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Perfectly Criminal
1996
First Published
3.57
Average Rating
243
Number of Pages

* Introduction by Martin Edwards * Grave Import by Catherine Aird * Sheep’s Clothing by Kate Charles * Bits by Mat Coward * Abstain from Beans by Lindsey Davis * The Secret by Eileen Dewhurst * Where Do You Find Your Ideas? by Martin Edwards * The Perfect Imperfect by Gösta Gillberg * This Way Nobody Gets the Blame by Lesley Grant-Adamson * The Perfect Murder Club by Reginald Hill * An (Almost) Perfect Alibi by H. R. F. Keating * Scots Bluid by Peter Lewis * Disposing of Mrs. Cronk by Peter Lovesey * The Soul of Discretion by John Malcolm * Driving a Hard Bargain by Val McDermid * Moving On by Susan Moody * Herbert in Motion by Ian Rankin * The Cost of Living by Andrew Taylor * Choose Your Poison by Tony Wilmot * The Missing Link by Keith Wright Edited Martin Edwards.

Avg Rating
3.57
Number of Ratings
14
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3 STARS
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Author

Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards
Author · 44 books
Martin Edwards’ latest novel, Gallows Court, was published in September. He is consultant to the British Library’s Crime Classics series, and has written sixteen contemporary whodunits, including The Coffin Trail, which was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Prize for best crime novel of the year. His genre study The Golden Age of Murder won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards, while The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books has been nominated for two awards in the UK and three in the US. Editor of 38 anthologies, he has also won the CWA Short Story Dagger and the CWA Margery Allingham Prize, and been nominated for an Anthony, the CWA Dagger in the Library, the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger, and a CWA Gold Dagger. He is President of the Detection Club and Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, and Archivist of both organisations. He has received the Red Herring award for services to the CWA, and the Poirot award for his outstanding contribution to the crime genre.
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