Martin Edwards - Newark Library

Martin Edwards received the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in UK crime writing, in 2020. A prolific author, he has been described by Otto Penzler as ‘the best living practitioner of the classic detective story’ and by the British Library as ‘the leading expert on classic crime’. He is the author of twenty-two novels, including Sepulchre Street. 

At this event he will be talking about his latest book The Life of Crime, a history of the crime genre which detects the history of mysteries and their creators. The Life of Crime has been nominated for an Edgar award by Mystery Writers of America and was one of the New York Times’ books of the year.

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