Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

July 13, 2022

Sometimes, Martin Edwards’ notes about a book for the British Library Crime Classics are almost as interesting as the mystery itself. According to his introduction, this novel in the Crime Classics series is published now for the first time. Evidently, Lorac...

Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries, ed. by Martin Edwards

July 12, 2022

I love the cover of Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries. It’s one of the most recent collections from British Library Crime Classics. As always, Martin Edwards edited the collection, and wrote the introduction to this anthology of stories involving the...

Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

June 26, 2022

Sometimes, a traditional mystery from the British Library Crime Classics series is perfect in troubled times. E.C.R. Lorac’s Fell Murder, set in Lunsedale, just south of the Lake District in England, introduces Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard. Yes,...

The Man Who Didn’t Fly by Margot Bennett

November 28, 2021

I mentioned Margot Bennett’s mystery, The Man Who Didn’t Fly, just the other day. Part of the British Library Crime Classics series, Martin Edwards wrote the introduction. I have to admit I found the introduction more interesting than most of the story. I...

Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac

September 26, 2021

Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac is another of the British Library Crime Classics with an introduction by Martin Edwards. After I read and reviewed Checkmate to Murder by Lorac in March, I ordered the rest of her mysteries that are available in the British Library...