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The Golden Age of Murder, by Martin Edwards | Review
- Books
- July 11, 2015, 06:00
‘Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?” Edmund Wilson asked in the New Yorker in 1945. Taking its title from Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? , an Agatha Chris(...)

Assured practitioner of the classic English murder mystery
- People
- December 6, 2014, 01:03
PD James, latterly Lady James of Holland Park, who has died aged 94, was the grande dame of the British crime novel. She was a link with the golden ag(...)

Unravelling the mystery of what makes a great crime novel
- Books
- October 3, 2014, 01:00
Why does the mystery novel enjoy such enduring appeal? There is no simple answer. It has a distinctive capacity for subtle social commentary; a con(...)

Brought to Book: Jane Casey on Donna Tartt, Maeve Brennan and avoiding the twist
- Books
- June 22, 2014, 01:00
Born and brought up in Dublin, Jane Casey has been twice shortlisted for the Irish Crime Novel of the Year Award. The Kill, the fifth novel featuri(...)