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Martin Edwards is a prolific crime writer with a diverse and accomplished career. As a consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics series, he brings his expertise to a wide audience. Edwards has written 16 contemporary whodunits, including The Coffin Trail, a critically acclaimed novel shortlisted for the Theakston's Prize. His genre-defining study, The Golden Age of Murder, won four prestigious awards, including the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating, and Macavity awards. Edwards has also edited 38 anthologies and received numerous accolades, including the CWA Short Story Dagger and the CWA Margery Allingham Prize. As President of the Detection Club and Chair of the Crime Writers' Association, he has made significant contributions to the crime writing community. Edwards' work has been recognized with the Red Herring award and the Poirot award for his outstanding contributions to the genre.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
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What are all of Martin Edwards's book series? Martin Edwards has written 9 book series. The most notable is the Bibliomysteries series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Martin Edwards
- #1
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012) - #2
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012) - #3
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012) - #4
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012) - #5
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012) - #6
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012) - #7
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013) - #8
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013) - #9
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013) - #10
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013) - #11
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014) - #12
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014) - #13
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014) - #14
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014) - #15
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014) - #16
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014) - #17
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014) - #18
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)(2014) - #19
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014) - #20
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015) - #21
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015) - #22
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)(2015) - #23
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015) - #24
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015) - #25
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015) - #26
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016) - #27
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016) - #28
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)(2016) - #29
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016) - #30
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016) - #31
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017) - #32
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018) - #33
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018) - #34
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018) - #35
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018) - #36
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020) - #37
The Traitor(2022) - #38
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022) - #39
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)
- #1
The Notting Hill Mystery (By: Charles Warren Adams)(1862) - #2
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (By: Anthony Berkeley)(1929) - #3
It Walks by Night (By: John Dickson Carr)(1930) - #4
The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham (By: Miles Burton)(1930) - #5
Castle Skull (By: John Dickson Carr)(1931) - #6
Murder of a Lady / The Silver Scale Mystery (By: Anthony Wynne)(1931) - #7
Mystery in the Channel (By: Freeman Crofts)(1931) - #8
The Incredible Crime (By: Lois Austen-Leigh)(1931) - #9
The Lost Gallows (By: John Dickson Carr)(1931) - #10
The Z Murders (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1931) - #11
The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder (By: John Dickson Carr)(1932) - #12
The Division Bell Mystery (By: Ellen Wilkinson)(1932) - #13
Portrait of a Murderer (By: Anne Meredith)(1933) - #14
Death in Fancy Dress (By: Anthony Gilbert)(1933) - #15
Family Matters (By: Anthony Rolls)(1933) - #16
The Hog's Back Mystery (By: Freeman Crofts)(1933) - #17
The Mysterious Mr. Badman (By: William Fryer Harvey)(1934) - #18
Murder Underground (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)(1934) - #19
Scarweather (By: Anthony Rolls)(1934) - #20
Death of an Airman (By: Christopher Sprigg)(1934) - #21
The Spy Paramount (By: E. Phillips Oppenheim)(1934) - #22
The 12.30 from Croydon (By: Freeman Crofts)(1934) - #23
The Chianti Flask (By: Marie Belloc Lowndes)(1934) - #24
Weekend at Thrackley (By: Alan Melville)(1934) - #25
Quick Curtain (By: Alan Melville)(1934) - #26
The Lake District Murder (By: John Bude)(1935) - #27
Death on the Cherwell (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)(1935) - #28
The Cornish Coast Murder (By: John Bude)(1935) - #29
The Traitor (By: Sydney Horler)(1936) - #30
The Santa Klaus Murder (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)(1936) - #31
The Sussex Downs Murder (By: John Bude)(1936) - #32
Death of Anton (By: Alan Melville)(1936) - #33
The Wheel Spins / Passengers / The Lady Vanishes (By: Ethel Lina White)(1936) - #34
Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel (By: Miles Burton)(1936) - #35
Murder in Piccadilly (By: Charles Kingston)(1936) - #36
Mystery in White (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1937) - #37
Bats in the Belfry (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1937) - #38
The Cheltenham Square Murder (By: John Bude)(1937) - #39
Excellent Intentions (By: Richard Hull)(1938) - #40
Murder in the Museum (By: John Rowland)(1938) - #41
Antidote to Venom (By: Freeman Crofts)(1938) - #42
Thirteen Guests (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1938) - #43
The Port of London Murders (By: Josephine Bell)(1938) - #44
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (By: Leonard R. Gribble)(1939) - #45
Seven Dead (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1939) - #46
Verdict of Twelve (By: Raymond Postgate)(1940) - #47
A Scream in Soho (By: John G. Brandon)(1940) - #48
Death of a Busybody (By: George Bellairs)(1942) - #49
The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack (By: George Bellairs)(1942) - #50
Somebody at the Door (By: Raymond Postgate)(1943) - #51
Murder's a Swine (By: Nap Lombard)(1943) - #52
Checkmate to Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1944) - #53
Fell Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1944) - #54
Murder by Matchlight (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1945) - #55
Trouble on the Thames (By: Victor Bridges)(1945) - #56
Fire in the Thatch (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1946) - #57
Death Makes a Prophet (By: John Bude)(1947) - #58
Smallbone Deceased (By: Michael Gilbert)(1950) - #59
Calamity in Kent (By: John Rowland)(1950) - #60
Death Has Deep Roots (By: Michael Gilbert)(1951) - #61
Last Seen Wearing (By: Hillary Waugh)(1952) - #62
The Danger Within / Death in Captivity (By: Michael Gilbert)(1952) - #63
Murder in the Mill-Race (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1952) - #64
Crossed Skis (By: Carol Carnac)(1952) - #65
Death on the Riviera (By: John Bude)(1952) - #66
Murder As a Fine Art (By: Carol Carnac)(1953) - #67
The Man Who Didn't Fly (By: Margot Bennett)(1955) - #68
The Colour Of Murder (By: Julian Symons)(1957) - #69
The Christmas Egg (By: Mary Kelly)(1958) - #70
The Progress of a Crime (By: Julian Symons)(1960) - #71
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (By: Gil North)(1960) - #72
The Spoilt Kill (By: Mary Kelly)(1961) - #73
The Body in the Dumb River (By: George Bellairs)(1961) - #74
Due to a Death (By: Mary Kelly)(1963) - #75
Surfeit of Suspects (By: George Bellairs)(1964) - #76
The Belting Inheritance (By: Julian Symons)(1965) - #77
The Last Best Friend (By: George Sims)(1967) - #78
London Particular (By: Christianna Brand)(1972) - #79
The End of the Web (By: George Sims)(1976) - #80
Capital Crimes (With: Richard Marsh)(2015) - #81
Resorting to Murder(2015) - #82
Silent Nights(2015) - #83
Murder at the Manor(2016) - #84
Serpents in Eden(2016) - #85
Crimson Snow (With: Fergus Hume)(2016) - #86
Foreign Bodies (With: Palle Rosenkrantz)(2017) - #87
The Long Arm of the Law(2017) - #88Miraculous Mysteries(2017)
- #89
Continental Crimes(2017) - #90
Blood on the Tracks(2018) - #91
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories(2018) - #92
Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book (By: Kate Jackson)(2018) - #93
Deep Waters(2019) - #94
The Measure of Malice(2019) - #95
Settling Scores(2020) - #96
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries(2020) - #97
Two-Way Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(2021) - #98
Guilty Creatures(2021) - #99
Death of an Author (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(2024) - #100
Crimes of Cymru(2024) - #101
The Wheel Spins (By: Ethel Lina White)(2025) - #102
Lessons in Crime(2025) - #103
Tea on Sunday (By: Lettice Cooper)(2026)
- #1
The City Among the Stars (By: Francis Carsac)(1962) - #2
The Hungry Moon (By: Ramsey Campbell)(1986) - #3
The Influence (By: Ramsey Campbell)(1988) - #4
The Sorrows (By: Jonathan Janz)(2012) - #5
Junction (By: Daniel M. Bensen)(2012) - #6
House of Skin (By: Jonathan Janz)(2012) - #7
The Darkest Lullaby (By: Jonathan Janz)(2013) - #8
Savage Species (By: Jonathan Janz)(2013) - #9
Think Yourself Lucky (By: Ramsey Campbell)(2014) - #10
Castle of Sorrows (By: Jonathan Janz)(2014) - #11
The Nightmare Girl (By: Jonathan Janz)(2015) - #12
We Are Monsters (By: Brian Kirk)(2015) - #13
Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach (By: Ramsey Campbell)(2015) - #14
Wolf Land (By: Jonathan Janz)(2015) - #15
The Toy Thief (By: D.W. Gillespie)(2018) - #16
The Siren and the Specter (By: Jonathan Janz)(2018) - #17
Creature (By: Hunter Shea)(2018) - #18
The Mouth of the Dark (By: Tim Waggoner)(2018) - #19
Ten Thousand Thunders (By: Brian Trent)(2018) - #20
The House by the Cemetery (By: John Everson)(2018) - #21
Night Shift (By: Robin Triggs)(2018) - #22
Kosmos (By: Adrian Laing)(2018) - #23
The Playing Card Killer (By: Russell James)(2019) - #24
The Haunting of Henderson Close (By: Catherine Cavendish)(2019) - #25
Black Wings (By: Megan Hart)(2019) - #26
Will Haunt You (By: Brian Kirk)(2019) - #27
Second Lives (By: P.D. Cacek)(2019) - #28
The Dark Game (By: Jonathan Janz)(2019) - #29
Ghost Mine (By: Hunter Shea)(2019) - #30
The Gemini Experiment (By: Brian Pinkerton)(2019) - #31
Chop Shop (By: Andrew Post)(2019) - #32
Dust Devils (By: Jonathan Janz)(2019) - #33
The Devil's Equinox (By: John Everson)(2019) - #34
They Kill (By: Tim Waggoner)(2019) - #35
American Dreams (By: Kenneth Bromberg)(2019) - #36
Hellrider (By: JG Faherty)(2019) - #37
A Killing Fire (By: Faye Snowden)(2019) - #38
A Savage Generation (By: David Tallerman)(2019) - #39
One by One (By: D.W. Gillespie)(2019) - #40
Slash (By: Hunter Shea)(2019) - #41
Those Who Came Before (By: J.H. Moncrieff)(2019) - #42
Hearthstone Cottage (By: Frazer Lee)(2019) - #43
Snowball (By: Gregory Bastianelli)(2020) - #44
The Garden of Bewitchment (By: Catherine Cavendish)(2020) - #45
The Forever House (By: Tim Waggoner)(2020) - #46
Two Lives (By: A Yi,Alex Woodend)(2020) - #47
Vulcan's Forge (By: Robert Mitchell Evans)(2020) - #48
The Heron Kings (By: Eric Lewis)(2020) - #49
Boy in the Box (By: Marc E. Fitch)(2020) - #50
The Wise Friend (By: Ramsey Campbell)(2020) - #51
Until Summer Comes Around (By: Glenn Rolfe)(2020) - #52
Tomb of Gods (By: Brian Moreland)(2020) - #53
Sins of the Father (By: JG Faherty)(2020) - #54
Vintage Crime(2020) - #55
The Apocalypse Strain (By: Jason Parent)(2020) - #56
Misfits (By: Hunter Shea)(2020) - #57
The Sentient (By: Nadia Afifi)(2020) - #58
After Sundown (By: Mark Morris)(2020) - #59
Voodoo Heart (By: John Everson)(2020) - #60
Greyfriars Reformatory (By: Frazer Lee)(2020) - #61
The Portal (By: Russell James)(2020) - #62
Mondo Crimson (By: Andrew Post)(2020) - #63
City of Angels (By: Kenneth Bromberg)(2020) - #64
Redspace Rising (By: Brian Trent)(2022)
- #1
All the Lonely People(1991) - #2Suspicious Minds(1992)
- #3
I Remember You(1993) - #4
Yesterday's Papers(1994) - #5
Eve of Destruction(1997) - #6
The Devil in Disguise(1998) - #7
First Cut is the Deepest(1999) - #8Waterloo Sunset(2008)
- #1
The Coffin Trail(2004) - #2
The Cipher Garden(2005) - #3
The Arsenic Labyrinth(2007) - #4
The Serpent Pool(2010) - #5
The Hanging Wood(2011) - #6
The Frozen Shroud(2013) - #7The Dungeon House(2015)
- #8
The Crooked Shore / The Girl They All Forgot(2021)
- #1
Executive Survival(1988) - #2
Urge to Kill / Motive to Murder(2002) - #3
Catching Killers(2003) - #4The Golden Age of Murder(2015)
- #5
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books(2017) - #6
Howdunit!(2020) - #7
This Deadly Isle: A Golden Age Mystery Map(2022) - #8
The Life of Crime(2022)
- #1
Gallows Court(2018) - #2
Mortmain Hall(2020) - #3
Blackstone Fell / The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge(2022) - #4
Sepulchre Street / The House on Graveyard Lane(2023) - #5
Hemlock Bay(2024)
- #1Take My Breath Away(2003)
- #2
Dancing For The Hangman(2008) - #3
Red Glory: Manchester United and Me (With: Robert Sellers)(2017) - #4
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife(2025) - #5
Thrumm(2002) - #6
Murder and its Motives(2016) - #7
Strangers in a Pub(2018) - #8
Where Do You Find Your Ideas?(2001) - #9The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes(2014)
- #10
The Out-Islands: Poems(2021)
- #1
Deadline for a Dream / In at the Kill (By: Bill Knox)(1957) - #2
Death Department (By: Bill Knox)(1959) - #3
Leave it to the Hangman (By: Bill Knox)(1960) - #4
Little Drops of Blood (By: Bill Knox)(1962) - #5
Sanctuary Isle / The Gray Sentinels (By: Bill Knox)(1962) - #6
The Man In The Bottle (By: Bill Knox)(1963) - #7
The Taste of Proof (By: Bill Knox)(1965) - #8
The Deep Fall / The Ghost Car (By: Bill Knox)(1966) - #9
Justice on the Rocks (By: Bill Knox)(1967) - #10
The Tallyman (By: Bill Knox)(1969) - #11
Children of the Mist / Who Shot the Bull (By: Bill Knox)(1970) - #12
To Kill a Witch (By: Bill Knox)(1971) - #13
Draw Batons! / Penalty Shootout (By: Bill Knox)(1973) - #14Children of the Water (By: Bill Knox)(1974)
- #15
Rally to Kill (By: Bill Knox)(1975) - #16
Pilot Error (By: Bill Knox)(1977) - #17
Live Bait (By: Bill Knox)(1979) - #18
A Killing in Antiques (By: Bill Knox)(1981) - #19
The Hanging Tree (By: Bill Knox)(1985) - #20
The Crossfire Killings (By: Bill Knox)(1986) - #21
The Interface man (By: Bill Knox)(1990) - #22
Blood Proof (By: Bill Knox)(1999) - #23
Death Bytes (By: Bill Knox)(1999) - #24
The Lazarus Widow (With: Bill Knox)(2000) - #25
Ask a Policeman(1933) - #26
Northern Blood(1992) - #27
Northern Blood 2(1995) - #28
Perfectly Criminal(1996) - #29Shakespearean Whodunnits(1997)
- #30
Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit?(1997) - #31
Northern Blood 3(1998) - #32
Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III(1999) - #33
Missing Persons(1999) - #34
Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000(2000) - #35
Crimewave 6(2002) - #36
Murder Squad(2002) - #37
Mysterious Pleasures(2003) - #38
Crime in the City(2003) - #39
Green for Danger(2004) - #40
Crime on the Move(2005) - #41
I.D.: Crimes of Identity(2006) - #42
M.O.: Crimes of Practice(2008) - #43
Original Sins(2010) - #44
Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology(2011) - #45
Guilty Consciences(2012) - #46
Deadly Pleasures(2013) - #47
Guilty Parties(2014) - #48
Capital Crimes(2015) - #49Resorting to Murder(2015)
- #50
Truly Criminal(2015) - #51Silent Nights(2015)
- #52
The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty(2015) - #53The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories(2015)
- #54Murder at the Manor(2016)
- #55Serpents in Eden(2016)
- #56
The Sinking Admiral(2016) - #57Crimson Snow(2016)
- #58Motives for Murder(2016)
- #59Foreign Bodies(2017)
- #60The Long Arm of the Law(2017)
- #61Miraculous Mysteries(2017)
- #62Continental Crimes(2017)
- #63
Noir at the Salad Bar: Culinary Tales with a Bite(2017) - #64
CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour(2017) - #65Blood on the Tracks(2018)
- #66The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories(2018)
- #67Ten Year Stretch(2018)
- #68The Measure of Malice(2019)
- #69
The Christmas Card Crime(2019) - #70Settling Scores(2020)
- #71
Blood Sports(2020) - #72Vintage Crime(2020)
- #73A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries(2020)
- #74Guilty Creatures(2021)
- #75
Murder by the Book(2021) - #76
Many Deadly Returns(2021) - #77
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2022(2022) - #78
Music of the Night(2022) - #79
Edgar & Shamus Go Golden(2022) - #80
The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime(2023) - #81
Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries(2023) - #82
Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories(2024) - #83
Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London's Detectives(2025) - #84
Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club(2025) - #85
Then There Were More Short Stories(2025) - #86
Cyanide in the Sun: And Other Stories of Summertime Crime(2026)
About Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards is a prolific crime writer with a diverse and accomplished career. As a consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics series, he brings his expertise to a wide audience. Edwards has written 16 contemporary whodunits, including The Coffin Trail, a critically acclaimed novel shortlisted for the Theakston's Prize. His genre-defining study, The Golden Age of Murder, won four prestigious awards, including the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating, and Macavity awards. Edwards has also edited 38 anthologies and received numerous accolades, including the CWA Short Story Dagger and the CWA Margery Allingham Prize. As President of the Detection Club and Chair of the Crime Writers' Association, he has made significant contributions to the crime writing community. Edwards' work has been recognized with the Red Herring award and the Poirot award for his outstanding contributions to the genre.
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