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 | (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 / The Girl They All Forgot | (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) | |
| Murder and its Motives | (2016) | |
| Strangers in a Pub | (2018) | |
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) | |
| This Deadly Isle: A Golden Age Mystery Map | (2022) | |
| The Life of Crime | (2022) | |
Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books
| The Notting Hill Mystery | (1862) | |
| The Female Detective | (1864) | |
| The Poisoned Chocolates Case | (1929) | |
| It Walks by Night | (1930) | |
| The Secret of High Eldersham | (1930) | |
| Castle Skull | (1931) | |
| Mystery in the Channel | (1931) | |
| The Incredible Crime | (1931) | |
| Murder of a Lady | (1931) | |
| The Lost Gallows | (1931) | |
| The Z Murders | (1931) | |
| The Corpse in the Waxworks | (1932) | |
| The Division Bell Mystery | (1932) | |
| Portrait of a Murderer | (1933) | |
| Death in Fancy Dress | (1933) | |
| Family Matters | (1933) | |
| The Hog's Back Mystery | (1933) | |
| Weekend at Thrackley | (1934) | |
| The Murder of My Aunt | (1934) | |
| Quick Curtain | (1934) | |
| Murder Underground | (1934) | |
| Scarweather | (1934) | |
| Death of an Airman | (1934) | |
| The Spy Paramount | (1934) | |
| The 12.30 from Croydon | (1934) | |
| The Chianti Flask | (1934) | |
| The Lake District Murder | (1935) | |
| Death on the Cherwell | (1935) | |
| The Cornish Coast Murder | (1935) | |
| Death of Anton | (1936) | |
| Death in the Tunnel | (1936) | |
| The Traitor | (1936) | |
| The Santa Klaus Murder | (1936) | |
| The Sussex Downs Murder | (1936) | |
| Murder in Piccadilly | (1936) | |
| Mystery in White | (1937) | |
| Bats in the Belfry | (1937) | |
| The Cheltenham Square Murder | (1937) | |
| Excellent Intentions | (1938) | |
| Murder in the Museum | (1938) | |
| Antidote to Venom | (1938) | |
| Thirteen Guests | (1938) | |
| The Port of London Murders | (1938) | |
| The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | (1939) | |
| Seven Dead | (1939) | |
| Verdict of Twelve | (1940) | |
| A Scream in Soho | (1940) | |
| Death of a Busybody | (1942) | |
| The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack | (1942) | |
| Somebody at the Door | (1943) | |
| Murder's a Swine: A Second World War Mystery | (1943) | |
| Checkmate to Murder | (1944) | |
| Fell Murder | (1944) | |
| Murder by Matchlight | (1945) | |
| Trouble on the Thames | (1945) | |
| Fire in the Thatch | (1946) | |
| Death Makes a Prophet | (1947) | |
| Smallbone Deceased | (1950) | |
| Calamity in Kent | (1950) | |
| Death Has Deep Roots | (1951) | |
| The Danger Within / Death in Captivity | (1952) | |
| Murder in the Mill-Race | (1952) | |
| Crossed Skis | (1952) | |
| Death on the Riviera | (1952) | |
| The Colour Of Murder | (1957) | |
| The Christmas Egg | (1958) | |
| The Progress of a Crime | (1960) | |
| Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm | (1960) | |
| The Methods of Sergeant Cluff | (1961) | |
| The Spoilt Kill | (1961) | |
| The Body in the Dumb River | (1961) | |
| Due to a Death | (1963) | |
| Surfeit of Suspects | (1964) | |
| The Belting Inheritance | (1965) | |
| The Last Best Friend | (1967) | |
| The End of the Web | (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 | (2018) | |
| Deep Waters: Murder on the Waves | (2019) | |
| The Measure of Malice | (2019) | |
| The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums | (2019) | |
| Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries | (2020) | |
| A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries | (2020) | |
| Two-Way Murder | (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) | |
| Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology | (2011) | |
| 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) | |
| Motives for Murder | (2016) | |
| Foreign Bodies | (2017) | |
| The Long Arm of the Law | (2017) | |
| Miraculous Mysteries | (2017) | |
| Continental Crimes | (2017) | |
| CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour | (2017) | |
| Blood on the Tracks | (2018) | |
| The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories | (2018) | |
| Ten Year Stretch | (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) | |
| Murder by the Book | (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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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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