Category Archives: Martin Edwards

The Hanging Wood by Martin Edwards

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Twenty years ago, Orla Payne’s brother Callum disappeared without trace. After his uncle committed suicide, the case was closed, despite there being no body. Historian Daniel Kind prompts her to contact DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of the local Cold Case … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Papers by Martin Edwards

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

Harry Devlin, the Liverpool lawyer introduced in the classic All The Lonely People, went on to feature in seven books in total, culminating, so far, with the equally impressive Waterloo Sunset. I don’t think that there are any immediate plans … Continue reading →

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I Remember You by Martin Edwards

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

Harry Devlin has a new client, Finbar Rogan, a tattooist by trade and ladies man by night. When Rogan’s studio is torched, it seems accidental, until a bomb under his car convinces the police, and Harry, otherwise. Harry is managing … Continue reading →

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Suspicious Minds by Martin Edwards

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Harry Devlin, Liverpool lawyer, having been introduced in the outstanding All The Lonely People, one of my favourite recent reads, is back for another outing, this time named after an Elvis song. One of his clients, Jack Stirrup, is suspected … Continue reading →

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The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

As mentioned in my previous post, Martin Edwards will be appearing at a Crime Writers Evening in Formby on Thursday 5th July alongside Frances Brody and Stephen Booth. As such I decided to try and review one book from each … Continue reading →

Posted in Kind and Scarlett, Martin Edwards | 4 Comments

International Booksellers’ Week, The Puzzly for June 2012 and more!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

It’s Independent Booksellers’ Week in the UK from 30th June to 7th July and what better excuse to plug my local Independent Bookseller again, along with an upcoming event that any fan of crime-writing is going to want to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Ben H Winters, Book Of The Month, Challenges, Frances Brody, Martin Edwards, Stephen Booth | 1 Comment

Introducing The Puzzly – The ISOTCM Book of the Month Award – March 2012

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Over at Mysteries In Paradise, Kerrie has been running a meme entitled Crime Fiction Pick of the Month. If you pop over there, you can see some of my fellow bloggers’ choices for the best book they’ve read this month, … Continue reading →

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All The Lonely People by Martin Edwards

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

Liverpool, 1991. Lawyer Harry Devlin is surprised to come home one evening to find his long-estranged wife Liz on his sofa watching television – appropriately, Woody Allen’s Love and Death. She has fled the house she shares with local villain … Continue reading →

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Waterloo Sunset by Martin Edwards

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

IN MEMORY Harry Devlin Died Suddenly Liverpool Midsummer’s Eve Harry Devlin, a Liverpudlian lawyer, receives his own obituary in an anonymous envelope – apparently he is to die in six days time. Meanwhile, he is sucked into the events surrounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Harry Devlin, Martin Edwards, Thriller | 7 Comments

The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwards

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Ten years ago, Emma Beswick left her lodgings in the Lake District and vanished without trace. In the present, a mysterious individual, Guy, returns to the Lakes after a ten year absence – and feels compelled to call a local … Continue reading →

Posted in Kind and Scarlett, Martin Edwards | 10 Comments