Crime Classics Catalogue 2026

Crime Classics

Updated to 2026

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British Library Crime Classics Since 2014, the British Library Crime Classics series has ushered the Golden Age of crime and mystery writing back into the limelight.

Novels by beloved writers of the genre share the stage with the works of unjustly neglected authors, rediscovered in the stacks of the British Library’s collection. The series also contains a number of choice short story anthologies on classic themes such as impossible crimes, Christmas crimes and railway mysteries, edited by the award-winning crime author Martin Edwards.

This catalogue contains information on all of the new titles released in 2026, along with bibliographic details on previously published titles currently available to order from British Library Publishing.

A full list of all books published in the Crime Classics series can be found at issuu.com/bl_publishing.

The Santa Klaus Murder Mavis Doriel Hay

First published in 1936, this classic country-house mystery has enjoyed renewed success as part of the British Library Crime Classics series. Now, with an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger Award–winning crime writer and President of the Detection Club, Martin Edwards, The Santa Klaus Murder is given a third life as a beautiful hardback special edition – making this cosy whodunnit the perfect Christmas gift for any lover of ingenious puzzles.

Special Edition Hardback Final cover TBC Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 6946 6 282 pages, 216 x 138 mm Publishing October 2026

Mavis Doriel Hay (1894–1979) was a novelist of the golden age of British crime fiction. Her three detective novels were published in the 1930s and are now rare and highly collectable books. She was an expert on rural handicraft and wrote several books on the subject.

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At the Melbury family’s Christmas gathering at their country house, Flaxmere, the formidable family patriarch Sir Osmond Melbury is discovered dead by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus. Almost everyone present has something to gain from Sir Osmond’s death. As private accusations and longstanding resentments surface, the Chief Constable of Haulmshire begins his investigation, ruefully observing that he knows the family too well for his own good but perhaps not as well as he thought. Amid mistrust, hatred, and halfhidden truths, one startling fact comes to light: there was not one Santa Klaus at Flaxmere, but two.

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Sky High

The Double Turn

For the villagers of Brimberley, the worst thing looming on the horizon is the chance of being outshone by the rival village choir – that is, until Brimberley’s lead tenor is blown up in his home by an explosion that rocks the whole community. The motorcycling choir leader Liz enlists her son and a retired general to help investigate the shocking murder.

At the reclusive painter Adrian Delafield’s home, tension has been simmering away and two tenants have been found sprawled at either end of the staircase – one seriously injured, the other dead. The windows and doors were all secured from the inside, and yet Inspector Julian Rivers suspects a murder – a seemingly impossible crime.

First published in 1955, this classic village mystery showcases Gilbert’s clever plotting, sharp humour, and ability to blow the reader’s expectations sky high.

Exploring art-world secrets, religious mania and family ties, this rare mystery novel by one of the great writers of classic British detective fiction makes its longawaited return to print.

Michael Gilbert

ISBN 978 0 7123 5594 0 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing January 2026

Carol Carnac

ISBN 978 0 7123 6900 8 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing February 2026

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Airing in a Closed Carriage

Jack on the Gallows Tree

Joseph Shearing

Leo Bruce

When Tyler meets his end from an overdose of arsenic – the drug which he prescribed himself as a kind of panacea – his wife May is dragged into a trial coloured by the public’s hunger to paint her as a beguiling murderess.

Senior History Master Carolus Deene has a troubling hobby as a criminologist and sometime sleuth. Even more troublingly, he has jaundice. But with the papers shouting of a crimewave sweeping the seaside resorts of England, sending him to the coast to recover is too risky for the Headmaster – he will be far away from trouble in the inland spa resort of Buddington.

Based on the real-life trial of Florence Maybrick in 1899, this novel unfolds the gripping tale of a case clouded by sensation, its unsolved mysteries and the untold story of the human being at its heart. First published in 1943 and filmed as The Mark of Cain in 1947, this edition marks the return of a classic.

ISBN 978 0 7123 6910 7 496 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing March 2026

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But before long Buddington is rocked when two elderly women are found dead on the same night each with a white lily by their side.

Perhaps things are looking up for the curious Deene?

ISBN 978 0 7123 6920 6 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing April 2026

The Unicorn Murders

Puzzles of the Parish

A legendary thief and his arch-rival in the Sûreté Nationale compete to take ownership of the mysterious ‘unicorn’. When a storm forces an emergency landing, they take refuge at the Chateau de l’Ile, where ex-spy Kenwood Blake and Henry Merrivale get caught up in events.

Cut off by floodwaters, the guests are drawn into a deadly battle of wits, as an apparently impossible murder reveals the true secret of the unicorn.

A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking.

Carter Dickson

Carter Dickson’s brilliantly intricate mystery remains a testament to his unique talent for wrangling audacious levels of devilishness into a masterpiece.

Short Tales of Ministers, Murder and Mystery Edited by Martin Edwards

Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard, featuring clergymen and nuns as victims, amateur sleuths and perpetrators of the devil’s work. This anthology delivers cosy brainteasers and fiendishly fashioned stories with a sting in the tail.

ISBN 978 0 7123 6940 4 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing June 2026

ISBN 978 0 7123 6930 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing May 2026

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The Magic-Lantern Murders

The Party at No 5

A fiendish, twisty-turny serving of ‘impossible crime’ that sees the return of characters Kenwood Blake, Evelyn Cheyne and Sir Henry Merrivale from The Unicorn Murders, this novel sees ex-secret agent Blake’s wedding plans interrupted as he is summoned by spymaster Merrivale to Devon to take part in an undercover operation – the starting point for a breathtaking chase around the West Country. Ideal for those who love John Dickson Carr and Christianna Brand, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo.

A tense, chilling story of two women trapped in a toxic, interdependent relationship that culminates in murder. This is the first novel by Shelley Smith, one of the great ‘lost’ authors of the 1940s and 1950s, in the series.

Her writing stands out for its vivid yet nuanced characterisation, her mastery of plotting and her evocation of English suburban life. It’s perfect for those who love a mix of crime and psychological suspense, such as Josephine Tey’s To Love and Be Wise and Ruth Rendell’s A Judgement in Stone as well as None of This is True by Lisa Jewell and The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

Shelley Smith

Carter Dickson

ISBN 978 0 7123 6955 8 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing July 2026

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ISBN 978 0 7123 6970 1 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing August 2026

Eat, Drink and Be Murdered

A Food and Drink Anthology Edited by Martin Edwards

Call a Hearse

A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery Jonathan Stagge

CALL A HEARSE JONATHAN STAGGE

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This mouth-watering feast of short stories includes tales of mushroom murders, brown bread spread with bacillus botulinus, and tales in which the identity of killers is proved by a purchase of fillet steak or an inexpert knowledge of fine wines. This new collection, which includes an introduction by Martin Edwards, features some of the greatest mystery tales from the golden age of detective fiction to be based around food and drink.

It includes stories from the likes of Dorothy L Sayers, Michael Gilbert and E C Bentley, and is sure to leave readers hungry and wanting more.

ISBN 978 0 7123 6985 5 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2026

There are just a few days to go till Christmas in snowy upstate New York and Dr Hugh Westlake is looking forward to enjoying the festive season with his daughter when a young woman arrives at his surgery. Asking for sleeping pills, she recounts that she’s being stalked by a New York City taxi – the same car that drove two of her friends to their deaths. And so begins the ultimate Christmas murder mystery, ideal for those who love festive crime stories such as Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer, The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers and Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie.

ISBN 978 0 7123 6941 1 416 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2026

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Sweet Revenge Susan Gilruth

When the Devil Was Sick Carol Carnac

SWEET REVENGE SUSAN GILRUTH

WHEN THE DEVIL WAS SICK CAROL CARNAC

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From the moment that Liane Crauford and her husband arrive in the Cornish fishing village of Poltruan, it’s obvious something is wrong. And when Sandra Cazalet, the beautiful but spoilt stepdaughter of Liane’s friend, is found dead, everyone in Poltruan is a suspect. Thankfully, detective Hugh Gordon, who’s on holiday in the village, is on hand to start asking questions – aided by Liane, his ‘Mrs Watson’ and new best friend.

Can the unlikely duo unravel the mystery – or will their growing feelings for each other get in the way? Sweet Revenge is the first novel by Death in Ambush author Susan Gilruth.

Clere House is a place rife with superstition, and every Lammas Night a meal is laid out there for a ghostly monk, thought to haunt the building. But this year at Lammastide, the phantom’s repast is accompanied by Mrs Saint Claire, owner of the property, falling to her death. Then another corpse is discovered at Clere House – that of a man in monk’s costume.

The gripping, page-turning story draws on superstition and the supernatural, and is ideal for those who love country-house murder mysteries such as Agatha Christie’s The Body in the Library and The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton.

ISBN 978 0 7123 6971 8 480 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing November 2026

ISBN 978 0 7123 6986 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing December 2026

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Previous British Library Crime Classics

Still Waters

Death in High Heels

Death in Ambush

ISBN 9780712355346 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355247 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355889 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

As If by Magic

The Odd Flamingo

The Judas Window

A Lake District Mystery E C R Lorac

Locked Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes Edited by Martin Edwards

ISBN 9780712355636 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Christianna Brand

Nina Bawden

ISBN 9780712355438 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery Susan Gilruth

Carter Dickson

ISBN 9780712355339 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Cyanide in the Sun

Cat and Mouse Scandalize My A Mystery in Wales Name Christianna Brand

Fiona Sinclair

ISBN 9780712355575 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355520 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355476 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

And Other Stories of Summertime Crime Edited by Martin Edwards

Not to Be Taken The Ten Teacups Murder as a A Puzzle in Poison Carter Dickson Fine Art Carol Carnac

Anthony Berkeley

ISBN 9780712355421 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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ISBN 9780712355278 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355179 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Tea on Sunday

Murder in Vienna

Dramatic Murder

ISBN 9780712355667 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355612 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355568 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Metropolitan Mysteries

Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight

Tour de Force

ISBN 9780712355469 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 9780712355360 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Lettice Cooper

E C R Lorac

A Casebook of London’s Detectives Edited by Martin Edwards

ISBN 9780712355513 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery Elizabeth Anthony

Christianna Brand

R Austin Freeman

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Lessons in Crime

Academic Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

Before the Fact

Adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock as Suspicion Francis Iles

London Particular

Christianna Brand

ISBN 978 0 7123 5545 2 336 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5550 6 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5540 7 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A Telegram from Le Touquet

Impact of Evidence

John Bude

A Welsh Borders Mystery Carol Carnac

Fear Stalks the Village

ISBN 978 0 7123 5535 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5525 4 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Ethel Lina White

ISBN 978 0 7123 5530 8 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Someone from Big Ben the Past Strikes Eleven Margot Bennett

A London Mystery David Magarshack

Who Killed Father Christmas?

And Other Seasonal Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

ISBN 978 0 7123 5473 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5483 7 336 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5478 3 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

The Theft of the Iron Dogs

He Who Whispers

The Wheel Spins

A Lancashire Mystery E C R Lorac

John Dickson Carr

Adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock as The Lady Vanishes Ethel Lina White

ISBN 978 0 7123 5463 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5468 4 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5488 2 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Suddenly at His Residence

Crimes of Cymru

Twice Round the Clock

ISBN 978 0 7123 5423 3 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5408 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5403 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

The Black Spectacles

Death of Mr Dodsley

Death of an Author

ISBN 978 0 7123 5482 0 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5472 1 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5467 7 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A Mystery in Kent Christianna Brand

John Dickson Carr

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Classic Mystery Tales of Wales Edited by Martin Edwards

A London Bibliomystery John Ferguson

Billie Houston

E C R Lorac

Death of Jezebel

Death on the Down Beat

ISBN 978 0 7123 5486 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5491 2 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5402 8 208 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Final Acts

The White The Mysterious Priory Murders Mr Badman

Crook o’ Lune A Lancashire Mystery E C R Lorac

Theatrical Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

ISBN 978 0 7123 5407 3 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Christianna Brand

An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection Sebastian Farr

A Mystery for Christmas Carter Dickson

A Yorkshire Bibliomystery W F Harvey

ISBN 978 0 7123 5422 6 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5437 0 208 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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The Seat of the Scornful

The Edinburgh Mystery

Green for Danger

ISBN 978 0 7123 5480 6 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5485 1 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5490 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Death of a Bookseller

Post After Post-Mortem

Jumping Jenny

A Devon Mystery John Dickson Carr

Bernard J Farmer

And Other Tales of Scottish Crime Edited by Martin Edwards

An Oxfordshire Mystery

Christianna Brand

Anthony Berkeley

E C R Lorac

ISBN 978 0 7123 5328 1 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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ISBN 978 0 7123 5475 2 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5470 7 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Murder in the Basement

Murder After Christmas

These Names Make Clues

Anthony Berkeley

Rupert Latimer

E C R Lorac

ISBN 978 0 7123 5394 6 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5389 2 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5384 7 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Till Death Do Us Part

Murder by the Book

The Widow of Bath

John Dickson Carr

Mysteries for Bibliophiles Edited by Martin Edwards

ISBN 978 0 7123 5379 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5369 4 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Margot Bennett

ISBN 978 0 7123 5374 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Guilty Creatures

The Chianti Flask

Due to a Death

ISBN 978 0 7123 5344 1 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5329 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5314 4 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Two-Way Murder

Murder’s a Swine

The Corpse in the Waxworks

A Menagerie of Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

E C R Lorac

ISBN 978 0 7123 5383 0 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Marie Belloc Lowndes

A Second World War Mystery Nap Lombard

ISBN 978 0 7123 5378 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Mary Kelly

A Paris Mystery John Dickson Carr

ISBN 978 0 7123 5373 1 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

The Lost Gallows

A Surprise for Christmas

The Port of London Murders

ISBN 978 0 7123 5363 2 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5337 3 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5361 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

The Progress of a Crime

Checkmate to Murder

The Man Who Didn’t Fly

ISBN 978 0 7123 5372 4 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5352 6 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5341 0 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A London Mystery John Dickson Carr

A Fireworks Night Mystery Julian Symons

And Other Seasonal Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

A Second World War Mystery E C R Lorac

Josephine Bell

Margot Bennett

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Mystery in the Channel

The Spoilt Kill

Crossed Skis

Freeman Wills Crofts

A Staffordshire Mystery Mary Kelly

ISBN 978 0 7123 5651 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5336 6 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5331 1 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Settling Scores

Death in White Castle Skull A Rhineland Mystery Pyjamas

Sporting Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

ISBN 978 0 7123 5321 2 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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An Alpine Mystery Carol Carnac

with Death Knows No Calendar John Bude

John Dickson Carr

ISBN 978 0 7123 5316 8 448 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5326 7 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Mystery in White

A Christmas Crime Story J Jefferson Farjeon

Death in Fancy The Christmas Dress Egg Anthony Gilbert

A Seasonal Mystery Mary Kelly

ISBN 978 0 7123 5770 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5340 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5310 6 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

The Measure of Malice

It Walks by Night

The Body in the Dumb River

ISBN 978 0 7123 5289 5 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5264 2 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5214 7 208 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Scientific Detection Stories Edited by Martin Edwards

A Paris Mystery John Dickson Carr

A Yorkshire Mystery George Bellairs

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Fell Murder

A Lancashire Mystery E C R Lorac

Deep Waters

Mysteries on the Waves Edited by Martin Edwards

Murder in the Mill-Race A Devon Mystery E C R Lorac

ISBN 978 0 7123 5204 8 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5288 8 368 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5268 0 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Surfeit of Suspects

Death Has Deep Roots

Death in Captivity

ISBN 978 0 7123 5238 3 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5228 4 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5213 0 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

George Bellairs

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A Second World War Mystery Michael Gilbert

A Second World War Mystery Michael Gilbert

Smallbone Deceased

The Division Bell Mystery

Antidote to Venom

Ellen Wilkinson

Freeman Wills Crofts

ISBN 978 0 7123 5297 0 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5241 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5779 1 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

The Z Murders

The 12.30 from Croydon

ISBN 978 0 7123 5226 0 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5621 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A London Mystery Michael Gilbert

J Jefferson Farjeon

Freeman Wills Crofts

Leonard Gribble

ISBN 978 0 7123 5649 7 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Fire in the Thatch

The Christmas Card Crime

Verdict of Twelve

ISBN 978 0 7123 5260 4 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5247 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5674 9 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A Devon Mystery E C R Lorac

and Other Stories Edited by Martin Edwards

Raymond Postgate

Family Matters Murder by Anthony Rolls Matchlight

Scarweather

ISBN 978 0 7123 5669 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5664 0 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Anthony Rolls

E C R Lorac

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ISBN 978 0 7123 5222 2 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

The Incredible Crime

Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm

The Methods of Sergeant Cluff

ISBN 978 0 7123 5602 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5646 6 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5647 3 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Continental Crimes

Miraculous Mysteries

The Hog’s Back Mystery

ISBN 978 0 7123 5679 4 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5673 2 328 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5797 5 336 pages, 190 x 130 mm

A Cambridge Mystery Lois Austen-Leigh

Edited by Martin Edwards

Gil North

Edited by Martin Edwards

Gil North

Freeman Wills Crofts

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The Murder of My Aunt

Excellent Intentions

Richard Hull

Richard Hull

Blood on the Tracks

ISBN 978 0 7123 5280 2 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5201 7 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5270 3 384 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Weekend at Thrackley

Bats in the Belfry

The Notting Hill Mystery

ISBN 978 0 7123 5211 6 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5255 0 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5626 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Alan Melville

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A London Mystery E C R Lorac

Railway Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

Charles Warren Adams

The Long Arm of the Law

Somebody at the Door

ISBN 978 0 7123 5688 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5687 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5235 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Calamity in Kent

Foreign Bodies

Death in the Tunnel

ISBN 978 0 7123 5783 8 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5699 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Seven Dead J Jefferson Farjeon

Classic Police Stories Edited by Martin Edwards

Edited by Martin Edwards

John Rowland

Raymond Postgate

Miles Burton

ISBN 978 0 7123 5641 1 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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The Secret of High Eldersham

The Poisoned Chocolates Case

The Santa Klaus Murder

Miles Burton

Anthony Berkeley

ISBN 978 0 7123 5609 1 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5653 4 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5630 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Death on the Cherwell

Murder Underground

The Sussex Downs Murder

ISBN 978 0 7123 5726 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5725 8 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5796 8 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Mavis Doriel Hay

Mavis Doriel Hay

John Bude

The Cornish Coast Murder

The Lake Death on District Murder the Riviera

John Bude

John Bude

John Bude

ISBN 978 0 7123 5715 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5716 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5637 4 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Portrait of a The Murderer Cheltenham Square Murder A Christmas Crime Story John Bude

ISBN 978 0 7123 5648 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Serpents in Eden Countryside Crimes Edited by Martin Edwards

Anne Meredith

Hardback with jacket ISBN 978 0 7123 5245 1 Paperback ISBN 978 0 7123 5686 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5794 4 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm

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Murder at the Manor

Murder of a Lady

ISBN 978 0 7123 5665 7 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 0993 6 384 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5623 7 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Death of Anton

Quick Curtain

Silent Nights

ISBN 978 0 7123 5788 3 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5789 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5610 7 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Crimson Snow

Winter Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

Country House Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

Alan Melville

Alan Melville

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A Scottish Mystery Anthony Wynne

Christmas Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

Capital Crimes

London Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

ISBN 978 0 7123 5749 4 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Resorting to Murder

Thirteen Guests

ISBN 978 0 7123 5748 7 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm

ISBN 978 0 7123 5601 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Holiday Mysteries Edited by Martin Edwards

J Jefferson Farjeon

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The Golden Age of Classic Crime Puzzle Book

The Classic Crime Companion Martin Edwards

Kate Jackson

You may know your Marple from your Maigret, your Christie from your Chandler and your Wimsey from your Wexford, but just how much of a real classic crime expert are you?

This beautifully illustrated and painstakingly researched book will tax your grey cells to the limit with 50 quizzes made up of questions all about the writers, detectives and – of course – the victims from over 100 years of literature and on big and small screens. Rounds include Unusual Murder Methods (boiling, jellyfish, ice!), Agatha Christie’s Deadliest Rooms (you’ll be dying to find out) and European Crime Fiction (featuring Wallander, Wahlöö and Warsaw). There are multiple-choice quizzes, picture rounds and enough bonus questions to keep even the most rabid reader and sofa sleuth challenged and entertained.

This brand-new guide is a muchexpanded, revised and updated edition of The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books – winner of the Macavity award from Mystery Readers International for best book about the crime genre and shortlisted for four other awards in Britain and the US. Now drawing on 125 works of vintage crime, acclaimed author and editor Martin Edwards tells the story of how crime developed as a literary genre in Britain during the first half of the 20th century.

Final cover TBC Hardback £24.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 6995 4 320 pages, 234 x 156 mm 45+ colour illustrations Publishing September 2026

Final cover TBC Flexibound £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 6921 3 224 pages, 216 x 143 mm 40+ colour illustrations Publishing October 2026 Hardback with jacket £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5696 1 Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5221 5 288 pages, 210 x 148 mm

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New Edition

How to Survive The Pocket a Classic Crime Detective 100+ Puzzles Novel Kate Jackson

Paperback with flaps £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5438 7 192 pages, 190 x 130 mm

Compiled by Kate Jackson

The Pocket Detective 2

100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums

Compiled by Kate Jackson

Flexibound £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5296 3 144 pages, 155 x 100 mm

Flexibound £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5315 1 160 pages, 155 x 100 mm

More British Library Fiction to discover Alongside the Crime Classics, British Library Publishing is also the home of the supernatural anthology and novel series Tales of the Weird, as well as the women’s classic fiction series British Library Women Writers. Discover all of British Library Publishing’s books on https://issuu.com/bl_publishing also available by following this QR code:

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