Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac

March 23, 2024

There are other authors from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction that are better known than E.C.R. Lorac, but I enjoy her books with the wit and clever plots. Martin Edwards, who wrote the introduction to Death of an Author, suggests that Lorac had fun with the...

The Mysterious Mr. Badman by W.F. Harvey

December 09, 2023

Originally published in 1934, W.F. Harvey’s The Mysterious Mr. Badman: A Yorkshire Bibliomystery is a recent entry in the British Library Crime Classics. Martin Edwards writes the introduction for this lighthearted, humorous mystery. Athelstan Digby is on...

These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac

February 27, 2023

E.C.R. Lorac provides clues right there in the title of her Golden Age mystery, These Names Make Clues, if you’re clever enough to pick up on them. I wasn’t. Fortunately, Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard was on the scene when one of the murders...

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,...