Order of Martin Edwards Books
Martin Edwards is a British author of crime fiction novels in addition to being a critic of the genre. He has also written several legal articles and books. Edwards writes the Harry Devlin series and the Lake District Mysteries series. He is a founding member of the Northern Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association as well as the Murder Squad.
Martin Edwards began his writing career in 1983 writing legal books. His first novel was All the Lonely People in 1991, which began his Harry Devlin series. The novel was nominated for the John Creasey Dagger award for Best First Crime Novel of the Year. Below is a list of Martin Edwards’ books in order of when they were first released:
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Publication Order of Harry Devlin Books
| All the Lonely People | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Suspicious Minds | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Remember You | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Yesterday's Papers | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eve of Destruction | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Devil in Disguise | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Cut is the Deepest | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Waterloo Sunset | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lake District Mysteries Books
| The Coffin Trail | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cipher Garden | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Arsenic Labyrinth | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Serpent Pool | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hanging Wood | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Frozen Shroud | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dungeon House | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crooked Shore / The Girl They All Forgot | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Rachel Savernake Books
| Gallows Court | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mortmain Hall | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blackstone Fell / The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sepulchre Street / The House on Graveyard Lane | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hemlock Bay | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Take My Breath Away | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dancing For The Hangman | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Thrumm | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder and its Motives | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strangers in a Pub | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Where Do You Find Your Ideas? | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Out-Islands: Poems | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Executive Survival | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Urge to Kill / Motive to Murder | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Catching Killers | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Age of Murder | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Howdunit! | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| This Deadly Isle: A Golden Age Mystery Map | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Life of Crime | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Fiction Without Frontiers Books
Publication Order of British Library Crime Classics Books
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Publication Order of Thane and Moss Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Note: Edwards finished the novel The Lazarus Widow following the death of author Bill Knox. Careers in the Law was written with Elizabeth Usher. Know-How for Employment Lawyers was co-authored with Stephen Levinson, David Cockburn, Nicholas Rose and Vanessa Middleton.
If You Like Martin Edwards Books, You’ll Love…
Martin Edwards Synopses: Where Do you Find Your Ideas? and Other Crime Stories is a short story collection by Martin Edwards. The collection includes eight Harry Devlin stories, plus historical mysteries, Sherlockian pastiches and ten psychological suspense stories. Each story has a brand new introduction written by Martin Edwards himself.
Whydunit? is a CWA anthology of mystery stories edited by Martin Edwards that follows up on the Perfectly Criminal anthology. This anthology’s theme is the “why” behind the crime, rather than the “who.” Some of the authors who have contributed to Whydunit? include Lawrence Block, Reginald Hill, Edward D. Hoch, Peter Lovesey, Ruth Rendell, Margaret York and many more.
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