwards is a multi-award-winning crime novelist, the President of the Detection Club, archivist of the Crime Writers’ Association and series consultant to the British Library’s highly successful series of crime classics, and therefore uniquely qualified to write this book. And now nominated for the Gold Dagger for non-fiction. Keating Award for best biography or critical book related to crime fiction. Alongside these home-grown tales, this collection also includes a handful of gems inspired by, or set in, the cities and wilds of Wales by treasured British authors with an affinity for the country, such as Christianna Brand, Ianthe Jerrold and Michael Gilbert.Winner of the 2023 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical book, and the H.R.F. Presenting fourteen stories ranging from 1909 through to the 1980s, this new anthology celebrates a selection of beloved Welsh-born authors such as Cardiff’s Roald Dahl and Abergavenny’s Ethel Lina White, as well as lesser-known yet highly skilled writers such as Cledwyn Hughes and Jack Griffith. The landscapes and locales of Wales (“Cymru”, in the Welsh language) have fired the imagination of some of the greatest writers in the field of crime and mystery fiction. In hushed valleys, venom flows through villages harbouring grievances which span generations. Mystery and murder run amok amidst ominous peaks and icy lakes. An anthology of classic mysteries by Welsh authors or set in Wales edited by Diamond Dagger and Edgar-Award winner Martin Edwards.
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