Many Deadly Returns, Martin Edwards
Many Deadly Returns, Martin Edwards
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Many Deadly Returns
21 stories celebrating 21 years of Murder Squad

Author: Martin Edwards

Narrator: Janine Birkett, David Thorpe

Unabridged: 9 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2021

Categories: Fiction, Crime

Synopsis

A dawn swim turns deadly in a brand-new short story starring DCI Vera Stanhope . . . Two bored cell-mates play a game with chilling results . . . A hen night in an isolated cottage brings new meaning to 'I will survive' . . .Why not treat yourself to a slice of murderously moreish fiction, and join us in wishing the squad 'Many Deadly Returns'. With stories by Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Margaret Murphy, Chris Simms and Cath Staincliffe, as well as John Baker, Chaz Brenchley and Stuart Pawson.

About Martin Edwards

Martin Edwards has received the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honor in British crime writing, given for the sustained excellence of his contribution to the genre. His novels include Mortmain Hall and Gallows Court, which was nominated for two awards including the CWA Historical Dagger. British librarians awarded him the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2018 in recognition of his body of work. His eighth Lake District Mystery is The Crooked Shore and earlier books in the series include The Coffin Trail, shortlisted for the Theakston's prize for best British crime novel.

Martin is a well-known crime fiction critic, and series consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics. His groundbreaking study of the genre between the wars, The Golden Age of Murder, won the Edgar, Agatha, H. R. F. Keating, and Macavity awards. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books won the Macavity and was nominated for four other awards, while Howdunit, a masterclass in crime writing by members of the Detection Club, won the H. R. F. Keating prize and was nominated for five other awards.

He has edited over forty anthologies and published diverse nonfiction books, including a study of homicide investigation, Urge to Kill. An expert on crime fiction history, he is archivist of both the Crime Writers' Association and the Detection Club. He was elected eighth president of the Detection Club in 2015, spent two years as chair of the CWA, and posts regularly to his blog, Do You Write Under Your Own Name?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee

This is a 21st anniversary collection of short stories by a northern group of writers known as ‘The Murder Squad’, it’s purpose to broaden their reader base which I think you can safely say they have achieved! Ann Cleeves gives us three stories, Wild Swimming features the much loved Vera Stanhope wh......more

Goodreads review by Sue

This collection of crime, mystery and suspense stories has been compiled to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of the Murder Squad, a group of now well known writers who banded together all those years ago in an act of mutual support and problem solving. The authors are Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards,......more

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