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The Golden Age of Murder : the Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story by Edwards, Martin, 1955- author is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Golden Age of Murder : the Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story about?
A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets. This is the first book about the Detection Club, the world's most famous and most mysterious social network of crime writers. Drawing on years of in-depth research, it reveals the astonishing story of how members such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Edwards, Martin, 1955- author
- Publisher
- London: HarperCollinsPublishers
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780008105969
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.97 / 5 (268 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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