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:

Publication Order of Harry Devlin Books

All the Lonely People	(1991)
Suspicious Minds	(1992)
I Remember You	(1993)
Yesterday's Papers	(1994)
Eve of Destruction	(1997)
The Devil in Disguise	(1998)
First Cut is the Deepest	(1999)
Waterloo Sunset	(2008)

Publication Order of Thane & Moss Books

The Lazarus Widow (With: Bill Knox)

(1999)

Publication Order of Lake District Mysteries Books

The Coffin Trail	(2004)
The Cipher Garden	(2005)
The Arsenic Labyrinth	(2007)
The Serpent Pool	(2010)
The Hanging Wood	(2011)
The Frozen Shroud	(2013)
The Dungeon House	(2015)
The Crooked Shore	(2021)

Publication Order of Rachel Savernake Books

Gallows Court	(2018)
Mortmain Hall	(2020)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Take My Breath Away	(2003)
Dancing For The Hangman	(2008)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Thrumm

(2002)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Where Do You Find Your Ideas?	(2001)
The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes	(2014)
The Out-Islands: Poems	(2021)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Executive Survival	(1988)
Urge to Kill / Motive to Murder	(2002)
Catching Killers	(2003)
Truly Criminal	(2015)
The Golden Age of Murder	(2015)
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books	(2017)
Howdunit!	(2020)

Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books

The Notting Hill Mystery (By: Charles Warren Adams)	(1862)
The Female Detective (By: Andrew Forrester)	(1864)
The Great Impersonation (By: E. Phillips Oppenheim)	(1920)
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (By: Anthony Berkeley)	(1929)
It Walks by Night (By: John Dickson Carr)	(1930)
The Secret of High Eldersham (By: Miles Burton)	(1930)
Castle Skull (By: John Dickson Carr)	(1931)
Mystery in the Channel (By: Freeman Wills Crofts)	(1931)
The Incredible Crime (By: Lois Austen-Leigh)	(1931)
Murder of a Lady (By: Anthony Wynne)	(1931)
The Lost Gallows (By: John Dickson Carr)	(1931)
The Z Murders (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)	(1931)
The Corpse in the Waxworks (By: John Dickson Carr)	(1932)
The Division Bell Mystery (By: Ellen Wilkinson)	(1932)
Portrait of a Murderer (By: Anne Meredith)	(1933)
Death in Fancy Dress (By: Anthony Gilbert)	(1933)
Family Matters (By: Anthony Rolls)	(1933)
The Hog's Back Mystery (By: Freeman Wills Crofts)	(1933)
Weekend at Thrackley (By: Alan Melville)	(1934)
The Murder of My Aunt (By: Richard Hull)	(1934)
Quick Curtain (By: Alan Melville)	(1934)
Murder Underground (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)	(1934)
Scarweather (By: Anthony Rolls)	(1934)
Death of an Airman (By: Christopher St. John Sprigg)	(1934)
The Spy Paramount (By: E. Phillips Oppenheim)	(1934)
The 12.30 from Croydon (By: Freeman Wills Crofts)	(1934)
The Chianti Flask (By: Marie Belloc Lowndes)	(1934)
The Lake District Murder (By: John Bude)	(1935)
Death on the Cherwell (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)	(1935)
The Cornish Coast Murder (By: John Bude)	(1935)
Death of Anton (By: Alan Melville)	(1936)
Death in the Tunnel (By: Miles Burton)	(1936)
The Traitor (By: Sydney Horler)	(1936)
The Santa Klaus Murder (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)	(1936)
The Sussex Downs Murder (By: John Bude)	(1936)
Murder in Piccadilly (By: Charles Kingston)	(1936)
Mystery in White (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)	(1937)
Bats in the Belfry (By: E.C.R. Lorac)	(1937)
The Cheltenham Square Murder (By: John Bude)	(1937)
Excellent Intentions (By: Richard Hull)	(1938)
Murder in the Museum (By: John Rowland)	(1938)
Antidote to Venom (By: Freeman Wills Crofts)	(1938)
Thirteen Guests (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)	(1938)
The Port of London Murders (By: Josephine Bell)	(1938)
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (By: Leonard R. Gribble)	(1939)
Seven Dead (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)	(1939)
Verdict of Twelve (By: Raymond Postgate)	(1940)
A Scream in Soho (By: John G. Brandon)	(1940)
Death of a Busybody (By: George Bellairs)	(1942)
The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack (By: George Bellairs)	(1942)
Somebody at the Door (By: Raymond Postgate)	(1943)
Murder's a Swine: A Second World War Mystery (By: Nap Lombard)	(1943)
Checkmate to Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)	(1944)
Fell Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)	(1944)
Murder by Matchlight (By: E.C.R. Lorac)	(1945)
Trouble on the Thames (By: Victor Bridges)	(1945)
Fire in the Thatch (By: E.C.R. Lorac)	(1946)
Death Makes a Prophet (By: John Bude)	(1947)
Smallbone Deceased (By: Michael Gilbert)	(1950)
Calamity in Kent (By: John Rowland)	(1950)
Death Has Deep Roots (By: Michael Gilbert)	(1951)
The Danger Within / Death in Captivity (By: Michael Gilbert)	(1952)
Murder in the Mill-Race (By: E.C.R. Lorac)	(1952)
Crossed Skis (By: Carol Carnac)	(1952)
Death on the Riviera (By: John Bude)	(1952)
The Man Who Didn't Fly (By: Margot Bennett)	(1955)
The Colour Of Murder (By: Julian Symons)	(1957)
The Christmas Egg (By: Mary Kelly)	(1958)
The Progress of a Crime (By: Julian Symons)	(1960)
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (By: Gil North)	(1960)
The Methods of Sergeant Cluff (By: Gil North)	(1961)
The Spoilt Kill (By: Mary Kelly)	(1961)
The Body in the Dumb River (By: George Bellairs)	(1961)
Due to a Death (By: Mary Kelly)	(1963)
Surfeit of Suspects (By: George Bellairs)	(1964)
The Belting Inheritance (By: Julian Symons)	(1965)
The Last Best Friend (By: George Sims)	(1967)
The End of the Web (By: George Sims)	(1976)
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries	(2015)
Resorting to Murder	(2015)
Silent Nights	(2015)
Murder at the Manor	(2016)
Serpents in Eden	(2016)
Crimson Snow	(2016)
Foreign Bodies	(2017)
The Long Arm of the Law	(2017)
Miraculous Mysteries	(2017)
Continental Crimes	(2017)
Blood on the Tracks	(2018)
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories	(2018)
Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book (By: Kate Jackson)	(2018)
Deep Waters: Murder on the Waves	(2019)
The Measure of Malice	(2019)
The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums (By: Kate Jackson)	(2019)
Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries	(2020)
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries	(2020)
Two-Way Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)	(2021)
Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries	(2021)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Ask a Policeman	(1933)
Northern Blood	(1992)
Northern Blood 2	(1995)
Perfectly Criminal	(1996)
Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit?	(1997)
Northern Blood 3	(1998)
Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III	(1999)
Missing Persons	(1999)
Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000	(2000)
Crimewave 6	(2002)
Murder Squad	(2002)
Mysterious Pleasures	(2003)
Crime in the City	(2003)
Green for Danger	(2004)
Crime on the Move	(2005)
I.D.: Crimes of Identity	(2006)
M.O.: Crimes of Practice	(2008)
Original Sins	(2010)
Guilty Consciences	(2012)
Deadly Pleasures	(2013)
Guilty Parties	(2014)
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries	(2015)
Resorting to Murder	(2015)
Silent Nights	(2015)
The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories	(2015)
Murder at the Manor	(2016)
Serpents in Eden	(2016)
Crimson Snow	(2016)
Foreign Bodies	(2017)
The Long Arm of the Law	(2017)
Miraculous Mysteries	(2017)
Continental Crimes	(2017)
Blood on the Tracks	(2018)
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories	(2018)
Ten Year Stretch	(2018)
CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour	(2018)
The Measure of Malice	(2019)
The Christmas Card Crime	(2019)
Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries	(2020)
Blood Sports	(2020)
Vintage Crime	(2020)
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries	(2020)
Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries	(2021)
Many Deadly Returns	(2021)
Music of the Night	(2022)

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.

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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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