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Murder by the Book
Murder by the Book | Martin Edwards
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With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of bibliomysteries, where "golden ageinspired puzzle masters [are] doing what they do best: bringing together readers, books, and felonies [in] perhaps the single best collection yet in this blue-chip series (Kirkus Reviews)." There is no better hiding place for cluesor red herringsthan inside the pages of a book. But in this world of resentful ghost writers, indiscreet playwrights, and unscrupulous book collectors, literary prowess is often a prologue to disaster. Readers should be warned that the most riveting tales often conceal the deadliest of secrets. Featuring much-loved Golden Age detectives Nigel Strangeways, Philip Trent, Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, and others, a bookish puzzle threatens an eagerly awaited inheritance; a submission to a publisher recounts a murder that seems increasingly to be a work of nonfiction; an irate novelist puts a grisly end to the source of his writer's block.
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Murder by the Book | Martin Edwards
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Love mysteries? ✅
Love books about books? ✅
I‘m mixing in a short story or two everyday from this delightful book of short ‘bibliomysteries‘ 😁👻🎃💀

Dragon Oh yeah! Stacking 💚🐉 1y
rabbitprincess I have this one on my shelves! 1y
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MrsK
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Another fabulous anthology as part of the British Library Crime Classic collection. 16 short stories from a variety of mystery writers. Originally written from 1933 to 1973, each are connected in some way to the world of books. My favorite - Christianna Brand writes “a nice creepy sort of story full of colour and horror and all the rest” as requested by her Dear Editor. Not all winners, but this, on the whole, really was an very enjoyable read.

batsy Nice! I've got my eye on this by Brand 2y
MrsK @batsy that is my favorite Brand!! 2y
batsy @MrsK Good to hear! 🙂 2y
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Monica5
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A book full of short stories dealing with books, writers and detectives. These are all older stories from writers that have passed away.

Some stories were really good, others were just okay.
But, overall I enjoyed book.

Comes out September 6, 2022

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