The Golden Age of Murder

The Golden Age of Murder[1] is a book written by Martin Edwards[2] and published by HarperCollins[3] on 7 May 2015 which later went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Critical / Biographical Work in 2016.[4]

The Golden Age of Murder
The Golden Age of Murder
AuthorMartin Edwards
Published2015
PublisherHarperCollins
Media typePrint
Pages528
AwardsEdgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Works (2016)
ISBN978-0-008-10596-9
WebsiteThe Golden Age of Murder

A history of mystery

As he explains in the Introduction, when Edwards himself became a published author of mystery fiction he was thrilled to be invited to join The Detection Club, about which he had first learned from the pages of Julian Symons' history of mystery writing Bloody Murder.

Subsequently he was made the club's archivist - only to discover that there were no archives; the club's only known minute-book had disappeared in the Blitz, and its priceless library had been sold off.

Inspired by his deep love of detective fiction, he set out to reconstruct some part of the club's history, of that "... elite but mysterious group of crime writers over which Sayers, Christie and Symons presided for nearly 40 years." In so doing, he discovered that the members themselves and events surrounding them were at least as fascinating as anything they had written about.

References
  1. "The Golden Age of Murder". Goodreads. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. "Golden Age of Murder". www.martinedwardsbooks.com. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  3. Edwards, Martin. "The Golden Age of Murder - Martin Edwards - Hardcover". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  4. "Edgar Award Winners". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
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