Martin Edwards

Transforming silence into sharp stories of rebellion and renewal.

About Martin Edwards(1928 – present)

A master of nuance and voice, Martin Edwards weaves compelling fantasy tales that challenge conventional boundaries. Their stories illuminate hidden corners of society and offer piercing insight into the human psyche.

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Anthologies

AP
1. Ask a Policeman (1933) –Description or Buy on Amazon
NB
2. Northern Blood (1992) –Description or Buy on Amazon
NB2
3. Northern Blood 2 (1995) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PC
4. Perfectly Criminal (1996) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SW
5. Shakespearean Whodunnits (1997) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PC2W
6. Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit? (1997) –Description or Buy on Amazon
NB3
7. Northern Blood 3 (1998) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PCPC
8. Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III (1999) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MP
9. Missing Persons (1999) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SCCA
10. Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000 (2000) –Description or Buy on Amazon
C6
11. Crimewave 6 (2002) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MS
12. Murder Squad (2002) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MP
13. Mysterious Pleasures (2003) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CC
14. Crime in the City (2003) –Description or Buy on Amazon
GFD
15. Green for Danger (2004) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CM
16. Crime on the Move (2005) –Description or Buy on Amazon
ICI
17. I.D.: Crimes of Identity (2006) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MCP
18. M.O.: Crimes of Practice (2008) –Description or Buy on Amazon
OS
19. Original Sins (2010) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BECO
20. Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology (2011) –Description or Buy on Amazon
GC
21. Guilty Consciences (2012) –Description or Buy on Amazon
DP
22. Deadly Pleasures (2013) –Description or Buy on Amazon
GP
23. Guilty Parties (2014) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CC
24. Capital Crimes (2015) –Description or Buy on Amazon
RTM
25. Resorting to Murder (2015) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TC
26. Truly Criminal (2015) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SN
27. Silent Nights (2015) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MBAP
28. The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty (2015) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MBJR
29. The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories (2015) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MM
30. Murder at the Manor (2016) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SE
31. Serpents in Eden (2016) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SA
32. The Sinking Admiral (2016) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CS
33. Crimson Snow (2016) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MFM
34. Motives for Murder (2016) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FB
35. Foreign Bodies (2017) –Description or Buy on Amazon
LAL
36. The Long Arm of the Law (2017) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MM
37. Miraculous Mysteries (2017) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CC
38. Continental Crimes (2017) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CASS
39. CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour (2017) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BT
40. Blood on the Tracks (2018) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CCCO
41. The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (2018) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TYS
42. Ten Year Stretch (2018) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MM
43. The Measure of Malice (2019) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CCC
44. The Christmas Card Crime (2019) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SS
45. Settling Scores (2020) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BS
46. Blood Sports (2020) –Description or Buy on Amazon
VC
47. Vintage Crime (2020) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SFCO
48. A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (2020) –Description or Buy on Amazon
GC
49. Guilty Creatures (2021) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MBB
50. Murder by the Book (2021) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MDR
51. Many Deadly Returns (2021) –Description or Buy on Amazon
EQMM
52. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2022 (2022) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MN
53. Music of the Night (2022) –Description or Buy on Amazon
E&SG
54. Edgar & Shamus Go Golden (2022) –Description or Buy on Amazon
EMOT
55. The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2023) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FATM
56. Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries (2023) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MMSS
57. Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories (2024) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MMCL
58. Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London's Detectives (2025) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PDSS
59. Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club (2025) –Description or Buy on Amazon

Martin Edwards Books and Series – Structured Keywords

Anthologies series by Martin Edwards. Complete reading order and series order.

Ask a Policeman – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Blood on the Tracks – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Blood Sports – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Capital Crimes – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Continental Crimes – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Crime in the City – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Crime on the Move – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Crimewave 6 – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Crimson Snow – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Deadly Pleasures – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Edgar & Shamus Go Golden – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2022 – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Foreign Bodies – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Green for Danger – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Guilty Consciences – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Guilty Creatures – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Guilty Parties – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

I.D.: Crimes of Identity – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Many Deadly Returns – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Metropolitan Mysteries: A Casebook of London's Detectives – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Miraculous Mysteries – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Missing Persons – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

M.O.: Crimes of Practice – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Motives for Murder – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Murder at the Manor – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Murder by the Book – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Murder Squad – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Music of the Night – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Mysterious Pleasures – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Northern Blood – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Northern Blood 2 – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Northern Blood 3 – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Original Sins – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Perfectly Criminal – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit? – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Resorting to Murder – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Scenes of Crime: CWA Anthology 2000 – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Serpents in Eden – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Settling Scores – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Shakespearean Whodunnits – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Silent Nights – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Ten Year Stretch – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Christmas Card Crime – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Long Arm of the Law – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Measure of Malice – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

The Sinking Admiral – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Truly Criminal – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.

Vintage Crime – Book in the Anthologies series by Martin Edwards.