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 Girl They All Forgot by Martin Edwards

June 04, 2022

If I had read the previous seven Lake District mysteries, perhaps I might have appreciated Martin Edwards’ The Girl They All Forgot. However, even for readers of the series, the seven year gap between books may have left them scrambling to catch up. I...

A Surprise for Christmas, edited by Martin Edwards

December 24, 2021

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries is the fourth collection of short stories with a wintry theme published as part of the British Library Crime Classics series. Martin Edwards is once again the editor, providing the introduction and background...

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...