Order of Martin Edwards Books
Martin Edwards is a British author of crime fiction novels in addition to being a critic of the genre. He has also written several legal articles and books. Edwards writes the Harry Devlin series and the Lake District Mysteries series. He is a founding member of the Northern Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association as well as the Murder Squad.
Martin Edwards began his writing career in 1983 writing legal books. His first novel was All the Lonely People in 1991, which began his Harry Devlin series. The novel was nominated for the John Creasey Dagger award for Best First Crime Novel of the Year. Below is a list of Martin Edwards’ books in order of when they were first released:
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Publication Order of Harry Devlin Books
| All the Lonely People | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Suspicious Minds | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Remember You | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Yesterday's Papers | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eve of Destruction | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Devil in Disguise | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Cut is the Deepest | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Waterloo Sunset | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lake District Mysteries Books
| The Coffin Trail | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cipher Garden | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Arsenic Labyrinth | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Serpent Pool | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hanging Wood | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Frozen Shroud | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dungeon House | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crooked Shore / The Girl They All Forgot | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Rachel Savernake Books
| Gallows Court | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mortmain Hall | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blackstone Fell / The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sepulchre Street / The House on Graveyard Lane | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hemlock Bay | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Take My Breath Away | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dancing For The Hangman | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Red Glory: Manchester United and Me | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Thrumm | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder and its Motives | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strangers in a Pub | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Where Do You Find Your Ideas? | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Out-Islands: Poems | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Executive Survival | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Urge to Kill / Motive to Murder | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Catching Killers | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Age of Murder | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Howdunit! | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| This Deadly Isle: A Golden Age Mystery Map | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Life of Crime | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Gothic Fantasy Books
| Paradise Lost & Other Poems | (1667) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography | (1865) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| H.G. Wells Short Stories | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Science Fiction Short Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chilling Horror Short Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chilling Ghost Short Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Crime & Mystery Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Swords & Steam Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dystopia Utopia Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Murder Mayhem Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lovecraft Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lost Worlds Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Supernatural Horror Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Time Travel Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Heroic Fantasy Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Edgar Allan Poe Collection | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sherlock Holmes Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Agents & Spies Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alien Invasion Short Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Norse Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Bram Stoker Horror Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Endless Apocalypse Short Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lost Souls | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Greek Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chinese Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Irish Fairy Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mary Shelley Horror Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Celtic Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Haunted House Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Cosy Crime Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Brothers Grimm Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| American Gothic Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Urban Crime Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Epic Fantasy Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Dying Planet Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Detective Thrillers Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Heroes & Heroines Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Native American MythsTales | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| George Orwell Visions of Dystopia | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Black Sci-Fi Short Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| M.R. James Ghost Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chilling Crime Short Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Japanese Myths & Tales | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Asian Ghost Short Stories | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Weird Horror Short Stories | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Christmas Gothic Short Stories | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alternate History Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hidden Realms Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lost Atlantis Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Aztec Myths & Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Viking Folk & Fairy Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Learning to Be Human Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Shadows on the Water Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Arthur Machen Horror Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| African Ghost Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Quests & Journeys | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sun Rising Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Moon Falling Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Afrofuturism Short Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Were Wolf Short Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Robots Past & Future Short Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Africanfuturism Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Folklore Horror Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Wars in the Stars Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Christmas Horror Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Note: Edwards finished the novel The Lazarus Widow following the death of author Bill Knox. Careers in the Law was written with Elizabeth Usher. Know-How for Employment Lawyers was co-authored with Stephen Levinson, David Cockburn, Nicholas Rose and Vanessa Middleton.
If You Like Martin Edwards Books, You’ll Love…
Martin Edwards Synopses: Where Do you Find Your Ideas? and Other Crime Stories is a short story collection by Martin Edwards. The collection includes eight Harry Devlin stories, plus historical mysteries, Sherlockian pastiches and ten psychological suspense stories. Each story has a brand new introduction written by Martin Edwards himself.
Whydunit? is a CWA anthology of mystery stories edited by Martin Edwards that follows up on the Perfectly Criminal anthology. This anthology’s theme is the “why” behind the crime, rather than the “who.” Some of the authors who have contributed to Whydunit? include Lawrence Block, Reginald Hill, Edward D. Hoch, Peter Lovesey, Ruth Rendell, Margaret York and many more.
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