E-raamat: Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators

Magisterial but wickedly entertaining reliably readable and frequently amusing. It also inspires awe: Edwards combines wide reading with a good memory, meticulous control over his unruly material, critical acumen and sheer bloody persistence. ANDREW TAYLOR, THE SPECTATOR



As entertaining and illuminating a history of crime and thriller fiction as Ive ever read. IAN RANKIN



Impressively scholarly and joyfully anecdotal its hard to imagine this book being superseded for many years to come. MORNING STAR



Vastly entertaining [ Edwards] plots the development of the genre and the bizarre lives of writers Youll find all your favourites here, from Edgar Allan Poe to PD James But be warned youll end up with a reading list as long as a giants arm. DENIS MANN, DAILY EXPRESS



A magisterial history of mysteries and their creators. THE TIMES



There is plenty here for mystery readers, whether well-versed in the genres history or not and mystery writers will welcome this book as a resource.





THE NEW YORK TIMES





A magisterial work THE LIFE OF CRIME does more than just inform, entertain and provoke, it also sends new readers back to old books.





THE WASHINGTON POST





REVIEWS FOR MARTIN EDWARDS:



Few, if any, books about crime fiction have provided so much information and insight so enthusiastically and, for the reader, so enjoyably THE TIMES



Illuminating and entertaining provides a new way of looking at old favourites. LEN DEIGHTON, author of The Ipcress File



Forensically sharp and exhaustively informed Crime fiction is driven by death. In this superbly compendious and entertaining book, Edwards ensures that dozens of authorial corpses are gloriously reborn. MARK LAWSON, Guardian