<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Edwards, Martin, 1955-]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Edwards, Martin, 1955-]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/ottawa/rss/search?query=Edwards%2C%20Martin%2C%201955-&amp;searchType=author&amp;page=2&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:45:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Final Acts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk everything to land a starring role, costumed figures lead to mistaken identities, and on-stage deaths begin to look a little too convincing. . . This expertly curated thespian anthology features fourteen stories from giants of the classic crime genre such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Julian Symons and Ngaio Marsh, as well as firm favourites from the British Library Crime Classics series: Anthony Wynne, Christianna Brand, Bernard J. Farmer and many more. Mysteries abound when a player's fate hangs on a single performance, and opening night may very well be their last.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1689152</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1689152</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1689152026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Theatrical Mysteries</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781728278629/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death of An Author]]></title><description><![CDATA["Vivian Lestrange--celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse--has apparently dropped off the face of the Earth. After he was reported missing by his secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author herself, crime and murder are afoot when Lestrange's housekeeper is also found to have disappeared.  Bond and Warner of Scotland Yard set to work to investigate a murder with no body and a potentially fictional victim." --back cover.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1699896</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1699896</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorac, E. C. R.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1699896026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464216268/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Black Spectacles]]></title><description><![CDATA["A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses. During the test - which is also being filmed - Chesney is murdered by his accomplice, dressed head to toe in an 'invisible man' disguise. The keen wits of Dr Gideon Fell are called for to crack this brazen and bizarre murder committed in full view of an audience."--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1689108</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1689108</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carr, John Dickson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1689108026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464216329/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Edinburgh Mystery]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remote isles in cold seas, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland have long inspired writers of the very best Golden Age mysteries. Beginning with the adventures of Sherlock Holmes from Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle, this new collection includes the ingenious scientific mysteries of Anthony Wynne, the dark and sardonic work of Margot Bennett and contributions from neglected yet brilliant authors such as Scobie Mackenzie and R. T. Campbell"--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1633991</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1633991</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1633991026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>And Other Tales of Scottish Crime</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781728267692/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Theft of the Iron Dogs]]></title><description><![CDATA["While hot on the heels of serial coupon-racketeer Gordon Ginner, Chief Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard receives word of a peculiar incident up in Lancashire-the fishing cottage of a local farmer has been broken into, with an assortment of seemingly random items missing, which include a reel of salmon line, a large sack, and two iron dogs (or andirons) from his fireplace. This incident becomes all the more enticing to Macdonald when a body is found in the River Lune not far from the cottage in question-the body of Gordon Ginner"--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1674708</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1674708</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorac, E. C. R.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1674708026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464216503/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Killed Father Christmas?]]></title><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1583045</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1583045</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1583045026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>And Other Seasonal Mysteries</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780712354783/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1409786875</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suddenly at His Residence]]></title><description><![CDATA["While the Blitz bombards London, the boisterous grandchildren of Sir Richard March have descended upon Swanswater Manor in Kent for a family gathering and the finalizing of the patriarch's will. Disgruntled by the behavior and life choices of his heirs, March seems poised to deny all of them their inheritance and heads out to his lodge to make arrangements-only to be discovered dead the next morning with strychnine in his blood. With evidence at the crime scene suggesting that nobody could possibly have entered the lodge to murder March, Inspector Cockrill-the "Terror of Kent"-has the challenge of finding any plausible solution for this impossible crime before death comes to darken the doors of Swanswater once more"--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1608751</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1608751</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brand, Christianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1608751026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464216411/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howdunit!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ninety crime writers from the world’s oldest and most famous crime writing network give tips and insights into successful crime and thriller fiction.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1267189</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1267189</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1267189026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780008380137/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christmas Card Crime]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman's watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street's Christmas shopping. And lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow, to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations. With neglected stories by John Bude and E.C.R. Lorac, as well as tales by little-known writers of crime fiction, Martin Edwards blends the cosy atmosphere of the fireside story with a chill to match the temperature outside. This is a gripping seasonal collection sure to delight mystery fans.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1252301</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1252301</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1252301026</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781407977300/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilty Consciences]]></title><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C681103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C681103</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/681103026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Crime Writers&apos; Association Anthology</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780727880246/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=**</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep Waters]]></title><description><![CDATA[From picturesque canals to the swirling currents of the ocean, a world of secrets lies buried beneath the surface of the water. Dubious vessels crawl along riverbeds, while the murky depths conceal more than one gruesome murder. The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unintended dwellers and disembodied whispers penetrate the sleeping quarters of a ship's captain. How might a thief plot their escape from a floating crime scene? And what is to follow when murder victims, lost to the ocean floor, inevitably resurface?]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1225982</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1225982</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1225982026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Murder on the Waves</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464211782/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=eBook-1720415-AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman's watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street's Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder. This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season—from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow, to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations. With neglected stories by John Bude and E.C.R. Lorac, as well as tales by little-known writers of crime fiction, Martin Edwards blends the cosy atmosphere of the fireside story with a chill to match the temperature outside.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1225978</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1225978</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1225978026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464210921/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=eBook-1720415-AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire in the Thatch]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon - renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. Vaughan sets to work farming the land, rearing geese and renovating the cottage. Hard work and rural peace seem to make this a happy bachelor life. On a nearby farm lives the bored, flirtatious June St Cyres, an exile from London while her husband is a Japanese POW. June's presence attracts fashionable visitors of dubious character, and threatens to spoil Vaughan's Prized seclusion. When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan's work goes up in smoke - and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder."--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1134768</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1134768</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorac, E. C. 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Sayers and Margery Allingham.This anthology celebrates their work, alongside long-hidden gems by less familiar writers. Together these stories demonstrate the range and high accomplishment of the classic British impossible crime story over more than half a century.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1047052</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1047052</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1047052026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464207457/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=192-2017-eBook-AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crimson Snow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1089387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1089387</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1089387026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Winter Mysteries</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464206757/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss Winter in the Library With A Knife]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting: Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote but wonderfully atmospheric village in north Yorkshire to win a prize that will change your fortunes for good. Six members of staff from the shadowy Trust are there to make sure everyone plays fair. The contestants have been meticulously vetted but you can never be too careful. And with the village about to be cut off by a snow storm, everyone needs to be extra vigilant. Midwinter can play tricks on people's minds. The game is set -- but playing fair isn't on everyone's Christmas list.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1664572</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1664572</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwards, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1664572026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464261138/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss Winter in the Library With A Knife]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting: Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote but wonderfully atmospheric village in north Yorkshire to win a prize that will change your fortunes for good. Six members of staff from the shadowy Trust are there to make sure everyone plays fair. The contestants have been meticulously vetted but you can never be too careful. And with the village about to be cut off by a snow storm, everyone needs to be extra vigilant. Midwinter can play tricks on people's minds. The game is set - but playing fair isn't on everyone's Christmas list.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1679781</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1679781</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwards, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1679781026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464252976/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=eBook-4079716-AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge]]></title><description><![CDATA["1930. Nell Fagan is a journalist on the trail of an intriguing and bizarre mystery: in 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, judge's daughter Rachel Savernake. Thank goodness she did, because barely a week later Nell disappears, and Rachel is left to put together the pieces of the puzzle. Looking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell in Yorkshire, with its eerie moor and sinister tower. With help from her friend Jacob Flint - who's determined to expose a fraudulent clairvoyant - Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the disappearances and bring the truth to light. A dazzling mystery peopled by clerics and medics; reporters and rogues, Blackstone Fell explores the shadowy borderlands between spiritual and scientific; between sanity and madness; and between virtue and deadly sin"--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1645427</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1645427</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwards, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1645427026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781728271040/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallows Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[London, 1930. A headless corpse; an apparent suicide in a locked room; a man burned alive during an illusionist's show in front of thousands of people. Scotland Yard is baffled by the sequence of ghastly murders unfolding across the city and at the centre of it all is mysterious heiress Rachel Savernake. Daughter of a grand judge, Rachel is as glamorous as she is elusive. Jacob Flint, a tenacious young journalist eager to cover the gruesome crimes, is drawn into Rachel's glittering world of wealth and power. But as the body count continues to rise, Jacob is convinced Rachel is harbouring a dark secret and he soon becomes part of a dangerous game that could leave him dancing at the end of the hangman's rope if he pursues the truth.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1199095</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1199095</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwards, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1199095026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781492699286/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Life of Crime]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of crime fiction, old and new, from around the world. In what will surely be regarded as his magnum opus, Martin Edwards has thrown himself undaunted into the breadth and complexity of the genre to write an authoritative - and readable - study of its development and evolution. With crime fiction being read more widely than ever around the world, and with individual authors increasingly the subject of extensive academic study, his expert distillation of more than two centuries of extraordinary books and authors - from the tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann to the novels of Patricia Cornwell - into one coherent history is an extraordinary feat and makes for compelling reading"--Dust jacket.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1351297</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1351297</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwards, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1351297026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780008192426/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1308432527</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mortmain Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA["Journalist Jacob Flint finds himself framed for murder after a surprise witness helps a man accused of a "blazing car" killing escape the gallows. To save himself, Jacob needs to discover what links these strange events to a remote estate on a northern coast, Mortmain Hall. But the house party culminates in tragedy when a body is found beneath the crumbling cliffs. Rachel Savernake, who's been invited to the party, proposes an intricate-and dangerous-solution to the assembled guests. Will her relentless quest for the truth bring down the British establishment?"--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1278966</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1278966</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwards, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1278966026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464214059/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Age of Murder]]></title><description><![CDATA["A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets."--Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C892911</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C892911</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwards, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/892911026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780008105969/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=C</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss Winter in the Library With A Knife]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting: Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote but wonderfully atmospheric village in north Yorkshire to win a prize that will change your fortunes for good. Six members of staff from the shadowy Trust are there to make sure everyone plays fair. The contestants have been meticulously vetted but you can never be too careful. And with the village about to be cut off by a snow storm, everyone needs to be extra vigilant. Midwinter can play tricks on people's minds. 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The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than many critics have suggested. To illustrate this, the leading expert on classic crime discusses one hundred books ranging from The Hound of the Baskervilles to Strangers on a Train which highlight the entertaining plots, the literary achievements, and the social significance of vintage crime fiction. This book serves as a companion to the acclaimed British Library Crime Classics series but it tells a very diverse story. 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