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Motives for Murder

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Paperback | 8 November 2016 | Edition Number 1

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418 Pages

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For fans of crime and mystery comes an anthology by some of the best-known practitioners of the genre.

The Detection Club was founded by the cr me de la crime of British crime writing in 1930 and its members included Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley and the Club's first president, G. K. Chesterton. The Detection Club was a way for crime writers to get together, socialise and discuss ideas, a tradition that continues to this day.

Edited by current Detection Club President, Martin Edwards, Motives For Murder introduces new stories by members of the Club - some of the best crime writers in the business today - in honour of multi-award-winning author, Peter Lovesey.

Ann Cleeves - Simon Brett - Andrew Taylor - Len Deighton - Peter Lovesey - Michael Jecks - Michael Ridpath - Kate Ellis - Ruth Dudley Edwards - Alison Joseph - L. C. Tyler - Catherine Aird - David Roberts - David Stuart Davies - Janet Laurence - Liza Cody - Martin Edwards - Kate Charles - John Malcolm - Marjorie Eccles - Michael Z. Lewin - Susan Moody

About the Author

Martin Edwards is the author of eighteen novels, including the Lake District Mysteries, and also of The Golden Age of Murder. He has edited twenty eight crime anthologies, has won the CWA Short Story Dagger and the CWA Margery Allingham Prize, and is series consultant for the British Library's Crime Classics. In 2015, he was elected eighth President of the Detection Club, an office previously held by G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, and Dorothy L. Sayers.

Industry Reviews

Strong on merit and evidence of the strong emotions Lovesey inspires in his fellow authors * Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine *

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