{"product_id":"the-life-of-crime-by-martin-edwards","title":"The Life Of Crime by Martin Edwards","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetecting The History Of Mysteries And Their Creators\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of four major prizes for the best critical\/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world’s most popular form of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Martin Edwards is a multi-award-winning crime novelist, the President of the Detection Club, archivist of the Crime Writers’ Association and series consultant to the British Library’s highly successful series of crime classics, and therefore uniquely qualified to write this book. He has been a widely respected genre commentator for more than thirty years, winning the CWA Diamond Dagger for making a significant contribution to crime writing in 2020, when he also compiled and published\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHowdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMortmain Hall\u003c\/em\u003e. His critically acclaimed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Age of Murder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Collins Crime Club, 2015) was a landmark study of Detective Fiction between the wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life of Crime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of crime fiction, old and new, from around the world. In what will surely be regarded as his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emagnum opus\u003c\/em\u003e, Martin Edwards has thrown himself undaunted into the breadth and complexity of the genre to write an authoritative – and readable – study of its development and evolution. With crime fiction being read more widely than ever around the world, and with individual authors increasingly the subject of extensive academic study, his expert distillation of more than two centuries of extraordinary books and authors – from the tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann to the novels of Patricia Cornwell – into one coherent history is an extraordinary feat and makes for compelling reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 14\/11\/2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: True Crime, History, Crime, Mystery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 736\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 240 x 165mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52396270223670,"sku":"9780008192426","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Book_11_665c7440-f3f5-406e-b34b-cfd05f5984d7.jpg?v=1752552525","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/the-life-of-crime-by-martin-edwards","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}