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  17th January 2025

  Take My Breath Away

  Lawyer-turned-writer Nic is intrigued when his friend Dylan starts to tell him a story about the connections between some strange deaths. So he can’t resist... more »

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  16th January 2025

  Hemlock Bay

  Basil Palmer plans to murder a man called Louis Carson. The problem is he doesn’t know anything about his intended victim, not who he is... more »

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  11th July 2023

  Blackstone Fell

  England, 1930. Journalist Nell Fagan is on the trail of a bizarre mystery: in 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in Blackstone Fell,... more »

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  10th July 2023

  Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club

  Ninety crime writers from the world’s oldest and most famous crime writing network give tips and insights into successful crime and thriller fiction. Howdunit offers a... more »

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  10th July 2023

  The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators

  In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution... more »

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  3rd March 2023

  Sepulchre Street

  How can you solve a murder before it’s happened? ‘This is my challenge for you,’ the woman in white said. ‘I want you to solve... more »

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  3rd June 2021

  The Crooked Shore (The Lake District Mysteries 8)

  ‘So you want to know why I killed Ramona Smith?’ The new Lake District cold case mystery sees Hannah Scarlett investigating the disappearance of a... more »

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  15th April 2021

  Martin Edwards and Christopher Fowler longlisted for CWA Dagger Awards 2021

  Two Watson, Little authors have been longlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) Dagger Awards 2021. Martin Edwards for HOWDUNIT (Collins Crime) is on the... more »

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  22nd February 2021

  Head of Zeus has signed two more ‘Golden Age Gothic’ books from Martin Edwards

  Laura Palmer, publishing director for fiction at Head of Zeus, has bought two new Golden Age murder mysteries from Diamond Dagger winner Martin Edwards. Palmer... more »

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  4th August 2020

  Mortmain Hall

  A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020. ENGLAND, 1930. Grieving widows are a familiar sight on London’s... more »

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  17th May 2019

  Martin Edwards nominated in two categories at this years CWA Dagger Awards

  Congratulations to Martin Edwards who has been nominated in two categories at this years CWA Daggers. He is up for the CWA Sapere Historical Dagger... more »

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  10th September 2018

  Martin Edwards wins the 2018 Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction

  Last weekend mystery and crime writers  gathered at Boucheron, the World Mystery Convention in St. Petersburg, Florida for four days of panels, interviews, signings—and, of course, the... more »

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  20th August 2018

  Gallows Court

  LONDON, 1930. Sooty, sulphurous, and malign: no woman should be out on a night like this. A spate of violent deaths – the details too foul... more »

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  25th June 2018

  Head of Zeus to publish new Golden Age murder mystery from Martin Edwards

  Nicholas Cheetham, publisher at Head of Zeus, has acquired world rights from James Wills for GALLOWS COURT, the new ‘Golden Age murder mystery’ from Martin... more »

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  24th May 2018

  Martin Edwards nominated in two categories at this years CWA Dagger Awards

  Congratulations to Martin Edwards who has been nominated in two categories at this years CWA Daggers. He is up for the Dagger in the Library,... more »

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  19th May 2018

  Christopher Fowler and Martin Edwards nominated at the CrimeFest Awards

  Christopher Fowler was up for the Last Laugh Award for the best humorous crime novel with the excellent BRYANT & MAY: WILD CHAMBER (Transworld, 2017) and... more »

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  20th July 2017

  The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books

  The main aim of detective stories is to entertain, but the best cast a light on human behaviour, and display both literary ambition and accomplishment.... more »

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  20th January 2016

  Martin Edwards’ THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER nominated for an Edgar Award!

  THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER, the first book about the famous Detection Club written by current president Martin Edwards, has been nominated for an Edgar... more »

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  6th October 2015

  The Dungeon House

  The wealthy owner of the magnificent Dungeon House, Malcolm Whiteley, discovers his attractive wife Lysette is having an affair. Under financial and emotional pressure, Malcolm... more »

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  23rd June 2015

  Martin Edwards named the next President of The Detection Club!

  Congratulations to Martin Edwards, he has been named the next President of The Detection Club. The Club came into being in 1930 and there have only... more »

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  7th May 2015

  Martin Edwards’ THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER published in hardback today

  THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER is published by HarperCollins today in hardback and as an ebook. Martin Edwards, an award-winning crime novelist, explores the history... more »

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  7th May 2015

  The Golden Age of Murder

  A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved... more »

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  16th October 2014

  The Serpent Pool

  They halted close to the water’s edge. This was their destination. This was the Serpent Pool. And here, six years ago, Bethany Friend’s body had... more »

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  16th October 2014

  The Arsenic Labyrinth

  ‘You’d never believe it to look at me now, but once upon a time I killed a man’ Historian Daniel Kind is finding winter in... more »

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  16th October 2014

  The Cipher Garden

  ‘I thought you were dead – ‘ In the peaceful village of Old Sawrey, in the idyllic Lake District, Warren Howe is brutally slaughtered with... more »

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  16th October 2014

  The Coffin Trail

  Oxford historian, Daniel Kind, and his partner, Miranda, both want to escape to a new life. On impulse they buy a cottage in Brackdale, an... more »

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  13th October 2014

  The Frozen Shroud

  Death has already come twice to Ravenbank, a remote Lake District community. Before the First World War a young woman’s corpse was found, a makeshift... more »